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Recent graduate and post‐doctoral researcher in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Aeronautical Engineering and Mechanics at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, USA. Robert W. Messler is Associate Professor and Director of the Materials Joining Laboratory in the Materials Science and Engineering Department at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, USA. Gary A. Gabriele is Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Aeronautical Engineering and Mechanics, as well as Associate Dean of the School of Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, USA

Associate Professor and Director of the Materials Joining Laboratory in the Materials Science and Engineering Department at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, USA. Gary A. Gabriele is Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Aeronautical Engineering and Mechanics, as well as Associate Dean of the School of Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, USA

Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Aeronautical Engineering and Mechanics, as well as Associate Dean of the School of Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, USA