Research Interests:

Radiation materials science; theory and modeling of defect behavior and microstructural evolution in materials; materials for applications in high flux reactor cores and high power accelerator targets; shielding materials for neutrons, gamma rays and galactic cosmic rays; theory and modeling of gas transport in membranes; design of materials for aggressive environments.

Education:

• Ph.D., Materials Science and Nuclear Engineering, Cornell University, 1974
• M. Eng., Engineering Physics, Cornell University, 1968
• B.S., Physics, University of Massachusetts at Lowell, 1966

Professional History:

• 1999 - Present, Distinguished R&D Staff Member, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Materials Science & Technology Division, Oak Ridge, Tennessee
• 1981 - 1999, Group Leader, Radiation Materials Science Group, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Metals and Ceramics Division, Oak Ridge, Tennessee
• 1974 - 1981, R&D Staff Member, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Metals and Ceramics Division, Oak Ridge, Tennessee
• 1970 – 1971, Reactor Engineer, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, Liquid Metals Facilities Branch, Washington, D.C.
• 1968 – 1969, Reactor Physicist, General Electric Company, SEFOR Reactor, Fayetteville, Arkansas, on assignment from U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
• 1966 – 1967, Reactor Engineer, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, Core Design Branch, Washington, D.C.

Scientific and Professional Activities:

• Chairman of Editors, Journal of Nuclear Materials, Elsevier Publishers.
• Initiator of the International Workshops on Spallation Materials Technology series, held every 18 months since 1996. Co-organizer and co-editor of proceedings.
• Past Member, Advisory Committee, University of Michigan Department of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences.
• Adjunct Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Univ. of Tenn.
• Ph. D. advisor at ORNL for graduate students at several universities including Univ. of Tenn., N C State Univ., Univ. of Texas
• Past chairman (for ten years) of the ORNL Graduate Fellow Selection Panel.
• Key role in guiding and developing the ORNL Postdoctoral Research Program
• Past Coordinator, DOE, Division of Materials Sciences radiation effects meetings.
• Organizer, keynote speaker, proceedings editor for numerous international conferences.
• Past Chairman of the Nuclear Materials Committee of TMS and ASM International.
• Past Chairman of the Oak Ridge-Knoxville chapter of ASM International.
• Member, American Nuclear Society
• Member, ASM International
• Member, Materials Research Society
• Member, Sigma Xi
• Member, TMS-The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society
• Member, Advisory Editorial Board, Nuclear Engineering and Technology
• Past Editorial Board Member, Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance
• Member, scientific advisory committees for numerous international materials meetings.
• Past Member of Steering Committee for the Spallation Neutron Source
• Past Member of Steering Committee for the Advanced Neutron Source
• Past Member of TMS Acta Materialia Gold Medal-Hume Rothery Award Committee
• Past Member of TMS Financial Plan. Cmte., which furnishes custody of all TMS funds
• Listed in Who’s Who in America
• Listed in American Men and Women of Science
• Past Member/science-representative on a committee commissioned by the county school superintendent to improve science laboratories at Clinton (TN) High School

Awards and Honors:

• Recipient of American Nuclear Society Mishima Award
• Fellow, American Nuclear Society
• Fellow, ASM International (American Society for Metals)
• Recipient of ANS Outstanding Achievement Award (Mat. Sci. and Tech. Division)
• Recipient of R&D 100 Award presented by R&D Magazine for Hard Surfaced Polymers
• Recipient of two Materials Science Research Competition Awards presented by Division of Materials Sciences, US Department of Energy
• Recipient of ORNL Technical Achievement Award
• Recipient of two ORNL Publication Awards
• Recipient of ORNL R&D Accomplishment Award

Selected Publications: