- Director, School of Mechanical & Materials Engineering
- Affiliate Faculty of Chemistry
Biography
Website
- McCloy Research Group: Nuclear, Optical, Magnetic, and Electronic (NOME) Materials Laboratory
- Institute of Materials Research
Education
- Ph.D. in Material Science & Engineering, Department of Materials Science & Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Arizona, 2008
- M.S. in Material Science & Engineering, Department of Materials Science & Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Arizona, 2007
- M.A. in Cultural Anthropology, School of Anthropology, College of Social & Behavioral Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, May 2004
- B.S. in Materials Science & Engineering, Department of Materials Science & Engineering, School of Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1996
Professional Preparation
- Director, School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, WSU, 2022 – present
- Director, Institute of Materials Research, WSU, 2020 – 2022
- Director, Materials Science & Engineering Program, WSU, 2017 – 2020
- Senior Research Scientist (S&E IV) and Team Leader, Glass and Materials Team, Radiological Materials & Technology Development Group, Radiological & Nuclear Division, Energy & Environment; Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, 2008 – 2013
- Senior Mechanical Engineer II (E04) with Honors, Raytheon Missile Systems, Tucson, AZ, 2000 – 2008
- Process Engineer II, Crane Interpoint, Redmond, WA 1998 – 1999
Research Interests
- Nuclear materials
- Functional materials (optical, magnetic, electronic)
- Material degradation: ceramics, glasses, metals
- Advanced material characterization methods
Research Areas
Recognition and Honors
- Fellow of SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics
- Washington State Academy of Sciences (WSAS), 2024
- Anjan Bose Outstanding Researcher Award, WSU Voiland College of Engineering & Architecture, 2020
- Fulbright Scholar, US Department of State and US-UK Commission, 2019
- Fellow of the American Ceramic Society, 2018
- Fulrath-Okazaki Award, American Ceramic Society, 2018
- Outstanding Research Faculty Member, School of Mechanical & Materials Engineering, Voiland College of Engineering and Architecture, Washington State University, 2018
- Outstanding Teaching Faculty Member, School of Mechanical & Materials Engineering, Voiland College of Engineering and Architecture, Washington State University, 2016
- SPIE Senior member, 2015
- Delegate to National Academy of Engineering, Germany-American Frontiers in Engineering (GAFOE), Potsdam, Germany, 2015
- Delegate to National Academy of Engineering, US Frontiers in Engineering (FOE), Wilmington, DE, 2013
Selected Publications
Complete List of Publications on Google Scholar
- Soy protein as a dual-functional bridge enabling high performance solid electrolyte for Li metal batteries (2024)
- International perspectives on glass waste form development for low-level and intermediate-level radioactive waste (2024)
- Determination of the β to γ Phase Transformation Mechanism in Sc- and Al-Alloyed β-Ga2O3 Crystals (2024)
- Dataset to accompany: In-line Detection of Salt Formation during Vitrification using Millimeter Wave Radiometry and Interferometry (2024)
- Thermal conductivity and thermal diffusivity of molten salts: insights from molecular dynamics simulations and fundamental bounds (2024)
- Laboratory-based correlated X-ray imaging and scattering of inhomogeneous glass-ceramics (2024)
- DIFFUSED B-Ga2O3 PHOTOCONDUCTIVE DEVICES (2024)
- Analytical capabilities for iodine detection: Review of possibilities for different applications (2024)
- Bobfinchite, Na[(UO2)8O3(OH)11]·10H2O, a new Na-bearing member of the schoepite family (2024)
- Understanding Dislocation and Deformation Structure In Monoclinic Ultrawide Bandgap Semiconductor β-Ga2O3 Under High-Stress (2024)