Messler, Robert W., Jr.

ROBERT W. MESSLER, JR., PhD, FASM, FAWS, is Associate Professor and Director of the Warren F. Savage Materials Joining Laboratory at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York. With over three decades in diverse areas of advanced materials and processes in industry and academia, Professor Messler has published numerous papers on welding, brazing, soldering, and innovative integral fastening as well as the book Joining of Advanced Materials.