Michael McHenry
Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Courtesy Appointments, Biomedical Engineering, Physics
Michael E. McHenry has expertise in soft magnetic nano-composites for power and energy applications. He studies field processing of materials, and structural and magnetic properties as a function of fields (magnetic, strain), temperature, and frequency. He directed a Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) on high temperature magnetic materials for aircraft power applications. He led an ARPA-E program on magnetic materials for power electronics and worked more than 15 years with Magnetics, Inc., PA before transitioning technologies to NASA Glenn and Fort Wayne Metals, Indiana.
He was a 2013 IEEE Distinguished Lecturer; 2014 TMS Awardee for Research Excellence in Electronic, Magnetic and Photonic Materials Research; and was subject the 2016 TMS Symposium in Honor of M. E. McHenry. He was technical evaluator for the NATO AVT-231 Meeting: Scarcity of Rare Earth Materials for Electrical Power Systems, Brussels, Belgium (Oct. 2014), and continues to advise Rare Earth scarcity. He was a 2016/17 NATO Series Lecturer on Rare Earth Criticality. He served as the General Chair, Editor, Publication Chair, and on Program Committees for the Magnetism and Magnetic Materials and Intermag Conferences. He has more than 350 publications with over 11,000 citations. McHenry co-authored the text “Structure of Materials,” Cambridge University Press, 2007 and 2012, and has five patents in the field.
Increasing Efficiency with Magnetized Metals
Education
1989 Directors Funded Post-doctoral Fellow, Superconducting Materials, Los Alamos National Laboratory
1988 Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1980 BS, Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science, Case Western Reserve University
Research Interests
- advanced materials processing and manufacturing
- aerospace engineering
- biomaterials
- cell engineering
- ceramics
- electric power systems
- energy technologies
- magnetic materials
- magnetics
- materials computation and informatics
- materials for information technology
- materials science & engineering
- nanomaterials
- nanotechnology
- sensors
- sustainable energy production, conservation, and storage
Media mentions
Materials Science and Engineering
Making magnetic connections
MSE alumnus Frank Johnson is part of a team that is creating an environmentally friendly alternative to traditional magnets.
CMU Engineering
Engineering alumni double team innovation in sport
Two CMU materials science and biomedical engineering alumni are at the forefront of the development of an airless basketball made through additive manufacturing techniques.
Built In
McHenry breaks down superconductors
MSE’s Michael McHenry was quoted in Built In about the unique properties of superconductors, which are capable of conducting electricity without losing energy. McHenry said, in part, that paired electrons “cooperate with a material’s vibrating atoms” to boost conductivity and avoid resistance.
IEEE Explore
McHenry group recognized at IAS EMC
MSE’s Mike McHenry’s group won first place for their paper at the IAS EMC meeting in October in Detroit.
Materials Science and Engineering
MSE faculty receive grant for AMPED Consortium
McHenry, Sokalski receive planning grant for Advanced Magnetics for Power and Energy Development (AMPED) Consortium.
CMU Engineering
Powering sea to space
Michael McHenry’s latest advancement on cobalt-based metal amorphous nanocomposite materials (MANCs) and their processing makes smaller, more powerful motors possible.
CorePower Magnetics
McHenry, Ohodnicki, and Kernion launch CorePower Magnetics
MSE’s Michael McHenry and MSE alumni Paul Ohodnicki and Samuel Kernion have co-founded and launched CorePower Magnetics Inc., a company with a portfolio of soft magnetic technologies that can have broad implications across grid modernization efforts and electric air, land, and sea vehicles.
CMU Engineering
Revolutionizing robotics with motors
Mike McHenry is applying soft magnetic materials to motors, making them smaller, lighter, and more efficient. These small motors stand to have a have big impact on robotics.
CMU Engineering
Changing the tune of magnetic materials
Professor Michael McHenry is part of a team of researchers receiving the Carnegie Science Award for Advanced Manufacturing and Materials.
Engineering.com
McHenry’s MANCs promise significant improvement for motors
Metal amorphous nanocomposite materials (MANCs) created by MSE’s Michael McHenry promise to significantly increase the efficiency and power of motors.
CMU Engineering
Magnetic materials for motors of the future
Michael McHenry and his group have designed a motor that uses soft magnetic materials that are projected to increase efficiencies to exceed 96%.
CMU Engineering
Two students earn Goldwater honors
Created to serve as a living memorial to honor the lifetime work of Senator Barry Goldwater, the Goldwater scholarship provides funding to students pursuing research careers in the natural sciences, mathematics, and engineering.