Walter J. Grantham - Professor

The School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering

Walter J. Grantham - Professor

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Contact Information:

office EE/ME B23
telephone 509 335 3224
e-mail grantham@mme.wsu.edu
Postal mail Walter J. Grantham
School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering
Washington State University
PO BOX 642920
Pullman, WA 99164-2920
Walter J. Grantham

Joined MME in 1978
Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from University of Arizona in 1973

Research Interests:

  • Nonlinear and optimal control systems
  • Control of chaotic systems
  • Differential games and game theory
  • Optimal systems design
  • Modeling, simulation, and control applications

Recent Publications:

  • McDonald, D. B., Grantham, W. J., Tabor, W. L. and Murphy, M. J., "Global and Local Optimization Using Radial Basis Function Response Surface Models," Applied Mathematical Modelling, Vol. 31, No. 10, Oct. 2007, pp. 2095-2110.
  • Grantham, W. J., "Gradient Transformation Trajectory Following Algorithms for Determining Stationary Min-Max Saddle Points," in Advances in Dynamic Game Theory, Jørgensen, S. J., Quincampoix, M., and Vincent, T. L., eds., Birkhaüser, Boston, 2007, pp. 639-657.
  • McDonald, D. B. and Grantham, W. J., "Singular Perturbation Trajectory Following Algorithms for Min-Max Differential Games," in Advances in Dynamic Game Theory, Jørgensen, S. J., Quincampoix, M., and Vincent, T. L., eds., Birkhaüser, Boston, 2007, pp. 659-678. (Best Paper, 11th Int'l. Symposium on Dynamic Games and Applications, Tucson, AZ, December, 2004).
  • Grantham, W. J., "Trajectory Following Optimization by Gradient Transformation Differential Equations," Proc. 42nd I.E.E.E. Conf. on Decision and Control, Maui, HI, December 9 - 12, 2003, pp. 5496 - 5501.
  • Vincent, T. L. and Grantham, W. J., "Trajectory Following Methods in Control System Design," J. of Global Optimization, Vol. 23, No. 3 - 4, August, 2002, pp. 267-282.

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Nanoscale Multilayer Metallic Composites
Investigating Deformation and Failure Mechanisms in Nanoscale Multilayer Metallic Composites

Objectives: Uncover fatigue damage suppression and ultimate failure mechanisms of NMM composites. Develop a novel fatigue experiment for NMM composites. Establish guidelines for designing NMM with optimum properties.

Uniqueness and Innovation: Design a trimetallic NMM composite (Cu/Ni/Nb) which might possess more superior properties than the two types of bimetallic systems(Cu/Ni & Cu/Nb). This might be achieved by building a new system that combines the two bimetallic systems with their respective interface strengthening mechanisms and properties.

Principal Investigators: H. M. Zbib, D.F. Bahr, S. Medyanik, and F. Akasheh

Partners: Los Alamos National Laboratory

 

Funding Agency: Department of Energy, Office of Basic Energy

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