Bio
Research Interest:
- Environmental degradation of materials
Current R&D:
- Identify suitable materials for use in biomass liquefaction systems for both processing and storage conditions
- Study corrosion of materials in molten fluoride and chloride salt systems for nuclear reactor and concentrating solar power applications
- Identify materials for heat recovery in bio-mass fired boilers
- Conduct studies to determine effect of oxygen and moisture impurities in supercritical carbon dioxide systems
- Identify materials for use in biomass gasifiers
Recent R&D:
- Determine the cause of and solutions for cracking of co-extruded stainless steel/carbon steel tubes in paper mill recovery boilers
- Identify structural materials suitable for use in paper mill digesters
- Determine the effect of simulated gas turbine combustor conditions on ceramic fiber composites
- Determine the effect of high-temperature, high-pressure steam environments on advanced gas turbine materials
- Evaluate advanced intermetallic alloys for ethylene cracking furnace tubes
- Determine the compatibility of selected ceramic materials with advanced steam reformer conditions
- Determine the compatibility of selected ceramic materials with ethylene cracking conditions
Education:
- Ph.D., Metallurgical Engineering, University of Missouri-Rolla, 1971
- B.S., Science Engineering (Materials Science option), Northwestern University, 1966
- Research Associate, Metallurgical Engineering Dept., University of Illinois, 1972-74
- Research Associate, Metallurgical Engineering Dept., University of Missouri-Rolla, 1971-72
Professional Affiliations:
- ASM International
- Former chair of Specialty Materials Critical Technology Sector
- Fellow of society
- NACE International
- Former chair of Annual Conference Programming Committee
- Fellow of society
- Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry (TAPPI)