Fink, Carolin

Biographical Sketch – Carolin Fink

Professional Preparation

  • Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg (Germany), Mechanical Engineering/Business Administration, Diploma, 2009
  • Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg (Germany), Mechanical Engineering/Welding Engineering, Dr.-Ing. (Sven Juettner, Manuela Zinke), 2016
  • The Ohio State University (USA), Welding Engineering, Postdoctorate (John C. Lippold, Boian Alexandrov), 2015-2016

Appointments

  • 01/2017-present, Assistant Professor, Welding Engineering Faculty, Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering, The Ohio State University (USA)
  • 08/2015-12/2016, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering, The Ohio State University (USA)
  • 04/2010-06/2015, Graduate Research Associate, Institute of Materials and Joining Technology, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg (Germany)

Synergistic Activities

  • Co-developed an engineering outreach program WE Can Do It: Welding Engineering (WE) For High School Females, which seeks to engage young women in the field of Welding Engineering through an 8 week laboratory internship to increase their confidence in their STEM abilities, in order to prepare them for continued education or a career in the STEM fields, Support pending, 2018
  • Serves as Faculty Advisor for the American Welding Society (AWS) Student Chapter, 2018-present
  • Engages in engineering outreach activities for female high school students at COSI, Center of Science and Industry, Columbus, Ohio, 2017
  • Reviewer for Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, Materials Characterization and Materials Science and Technology Journals, 2017-present
  • Member of the STEAM Factory, Columbus, Ohio, a diverse and inclusive grass-roots network of OSU faculty, postdocs and staff that facilitates creative and interdisciplinary collaboration, innovation and dissemination of research, 2015-present
  • Serves as Editorial Board Member, Principal Reviewer and Reviewer for Welding in the World Journal, 2013-present
  • Serves as Observer and (Vice-)Delegate in Commission II and IX of the International Institute of Welding (IIW), 2011-present

Awards

  • Warren F. Savage Memorial Award, American Welding Society (AWS), 2021
  • Charles Ellison MacQuigg Award for Outstanding Teaching, The Ohio State University, 2021
  • International Institute of Welding (IIW) Henry Granjon Prize, Category B: Materials Behaviour and Weldability, 2016
  • ThyssenKrupp Graduate Scholarship Award, 2006-2009

Student Awards

  • American Welding Society (AWS) FABTECH Student Poster Award 2018, 2nd Place, Mike Stotts, Undergraduate Research Distinction, 2018
  • DVS Best Paper Award, Markus Sudy, M.S. Student, German Welding Society (DVS), 2014

Graduate and Postdoctoral Advisors

  • Sven Juettner, Manuela Zinke, Graduate advisors, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg (Germany)
  • John C. Lippold, Boian Alexandrov, Postdoctoral advisors, The Ohio State University (USA)

Publications