Education:             Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, Ph.D., 1998                             

                                         Materials Science and Engineering, Thesis: Critical Assessment of Severe

                                     Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, B.S. Double Degree, 1994                    

                                        Materials Science & Engineering and Mechanical Engineering                           

                                     Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY 13676, Early Admission, 1990

                                        Mechanical Engineering

Fellowships:         Wigner Fellowship, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1/99 to 12/00

                                      Graham Dissertation Fellowship, Northwestern University, 9/98 to 12/98

                                      Walter P. Murphy Fellowship, Northwestern University, 9/94 to 9/95

Experience:

   Assistant Professor      University of Virginia, Materials Science and Engineering Dept.

        8/01 to present      • Research of processing/structure/property relationships of advanced alloys.

                                      • Teaching Physical and Mechanical Metallurgy

           Staff Scientist      Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Metals and Ceramics Division

             1/99 to 7/01      • Experimental and theoretical studies of hexagonal metal plasticity and

                                         texture development, with applications to wrought magnesium.

                                      • Die-cast magnesium alloy design for “under-the-hood” auto applications.

                                      • Co-advised 2 graduate student research projects.

Graduate Researcher      Northwestern University, Materials Science and Engineering Department

            9/94 to12/98      •  Determined texture and stored strain energy of ultrafine grain copper

                                         dominate its mechanical behavior: elasticity, fatigue, and creep.

                                      •  Determined structure by TEM, SEM, metallography, & XRD (texture).

                                      •  Funded by NATO to attend Advanced Studies Institute in Russia.

                                      •  President of Materials Science Student Association in 1995.

   Visiting Researcher      Los Alamos National Laboratory, Center for Materials Science

             6/97 to 8/97      •  Modeled texture evolution of a novel metal working technique.

                                      •  Performed TEM grain boundary misorientation measurements.

    Professional Intern      Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Metals and Ceramics Division

             1/94 to 8/94      •  Developed code for stress analysis at the High Flux Isotope Reactor.

             6/93 to 8/93      •  Studied Ni3Al/Al2O3 composite interfacial properties.

             6/92 to 8/92      •  Analyzed effect of surface roughness on the bending ductility of NiAl.

Senior Research Asst      Cornell University, Materials Science and Engineering Department

           8/93 to 12/93      •  TEM & nanoindentation study of interface (Al2O3/Pt) reaction product.

Undergraduate Intern      Clarkson University, Chemistry Department

             6/90 to 8/90      •  Identified liquid crystal phases safe for application in skin moisturizers.

 

Memberships:        •  The Minerals, Metals, Materials Society & The American Materials Society