May 2026 Volume 8

FORGING RESEARCH

References: 1. Jin Kim, Master’s Thesis; “Laser Assisted Coating FeCoNiTiCr Complex Concentrated Alloy System on Steel Forging Die Materials and Dies”, University of North Texas, Spring 2026 2. D.B. Miracle, O.N. Senkov; “A critical review of high entropy alloys and related concepts”, Acta Materialia, Volume 122, 2017, Pages 448-511, ISSN 1359-6454, http://dx.doi. org/10.1016/j.actamat.2016.08.081 3. S. Gorsse, J. P. Couzinié, and D. B. Miracle, “From high entropy alloys to complex concentrated alloys,” C R Phys, vol. 19, no. 8, pp. 721–736, 2018, doi: 10.1016/j.crhy.2018.09.004. 4. S. Gorsse, D. B. Miracle, and O. N. Senkov, “Mapping the world of complex concentrated alloys,” Acta Mater, vol. 135, pp. 177–187, 2017, doi: 10.1016/j.actamat.2017.06.027. 5. Bharat Gwalani, Stephane Gorsse, Deep Choudhuri , Yufeng Zheng, Rajiv S. Mishra, Rajarshi Banerjee; “Tensile yield strength of a single bulk Al0.3CoCrFeNi high entropy alloy can be tuned from 160 MPa to 1800 MPa”, https://doi. org/10.1016/j.scriptamat.2018.10.023 6. R.S. Mishra, S.S. Nene, M. Frank, S. Sinha, K. Liu, S. Shukla; “Metastability driven hierarchical microstructural engineering: Overview of mechanical properties of metastable complex concentrated alloys”, https://doi.org/10.1016/j. jallcom.2020.155625 7. M. T. Wall et al., “Laser-coated CoFeNiCrAlTi high entropy alloy onto a H13 steel die head,” Surf Coat Technol, vol. 387, Apr. 2020, doi: 10.1016/j.surfcoat.2020.125473 8. N. Ley, S. S. Joshi, B. Zhang, Y. H. Ho, N. B. Dahotre, and M. L. Young, “Laser coating of a CrMoTaWZr complex concentrated alloy onto a H13 tool steel die head,” Surf Coat Technol, vol. 348, pp. 150–158, Aug. 2018, doi: 10.1016/j. surfcoat.2018.02.038 9. S. S. Joshi, S. Katakam, H. Singh Arora, S. Mukherjee, and N. B. Dahotre, “Amorphous Coatings and Surfaces on Structural Materials,” Critical Reviews in Solid State and Materials Sciences, vol. 41, no. 1. Taylor and Francis Inc., pp. 1–46, Jan. 02, 2016. doi: 10.1080/10408436.2015.1053602. Marcus L. Young, PhD Director of the Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Processes Institute, AMMPI Associate Professor University of North Texas Materials Science and Engineering Phone 940-369-5073 Email: marcus.young@unt.edu

Jin Kim, MS University of North Texas Materials Science and Engineering Willow Knight PhD candidate University of North Texas Materials Science and Engineering Sameehan Joshi, PhD Assistant Professor University of North Texas Materials Science and Engineering

Narendra Dahotre, PhD Associate Vice President of the Center for Agile and Adaptive Additive Manufacturing (CAAAM) Regents Professor University of North Texas Materials Science and Engineering Andy Spires Queen City Forging Rob Mayer Queen City Forging

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