Professor Emerit, Materials Science and Engineering
Professor Lopez retired from UWM in June, 2022.
Education
PhD, Metallurgical Engineering, The Ohio State University, 1983
MS, Metallurgical Engineering, The Ohio State University, 1982
BS, Engineering (Metallurgy) Saltillo I. Technology, 1975
Research Interests
Diffusional processes
Hydrogen effects in solids
High temperature phase stability
Publications
W. Deqing, J. Neumann, and H. F. López, “Reactive Synthesis of In-Situ ZrAl3-Al2O3-Al Composites.” Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, Vol. 34A (6), 2003, pp. 1357-1360.
M. M. Cisneros, H. López, N. Salas, J. V. Valdés, M.A. Cisneros, and U. Figueroa, “Hydrogen Permeability in a Plasma Nitrided API X52 Steel, Materials Sci. Forum, Vol. 442, 2003, pp. 85-90.
H. F. Lopez, S. Wierzbiński, and E. Fraś, “Plastic Flow Properties of “In Situ” TiCp Reinforced Aluminum Composites.” Materials Sci. Forum, Vol. 442, 2003, pp. 7-16.
E. Fraś, K. Wiencek, M. Górny, H. F. López, “A Theoretical Model For the Heterogeneous Nucleation of Grains During Solidification, Materials Science and Technology, Vol. 19, 2003, pp. 1653-1660.
E. Fras, M. Gorny, H. F. Lopez, “A Dependency Between Undercooling and Eutectic Grain Density in Nodular Cast Iron-Modeling Research and Their Experimental Verification,” Archives of Metallurgy and Materials, No. 1, Vol. 49, 2004, pp. 93-111.
E. Fraś, M. Górny, H. F. López and H. Tartera, “Nucleation and grain density in gray cast iron-A theoretical model and experimental verification, I. J. of Cast Metals Research, 2003, Vol 16, pp. 99-104.
J. Saldivar-Garcia and H. F. Lopez, “Temperature Effects on the Lattice Constants and Crystal structure of a Co-27Cr-5Mo Low Carbon Alloy,” Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, Vol. 35A, No. 8, 2003, pp. 2517-2524.
M. M. Cisneros, H. F. López, H. Mancha, E. Rincón, D. Vázquez, M. J. Perez and S.D. De La Torre, “Processing of Nanostructured High Nitrogen Stainless Steel by Mechanical Alloying,” Metall and Matter Trans A, Vol. 36A, 2005, pp. 1309-1316.
J. Saldivar-Garcia and H. F. Lopez, “Microstructural Effects on the Wear Resistance of Wrought and As-Cast Co-Cr-Mo-C Implant Alloys,” Biomedical Mats Research A, Vol. 74A, 2005, pp. 269-274.
E. Fras, M. Gorny and H. F. Lopez, “The Transition from Gray to White Cast Iron During Solidification: Part I-Theoretical Background,” Metall & Matter Trans A, Vol. 36A, No. 11, 2005, pp. 3075-3082.
E. Fras, M. Gorny and H. F. Lopez, “The Transition from Gray to White Cast Iron During Solidification: Part II-Experimental verification,” Metall & Matter Trans A, Vol. 36A, No. 11, 2005, pp. 3083-3092.
E. Fras, M. Gorny and H. F. Lopez, “The Transition from Gray to White Cast Iron During Solidification: Part III-Thermal Analysis,” Metall & Matter Trans A, Vol. 36A, No. 11, 2005, pp. 3093-3101.
E. Fras, K. Wiencek, M. Gorny and H. F. Lopez, Nodule Count in Ductile Iron: Theoretical Model based on Weibull Statistics, I. J. Cast Metals Research, Vol. 18, no. 3, 2005, pp. 156-162.
Fras Glownia, Guzik, and H. F. Lopez, “Synthesis of nanoparticles of vanadium carbide in the ferrite of nodular cast iron,” Solid State Phenomena, Vols. 101-102, 2005, pp. 325-328. TransTech Publications, Switzerland.
E. Fras, M. Gorny, K. Wiencek and H. F. Lopez, “Density of Eutectic Cells in Castings of Gray Cast Iron: A Theoretical Model and Experimental Verification,” Archives of Metallurgy and Materials, No. 4, Vol. 50, 2005, pp. 805-826.
E. Fras, M. Gorny, K. Wiencek and H. F. Lopez, “The transition of Gray to White Cast Iron During Solidification,” Archives of Metallurgy and Materials, No. 1, Vol. 51, 2006, pp. 127-136.
