Willie W Kemp

Bio

Dr James “Willie” Kemp is a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Nanomaterials Chemistry Group in the Chemical Sciences Division at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Oak Ridge, TN. Before joining ORNL, he was a Research Scientist at UES, Inc. at the Air Force Research Laboratory at Wright Patterson AFB in Dayton, OH. Dr. Kemp received his B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering and his Ph.D. in Engineering Sciences from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville in 2016 and 2021, respectively. His research interests are in additive manufacturing, composite materials, and magnetic materials.

Publications

B.G. Compton, J.K. Wilt, J.W. Kemp, N.S. Hmeidat, S.R. Maness, M. Edmond, S. Wilcenski, J. Taylor, Mechanical and thermal properties of 3D-printed epoxy composites reinforced with boron nitride nanobarbs, MRS Commun. 11 (2021) 100–105.

J.W. Kemp, A.A. Diaz, E.C. Malek, B.P. Croom, Z.D. Apostolov, S.R. Kalidindi, B.G. Compton, L.M. Rueschhoff, Direct ink writing of ZrB2-SiC chopped fiber ceramic composites, Addit. Manuf. 44 (2021) 102049.

B.P. Croom, A. Abbott, J.W. Kemp, L. Rueschhoff, L. Smieska, A. Woll, S. Stoupin, H. Koerner, Mechanics of nozzle clogging during direct ink writing of fiber-reinforced composites, Addit. Manuf. (2020).

J.W. Kemp, N.S. Hmeidat, B.G. Compton, Boron nitride-reinforced polysilazane-derived ceramic composites via direct-ink writing, J. Am. Ceram. Soc. (2020) 1–8.

N.S. Hmeidat, J.W. Kemp, B.G. Compton, High-strength epoxy nanocomposites for 3D printing, Compos. Sci. Technol. 160 (2018) 9–20.

B.G. Compton, J.W. Kemp, T. V Novikov, R.C. Pack, C.I. Nlebedim, C.E. Duty, O. Rios, M.P. Paranthaman, Direct-write 3D printing of NdFeB bonded magnets, Mater. Manuf. Process. 33 (2018) 109–113.

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