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Dr. James Michael Rigsbee Professor and Department Head North Carolina State University Department of Materials Science & Engineering Raleigh, N.C. 27695-7907 Email: mike_rigsbee@ncsu.edu

Education

Ph.D., Materials Engineering, NC State University, 1974
M.S,. Materials Engineering, NC State University, 1971
B.S., Metallurgical Engineering, NC State University, 1969

Research Interests

Atomic-level design of non-equilibrium alloys using physical vapor deposition techniques and the application of electron optics-based microstructural and microchemical characterization techniques.

Selected Publications

• H. I. Aaronson, J.M. Rigsbee, B. C. Muddle and J. F. Nie, “Aspects of the Surface Relief Definition of Bainite,” Scripta Materialia, 47, 207-212 (2002).
  
  
• Z. Ji, J. A. Haynes, M. K. Ferber and J. M. Rigsbee, "Metastable Tetragonal Zirconia Formation and Transformation in Reactively Sputter Deposited Zirconia Coatings,” Surface and Coatings Technology, vol. 135, pp. 109-117 (2001)
  
  
• Z. Ji and J. M. Rigsbee, "Growth of Tetragonal Zirconia Coatings by Reactive Sputter Deposition,” Journal of American Ceramic Society, 84, 2841-2844 (2001)
  
  
• Z. Ji and J. M. Rigsbee, "Growth of Highly Textured Yttria-Stabilized Thin Films by Reactive Magnetron Sputtering,” Journal of Materials Science Letters, 20, 611-613 (2001).
  
  
• Z. Ji, A. Haynes and J. M. Rigsbee, "Phase Formation and Stability in Reactively Sputter Deposited Yttria Stabilized Zirconia Coatings,” Journal of American Ceramic Society, 84, 929-936 (2001).