Adrian Sabau

Bio

Dr. Sabau seeks to advance manufacturing and energy systems for harsh service conditions (extreme environments). His research is focused on advancing materials development/manufacturing for process electrification and industrial decarbonization through the development of multiphysics simulation models for processing-microstructure-property optimization.   He developed multiphysics simulation models and source-codes (fluid dynamics, energy transport, phase change, and solid mechanics) for new design explorations and evaluation of component performance in extreme environments and harsh service conditions (utility power plants, nuclear fusion). His expertise includes process modeling and experimental design of additive manufacturing, metalcasting, heat exchangers, and cooling/structural integrity of high-heat flux components, leading multidisciplinary teams.

Awards

UT-BATTELLE Awards, Research Accomplishment in Science and Technology; Shyam A., Shin D., Allard L., Yamamoto Y., Haynes J.A., Watkins T., Sabau A., Porter W., Hawkins C., McClurg D. (2018)

Significant Event Award (SEA) - Testing of Solar Probe Cup for NASAs Parker Solar Probe Spacecraft using the Plasma-Arc Lamp Oct., 2018 (Team lead by PI A.S. Sabau)

R&D 100 Magazine, R&D 100 Award, ACMZ Cast Aluminum Alloys, Shyam A., Haynes J.A., Yamamoto Y., Shin D., Sabau A., Allard L., Watkins T., Porter W., Morris J., Roy S., Maziasz P., McClurg D., Hawkins C., Shower P., and Milligan B.. (and collaborators from Fiat Chrysler Automobile USA and Nemak USA) 2017.

Fellow of ASME, 2016.

Significant Event Award (SEA) - New High Temperature Cast Aluminum Alloys Dec., 2016 (Team lead by PI Shyam A.)

UT-Battelle Technology Commercialization Award (2014).

ORNL Significant Event Award for Development and Demonstration of a High-Heat Flux Testing Facility for Neutron-Irradiated Materials (Team lead by PI A.S. Sabau), 2013.

NFLC National Federal Laboratory Consortium Award for Excellence in Technology Transfer, Pulse Thermal Processing, Blue C.A., Clemos, A., Dudney, N., Duty, C., Harper D., Ott R., Rivard, J., Sabau A., DeTrana, A.G., (2012).

R&D 100 Award in Process Sciences, CermaCladTM: Rapid Metal Coating Process, MesoCoat Inc., (Sherman A.J., Engleman G., ORNL (Blue C., Clemos, A., Dudney, N., Duty, C., Harper D., Ott R., Rivard, J., Sabau A., Sikka V.), EMTEC (Martin M.) (2011).

R&D 100 Award in Process Sciences, PulseForgeTM 3100 with Pulse Thermal Processing, NovaCentrix, Inc. (Schroder K., Jackson D., McCool S., Pope D., Kierzyk T., Lind D., Rawson I., Sommers R.) and ORNL (Blue C., Clemos, A., Dudney, N., Duty, C., Harper D., Ott R., Rivard, J., Sabau A.) (2009).

The Frederick E. Terman Award for academic achievement in Mechanical Engineering, Southern Methodist University, 3.96 GPA, 1994-1995.

University of Craiova, Valedictorian-equivalent, Highest ranking in 1992 graduating class, Mechanical Engineering.

National Merit Scholarship, University of Craiova, Romania, 9.92/10 GPA, 1989-1992.

Romanian National Mathematics Olympiad, Mentions, 1985-86 (high-school).

Specialized Equipment

CFD source-code software: Telluride (LANL code), Truchas (LANL code)

Commercial casting software: ABAQUS, Ansys CFX, ProCAST, CUBIT

In-house developed codes in FORTRAN90/C.

Trademarks and Patents

A.S. Sabau, C.D. Warren, C. Daniel, J. Chen, D.L. III Erdman, Laser nanostructured surface preparation for joining materials, U.S. Patent No. 11,493,070 B2 issued on 11/08/2022.

A.S. Sabau, J.W. Klett, and Y. Polsky, Multi-zone Shell and Tube Heat Exchanger, U.S. Patent No. 11,353,266 B2 06/07/2022.

A. Shyam, Y. Yamamoto, D. Shin, J.A. Haynes, P.J. Maziasz , A.S. Sabau, S. Roy, A.F. Rodriguez-Jasso, J.A. Gonzalez-Villarreal, J. Talamantes-Silva, L. Zhang, C.R. Glaspie, S. Mirmiran, Aluminum Alloy Compositions and Methods of Making and Using the Same, US Patent 11,242,587 B2, 02/08/2022.

A. Shyam, Y. Yamamoto, D. Shin, J.A. Haynes, A.S. Sabau, A.F. Rodriguez-Jasso, J.A. Gonzalez-Villarreal, J. Talamantes-Silva, C.R. Glaspie, S. Mirmiran, Aluminum Alloy Compositions and Methods of Making and Using the Same, Patent No. US 11,220,729, 01/11/2022.

A.S. Sabau, J. Li, H. Meyer III, C. Daniel, Laser-Interference Surface Preparation for Enhanced Coating Adhesion, Patent U.S. Patent No. 11,065,719 07/20/2021.

A.S.Sabau, C.D. Warren, C. Daniel, J. Chen, D.L. III Erdman, Laser Nanostructured Surface Preparation for Joining Dissimilar Materials, U.S. Patent No. 10,082,166 B2, 09/25/2018.

I.V. Vlassiouk, W.H. Peter, A.S. Sabau, S. Dai, P. Fulvio, I.N. Ivanov, and N.V. Lavrik, High quality large scale single and multilayer graphene production by chemical vapor deposition, U.S. Patent No. 10,023,468 07/17/2018.

A.S. Sabau and I.G. Wright, SpallMap, UT-Battelle Open Source Copyright 80000028, https://github.com/adisoft17/spallmap, Copyright 2018 UT-Battelle LLC. All rights reserved, Filed 3/22/2018, Approved 4/13/2018.

D.J. King, S. Babinec, P.L. Hagans, L.C. Maxey, E.A. Payzant, C. Daniel, A.S. Sabau, R.B. Dinwiddie, B.L. Armstrong, J.Y. Howe, D.L. Wood III, N.S. Nembhard,"Characterization of dielectric materials," U.S. Patent No. US9689822 B2 14/602,370 06/27/2017.

B.L. Armstrong, C. Daniel, J.Y. Howe, J.O. Kiggans, Jr., A.S. Sabau, D.L. Wood, III, and S. Kalnaus, Method and apparatus for in-situ drying investigation and optimization of slurry drying methodology, U.S. Patent No. 9,337,470 05/10/2016.

Publications