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Research Interest:

• Development of High-Temperature Alloys for Power Generation Applications
• Oxidation of Multi-Phase Materials
• Oxidation/Nitridation/Carburization Reactions as a Synthesis Approach
• Surface Engineering for Functional Materials (fuel cells, solar cells, nanocomposites, etc)

Current R&D:

1. Understanding Protective Film Formation on Magnesium Alloys
2. Synthesis of Non Rare Earth Magnet Materials
3. Materials Issues for Clean Cookstoves for the Developing World
4. Synthesis and Development of Corrosion-Resistant Nitride Surfaces for PEM Fuel Cell Bipolar Plates
5. Novel Synthesis Techniques to Produce Nano/Micro Composite Surface Structures
6. Development of Creep-Resistant, Alumina-Forming Austenitic Stainless Steels for High-Temperature Structural Use
7. Fundamentals of Multi-Phase Material Oxidation
8. Interfacial Reactions of Metal-Fluid Systems at Extreme Conditions (focus on water vapor effects on alloy oxidation)

Recent R&D:

1. Development of High-Temperature, Ductile Chromium-Base alloys
2. Alloy Development and Oxidation Behavior of Titanium Aluminide Structural Alloys and Coatings

Education:

• Materials Science and Engineering
• B.S. Virginia Tech, 1986
• M.S. Virginia Tech, 1990
• Ph.D. University of Florida, 1993

Experience:

• 1998-present:  Distinguished R&D Staff Member, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN (R&D Staff Member 1998-2004; Senior R&D Staff Member 2004-2010): Joint Member of Alloying Behavior and Design Group/Corrosion Science and Technology Group, Materials Science and Technology Division
• 1997:   ORISE Postdoctoral Fellow, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Oak Ridge, TN: Alloying Behavior and Design Group/Corrosion Science and Technology Group, Metals and Ceramics Division
• 1993-1997: National Research Council Postdoctoral Fellow, NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, OH: Environmental Durability Branch, Materials Division   

Honors and Awards:

1. 2012 Federal Lab Consortia Award for Excellence in Technology Transfer for Materials for a Low-Cost, Clean Cookstove (with Envirofit International and Colorado State University) (ORNL Team lead).
2. 2011 ORNL Director’s Award Outstanding Team Accomplishment for AFA stainless Steels (ORNL Team of the Year Award, Team lead).
3. 2011 Excellence in Technology Transfer Award (ORNL Team Award, Team lead) for Development and   Licensing of Alumina-Forming Austenitic Stainless Steels (Team lead).
4. ORNL Significant Event Award Alumina-forming Austentic (AFA) license agreement with Carpenter Technologies, 2011(Team lead.)
5. 2009 R&D 100 Award for Development of Alumina-Forming Austenitic Stainless Steels (Team lead).
6. ORNL Significant Event Research Award for Development of Alumina-Forming Austenitic Stainless Steels, 2007 (Team lead).
7. ORNL Significant Event Research Award for Development of Nitrided Metallic Bipolar Plates, 2004 (Team lead).
8. Top Ten (#3) Accomplishment DOE Fuel Cell Program 2003.
9. Distinguished Poster Award Gordon Research Conference on High-Temperature Corrosion, July 1999.
10. NASA Space Act Board Award, 1999.
11. NASA Tech Brief Award, 1996.    
12. Two Papers on the 1994 NASA HITEMP Conference Ten Best Paper List, 1994.
13. Alpha Sigma Mu Materials Engineering Honor Society, 1993.
14. The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, 1992.
15. -International Metallographic Symposium Student Poster Presentation Awards, 1985 and 1992.

Professional Affiliations:

• ASM International
• TMS

Selected Journal Publications and Patents

(Author/Co-Author of ~100 journal and conference publications, 11 issued U.S. Patents, and 2 pending US Patents).