Asbjørn Mo (born 1959) is MSc from the NTNU (1983) and received his doctorate degree in hydrodynamics from the University of Oslo in 1986. Mo has worked with SINTEF since 1987, and is presently a Principal Scientist with dedicated strategic responsibilities within certain areas. Mo is also an Adjunct Professor at the University of Oslo. Mo’s field of research is mathematical modelling of metal solidification processes and mushy zone phenomena. Mo has played a central role in launching, taking scientifically part in, and in the leadership of several national and international research projects. Mo has carried out most of his research in collaboration with national and international colleagues in industry and academia, and has numerous joint publications with research teams in Australia, France, The Netherlands, and Switzerland. Mo has authored or co-authored about 70 international publications, and serves as a reviewer for several international journals. Mo is presently a deputy member of the Board of Directors for the Division of Science in the Research Council of Norway.

Selected publications last 5 years:

Ø. Nielsen, L. Arnberg, A. Mo and H. J. Thevik. Experimental determination of mushy zone permeability in aluminium-copper alloys with equiaxed microstructures. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, Vol. 30A:2455-2462, 1999.

I. Farup and A. Mo. Two-phase modelling of mushy zone parameters associated with hot tearing. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions, Vol. 31A:1361-1472, 2000.

Ø. Nielsen, B. Appolaire, H. Combeau, and A. Mo. Measurements and modelling of the microstructural morphology during equiaxed solidification of Al-Cu alloys. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions, Vol. 32A:2001-2049, 2001.

M. Mhamdi, A. Mo, and C. L. Martin. Two-phase modelling directed towards hot tearing formation in aluminium direct chill casting. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, 33A:2081-2093 2002.

A. Stangeland, A. Mo, Ø. Nielsen, D. Eskin, and M. M’Hamdi. Development of thermal strain in the coherent mushy zone during solidification of aluminium alloys. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, 35A:2903-2915, 2004.

L. C. Nicolli, A. Mo, and M. M’Hamdi. Modelling of macrosegregation caused by volumetric deformation in a coherent mushy zone. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, 36A:433-442, 2005.

M. M’Hamdi, A. Mo, and H. G. Fjær. TearSim: A two-phase model addressing hot tearing formation during aluminum direct chill casting. Accepted in the Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, 2005.

M. M’Hamdi and A. Mo. On modelling the interplay between microporosity formation and hot tearing in aluminium direct chill casting. Materials Science and Engineering A, 413-414:105-108, 2005.

A. Stangeland, A. Mo, M. M’Hamdi, D. Viano, and C. Davidson. Thermal Strain in the Mushy Zone Related to Hot Tearing. Accepted for publication in the Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, August 2005.

(updated 30 January 2006)