Alexandrov, Boian
Boian Alexandrov
Biography
Dr. Boian T. Alexandrov is a Research Associate Professor in the welding engineering program at The Ohio State University. He is also the director of the Center for Weldability Evaluation.
Education
- M.Sc. degree in Materials Science and Engineering, Technical University of Sofia (TUS) in Bulgaria
- PhD in Welding Engineering, Technical University of Sofia (TUS)
Professional background
Prior to joining Ohio State in 2003, he worked as an Associate Professor with the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at TUS.
Fellowship appointments
- NSF-NATO fellowship with the welding engineering program at Ohio State
- University of Cambridge in UK
- Otto-von-Guericke University in Magdeburg Germany
- University College of Dublin in Ireland
- Institute of Welding and Quality in Lisbon Portugal
- Welding Research Institute in Bratislava Slovakia
Honors
- Fellow of ASM International, 2019
- ASM International Metallographic Society Awards in Electron Microscopy, 2018
- Ohio State College of Engineering Lumley Research Award, 2017
- Fellow of AWS, 2015
- AWS Warren F. Savage Memorial Award, 2013
- William Spraragen Memorial Award, 2012
- Ohio State College of Engineering Lumley Research Award, 2012
- Elmer L. Hann Award of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, 2011
- ASM International Metallographic Society Awards in Electron Microscopy, 2010
Memberships and appointments
- AWS
- ASM International
- NACE International
- ASME
- FAS
- Technical Papers Committee of AWS
- ASM Programming Committee
- Commissions II and IX of the International Institute of Welding (IIW)
- American Council of IIW
- Past Chair, past Vice-Chair and current member of the Joining Technology Committee of ASM International
- Served as a principal reviewer and/or reviewer for Welding Journal, Welding in the World, Metallurgical Transactions, Science and Technology of Welding and Joining, and Journal of Nuclear Materials
Expertise
Primary research interests
Dr. Alexandrov studies the physical metallurgy of welding and focuses on a better understanding of weld phenomena through
- simulation
- phase transformation analysis
- advanced characterization
- evaluation of weldability
- service performance of welds in advanced alloys
He has contributed towards clarification of metallurgical phenomena related to major weldability problems experienced in the oil and gas, petrochemical, and power generation sectors.
His research has been supported by US federal institutions and by more than forty companies from the US, UK, Canada, Germany, France, Sweden, Belgium, Austria, Brazil, Japan, and South Korea.
Patents
- Wildofsky J., K. Copley, B. T. Alexandrov. 2017. Gas Chromatography TCD Hydrogen Calibration Valve. The Ohio State University, Provisional Patent # T-2017-150.
- Alexandrov B. T. and J. C. Lippold, Method and Device for Investigation of Phase Transformations in Metals and Alloys, United States Patent No. 7,909,505, March 22, 2011.
- Alexandrov B. T. and J. C. Lippold, Method and Device for Investigation of Phase Transformations in Metals and Alloys, United States Patent No. 7,473,028, January 6, 2009.
- Tongov M., S. Serafimov and B. Alexandrov, Catheter, Patent Application, No 102934, 11/18/98, The Patent Institution of Bulgaria, Official Bulletin No 6, June 2000, p. 15.
- Tongov M., S. Serafimov and B. Alexandrov. 2000. Flexible medicinal exploration tube. Patent Number: WO200029057-A, WO200029057-A1, AU200011426-A.
- Velkov K. and B. T. Alexandrov, Device for measurement of diffusible hydrogen, Certificate of Invention, № 46253/1988, The Patent Institution of Bulgaria.