rama@tamu.edu
About
Ramatou Ly is originally from the Ivory Coast (Cote d’Ivoire). She joined the Materials Science and Engineering (MSEN) department of Texas A&M in August 2015. Prior to that she earned a master degree in MSEN in France (Toulouse). She has a strong interest in corrosion science, metallurgy, materials processing and mechanical engineering. At the National Corrosion and Materials Reliability Center, she studies the corrosion resistance of several materials including Aluminum alloys, Magnesium and Steel.
Education
- PhD in Materials Science and Engineering – Texas A&M University (2015 – 2019)
- M.S. in Materials Science and Engineering – ENSIACET, Toulouse, France (2012)
Projects
- Corrosion and Mechanical behavior of aluminum and Magnesium alloys
- Corrosion of externally coated steel pipelines
Publications
- Ly, Ramatou, Karl T. Hartwig, and Homero Castaneda. “Effects of strain localization on the corrosion behavior of ultra-fine grained aluminum alloy AA6061.” Corrosion Science (2018).
- Ly, Ramatou, Karl T. Hartwig, and Homero Castaneda. “Influence of dynamic recrystallization and shear banding on the localized corrosion of severely deformed Al–Mg–Si alloy.” Materialia 4 (2018): 457-465.
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Qin, Shuang, Yenny Cubides, Simone Lazar, Ramatou Ly, Yixuan Song, Joseph Gerringer, Homero Castaneda, and Jaime C. Grunlan. “Ultrathin Transparent Nanobrick Wall Anticorrosion Coatings.” ACS Applied Nano Materials 1, no. 10 (2018): 5516-5523.
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Ly, Ramatou, Ahmad Ivan Karayan, Karl T. Hartwig, and Homero Castaneda. “Insights into the electrochemical response of a partially recrystallized Al-Mg-Si alloy and its relationship to corrosion events.” Electrochimica Acta (2019).
Research Interests
- Metallurgy
- Corrosion mechanisms and characterization
- Mechanical Behavior of Materials
- Materials processing & manufacturing