Education:

• Ph.D., Nuclear Engineering and Solid State Science, Pennsylvania State University, 1976
• M.S., Nuclear Engineering, Iowa State University, 1971 
• B.E., Chemical Engineering, New York University, 1970

Research Experience:

• 1985 to present – Head, Surface Processing and Mechanics Group, Metals and Ceramics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Supervise research of 6 scientists/engineers, 7 technicians, and several post-docs and students in preparation and properties of fuel cell materials, high-temperature composites, coatings, thermodynamics and wear behavior. Responsibilities also include acquiring funding and pursuing individual research. Funding level of $3 million.
• 2000-2001 – Section Head, Ceramic Science and Technology Section, Metals and Ceramics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory. While retaining my group leader role I also was line management for my section that included 5 other groups (~70 staff). Responsibilities included program development, staff development, strategic planning, management of R&D and office space, and ES&H oversight. The Section Head level of management was eliminated at ORNL in October of 2001 and I returned to my sole group leader function.
• 1975 to 1979 and 1981 to 1985 – Development Staff, Chemical Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Performed research on high-temperature chemistry, coatings, and the chemical thermodynamics of energy-related systems.
• 1979 to 1981 – Associate Director, ORNL National Energy Perspective. Directed development of the Laboratory's own view of U.S. energy futures which led to publication of the book A Desirable Energy Future.
• 1972 to 1975 – Graduate assistantship and Ph.D. thesis research, The Materials Research Laboratory, The Pennsylvania State University. Performed research on chemical vapor deposition in the titanium-boron system.
• 1971 to 1972 – Graduate assistantship, The Pennsylvania State University, Developed techniques for the neutron activation analysis of human hair and the production of Na18F for biomedical purposes.
• 1970 to 1971 – M.S. thesis research, Iowa State University. Studied the changes in morphology of gamma-irradiated polyethylene.

Teaching Experience:

• 2000 to present – Guest appointment to the Chemical Engineering Department, University of Florida
• 1992 to present – Adjunct Professor, Materials Science and Engineering, University of Tennessee
• 1990 – American Vacuum Society Workshop on "Chemical Vapor Technology"
• 1988 – UCLA Short-Course in "Deposition Technologies"
• 1979 – Associate Professor (part-time), University of Tennessee.

Society/Conference Positions:

• Chair year 2002 Gordon Conference on “High Temperature Materials, Processes, and Diagnostics”
• Editor of “Chemical Vapor Deposition” proceedings series for the Electrochemical Society
• Member of Council (1997-99), Materials Research Society
• Vice President for Corporate Relations (1995-98), American Ceramic Society
• Editor, Advanced Materials CVD
• CoChair, Fall 1994 Meeting of the Materials Research Society
• Chair, 13th International Conference on Chemical Vapor Deposition, 1996
• Organizing Committee, "High Temperature Ceramic Matrix Composites" International Meetings
• Past Division Chair, American Ceramic Society
• Twice Symposium Chair, Materials Research Society

Awards/Appointments:

• 	Ted Besmann received the 2004 Spriggs Phase Equilibria Award

  American Ceramic Society 2004 Spriggs Phase Equilibria Award
• Federal Laboratory Consortium 2002 Excellence in Technology Transfer Award
• 2002 U.S. Dept. of Energy National Laboratory Fuel Cell R&D Award
• Fellow of the American Ceramic Society, 1990
• Martin Marietta Energy Systems Technical Achievement Award, 1993
• R&D-100 Award for "Fiber-Reinforced Ceramic Composite Fabrication," 1987
• Significant Accomplishment Award, Materials Science and Technology Division, American Nuclear Society, 1985
• American Nuclear Society Young Member Engineering Achievement Award, 198
• U.S. Department of Energy Award for Research in Materials Chemistry of Significant Implication for Energy Technology, 1983
• Best Paper Award, Nuclear Division, American Ceramic Society, 1983
• U.S. Representative to United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency 1979 Conference on the Thermodynamics of Nuclear Materials.
• Recipient of U.S. Atomic Energy Commission Traineeship.

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