Research Interests

Dr. Jordon's research interests include experimental quantification of process-structure-property relationships, fatigue and fracture, constitutive modeling of plasticity and damage, process simulation modeling of welding and joining, and additive manufacturing

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Teaching Interests

Dr. Jordon's teaching interests include undergraduate and graduate solid mechanics and materials related courses.   He primarily teaches Fundamentals of Modern Manufacturing, Static Machine Components, Failure of Engineering Materials, and Senior Design Capstone courses. 

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Fatigue in Friction Stir Welding:   Fatigue in Friction Stir Welding provides knowledge on how to design and fabricate high performance, fatigue resistance FSW joints. It summarizes fatigue characterizations of key FSW configurations, including butt and lap-shear joints. The book's main focus is on fatigue of aluminum alloys, but discussions of magnesium, steel, and titanium alloys are also included. The FSW process-structure-fatigue performance relationships, including tool rotation, travel ....Click here to continue reading

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Recent Publication

​Direct Recycling of Machine Chips Through a Novel Solid-State Additive Manufacturing Process
Abstract: Recycling of metal waste for feedstock material in additive manufacturing (AM) is typically carried out through energy extensive melting and solidification processing techniques.  However, in austere environments, energy production can be limited and thus melting down scrap into powder through an atomization process is not a viable approach to producing feedstock from reclaimed waste. However, advancements in solid-state material processing has led to a novel additive manufacturing process that uses solid, macroscale structural feed-rods that allow for high deposition rates with wrought-like mechanical properties. This process, additive friction stir deposition (AFS-D), leverages friction between the rotating feed-rod and the substrate (or previous deposition layer) to soften and promote material flow that creates a plasticized.....Click here to continue reading

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Contact Information
Department of Mechanical Engineering
The University of Alabama
205-348-2701 (office) 
205-348-6419 (fax)
E-mail: bjordon@eng.ua.edu

Mailing Address
The University of Alabama
3043 H.M. Comer Hall
245 7th Ave
Tuscaloosa, AL 35401

Office Address
1023 NERC
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487