Brian Gleeson

Currently the Harry S. Tack Chaired Professor of Materials Science in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science at the University of Pittsburgh. Prior to serving as department chair from 2014-2025, he served as Director of the University of Pittsburgh’s Center for Energy (2008-2014). Dr. Gleeson received his degrees in materials science & engineering (MSE) from the University of Western Ontario, Canada (BE in 1984; ME in 1986) and the University of California at Los Angeles (Ph.D., 1989). He was a postdoctoral fellow and then a faculty member in the MSE Department at the University of New South Wales, Australia, from 1990-1997. He moved to Iowa State University (ISU) in 1998, where, in 2006, he was appointed the Renken Professor of MSE. From 2001-2006 he also served as Director of the Materials & Engineering Physics Program at the US Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory, which is managed by ISU. In the fall of 2007, he moved to the University of Pittsburgh. Research Interests: Materials engineering Metals and alloy materials

Martins Jr, C.B.M., Passos, J.G.C., Silva, R., Malafaia, A.M.D.S., Rodrigues, A.G., Smialek, J.L., Gleeson, B., & Rovere, C.A.D. (2026). Exploring the influence of Nb content on high-temperature oxidation of NiTi shape memory alloys: Kinetics and Raman Spectroscopy study. CORROSION SCIENCE , 258.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.corsci.2025.113361 . Dainezi, I., Gleeson, B., & Della Rovere, C.A. (2025). Failure analysis of TiNbCr Multi-Principal element Alloy: Temperature-Dependent oxidation and internal degradation in oxygen atmospheres. ENGINEERING FAILURE ANALYSIS , 175.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.engfailanal.2025.109573 . Cai, Y., Thuan, D.N., Zhang, J., Gleeson, B., & Young, D.J. (2023). Corrosion behaviour of Fe-based austenitic and Ni-based alloys in Wet CO2 gas with and without chloride deposi