Jennifer Hooper McCarty, an alumnae of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, has published a new book describing her studies of the microstructure and mechanical properties of the rivets used on HMS Titanic, and the role that substandard rivets may have played in the disaster. Dr. McCarty’s research was begun as a Ph.D. student under Prof. Tim Weihs, and was conducted in collaboration with Dr. Tim Foecke from the National Institute of Standards and Technology.