Biography
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.
Office Hours
Fall 2024
No office hours.
Publications
Courses
Research
ME EN 250 – Materials Science
ME EN 382 – Manufacturing Processes
ME EN 554 – Kinetics of Materials
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;
Research Interests
Uncertainty Quantification; Microstructure Design; Grain Boundary Networks; Structure-Property Models; Multi-scale Modeling & Homogenization; Synthesis of Advanced Materials;Teaching Interests
Materials ScienceEducation
- 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)