• Visiting Assistant Professor, Materials Science & Engineering
  • Materials Engineer, Army CCDC Army Research Laboratory
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Dr. Brady Butler

Research Interests

  • ● Advanced powder metallurgy for refractory and reactive metals
    ● Microstructural design and processing of tungsten and titanium alloys
    ● Mechanical behavior and failure mechanisms in high-performance metals
    ● Hydrogen-based treatments for material and microstructure optimization
    ● Sustainable materials processing
    ● High-throughput characterization of microstructure and mechanical behavior
    ● Micromechanical testing, including in situ deformation analysis
    ● Accelerated materials discovery through integrated experimental workflows

Selected Publications

  • Paramore, J.D., Hastings, T., Butler, B.G., Hurst, M.T., Lewis, D.O., Norris, E., Barkai, B., Cline, J., Miller, B., Cortes, J., et al. Two-shot optimization of compositionally complex refractory alloys. Acta Mater. 2025, in press, 120820.
  • Mulukutla, M., Person, A.N., Voigt, S., Kuettner, L., Kappes, B., Khatamsaz, D., Robinson, R., Mula, D.S., Xu, W., Lewis, D., et al. Illustrating an effective workflow for accelerated materials discovery. Integr. Mater. Manuf. Innov. 2024, 13(2), 453–473.
  • Butler, B., Maynor, E., Hurst, M.T., Yadav, D.R., Xie, K., Singh, S.N., Paramore, J.D. Tensile deformation and failure of tungsten single crystals. Int. J. Refract. Met. Hard Mater. 2023, 110, 106013.
  • Borenstein, C., Butler, B.G., Paramore, J.D., Hartwig, K.T., Demkowicz, M.J. Minor titanium addition markedly improves the co-deformability of copper–tantalum composites. Mater. Sci. Eng. A 2023, 876, 145000.
  • Paramore, J.D., Dunstan, M.K., Butler, B.G., Lewis, D.O. Powder casting: Producing bulk metal components from powder without compaction. JOM 2020, 72(9), 3112–3120.
  • Dunstan, M.K., Gordon, A., Paramore, J.D., Butler, B.G. Feasibility of using titanium machine turnings in powder metallurgy processes.JOM 2019, 71, 1831–1839.
  • Butler, B.G., Paramore, J.D., Ligda, J.P., Ren, C., Fang, Z.Z., Middlemas, S.C., Hemker, K.J. Mechanisms of deformation and ductility in tungsten—A review. Int. J. Refract. Met. Hard Mater. 2018, 75, 248–261.
  • Paramore, J.D., Fang, Z.Z., Dunstan, M., Sun, P., Butler, B.G. Hydrogen-enabled microstructure and fatigue strength engineering of titanium alloys. Sci. Rep. 2017, 7, 41444.
  • Butler, B.G., Lu, J., Fang, Z.Z., Rajamani, R.K. Production of nanometric tungsten carbide powders by planetary milling. Int. J. Powder Metall. 2007, 43(1), 35–43.
  • Paramore, J.D., Butler, B.G., Dunstan, M.K., Ligda, J.P., Fang, Z.Z. Thermo- hydrogen refinement of microstructure of titanium materials.US Patent Application 18/819,806, December 19, 2024.
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