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Research Interest:

• H. T. Lin's research activities span the areas on high-temperature fatigue and creep behavior of advanced ceramics, ceramic composites, and metal-matrix composites, evaluation of mechanical reliability and lifetime performance of complex-shaped ceramic components, environmental barrier coating development. His studies include the influence of high-temperature and high-pressure steam on the reliability of silicon-based ceramic systems. He is the author or co-author of over 70 technical publications in these fields.

Education:

• B.S., Physics, National Central University,1979
• M.S. , Materials Engineering, Auburn University, 1985
• Ph.D., Materials Engineering, Auburn University, 1989

Professional Experience:

• Oak Ridge National Laboratory (4/92-present): Senior and Distinguished R&D staff, Research Group Leader, Ceramic Science and Technology Group, Materials Science and Technology Division.
• Principal investigator, Reliability Verification of Microturbine Components, DOE Office of Distributed Energy, Microturbine Materials Program. (1999-2008).
• Principle investigator, Life Prediction of Diesel Engine Components, DOE Office of Transportation Technologies, Heavy Vehicle Propulsion Materials Program (2000-present).
• Principle investigator, Mechanical Reliability of PZT Piezo-Stack Actuators for Fuel Injectors, DOE Office of Transportation Technologies, Heavy Vehicle Propulsion Materials Program (2007-present).
• Principle investigator, Development of Low-Expansion Metallic Substrates for Power Electronic Packaging, DOE Office of Electricity, Materials Program (2007-2008).
• Principal investigator, Characterization and Development of Spark Plug Materials and Components, DOE Office of Distributed Energy, Advanced Natural Gas Reciprocating Engine Program (2002-2008).
• Principal investigator, Fracture Behavior of Toughened Ceramics, DOE Office of Transportation Technologies, Ceramic Technology for Advanced Heat Engine Program, (1992-1998).
• Principal investigator, Time-Dependent Behavior, DOE Office of Industrial Technologies, Industrial Materials for the Future (IMF)/CFCC Program (1993-2002).
• Principal investigator, IR Surface Treatment, DOE Office of Power Technologies, Microturbine Technologies Program (2000-2001).
• Oak Ridge Associated Universities (4/89-3/92): Postdoctoral fellow. Structural Ceramics Group, Metals and Ceramics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Principal investigator, W.B.S. Element 3.2.1.3. Fracture in Toughened Ceramics, Ceramic Technology Project. Investigated high-temperature creep deformation behavior of monolithic ceramics and whisker-reinforced ceramic composites. Developed the test methodology to evaluate the relationships between fiber/matrix interfacial characteristics, interface properties, and the mechanical properties of ceramic composite systems.
• Auburn University (4/87-3/89): Ph.D. research assistant. Structural Materials Group, Metals and Ceramics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Investigated the joining of helium-impregnated austenitic and martensitic stainless steels. Developed model of the nucleation, growth, and coalescence of helium bubbles that led to cracking and failure of weld joint during the welding of irradiated materials.
• Auburn University (6/83-3/87): Graduate research assistant. Awarded full research assistantship to develop advanced materials for fusion energy applications. Thesis investigated the effects of strain rate and temperature on the mechanical properties and fracture mechanisms of (Fe,Ni)3V long-range ordered (LRO) alloys.
• Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville: Adjunct Professor
• Shanghai Institute of Ceramic (4/09-3/11): Guest professor.

Elected Positions In Professional Societies:

• Panel of Fellows, The American Ceramic Society, 2009-2012.
• Coble Award Committee, The American Ceramic Society, 2009-2014.
• Counselor, Engineering Ceramics Division, The American Ceramic Society, 2004-2006.
• Nomination Committee, The American Ceramic Society, 2004-2008.
• Chair, Nomination Committee, Engineering Ceramics Division, The American Ceramic Society, 2004-2005, 2008-2009.
• Publication Committee and Chair, The American Ceramic Society, 2004-2008.
• John Jeppson Award Committee, The American Ceramic Society, 2003-2005.
• Chair, Engineering Ceramics Division, The American Ceramic Society, 2003-2004.
• Journal of Materials Engineering & Performance Committee Member and Secretary, ASM International, 2001-2008.
• Henry Marion Howe Medal and Marcus A. Grossmann Young Author Award Selection Committee, ASM International, 2005-2007.
  

Affiliations And Special Recognition:

• Alpha Sigma Mu, Sigma Xi
• Member of ASM International, American Ceramic Society
• Honorary Professional and Scholastic Society
• Professional Societies
  

Honors, Awards And Professional Recognition:

A. Honors and awards

• James I. Mueller Award, Engineering Ceramic Division, the American Ceramic Society. Recognition of enormous contribution and leadership in the field of engineering ceramics, 2010.
• Lee Hsun Lecture Award, Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science and the Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China. Recognition of accomplishments in materials science and technology research, 2009.
• ASM-IIM (Indian Institute of Metals) Lectureship Award, 2008.
• Academician, Class of “Industry and Innovation” of World Academy of Ceramics, 2007.
• Outstanding Alumnus Award, Materials Engineering, Auburn University, 2007.
• Fellow of ASM International, 2006.
• Fellow of the American Ceramic Society, 2003.
• Science and Technology Agency (STA) Fellowship Award from Japan Science and Technology Cooperation, 1998. Recognition for the leadership and accomplishment in high-temperature mechanical behavior of ceramics and ceramic composites.
• Lockheed Martin Energy Research Significant Event Award, 1997. Recognition for the outstanding technical contribution to the Office of Industrial Technologies, Advanced Turbine System (ATS) Program.
• Martin Marietta Energy Systems Technical Support Awards for Technology Transfer for 1996 and 1993. Recognition for the outstanding technical contribution for "whisker-toughened ceramic composite technology" transfer.
• Martin Marietta Energy Systems Technical Achievement Award for 1991. Recognition for the outstanding contribution to the development of fundamental understanding of the toughening mechanisms of brittle ceramics.
• U.S. DOE Postgraduate Research Program Award, 1989-1993.
• The 10 Most Outstanding Graduate Students Award of Auburn University. Recognition of outstanding academic, scholarly, and service accomplishments, 1989.

B. Other Professional Activities

• Volunteer Member of Distinguished Mentor Program, the American Ceramic Society.
• Editor-in-Chief, International Journal of Applied Ceramic Technology, the American Ceramic Society (2004-present).
• International Scientific Advisory Committee, the 3rd International Congress on Ceramics (ICC3), Osaka, Japan, November 14-18, 2010.
• International Scientific Advisory Board, the 4th International Symposium on Advanced Ceramics (ISAC-4), Osaka, Japan, November 14-18, 2010.
• Scientific Committee, International Conference on High Temperature Ceramic Matrix Composites (HTCMC-7), Bayreuth, Germany in September 20-22, 2010.
• International Advisory Board, The 11th International Conference on Ceramic Processing Science, ICCPS-11, ETH Zurich, Switzerland, August 29-September 1, 2010.
• Programme and Steering Committee, CIMTEC 2010 – 12th International Ceramics Congress (June 6-11, 2010) and 5th Forum on New Materials (June 13-18, 2010), Montecatini Terme, Tuscany, Italy.
• Organizing Committee, 3rd International Symposium on SiAlONs and Non-Oxides, June 1-4, 2010, Cappadocia, Turkey.
• International Advisory Board, the 6th International Conference on Nitrides and Related Materials, Karlsruhe, Germany, March 15-18, 2009.
• International Advisory Committee, International Seminar on High Performance and Nanostructured Materials, Vallabh Vidyanagar, India, February 19-20, 2009.
• International Advisory Committee, International Seminar on High Temperature Materials, Varanasi, India, February 23-25, 2009.
• International Advisory Committee, the 9th International Symposium on Ceramic Materials and Components for Energy and Environmental Applications (2008 CMCEE), Shanghai, China, November 10-14, 2008.
• International Advisory Board, the 1st International Symposium on Hybrid Materials and Processing (HyMaP 2008), Busan, Korea, October 27-29, 2008.
• International Advisory Committee, 2nd International Symposium on SiAlONs and Non-Oxides, Mie, Japan, December 2-5, 2007.
• International Advisory Committee, 7th Pacific Rim Conference on Ceramic and Glass Technology, Shanghai, China, November 11-14, 2007.
• International Advisory Committee, 6th International Conference on High Temperature Ceramic Matrix Composite (HTCMC-6), New Delhi, India, September 4-7, 2007.
• International Advisory Committee, 10th International Conference and Exhibition of the European Ceramic Society, Berlin, Germany, June 17-21, 2007.
• International Advisory Committee, 2nd International Conference on Recent Advances in Composite Materials (ICRACM-2007), New Delhi, India, February 20-23, 2007.
• International Advisory Board, the CIMTEC 2006 on 4th Forum on New Materials and 5th International Conference on Advanced Inorganic Fibrous Composites for Structural Applications, Sicily, Italy, June 4-9, 2006.
• International Advisory Board, the ECI Conference on Novel and Emerging Ceramics and Composites, Kona Coast, Hawaii, June 25-30, 2006.
• Organizing Committee Members, International Symposium on Hybrid Nano Materials Toward Future Industries (HNM 2006), Nagaoka, Japan, Februrary 3-5, 2006.
• International Advisory Committee, the 7th International Symposium on Eco-materials Processing and Design (ISEPD 2006), ChengDu, China, January 8-11, 2006
• International Advisory Committee, the 6th International Symposium on Eco-materials Processing and Design (ISEPD 2005), Jingju, Korea, January 16-18, 2005.
• International Advisory Board, The 3rd International Symposium on the Science of Engineering Ceramics (EnCera 2004), Osaka, Japan, Oct. 31 – Nov. 3, 2004.
• International Scientific Committee, The 5th International Conference on High-Temperature Ceramic Matrix Composites – HTCMC 5, Settle, WA, September 12-16, 2004.
• Co-organizer of Symposium on “Advanced Engineering Ceramics and Composites,” the 3rd International Congress on Ceramics (ICC3), Osaka, Japan, November 14-18, 2010.
• Programme chair, International Symposium on “Materials Challenges for Future Nuclear Fission and Fusion Technologies,” 5th Forum on New Materials, June 13-18, 2010, Montecatini Terme, Tuscany, Italy.
• Co-chairs of the 2nd International Symposium on Advanced Ceramics and Technologies for Sustainable Energy Applications (ACTSEA-2009), Taipei, Taiwan, November 1-4, 2009.
• Co-organizers of International Symposium on “Enabling Surface Coating Systems: Science and Technology,” at the Materials Science & Technology 2009 Conference and Exhibition, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, October 25-30, 2009.
• Organizer of International Symposium on “Ceramics for Electric Energy Generation, Storage, and Distribution” at 8th Pacific Rim Conference on Ceramics and Glass Technology (PACRIM 8), Vancouver, BC, Canada, May 31-June 5, 2009.
• Co-organizers of International Symposium on “Ceramics Enabling Environmental Protection: Clean Air and Water,” at 8th Pacific Rim Conference on Ceramics and Glass Technology (PACRIM 8), Vancouver, BC, Canada, May 31-June 5, 2009.
• Co-Chair of International Symposium on Advanced Ceramic Coatings for Structural, Environmental and Functional Applications, at the 33rd International Cocoa Beach Conference and Exposition on Advanced Ceramics and Composites,” Daytona Beach, FL, Jan 18-23, 2009.
• Co-organizers of International Symposium on Advanced Structural Ceramics at the 9th International Symposium on Ceramic Materials and Components for Energy and Environmental Applications (2008 CMCEE), Shanghai, China, November 10-14, 2008.
• Co-organizers of International Symposium on “Enabling Surface Coating Systems: Science and Technology,” at the Materials Science & Technology 2008 Conference and Exhibition, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, October 5-10, 2008.
• Co-organizers of the 2nd International Symposium on New Frontier of Advanced Si-Based Ceramics and Composites, Jeju, Korea, June 8-11, 2008.
• Chair of International Symposium on Advanced Ceramic Coatings for Structural, Environmental and Functional Applications, at the 32nd International Cocoa Beach Conference and Exposition on Advanced Ceramics and Composites,” Daytona Beach, FL, Jan 27-Feb 2, 2008.
• Chair of International Symposium on “Thermoelectric Materials for Power Conversion Applications,” at the 32nd International Cocoa Beach Conference and Exposition on Advanced Ceramics and Composites,” Daytona Beach, FL, Jan 27-Feb 2, 2008.
• Co-chairs of International Symposium on Advanced Ceramics and Technologies for Sustainable Energy Applications (ACTSEA-2007), Kenting, Taiwan, November 4-7, 2007.
• Co-organizers of International Symposium on “Symposium on Surface Protection and Modification of High Performance Materials,” Materials Science & Technology 2007 Conference and Exhibition, Cincinnati, OH, Sept 16-21, 2007.
• Co-organizers of International Symposium on “Applications of Ceramics,” 10th International Conference and Exhibition of the European Ceramic Society, Berlin, Germany, June 17-21, 2007.
• Co-organizers of International Symposium on “Ultra-High Temperature Ceramics (UHTC07),” the 5th China International Conference on High Performance Ceramics, Changsha, China, May 10-13, 2007.
• Chair of International Symposium on “Thermoelectric Materials for Power Conversion Applications,” at the 31th International Cocoa Beach Conference and Exposition on Advanced Ceramics and Composites,” Daytona Beach, FL, January 21-26, 2007.
• Co-chair of International Symposium on Advanced Ceramic Coatings for Structural, Environmental and Functional Applications, at the 31th International Cocoa Beach Conference and Exposition on Advanced Ceramics and Composites,” Daytona Beach, FL, January 21-26, 2007.
• Co-organizers of International Symposium on “Surface Protection for Enhanced Materials Performance,” Materials Science & Technology 2006 Conference and Exhibition, Cincinnati, OH, October 15-19, 2006.
• Co-organizers of Structural Ceramic Session in 2006 Power Metallurgy World Congress and Exhibition, Busan, Korea, September 24-28, 2006.
• Co-organizers of International Symposium on Mechanical Properties and Performance of Engineering Ceramics and Composites, at the 30th International Conference on Advanced Ceramics and Composites,” Cocoa Beach, FL, January 22-27, 2006.
• Chair of International Symposium on Advanced Ceramics for Clean Energy Systems, PACRIM6, Maui, Hawaii, September 11-16, 2005.
• Co-organizers of International Symposium on Advances in Metal-Ceramic Systems, at the 29th International Conference on Advanced Ceramics and Composites,” Cocoa Beach, FL, January 23-28, 2005.
• Co-organizers of International Symposium on Mechanical Properties and Performance of Engineering Ceramics and Composites, at the 29th International Conference on Advanced Ceramics and Composites,” Cocoa Beach, FL, January 23-28, 2005.
• Conference chair of the 28th Annual International Conference on Advanced Ceramics & Composites, Cocoa Beach, Florida, January 25-30, 2004.
• Co-organizers of the International Symposium on New Frontier of Advanced Si-Based Ceramics and Composites, Gyeongju, Korea, June 20-23, 2004.
• Program chair of the 27th Annual International Conference on Advanced Ceramics & Composites, Cocoa Beach, Florida, January 26-31, 2003.
• Chair of International Symposium on "Material Technologies for Fuel Cells and Power Electronics," 2002 Cocoa Beach Conference, January 13-18, 2002.
• Program chair of Engineering Ceramics Division, 2002 American Ceramic Society Annual Meeting, St. Louis, Missouri, April 28-May 1, 2002.
• Co-organizers of International Symposium on "Silicon-based Structural Ceramics for the New Millennium: Recent Scientific and Technological Developments," 2002 American Ceramic Society Annual Meeting, St. Louis, Missouri, April 28-May 1, 2002.
• Co-organizers of International Symposium on "Ceramic Matrix Composites,” 2001 American Ceramic Society Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, IN, April 22-25, 2001.
• Co-Chair of United Engineering Foundation International Conference on "Structural Ceramics and Ceramic Composites for High-Temperature Application," Seville, Spain, October 7-12, 2001.
• Co-editors of Proceedings “Ceramics for Environmental and Energy Applications”, Ceramic Transaction Vol. 219, 2009.
• Co-editors of Proceedings “Advanced Ceramic Coatings and Interfaces IV,” Ceramic Engineering and Science Proceedings, Vol. 30, Issue 3, 2009.
• Editor of Proceedings “Advanced Ceramic Coatings and Interfaces III,” Ceramic Engineering and Science Proceedings, Vol. 29, Issue 4, 2008.
• Editor of Proceedings of “Developments in Strategic Materials,” Ceramic Engineering and Science Proceedings, Vol. 29, Issue 10, 2008.
• Editor of the Proceedings of “Advanced Ceramic Coatings and Interfaces II,” Ceramic Engineering and Science Proceedings, Vol. 28, Issue 3, 2007.
• Co-editors of Proceedings of “Electronic Ceramic Materials and Technology,” Ceramic Engineering and Science Proceedings, Vol. 28, Issue 8, 2007.
• Co-editors of the Proceedings of “Development and Applications of Advanced Engineering Ceramics and Composites," Ceramic Transactions Vol. 192 (2006).
• Co-editors of the Proceedings of International Symposium on New Frontier of Advanced Si-Based Ceramics and Composites, June 20-23, 2004, Gyeongju, Korea, in Key Engineering Materials Vol. 287 (2005).
• Co-editors of the Proceedings of International Symposium on "Silicon-based Structural Ceramics for the New Millennium: Recent Scientific and Technological Developments," 2002 American Ceramic Society Annual Meeting, April 28-May 1, 2002, St. Louis, Missouri, Ceramic Transactions Vol. 142 (2003).
• Co-editor of the Proceedings of 27th Annual International Conference on Advanced Ceramics & Composites, Cocoa Beach, Florida, Ceramic Engineering and Science Proceedings, Vol. 24, Issue 3&4, January 27-31, 2003.
• Co-editors of the Proceedings of CREST International Symposium on SiC/SiC Composite Materials R&D and Its Application to Advanced Energy Systems, Kyoto, Japan, May 20-22, 2002, Ceramic Transactions Vol. 144 (2002).
• Editor of the Proceedings of 26th Annual International Conference on Advanced Ceramics & Composites, Ceramic Engineering and Science Proceedings, Vol. 23, Issue 3&4, Cocoa Beach, Florida, January 13-18, 2002.
• Co-editors of special issue of Journal of European Ceramic Society on "Structural Ceramics and Ceramic Composites for High-Temperature Application," October 7-12, 2001, Seville, Spain, J. European Ceramic Society Vol. 22 (2002).
• Co-editors of Proceedings of Advances in Ceramic Matrix Composites VII, International Symposium on "Ceramic Matrix Composites,” 2001 American Ceramic Society Annual Meeting, April 22-25, 2001, Indianapolis, IN.
• Member of EMM Review Panel for US Civilian R&D Foundation, Cooperative Grant Program.
• Reviewer of Journal of the American Ceramic Society
• Reviewer of Journal of Materials Science
• Reviewer of Journal of Materials Engineering & Performance
• Reviewer of Applied Physics Letter
• Reviewer of Journal of Materials Research
• Reviewer of Journal of Materials Science and Engineering A
• Reviewer of Scripta Materialia
• Reviewer of Materials Letters
• Reviewer of the Journal of Composite Materials

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