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Associate Dean of Graduate College

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Contact Information

• Office: 234 Mechanical Engineering Building
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  234 Mechanical Engineering Building
  1206 West Green Street
  Urbana, IL 61801

• Phone Number: 217-333-2321
• Fax Number: 217-244-5707
• Email Address: kjhsia AT illinois.edu
• Research Website: http://www.mechse.uiuc.edu/research/hsia/

Research Description

Professor Hsia studies the way cracks form in brittle materials, such as glass and metal-particularly when they are subjected to heat or temperature change. His experiments with ordinary glass look at the way cracks spread through glass that has been heated and cooled.

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