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You've found Dr. J! (Johnson)

Ph.D. in Engineering Science,

P.E. in Metallurgical Engineering,

former aerospace engineer and high school teacher…

Phone: (509) 963-1118 FAX-1795  Office Hogue 304 or send e-mail to cjohnson@cwu.edu

The short vita: Professor at CWU since 1996, Mechanical Engineering Tech. Coordinator, FEF Key Professor and Coordinator of Industrial Technology, Cast Metals Specialization. Assistant Professor (term contract) at WSU 1995-1996 Teacher of Physics and Math at Sheridan High School 1980-1981 Ph.D. (Engineering Science) WSU 1994, MSMSE UCLA 1986, BSME U WY 1983, BSPS  (Secondary Education) U MN 1979

Projects: Current Annual Project: Flap Constraint

Dr. J is currently teaching mechanical engineering technology classes such as MET257 Casting,MET426 Applications in Strengths of Materials, MET 351 Materials and Processes, MET 420 Finite Element Analysis, MET 382 Plastics and Composites and MET483Ceramics and Composites. He has a secondary education degree (i.e. taught high school physics) and enjoys creative learning.

Dr. Johnson is also the Foundry Education Foundation 'Key Professor' and isa professional engineer (WA#36590) qualified in metallurgical engineering.  He regularly certifies welders and procedures with the City of Ellensburg.  The IT Cast Metals Program is accredited through FEF.  The introductory casting course is generously supported by industry.  Students also have resources such as SolidCAST^(TM)and MAGMAsoft^(TM) simulation tools.

His hard research involves materials, casting and forming techniques. Significant work concerns optimization, with some environmental and NDE activity. Historically, he's worked on the space station designing leak detection systems for the two-phase heat transfer equipment (NDE Tech. Inc. for NASA Marshall, phase I,II). He has worked with hypervelocity impact systems simulating meteor impacts on satellite structures (JSC) and the space tether project (Martin Marietta). While at UCLA he worked with Lockheed on improving fracture toughness properties in Si/C reinforced Al2024 via acoustic emission. And while at Rockwell he worked on structural material development (Titanium Aluminides) for the NASP X-30. He brought his interests in titanium to Washington State University and studied superplastic forming with Dr. C.H.Hamilton. At WSU he contracted projects with Boeing, GE, BAe, and GM; after which he taught courses and developed their laboratory resources. Dr. J. supported forensic metallurgy as a consultant, and he also became involved with research with the WSU Veterinary School in horse leg injury management. In specific, he spent three years investigating the mechanics of casts with pins and the various loading scenarios of horse legs.. While employed at CWU he participated in an Am. Chem. Soc. summer fellowship at WSU with Dr. Bahr (re: TMS 2001 Conf.) where he designed and implemented an SCC test on a macro scale to compliment the previous micro work.

Current research includes a series of engineering educational efforts (check the ASEE conference links).  He is active in education research and regularly presents at the ASEE Annual Conferences. He has served executive positions in the Materials Division of ASEE.

        NOTE: A partial list of publications is attached at the end of this page...

Sites of interest in his field and profession include:

TheAmerican Society for Engineering Education
Foundry Education Foundation
American Foundry Society
The Metallurgical Society
ASM International
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society

For more information on the Industrial and Engineering Technology Department, check its homepage at:  CWU IET Homepage

Dr. J has a life-long interest in aviation and has a pilot's license. He is a Major and volunteers with Civil Air Patrol (USAF Aux.) in aerospace education. Find out more about CAP at Civil AirPatrol.  He is a member of the Experimental Aircraft Association and builds aircraft.  He currently owns an AVID FLYER (two-place tube-and-rag)that he flew to Wisconsin in 2006 for EAA AirVenture.  He's also building a kitplane called a Sonex  Sonex-Ltd. and plans to build a Zenith CH701  Zenith Aircraft Company.  He is involved with Search and Rescue as a volunteer with Kittitas County, as well as efforts through CAP and Washington Air SAR.

Photo by Craig Johnson,

Photo by Scott Spangler

Photo by Craig Johnson, Map by EAA

He is also a Ham operator (N7XEQ) with a 60' crank-up.  He has a few homebuilt telescopes (3", 4.5", 8", 12.5").  Life on their few acres includes his wife Beth and their malamute, Jake.  They are birders in the local chapter ( Kittitas Audubon), and they designed and constructed (sweat equity) a house just off runway 25by Cle Elum Municipal Airport.

May the road rise to meet you, and the wind be at your back; Dr. J.

PUBLICATIONS:

Johnson, CH., “Composite Column Design/Test Lab”, National Educators Workshop, ASEE Annual Conf, 2008

Johnson, C.H., “Soap Casting Materials Education Activity”, ASEE Conf, 2007.
Johnson, C.H., Druschitz, E, Druschitz, A, _Ultrasonic Leak Test for Automotive Brake Caliper_, THERMEC 2006
Johnson, C.H., Protzeller, J, Fuerte, J, _Program Synergy: Eng. Labsusing Foundry Resources_, ASEE Conf, 2006.
Oncina, C., Johnson, C.H., _Use of MET Capstone Course RADDical Metric_,ASEE Conference, 2005
Vollaro, M., Johnson, C.H., _Mat_ls Educ. 2004 Topical Trends and Outreach Efforts_, ASEE Conference, 2004..
Druschitz, Ed. Johnson, C.H., Druschitz, A., Heinrich, F., _Heat Tinting of MADI__, TMS Annual Mtg, 2004
Johnson, C.H., Palmer, M., _Mat_ls Educ. 2003 Topical Trends and Outreach Efforts_, ASEE Conference, 2003
Johnson, C.H., “Modeling in a Composite Beam Design Lab”, ASEE Annual Conference, 2002.
Johnson, C.H., “Effectiveness of a Web-Centric Ceramics Course”, ASEE Annual Conference, 2001.
Bahr, Pang, Rodriguez-Marek, Johnson, “The Effects of Solution Chemistry on Passive Film Fracture and Stress Corrosion”, TMS Annual Meeting: Chemistry and Electrochemistry of Stress Corrosion Cracking, 2001.
Bahr, D.F., Pang, M., Rodriguez-Marek, D.,Johnson, C.H., “Correlations Between Passive Film Fracture Strength and Stress Corrosion”, NACE Annual Conference: Research-in-Progress Symposium, 2001.
Johnson, C.H., “Understanding Micrographs: An Educational Activity”, ASEE Annual Conference, 2000.
Johnson, C.H., “Incorporating Student Assessment Skills into MET Outcomes”, ASEE Annual Conference, 1999.
Johnson, C.H., et al, “Static Grain Growth in a Microduplex Ti-6Al-4V Alloy”, Acta Mater., Vol 47, No. 1, 1999.
Kannan, K., Johnson, C.H., Hamilton, C.H. "A Study of Superplasticity in a Modified 5083 Al-Mg-Mn Alloy”, Met. Trans. A, Vol29A, 1998.
Hopper, S.A., Schneider, R.K., Ratzlaff, M.H.,White, K.K., Johnson, C. H., "Effect of a pin hole and number on in vitrobone strength in the equine radius loaded in torsion”, AJVR, Vol 59, No 2,February, 1998, pp 201-204.
Hopper, S.A., Schneider, R.K., Ratzlaff, M.H.,White, K.K., Johnson, C. H., "Effect of different full-limb casts on invitro bone strain in the distal portion of the equine forelimb”, AJVR, Vol 59,No 2, Feb, 1998, pp. 197-200.
Kannan, K., Johnson, C. H., Hamilton, C. H.,"The Role of Flow Properties and Damage Accumulation in Superplastic Ductility of Al-Mg-Mn Alloys", Mat. Sci. Forum, Vol. 243, 1997, pp.125-130.
Johnson, C. H., Hamilton, C. H., "Confirmationof Machine-Induced Load Oscillations During Superplastic Tensile Testing",Met. Trans. A (Communication), 25A, July, 1994, pp 1545-1548.
Johnson, C. H., Hamilton, C. H., Zbib, H.,Richter, S. K., "Designing  Optimized Deformation  Paths for  Superplastic Ti-6Al-4V", ASM/TMS: Adv. in SP and SPF, ed.Chandra, Garmenstani, Goforth, 1992, pp 3-15.
Hamilton, C. H., Zbib, H. M., Johnson, C. H.,& Richter, S. K., "Dynamic Grain Coarsening and its Effect on Flow  Localization in Superplastic Deformation", Chiba, Japan: Soc.for the Adv. of Mat. & Proc. Eng., 1991.
Hamilton, C. H., Zbib, H. M., Johnson, C. H.,& Richter, S. K., "Microstructural Coarsening and its Effect on Localization of Flow in Superplastic Deformation", Osaka: Japan Soc. For Res. on Superplasticity, 1991.
Johnson, C., Ono, K., & Chellman, D.,"Acoustic Emission Behavior of MMC’s", JAE 4(2/3), 1985, pp 263-269.
Johnson, C., Ono, K., & Chellman, D., "AStudy of Mechanical Behavior of Metal Matrix Composites Using Acoustic Emission", Tokyo, Japan: JOC, 1986.
Roman, I., Ono, K., & Johnson, C.,"Acoustic Emission Behavior of an Advanced Aluminum/Li. Alloy", JAE4(2/3), 1985, pp 111-115.

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A LASTING IMAGE:  Dr. J. descends Medicine Bow Peak (~13K’) before the afternoon showers (and lightning).