Elliot Biro

Elliot Biro is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Mechantronics Engineering. He has an extensive background in joining techniques used in the automotive and steel industries from his work with ArcelorMittal Global Research where he was responsible for many projects that applied metallurgical fundamentals to solve industrial problems. Dr. Biro’s experience includes process optimization for a variety of welding techniques (gas metal arc welding, spot welding, laser welding, high frequency induction welding, flash butt welding, and seam welding), understanding property changes and cracking during welding (heat affected zone softening and LME cracking), and development of simulation techniques to understand the metallurgical changes during welding and other steel manufacturing processes.

Dr. Biro’s primary research interests are: metallurgical changes during welding, development of defects during welding, increasing process robustness to improve manufacturability, physical simulation of the welding process, welding of advanced high strength steels (AHSS), dissimilar material joining and weld evaluation. He currently sits on a variety of industry committees with the AWS and the CCIIW. From his work with industry Dr. Biro was responsible for $25M in savings to manufacturing costs from the results his projects. He has been awarded over $1M in grants and currently has over 50 journal papers and 30 conference papers.

• Metallurgical transformations during welding
• Post-weld properties
• Improving weld process robustness (increasing manufacturability)
• Effect of microstructure and mechanical property hetrogenity on weld performance
• Physical simulation of the welding process
• Weld defect formation
• Welding advanced high strength steel (AHSS)
• Dissimilar material welding

• 2014, Doctorate, Material Science and Engineering, McMaster University
• 2001, Master of Applied Science, Mechanical Engineering, University of Waterloo
• 2000, Bachelor of Applied Science, Mechanical Engineering, University of Waterloo

• ME 235 - Materials Science & Eng
  • Taught in 2020
• ME 436 - Welding & Joining Processes
  • Taught in 2018, 2019
• ME 481 - Mechanical Engineering Prj 1
  • Taught in 2020
• ME 535 - Welding Metallurgy
  • Taught in 2019, 2020, 2021

• Razmpoosh, MH and Macwan, A and Goodwin, F and Biro, E and Zhou, Y, Role of Random and Coincidence Site Lattice Grain Boundaries in Liquid Metal Embrittlement of Iron (FCC)-Zn Couple, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, 51(8), 2020, 3938 - 3944
• Mohamadizadeh, Alireza and Biro, Elliot and Worswick, Michael, Shear band formation at the fusion boundary and failure behaviour of resistance spot welds in ultra-high-strength hot-stamped steel, Science and Technology of Welding and Joining, 2020, 1 - 8
• DiGiovanni, C and He, L and Pistek, U and Goodwin, F and Biro, E and Zhou, NY, Role of spot weld electrode geometry on liquid metal embrittlement crack development, Journal of Manufacturing Processes, 49, 2020, 1 - 9
• Ramachandran, Dileep Chandran and Kim, Sung-Dae and Moon, Joonoh and Lee, Chang-Hoon and Chung, Jun-Ho and Biro, Elliot and Park, Yeong-Do, Classification of Martensite-Austenite Constituents According to its Internal Morphology in High-Strength Low Alloy steel, Materials Letters, 2020
• Razmpoosh, MH and Macwan, A and Goodwin, F and Biro, E and Zhou, Y, Crystallographic study of liquid-metal-embrittlement crack path, Materials Letters, 267, 2020
• Khan, M Shehryar and Razmpoosh, MH and Biro, E and Zhou, Y, A review on the laser welding of coated 22MnB5 press-hardened steel and its impact on the production of tailor-welded blanks, Science and Technology of Welding and Joining, 2020, 1 - 21
• DiGiovanni, Christopher and Biro, Elliot and Zhou, Norman Y, Impact of liquid metal embrittlement cracks on resistance spot weld static strength, Science and Technology of Welding and Joining, 24(3), 2019, 218 - 224
• M.H. Razmpoosh, A. Macwan, E. Biro, D.L. Chen, Y. Peng, F. Goodwin, Y. Zhou, Liquid metal embrittlement in laser beam welding of Zn-coated 22MnB5 steel, Materials & Design, 155, 2018, 375 - 383
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• C. DiGiovanni, E. Biro, N.Y. Zhou, Impact of liquid metal embrittlement cracks on resistance spot weld static strength, Science and Technology of Welding and Joining
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• H. Ghassemi-Armaki, E. Biro, S. Sadagopan,, Advanced Characterization of HAZ Softening of AHSS for Crash Modeling, ISIJ International, 57(8), 2017, 1451 - 1460
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• Saha, DC and Biro, E and Gerlich, AP and Zhou, Y, Effects of tempering mode on the structural changes of martensite, Materials Science and Engineering: A, 673, 2016, 467 - 475
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• Saha, DC and Biro, E and Gerlich, AP and Zhou, YN, Fiber laser welding of Al-Si-coated press-hardened steel, WELDING JOURNAL, 95(5), 2016
• D.C. Saha, E. Biro, A.P. Gerlich, N.Y. Zhou, Fusion zone microstructure evolution of fiber laser welded press-hardened steels, Scripta Metallurgica, 121, 2016, 18 - 22
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• OL Ighodaro, E Biro, YN Zhou, Comparative effects of Al-Si and galvannealed coatings on the properties of resistance spot welded hot stamping steel joints, Journal of Materials Processing Technology, 236, 2016, 64 - 72
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• Saha, Dulal Chandra and Nayak, Sashank S and Biro, Elliot and Gerlich, Adrian P and Zhou, Y, Mechanism of Secondary Hardening in Rapid Tempering of Dual-Phase Steel, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, 45(13), 2014, 6153 - 6162
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• E. Biro, J.R. McDermid, S. Vignier, Y.N. Zhou, Decoupling of the softening processes during rapid tempering of a martensitic steel, Material Science and Engineering A, 615, 2014, 395 - 404
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• E. Biro, S. Vignier, C. Kaczynski, J. McDermid, E. Lucas, J.D. Embury, Y. Zhou, Predicting Transient Softening in the Sub-Critical Heat-Affected Zone of Dual-Phase and Martensitic Steel Welds, ISIJ International, 53(1), 2013, 110 - 118
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• Biro, E and McDermid, JR and Embury, JD and Zhou, Y, Softening kinetics in the subcritical heat-affected zone of dual-phase steel welds, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, 41(9), 2010, 2348 - 2356
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• Currently considering applications from graduate students. A completed online application is required for admission; start the application process now.
• Has Approved Doctoral Dissertation Supervisor (ADDS) status