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Thomas R. Watkins, Research Staff
Residual Stress User Center (RSUC)
Diffraction & Thermophysical Properties Group
Materials Science & Technology Division
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
P.O. Box 2008
Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6064
Phone: (865) 574-2046
Fax: (865) 574-3940
e-mail: watkinstr@ornl.gov

Scope of Research:

  • Understanding residual stresses in ceramics, coatings and metals.
  • Applications of grazing incidence x-ray diffraction.
  • Measurement of residual stresses at high temperatures using x-ray diffraction.
  • Understanding the relationship between the macroscopic and crystallographic responses of materials under mechanical load.

Broad Fields of Endeavor:

  • X-ray diffraction, residual stress and mechanical properties of materials.

Education:

  • Ph.D. (Ceramic Science) from The Pennsylvania State University, 1992
  • MS (Ceramic Science) from The Pennsylvania State University, 1988
  • BS (Ceramic Engineering) from Alfred University, 1985

Education Discipline:

  • Ceramic Science

Professional Societies:

  • American Ceramic Society

Publications:





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