Mendez, P.F. and Lienert, T.J. Scaling of Coupled Thermomechanic Phenomena In Friction Stir Welding. in 8th International Seminar Numerical Analysis of Weldability. September 25-27, 2006. Graz, Austria.

Wagar, R.M., Speer, J.G., Matlock, D.K., and Mendez, P.F. Examination of Pitting Fatigue in Carburized Steels with Controlled Retained Austenite Fractions. in SAE World Congress. April 3-6, 2006. Detroit, MI. Paper # 137556.

Mendez, P.F. Scaling Laws in Welding Modeling. in Trends in Welding Research 2005. Pine Mountain, GA.

Jenkins, N.T., Mendez, P.F., and Eagar, T.W. Effect of Arc Welding Electrode Temperature on Vapor and Fume Composition. in Trends in Welding Research 2005. Pine Mountain, GA.

Mendez, P.F., Ramirez, M.A., Trapaga, G., and Eagar, T.W. Scaling Laws in the Welding Arc. in Mathematical Modelling of Weld Phenomena 6 2002. London, UK. p. 43-61.

Mendez, P.F. and Eagar, T.W. Estimation of the Characteristic Properties of the Weld Pool During High Productivity Arc Welding. in Mathematical Modelling of Weld Phenomena 5 2001. London, UK. p. 67-94.

Mendez, P.F., Ramirez, M.A., Trapaga, G., and Eagar, T.W. Scaling of the Cathode Region of a Long GTA Welding Arc. in Advances in Computational Engineering & Sciences, Proceedings of the ICES'2K Conference. August 21-25, 2000. Palmdale, CA. p. 689-694.

Mendez, P.F., Niece, K.L., and Eagar, T.W. Humping Formation in High Current GTA Welding. in International Conference on Joining of Advanced and Specialty Materials II, Materials Solutions Conference and Exposition. November, 1999. Cincinnati, OH.

Mendez, P.F. and Eagar, T.W. Magnitude Scaling of Free Surface Depression during High Current Arc Welding. in Trends in Welding Research, Proceedings of the 5th International Conference. June1-5, 1998. Pine Mountain, GA. p. 13-18.

Mendez, P.F. and Brown, S.B. Modeling of Selected SFF Process Limits. in Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium. August 8-10, 1994. Austin, TX. p. 299-306.

Mendez, P.F. and Herrera, R. Mecanismos Físicos de al Aplicación de Lubricantes Sólidos (Physical Mechanism of the Application of Solid Lubricants). in XVII Simposio Metalúrgico. April, 1993. Bariloche, Argentina.

Mendez, P.F., Odriozola, I., and Herrera, R. Fundamentos y Estudio de Sensibilidad del Ensayo de Compresión de Anillos. in XVII Simposio Metalúrgico. April, 1993. Bariloche, Argentina.

Mendez, P.F., Brown, S., and Clevenger, J.O., Electron Beam Welding Method and Apparatus Using Controlled Volumetric Heating. US Patent Application # 2006/0102597 A1, 2006.

Mendez, P.F. and Soderstrom, E., Gas metal arc welding methods and apparatus. United States Patent Application # 2006/0237411 A1, 2005.

Richard, K.L., Neill, R.I., Rice, C.S., Myojin, S., Mendez, P.F., Gage, T.B., O'Daniel, J.F., and Barron, C.F., Semi-Solid Casting Apparatus and Method. Japan Patent # 3544943, 2004.

Richard, K.L., Neill, R.I., Rice, C.S., Myojin, S., Mendez, P.F., Gage, T.B., O'Daniel, J.F., and Barron, C.F., Semi-Solid Casting Apparatus and Method. United States Patent # 6,640,879, 2003.

Richard, K.L., Neill, R.I., Rice, C.S., Myojin, S., Mendez, P.F., Gage, T.B., O'Daniel, J.F., and Barron, C.F., Semi-Solid Casting Apparatus and Method. United States Patent # 6,470,955, 2002.

Rice, C.S., Mendez, P.F., Brown, S.B., and Myojin, S., Apparatus and Method for Semi-Solid Material Production. United States Patent # 6,308,768, 2001.

Mendez, P.F. and Brown, S.B., Method and Apparatus for Metal Solid Freeform Fabrication Utilizing Partially Solidified Metal Slurry. United States Patent # 5,893,404, 1999.

Brown, S.B., Mendez, P.F., Rice, C.R., and Myojin, S., Apparatus and Method for Integrated Semi-Solid Material Production and Casting. United States Patent # 5,881,796, 1999.

Brown, S.B., Mendez, P.F., Rice, C.R., and Myojin, S., Apparatus and Method for Semi-Solid Material Production. United States Patent # 5,887,640, 1999.

Brown, S.B., Mendez, P.F., Rice, C.R., and Myojin, S., Apparatus and Method for Semi-Solid Material Production. Brazil Patent # PI9712257-2, 1997.

Brown, S.B., Mendez, P.F., Rice, C.R., and Myojin, S., Apparatus and Method for Integrated Semi-Solid material Production and Casting. Brazil Patent # PI9712258-0, 1997.

Invited or Keynote

Mendez, P.F. and Eagar, T.W. New Trends in Welding in the Aeronautic Industry. Invited paper in Second Conference on New Trends for the Manufacturing in the Aeronautic Industry. November 19-20, 2002. Bilbao, Spain.

Mendez, P.F. New Trends in Welding in the Aeronautic Industry. in New Trends for the Manufacturing in the Aeronautic Industry. May 24-25, 2000. San Sebastián, Spain. p. 21-38.

Mendez, P.F. Investigación en Soldadura en el MIT y Panorama de la Industria de la Soldadura en los Estados Unidos (Welding Research at MIT and Overview of the Welding Industry in the United States). Invited keynote paper in Tecnologías de la Soldadura y Unión de Materiales. December 1-2, 1999. San Sebastián, Spain.

Other

Roubidoux, J.A. and Mendez, P.F. Modeling Friction Stir Welding through Advanced Scaling Techniques. in 2006 NSF Design, Service, and Manufacturing Grantees and Research Conference. July 24 -27, 2006. St. Louis, MO.

Nikou, V., Mendez, P.F., Masubuchi, K., and Eagar, T.W. Feasibility of using Earth-bounded NDT techniques for the space environment. in 3rd International Conference on Emerging Technologies in Non-Destructive Testing. May 26-28, 2003. Thessaloniki, Greece. p. 345-350.

Mendez, P.F. and Ordonez, F. Determination of Scaling Laws from Statistical Data. in Fifth International Workshop on Similarity Methods. 4-5 November 2002, 2002. Stuttgart, Germany. p. 21-31.

Mendez, P.F. and Eagar, T.W. The Matrix of Coefficients in Order of Magnitude Scaling. in Fourth International Workshop on Similarity Methods. November 5-6, 2001. Stuttgart, Germany. p. 51-67.

Mendez, P.F. and Eagar, T.W. Modeling of Welding Processes through Order of Magnitude Scaling. in International Conference on Modeling and Simulation of Metal Technologies, MMT-2000. November 13-15, 2000. Ariel, Israel. p. 636-645.

Mendez, P.F., Jenkins, N.T., and Eagar, T.W. Effect of Electrode Droplet Size on Evaporation and Fume Generation in GMAW. in Gas Metal Arc Welding for the 21st Century. December 6-8, 2000. Orlando, FL. p. 325-332.

Mendez, P.F. and Eagar, T.W. Order of Magnitude Scaling of Complex Engineering Problems. in Seventeenth Symposium on Energy Engineering Sciences. May 13-14, 1999. Argonne, IL. p. 106-113.

Jones, L.A., Mendez, P.F., Weiss, D., and Eagar, T.W. Dynamic Behavior of Gas Metal Arc Welding. in The 9th Annual Conference on Iron and Steel Technology. August, 1997. Pohang, Korea.

Mendez, P.F., Odriozola, I., and Herrera, R. Aspectos Relevantes de la Aplicación de Lubricantes Sólidos a Alta Temperatura. in Tercer Congreso Argentino y Latinoamericano de Tribología. August, 1993. Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Abstracts of Conference Presentations

Invited or Keynote

Mendez, P.F. Joining of Copper Alloys: Challenges and Opportunities. Invited paper in New Copper Applications for the XXI Century. April 27-28, 2006. Santiago, Chile.

Mendez, P.F. and Lienert, T.J. Modeling of Coupled Heat Transfer and Mechanical Deformation in FSW. Keynote paper in MS&T. October 15-19, 2006. Cincinnati, OH.

Mendez, P.F. Recent Developments in Understanding and Preventing Humping and Undercutting. Invited paper in Fabtec/AWS. November 11, 2005. Chicago, IL.

Gonçalves, P., Mendez, P.F., and Ordonez, F. Automatic detection of characteristic values from experimental data: an application to the Bass Diffusion Model. Invited paper in INFORMS. November 14, 2005. San Francisco, CA.

Other

Mendez, P.F. and Jenkins, N.T. Droplet Temperature and Evaporation in GMAW. in Fabtec/AWS Annual Meeting. Oct. 30-Nov. 2, 2006. Atlanta, GA.

Mendez, P.F. and Lienert, T.J. Non-Adiabatic Shearing in Friction Stir Welding. in TMS Annual Meeting. March 12-16, 2006. San Antonio, TX.

Mendez, P.F. and Lienert, T.J. Modeling of Coupled Heat Transfer and Mechanical Deformation in FSW. Keynote paper in MS&T. October 15-19, 2006. Cincinnati, OH.

Mendez, P.F. and Sanders, M. Electron Beam Welding at the Micron Scale. in MS&T. October 15-19, 2006. Cincinnati, OH.

Sanders, M. and Mendez, P.F. Electron Beam Welding at the Micron Scale. in Fabtec/AWS Annual Meeting. Oct. 30-Nov. 2, 2006. Atlanta, GA.

Soderstrom, E. and Mendez, P.F. Factors That Influence Metal Transfer in GMAW. in Fabtech/AWS Annual Meeting. Oct. 30-Nov. 2, 2006. Atlanta, GA.

Soderstrom, E. and Mendez, P.F. High-Speed Welding Defect Formation and Mitigation. in Fabtec/AWS Annual Meeting. Oct. 30-Nov. 2, 2006. Atlanta, GA.

Mendez, P.F., Rice, C.R., and Young, K.P. Complex, Closed-Section Continuous Copper Extrusions in Semi-Solid State. in MS&T. October 15-19, 2006. Cincinnati, OH.

Roubidoux, J.A., Mendez, P.F., and Lienert, T.J. Modeling of Simultaneous Heat Transfer and Deformation in Friction Stir Welding. in Fabtec/AWS Annual Meeting. Oct. 30-Nov. 2, 2006. Atlanta, GA.

Madeni, J.C., Sarazola, G., Mendez, P.F., and Liu, S. Thermodynamic Modeling for the Design of High Strength Filler Metals. in Fabtec/AWS Annual Meeting. Oct. 30-Nov. 2, 2006. Atlanta, GA.

Soderstrom, E. and Mendez, P.F. Modified GMAW for Spray Transfer with Pure CO2 Shielding Gas. in Fabtec/AWS Annual Meeting. November 16, 2005. Chicago, IL.

Mendez, P.F., Brown, S.B., and Bergstrom, J. Materials Mechanisms Affecting Long Term Stability. in ASME Congress. November 21, 2003. Washington, DC.

Mendez, P.F. and Bastianon, R.A. Regulación Centrífuga de Turbinas Eólicas (Centrifugal Governors on Wind Turbines). in IV Congreso Latinoamericano para el Uso Racional de la Energía. November, 1990. Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Mendez, P.F., Convenio de colaboración con la Colorado School of Mines. Diario Vasco, April 16, 2005. Gipuzkoa

Mendez, P.F., A follow-up on powder coating. Velonews, March 29, 2005.

Mendez, P.F., Brown, S.B., and Eagar, T.W., Putting it in Scale. Mechanical Engineering, 2004. 126 (Design Supplement): p. 16-20.

Mendez, P.F., Importancia de la Educación en Soldadura en el Desarrollo de Nuevas Tecnologías (Importance of Welding Education on the Development of New Technologies). Goierri Prest, 2001 (2): p. 4-5.

Mendez, P.F. and Eagar, T.W., Welding processes for aeronautics. Advanced Materials & Processes, 2001. 159 (5): p. 39-43.

Rice, C.S. and Mendez, P.F., Slurry-Based Semi-Solid Die Casting. Advanced Materials & Processes, 2001. 159 (10): p. 49-52.

Rice, C.S., Mendez, P.F., and Brown, S.B., Metal Solid Freeform Fabrication Using Semi-Solid Slurries. JOM, 2000. 52 (12): p. 31-33.***Video of process ***

Mendez, P.F. and Bastianon, R.A., Regulación Centrífuga de Turbinas Eólicas (Centrifugal Governors on Wind Turbines). Ciencia y Técnica, 1993. 1 (1): p. 30-33.

Mendez, P.F., Preliminary Analysis of the Thermodynamics and Non-Equilibrium Solidification of Weld Material for X80 Tube. Report # PFM-CON-002, 2006. Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO.

Tordonato, D., Madeni, J.C., and Mendez, P.F., Thermocalc Tutorial. Report # PFM-CON-003, 2006. Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO.

Madeni, J.C., Sarazola, G., Mendez, P.F., and Liu, S., Procedure for HAZ Microstructure Characterization of Weldments in TAMSA Tubing. Report # PFM-TAM-001, 2006. Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO.

Madeni, J.C., Tordonato, D., Mendez, P.F., and Liu, S., Characterization of Weld Metal in Six Samples from TAMSA Tubing Weld Joints. Report # PFM-TAM-002, 2006. Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO.

Sarazola, G., Madeni, J.C., Mendez, P.F., and Liu, S., Filler Alloy to Weld Tenaris Pipe. Report # PFM-CON-001, 2005. Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO.

Odriozola, I., Colombo, G., Mendez, P.F., Rapetti, J., and Herrera, R., Utilización del Concepto de Pico Móvil para la Aplicación de Lubricantes a Base de Grafito (On the Use of Moving Nozzles for the Application of Graphite-Based Lubricants). Report # I 604/93, 1993. FUDETEC, Campana, Argentina.

Mendez, P.F. and Bastianon, R.A., Regulación Centrífuga de Turbinas Eólicas (Centrifugal Governors on Wind Turbines). Report # 3, 1992. Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Mendez, P.F. and Herrera, R., Mecanismos de Desgaste (Wear Mechanisms). Report # I 1101/483-92, 1992. FUDETEC, Campana, Argentina.

Mendez, P.F. and Herrera, R., Aplicabilidad del Lubricante Deltaforge 658 con Picos Móviles (Aplication of the Lubricant Deltaforge 658 with Moving Nozzles). Report # I 102-504/92, 1992. FUDETEC, Campana, Argentina.

Mendez, P.F. and Herrera, R., Coeficientes de Fricción en el Conformado en Caliente (Friction Coefficients in Hot Metalworking). Report # I 1.72-538/92, 1992. FUDETEC, Campana, Argentina.

Mendez, P.F., Pochtaruk, M., and Herrera, R., Análisis de Sensibilidad en la Aplicación de Lubricantes para Forja (Sensitivity Study of the Application of Forging Lubricants). Report # 1.72-414, 1992. FUDETEC, Campana, Argentina.

Carcagno, G., Daubian, P., Friederwitzer, P., Herrera, R., Johnson, D., Mendez, P.F., Morgenstern, V., Nicolosi, A., Pochtaruk, M., and Ugarriza, J., Sistema Universal de Ensayo CTM (Universal Testing System CTM). Report # I-0.06-458/92, 1992. FUDETEC, Campana, Argentina.

Mendez, P.F., Influencia de los Parámetros de Diseño de Un Regulador (Influence of Design Parameters of a Centrifugal Governor) 1991. Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Mendez, P.F., Analisis de los Sistemas Dinámicos de Un Grado de Libertad que Incluyen Rozamiento (Analysis of Dynamic Systems of One Degree of Freedom that Include Friction) 1989. Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Mendez, P.F., Verificaciones Experimentales de las Predicciones Teóricas Acerca del Comportamiento Estacionario y Transitorio de un Regulador Centrífugo (Experimental Verification of the Theoretical Predictions about the Steady-State and Transient Behavior of a Centrifugal Governor) 1989. Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Mendez, P.F., Conceptos del Funcionamiento de los Reguladores Centrífugos de Velocidad (Fundamentals of Centrifugal Governors) 1988. Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Mendez, P.F., Order of Magnitude Scaling of Complex Engineering Problems, and its Application to High Productivity Arc Welding. Doctor of Philosophy dissertation, 1999. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, T.W. Eagar advisor.

Mendez, P.F., Joining Metals Using Semi-Solid Slurries. Master of Science dissertation, 1995. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, S.B. Brown advisor.

Thesis Supervised

Soderstrom, E., Influence of Ar-Co2 Mixtures and Thin Electrodes on Metal Transfer in Gas Metal Arc Welding. M.S. dissertation, 2007. Colorado School of Mines, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, P.F. Mendez advisor.

Nikou, V., Welded Repair and Maintenance in the Space Environment. Master of Science dissertation, 2003. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, K. Masubuchi, T.W. Eagar, and P.F. Mendez advisor.

Mendez, P.F. Parametric Modeling In Materials Processing. Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, February 9, 2006.

Mendez, P.F. Innovations in Metallurgical Manufacturing: From concept to implementation. Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Southern California, January 6, 2005.

Mendez, P.F. Scaling Laws for Manufacturing, Design, and Beyond. Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas, March 3, 2003.

Mendez, P.F. Tackling welding complexity: A new approach and new results. Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, July, 2003.

Mendez, P.F. Order of Magnitude Scaling. Similarity Mechanics Group, Institute for Statics and Dynamics of Aerospace Structures, University of Stuttgart, November, 2001.

Mendez, P.F. Novel Techniques for Understanding Complex Materials Processes. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, November, 2001.

Mendez, P.F. DOE/BES Work at the MIT Welding Laboratory. Department of Energy, Basic Energy Sciences Review Meeting, MIT, June, 2000.

Mendez, P.F. Order of Magnitude Scaling of Complex Engineering Problems and its Application to High Productivity Arc Welding. Department of Energy, Basic Energy Sciences Review Meeting, Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory, June, 1999.

Mendez, P.F. Suppression of Defects in High-Productivity Arc Welding. TMS Lecture Series, MIT, October, 1999.

Mendez, P.F. Magnitude Scaling of Welding Problems. Department of Energy, Basic Energy Sciences Review Meeting, MIT, June, 1998.

Mendez, P.F. Metal Transfer in GMAW in the High Current Regime. Department of Energy, Basic Energy Sciences Review Meeting, Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory, June, 1997.

Mendez, P.F. Mathematical Modeling of Heat and Fluid Flow Phenomena in Gas Metal Arc Welding. Department of Energy, Basic Energy Sciences Review Meeting, MIT, July, 1996.

Mendez, P.F. Transport Phenomena in Welding. 3.55: Macroscopic Transport in Materials Processing, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, July, 1996.

Roubidoux, J.A. and Mendez, P.F., Advanced Scaling Techniques for the Modeling of Materials Processing, in 2006 NSF Design, Service, and Manufacturing Grantees and Research Conference. 2006: St. Louis, MO.

Mendez, P.F. and Eagar, T.W., Suppression of Defects in High Productivity Welding, in Third Annual Materials Processing Center Research Review Poster Session. 1998: Cambridge, MA.

Mendez, P.F. and Eagar, T.W., Modeling Penetration and Free Surface Depression During High Current Arc Welding, in The Julian Szekely Memorial Symposium on Materials Processing. 1997, TMS: Cambridge, MA.

Mendez, P.F. and Eagar, T.W., Mathematical Modeling of Heat and Fluid Flow Phenomena in Gas Metal Arc Welding, in First Annual Materials Processing Center Research Review Poster Session. 1996: Cambridge, MA.

Arizmendi, R., Del Goierri a Colorado. Diario Vasco, May 10, 2006. Tolosa-Goierri

Arizmendi, R., Un prometedor acuerdo de colaboración. La Universidad del Goierri estrecha lazos de cooperación con la de Colorado. Diario Vasco, January 16, 2005. Tolosa-Goierri

Ehrenman, G., The Past - And Future. Mechanical Engineering, 2004. 126 (Design Supplement): p. 2.

Aminoff, J., Order of Magnitude Modeling May Lead to Low Cost Welding. Industry Collegium Report, 1999. 16 (1): p. 5.