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Shaymus Hudson manages the Laboratory for Physical Metallurgy and a shared equipment facility focused on metallography, heat treatment, and mechanical testing in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at MIT. He teaches undergraduate labs that emphasize metallurgy, thermodynamics, and the mechanics of materials. During the Independent Activities Period, he instructs a course on metal casting at the Merton C. Flemings Materials Processing Laboratory. Since joining DMSE in 2016, Hudson has also worked as a graduate student lab manager at the Advanced Casting Research Center at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI). He earned his Bachelor of Science in Materials Science and Engineering from MIT in 2012 and completed his PhD in the same field at WPI in 2016, focusing his doctoral research on the use of laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy for impurity detection in molten metal. His professional interests include metals processing, physical metallurgy of light metals, materials characterization, and engineering education. Additionally, Shaymus is a licensed professional metallurgical engineer in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. In his personal time, he enjoys artisanal casting, reading about American history, collecting old science textbooks, and caring for his apple trees.
Department of Materials Science and Engineering MIT • Cambridge, MA
Manages Laboratory for Physical Metallurgy and teaches undergraduate labs.