Staff

Yuki Yamamoto

Ph.D., Research Staff
Processing & Joining Group
Materials Science & Technology Division
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
P.O. Box 2008
Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6083
Phone: (865) 576-7095
Fax: (865) 574-4357
e-mail: yamamotoy@ornl.gov

Research Interests:

Dr. Yamamoto received his Ph. D. degree in Materials Science and Engineering from Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan, in March 1999. After nine years of professional experience as a physical metallurgist in Japan and in the United States, he joined the Materials Processing Group at Oak Ridge National Laboratory as a research staff member. His research focuses on a development of metal-based structural materials, especially Ti-, Fe-, and Ni-base alloys, to be used for automotive parts, aircraft, and recuperator/tubing in energy conversion systems such as fossil/nuclear power plants. He is currently working to achieve a near net shape manufacturing process of Ti powder laser coating on steel plates, development of advanced austenitic stainless steels, and an alloy design of alumina-forming austenitic stainless steel alloys. His expertise in the areas of microstructure characterization and phase equilibrium is used to guide the improvements of processing procedure, mechanical properties and the material qualities of commercial developed materials.

R&D area:

  • Material characterization using electron microscopy.
  • Alloy design of high-temperature Fe/Ni-base alloys.
  • Evaluation of high-temperature mechanical properties.

Links:

  • Poster for AFA Steels R&D100
  • TI Focus Focus Area
  • Laser Processing Focus Area