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Dr.-Ing. Claus Daniel |
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Ph.D., Research Staff |
Research Interests: Dr. Daniel is a material scientist focusing on thin film structures, mechanical and functional properties, and laser treatment. He has developed laser interference direct structuring technique and applied it to metals, intermetallics, ceramics, and polymers. In July 2005, he was appointed an ORNL Wigner Fellow, the highest level of post-doctoral position which includes an R&D staff member position. He holds a PhD from the Saarland University and two M.S., one from the Saarland University and the other from the Lorraine Polytechnic Institute. He was awarded the Carl-Eduard-Schulte-Prize 2002 from the German Engineering Society, the Young Professionals Award 2003 from the German Materials Society, and recently the Dr. Eduard Martin Prize 2006 from his former university, the Saarland University. His research has been focused on laser-material interaction and the energy support mechanism to understand the structure possibilities as well as materials analysis. He has worked on non-destructive materials analysis such as ultrasonic tests, atomic force microscopy, X-ray diffraction and destructive microstructure analysis with techniques such as transmission electron microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, metallography, focused ion beam techniques, nano-indentation. In addition, he has used and developed special characterization techniques such as the substrate curvature method and the bulge test. Dr. Daniel has published 24 articles in the last three years and provided two book chapters in the areas of materials characterization, thin films and coatings, mechanical and magnetic properties, and laser interference direct structuring of metals, ceramics, and polymers. He has been invited for lectures in USA, Germany, France, and Austria. |
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