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Oliver Johnson

Associate Professor
Mechanical Engineering

350M EB
Provo, UT 84602

Biography

Office Hours

Winter 2024
Thursday: 11-12 PM

Research

Grain Boundaries & Grain Boundary Networks; Grain Boundary Kinetics; Structure-Property Models; Bayesian Inference & Uncertainty Quantification; Microstructure Design; Multi-scale Modelling & Homogenization; Microstructure Characterization; Synthesis of Advanced Materials;

Biography
Publications
Courses

Oliver K. Johnson joined the faculty of the BYU Mechanical Engineering Department in 2015. His research incorporates theoretical, computational, and experimental approaches to characterize, design, and synthesize advanced materials. Areas of particular interest include Bayesian inference of grain boundary structure-property models, microstructure design, and synthesis of designed microstructures. Dr. Johnson is a recipient of the National Science Foundation CAREER Award. Before coming to BYU, Dr. Johnson received the National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship (NDSEG) and completed his PhD in Materials Science and Engineering at MIT. He also received a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from BYU.

ME EN 250 – Materials Science
ME EN 382 – Manufacturing Processes
ME EN 554 – Kinetics of Materials

Research Interests

Uncertainty Quantification; Microstructure Design; Grain Boundary Networks; Structure-Property Models; Multi-scale Modeling & Homogenization; Synthesis of Advanced Materials;

Teaching Interests

Materials Science

Education

  • PhD Materials Science & Engineering, , Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2015)
  • B.S. Mechanical Engineering, , Brigham Young University (2010)

Honors and Awards

  • CAREER Award, National Science Foundation (NSF) (2017 - 2022)
  • MPMD Young Leaders Professional Development Award, The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society (TMS) (2019 - 2019)
  • Robert W. Cahn Best Paper Prize Finalist, Journal of Materials Science (2015 - 2015)
  • Graduate Student Teaching Award, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Materials Science & Engineering (2014 - 2014)
  • Invited Feature Paper, Journal of Materials Research (2014 - 2014)
  • National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship (NDSEG), U.S. Department of Defense (via the American Society for Engineering Education - ASEE) (2011 - 2014)
  • 3rd Place Outstanding Paper - SAMPE 2010 Fall Technical Conference, SAMPE (2010 - 2010)
  • 2nd Place, Engineering Division, Science & Energy Research Challenge (SERCh), U.S. Department of Energy (2009 - 2009)

Memberships

  • The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society (2012 - Present)

Professional Citizenship

  • Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Silicon (2023 - Present)
  • Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Journal of Applied Crystallography (2019 - Present)
  • Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Materials (Journal) (2019 - Present)
  • Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Physical Review Materials (Journal) (2019 - Present)
  • Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Scripta Materialia (Journal) (2019 - Present)
  • Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, IOP Science (Journal) (2018 - Present)
  • Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Journal of Materials Research (Journal) (2017 - Present)
  • Grant Proposal Reviewer, External, National Science Foundation (2017 - Present)
  • Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Scientific Reports - Nature Publishing Group (Journal) (2017 - Present)
  • Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Acta Materialia (Journal) (2016 - Present)
  • Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Materials Characterization (Journal) (2016 - Present)
  • Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A (Journal) (2016 - Present)
  • Conference-Related Role, The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (2020 - 2021)
  • Conference-Related Role, The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (2019 - 2020)
  • Conference-Related Role, The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (2019 - 2019)
  • Conference-Related Role, The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (2019 - 2019)
  • Conference-Related Role, The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (2018 - 2019)
  • Conference-Related Role, International Conference on Textures of Materials (2016 - 2017)
  • Conference-Related Role, Materials Research Society (2016 - 2016)

Courses Taught

Publications

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Presentations

Akarsh Verma Darcey Britton Oliver Kent Johnson Gregory B Thompson Shigenobu Ogata Eric R Homer
Eric R Homer Darcey Britton Akarsh Verma Oliver Kent Johnson Gregory Thompson Shigenobu Ogata
Eric R Homer Conrad Rosenbrock Jonathan Priedeman Braxton Owens Lydia Harris Serafin Ethan Cluff Hunter Erickson Oliver Kent Johnson Gus L Hart Srikanth Patala Gábor Csányi
Eric R Homer Conrad Rosenbrock Jonathan Priedeman Braxton Owens Lydia Harris Serafin Ethan Cluff Hunter Erickson Oliver Kent Johnson Gus L Hart Srikanth Patala Gábor Csányi
Jose Nino Oliver Kent Johnson
Akarsh Verma Eric R Homer Oliver Kent Johnson Shigenobu Ogata Gregory B Thompson
Jose Nino Oliver Kent Johnson
Oliver Kent Johnson Sterling Baird Eric R Homer David T Fullwood Gus L Hart
Eric R Homer Akarsh Verma Darcey Britton Jared Robinson Oliver Kent Johnson Gregory B Thompson Shigenobu Ogata
Akarsh Verma Eric R Homer Oliver Kent Johnson Shigenobu Ogata
Eric R Homer Akarsh Verma Darcey Britton Oliver Kent Johnson Gregory Thompson
Jose Nino Oliver Kent Johnson
Akarsh Verma Darcey Britton Oliver Kent Johnson Greg Thompson Eric R Homer
Sterling G Baird Eric R Homer David T Fullwood Oliver Kent Johnson
Jeremy Green Nathan Miller Oliver Kent Johnson
Christopher Adair Oliver Kent Johnson Emily Beatty Hailey Evans Seth R Holladay Derek L Hansen
Oliver Kent Johnson Eric R Homer David T Fullwood David E Page Kathryn Varela Sterling G Baird
David E Page Christian Kurniawan Oliver Kent Johnson David T Fullwood Eric R Homer
Eric R Homer Darcey Britton Oliver Kent Johnson Gregory Thompson
Jose Nino Oliver Kent Johnson
Brandon D Snow Sterling G Baird Christian Kurniawan David T Fullwood Eric R Homer Oliver Kent Johnson
Eric R Homer Conrad Rosenbrock Gus L Hart Jonathan Priedeman Oliver Kent Johnson Hunter Erickson Srikanth Patala Gábor Csányi
Brandon D Snow Sterling G Baird David E Page Kathryn F Varela Christian Kurniawan David T Fullwood Eric R Homer Oliver Kent Johnson
Eric R Homer Darcey Britton Oliver Kent Johnson
Brandon D Snow Sterling G Baird David E Page Kathryn F Varela Christian Kurniawan David T Fullwood Eric R Homer Oliver Kent Johnson
Sterling G Baird Brandon D Snow Alexia B Bigelow David T Fullwood Eric R Homer Oliver Kent Johnson
Jose Nino Oliver Kent Johnson
David E Page Hadley A Peay Kathryn F Varela Oliver Kent Johnson David T Fullwood Eric R Homer
Christopher Adair Oliver Kent Johnson
Eric R Homer Darcey M Britton Oliver Kent Johnson Lydia S Serafin Gus L Hart
Oliver Kent Johnson
Eric R Homer Conrad Rosenbrock Derek Hensley Gus L Hart Jonathan Priedeman Oliver Kent Johnson Gábor Csányi
Oliver Kent Johnson Brandon D Snow Sterling G Baird Christian Kurniawan David T Fullwood Eric R Homer
Christopher W Adair Oliver Kent Johnson
David E Page Kathryn F Varela Oliver Kent Johnson David T Fullwood Eric R Homer
Baird Sterling Christian Kurniawan Tyler Critchfield David T Fullwood Eric R Homer Oliver Kent Johnson
Christopher Adair S. Ryan Adair Seth R Holladay Derek Lloyd Hansen Oliver Kent Johnson
Oliver Kent Johnson
Hans J Ottoson Thomas A Naylor Oliver Kent Johnson Christopher Andrew Mattson
Jose D Nino Oliver Kent Johnson
Eric R Homer Jonathan Priedeman Conrad Rosenbrock Oliver Kent Johnson Gus L Hart Srikanth Patala
Dustin D Doty Brandon D Snow Oliver Kent Johnson
Jonathan Priedeman Conrad Rosenbrock Oliver Kent Johnson Eric R Homer
Christian Kurniawan David T Fullwood Eric R Homer Oliver Kent Johnson
Christopher Adair Oliver Kent Johnson
Christian Kurniawan David T Fullwood Eric R Homer Oliver Kent Johnson
Lontine Derek Oliver Kent Johnson
Christopher Adair Alexandra Bradford Michael McCullough Jedediah Lion Seth R Holladay Derek Lloyd Hansen Oliver Kent Johnson
Jonathan Priedeman Conrad Rosenbrock Oliver Kent Johnson Eric R Homer
Eric R Homer Conrad Rosenbrock Gus L Hart Jonathan Priedeman Oliver Kent Johnson Hunter Erickson Srikanth Patala Gábor Csányi
Dallin J Frandsen Oliver Kent Johnson
Oliver Kent Johnson Christian Kurniawan
Jonathan Priedeman Conrad Rosenbrock Oliver Kent Johnson Gus L Hart Eric R Homer
Oliver Kent Johnson Christian Kurniawan
Oliver Kent Johnson Christian Kurniawan
Madeline J Foote Akash Amalaraj David T Fullwood Oliver Kent Johnson
Tyler R Critchfield Oliver Kent Johnson
Dallin J Frandsen Oliver Kent Johnson
Christian Kurniawan Oliver Kent Johnson
Christian Kurniawan Oliver Kent Johnson
Derek M Lontine Oliver Kent Johnson
Oliver Kent Johnson Jarrod Lund Tyler Critchfield
Oliver Kent Johnson Jarrod Lund Tyler Critchfield
Dustin Doty Oliver Kent Johnson Eric R Homer
Tyler Critchfield Oliver Kent Johnson
Oliver Kent Johnson Jarrod Lund Tyler Critchfield
Jarrod Lund Oliver Kent Johnson
Oliver Kent Johnson Dallin James Frandsen Spencer Rogers
Oliver Kent Johnson Lin Li Michael J Demkowicz Christopher A Schuh
Oliver Kent Johnson Lin Li Michael J Demkowicz Christopher A Schuh
Oliver Kent Johnson Christopher A Schuh
Oliver Kent Johnson Christopher A Schuh
Oliver Kent Johnson Christopher A Schuh
Oliver Kent Johnson Christopher A Schuh
Oliver Kent Johnson Christopher A Schuh
Oliver Kent Johnson Christopher A Schuh
Oliver Kent Johnson Christopher A Schuh
Oliver Kent Johnson B. W. Reed J. K. Mason J. S. Stolken M. Kumar
Oliver Kent Johnson David T Fullwood
Oliver Kent Johnson T B Calkins David T Fullwood S Ghosh T B Hyatt N Hansen G Hansen
Oliver Kent Johnson M I Converse David T Fullwood
Oliver Kent Johnson T B Hyatt David T Fullwood R J Bradshaw Anton E Bowden
Oliver Kent Johnson T B Hyatt David T Fullwood Anton E Bowden R J Bradshaw
Oliver Kent Johnson David T Fullwood G. Hansen
Oliver Kent Johnson G. C. Kaschner T. A. Mason David T Fullwood T. B. Hyatt Brent Larsen Adams K. Cole G. Hansen
Oliver Kent Johnson G C Kaschner T A Mason David T Fullwood Brent Larsen Adams G Hansen
Oliver Kent Johnson G. C. Kaschner P. J. Rae C. M. Cady T. A. Mason David T Fullwood G. Hansen
Oliver Kent Johnson N. A. Mara C. J. Gardner David T Fullwood Brent Larsen Adams G. Hansen
Oliver Kent Johnson C. J. Gardner David T Fullwood Brent Larsen Adams G. Hansen
Oliver Kent Johnson C. J. Gardner G. Hansen Brent Larsen Adams David T Fullwood