Paul G. Sanders, PhD

Foundry Educational Foundation (FEF) Key Professor
Association for Iron & Steel Technology (AIST) Foundation Steel Professor





PhD, Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University
BS, Metallurgy and Materials Engineering, Michigan Tech




Teaching Interests

Lead MSE undergraduate senior design program: Integrate mechanistic models, ICME tools, experiments, and statistics
Apply design knowledge via real-world, industry-sponsored projects

Institute of Materials Processing
Metal processing capabilities


Research Interests

Alloy design in Al, Cu, Fe, Ni, and MPEAs 
Apply ICME and statistical tools with machine learning and DOEs in alloy optimization.
Verify via production through casting, wrought processing (extrusion, rolling, drawing, swaging), and/or (wire) additive manufacturing.
Applications in sustainability (recycling), transportation (lightweight), and efficiency (thermal stability)