Department Faculty

Carroll E. Mobley

Professor

Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, 1968

Tel. (614) 292-5770

  • Fellow of ASM International
  • American Foundrymen's Society Service Citation
  • Ohio State University College of Engineering
  • MacQuigg Teaching Award recipient
  • Designated Key Professor for the
  • Foundry Education Foundation (FEF)
Above: Photomicrograph of the cross-section of a 1 mm thick polished and etched AM60B magnesium alloy die casting. Large-size externally solidified alpha-Mg phase is evident in the photomicrograph. This is one feature which influences the mechanical properties of die-cast components.

Dr. Mobley's research interests and teaching activities are primarily in the areas of solidification processing and the structures and properties of cast materials. He joined the Ohio State faculty in 1978, after 11 years with Battelle Columbus Laboratories. He has co-authored 12 U.S. patents and is the co-inventor of the melt extraction process for continuous casting of metallic fiber. The melt extraction processes were recognized by Industrial Research Magazine as one of the top 100 technological developments in 1975. From 1990 to 1997, he served as the Die Casting Thrust Area Coordinator for the Ohio State Engineering Research Center for Net Shape Manufacturing.

Dr. Mobley has co-authored more than 70 papers and technical reports on the preparation, properties, and utilization of cast materials. He is co-editor of the TMS-AIME Proceedings The Casting of Near Net Shape Products and co-author of A Fractography Atlas of Casting Alloys.

Currently, Dr. Mobley is a principal researcher in OSU's Center for Die Casting. He is a Fellow of ASM, International and has received a Service Citation from the American Foundrymen's Society. He has also received the Ohio State College of Engineering MacQuigg Teaching Award. Professor Mobley is a member of the American Foundrymen's Society, ASM International, and the North American Die Casting Association. He is the designated Key Professor for the Foundry Educational Foundation (FEF).

This figure shows the experimentally determined thermal field in a H-13 steel die during the die casting of a 380 aluminum alloy component. The thermal data provides a measure of the reproducibility of the die casting process and input for predicting the solidification time for the part and the thermal fatigue life of the die.

Selected Recent Publications