PUBLICATIONS OF GIL BAKER:

Textbook Contributions:

�        Contributor to: The Book of Wire & Cable Terms, 2003, The Wire Association, Intl., Guilford, CT.

�        �Some New Concepts in Drawing Analysis of Copper Wire,� G. Baker and H. Pops, Metallurgy, Processing & Application of Metal Wires, TMS, Warrendale, PA, 1996, pp. 29-42.

�        �Evaluation of Wire Surface Topography,� G. Baker and R. Wright, Nonferrous Wire Handbook, Vol. 3, 1995, The Wire Association, Intl., Guilford, CT, pp. 546-563.  [more details]

Journal Articles:

�       G. Baker and H. Pops, �New Improvements for Surface Oxide Testing of Copper Rod�, Wire Journal International, Sept. 2012, pp. 68-81.  Summary    (Best Paper Award Winner)

�       �New Developments in Rod Surface Measurement and Analysis,� G. Baker and H. Pops, , Wire Journal Intl.,  Vol. 42, No. 12, Dec. 2009, pp. 72-78.  Abstract

�      �Formulation, Analysis, and Measurement of Fines�,  H. Pops and G. Baker, Wire Journal Intl., Vol. 42, No. 10, Oct. 2009, pp. 68-79.   (Best Paper Award Winner)  Abstract

�       �New Perspectives on Annealing Analysis,� G. Baker and H. Pops, Wire Journal Intl., Vol. 37, No. 3, March 2004.  Winner of The Silver Certificate Award (WAI)  // Abstract

�       �Aluminum Spiral Wrapping for Stabilization of Niobium/Titanium Superconductor Wire,� G. Baker, H. Pops, J. Davis, G. Holt, S. Vaze, D. Yuan, and J. Walker, Wire Journal Intl., Vol. 35, No. 4, April 2002, pp 178-187.   Winner of The Silver Certificate Award (WAI).  [Order this article in a $15 report with four other articles]

�        �Computer Modeling of Wire Manufacturing Processes,� D. Zhao, G. Baker, C. Muojekwu and H. Pops, Wire Journal Intl., Vol. 32, No. 3, March 1999, pp. 264-271.  Winner of a Best Paper Award (WAI)

�        �The Effects of Die Angle on Texture and Annealing Response of ETP Copper Wire,� F. Kraft, U. Chakkingal, G. Baker and R. Wright, Journal of Materials Processing Technology, 60, 1996, pp. 171-178.

�        �Correlation of Surface Quality, Subsurface Quality and Fine Generation Analysis,� G. Baker and R. Wright, Wire Journal Intl., Vol. 29, No. 10, Oct. 1996, pp. 76-85.  Abstract

�        �Speed Effects in Magnet Wire Drawing,� G. Baker and R. Wright, Wire Journal Intl., Vol. 26, No. 10, Oct. 1993, pp. 58-62.   (This article was featured on the cover.)   Winner of a Best Paper Award (WAI)

�        �Friction Coefficients in Laboratory Simulation of Magnet Wire Drawing,� G. Baker and R. Wright, Wire Journal Intl., Vol. 25, No. 6, June 1992, pp. 67-72.

�        �Drawing Research with a High Speed Single Die Block,� G. Baker and R. Wright, Wire Journal Intl., Vol. 25, No. 4, April 1992, pp. 71-73.

�        �Surface Evaluation of Copper Wire,� G. Baker and R. Wright, Wire Journal Intl., Vol. 23, No. 12, Dec. 1990, pp. 51-55.  

�        �Examination of Aluminum Extrudate Surfaces by Optical Microscopy and Replication,� G. Baker, Aluminum Extrusion Program at Rensselaer, Troy, NY, May 1994, 6 p.

US Patent Pending: 

• "Three Motor Disk Timepiece"

• �Corner Turning Coilable Support�

Industrial Videos:  

• �Advanced Technology in the Metals Lab,� Essex Group, Oct. 1998, 14 min.

• �Modeling the Siphoning of Copper,� Essex Group, June 1998, 13 min.

Ph.D. Thesis:

• �Workpiece Wear Mechanisms in the Drawing of Copper Wire.� Gil Baker, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, August 1994.

Presented but Unpublished:

• "Workpiece Wear Mechanisms In Deformation Processing," Gilbert J. Baker and Roger N. Wright  Abstract  Presented in: "Micromechanics And Micromechanisms Of Deformation And Fracture: A Symposium In Honor Of Professor Ali S. Argon: Ali S."  March 3, 1999, Sponsored by: Structural Materials Division, Mechanical Metallurgy Committee, High Temperature Alloys Committee  Program Organizers: K. Jimmy Hsia, University of Illinois, Dept. of Theoretical & Appl. Mech, Urbana, IL 61801 USA; Mary Boyce, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mech. Eng., Cambridge, MA 02139 USA; Tresa M. Pollock, Carnegie Mellon University, Dept. of Metall. Eng. & Mat. Sci., Pittsburgh, PA 15213 USA

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