Can provide efficient and cost effective problem solving for industry in areas of materials engineering and surface technologies.  Can provide a variety of possible research interactions and services within the Surface Modification and Characterization (SMAC) Facility of the Solid State Division at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL).  Can provide interfacing and coordination with other user facilities within ORNL, consistent with institutional and government policies.

• Type of Work: Materials selection, materials analysis, materials design, assistance with research proposals, research collaboration for industry and universities.

• Technical areas: on beam and plasma processing of materials.  Properties of surfaces, coatings, and bulk materials.  Ion beam analysis including Rutherford backscattering (RBS), nuclear reaction, and ERD analysis of materials.  Serves as site representative, operator, collaborator, or agent for collaborative or for proprietary and confidential tasks within the ORNL-SMAC facility.

Background:

• Broad technical education and background in general engineering, physics and materials science.  Nuclear reactor materials testing including loops, nuclear engineering, materials properties, and materials science.  Accelerator experience includes operation, plasmas, source development, surface science, competitive treatments, corrosion and wear.

• Author or co-author of some 190 papers and presentations including 25 invited papers, book chapters, and editorships.

• Strong record of success.  Identifies existing strengths of a program and makes intellectual and practical contributions, which are complementary and cost effective.

• Education:  Bachelor of Engineering Physics, Auburn University.  Graduate Studies, Physics and Materials Science, The University of Tennessee.