Experience

Elysium Industries

• United States
• Renewable Energy Semiconductor Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director of Materials and Chemistry

  • Jul 2016 - Present

  Responsible for directing the work of ten employees and consultants in the general area of materials, chemistry, and structural analysis for a startup molten salt reactor company. Activities included the development of an experimental program for measuring salt properties and material corrosion rates, establishing partnerships with potential vendors, and developing a strategy for reactor demonstration and commercialization. Responsible for directing the work of ten employees and consultants in the general area of materials, chemistry, and structural analysis for a startup molten salt reactor company. Activities included the development of an experimental program for measuring salt properties and material corrosion rates, establishing partnerships with potential vendors, and developing a strategy for reactor demonstration and commercialization.



Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory

• Entertainment Providers
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Consultant

  • Sep 2001 - Jul 2016

  Responsible for material model development in core and plant materials, including fuel performance simulations and models for environmentally-assisted cracking. Presented on two separate occasions to the JASON Defense Advisory Panel regarding issues associated with low-enriched naval fuel. Proposed a novel fuel system currently being tested in the Advanced Test Reactor, and developed physically-based correlations that are being used in the core design for the Ohio-class submarine replacement. Recognized in 2008 for outstanding engineering contributions. Show less



TerraPower

• United States
• Nuclear Electric Power Generation
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Group Leader

  • Sep 2010 - Sep 2012

  Developed fuel performance models for fast reactors, obtained numerous patents on fuel and fuel assembly design, led the effort to establish a core design basis, and proposed and designed a fuel element test in the Advanced Test Reactor that is currently in progress. Developed fuel performance models for fast reactors, obtained numerous patents on fuel and fuel assembly design, led the effort to establish a core design basis, and proposed and designed a fuel element test in the Advanced Test Reactor that is currently in progress.



Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory

• West Mifflin, Pennsylvania

• Fellow Engineer

  • Dec 1999 - Sep 2001

  Established the basis for a new material model that enables accurate yet computationally tractable predictions of fuel assembly distortions. Evaluated the impact of manufacturing defects on fuel element performance. Established the basis for a new material model that enables accurate yet computationally tractable predictions of fuel assembly distortions. Evaluated the impact of manufacturing defects on fuel element performance.



Yale University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Assistant Professor, Associate Professor

  • Sep 1993 - Dec 1999

  Developed and taught courses on a broad array of topics, including rigid body dynamics, strength of materials, introductory material science, phase transformations, finite element analysis, and continuum mechanics. Served as the undergraduate advisor for Mechanical Engineering, and was the recipient of numerous grants, including the National Science Foundation CAREER grant for promising young faculty. Developed and taught courses on a broad array of topics, including rigid body dynamics, strength of materials, introductory material science, phase transformations, finite element analysis, and continuum mechanics. Served as the undergraduate advisor for Mechanical Engineering, and was the recipient of numerous grants, including the National Science Foundation CAREER grant for promising young faculty.



Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• Cambridge, Massachusetts

• Research Associate

  • Sep 1992 - Sep 1993

  Worked on a micro-mechanical fatigue testing device that allowed for extremely precise measurements of crack growth over time. Developed crystal plasticity models that predicted the magnitude of residual stresses in thin metallic films as a function of crystal orientation. Worked on a micro-mechanical fatigue testing device that allowed for extremely precise measurements of crack growth over time. Developed crystal plasticity models that predicted the magnitude of residual stresses in thin metallic films as a function of crystal orientation.



American Association for the Advancement of Science

• Washington, D.C.

• Technology and Policy Fellow

  • Sep 1991 - Sep 1992

  Worked in the U.S. Agency for International Development helping to develop and implement energy efficiency programs for Eastern Europe. Worked in the U.S. Agency for International Development helping to develop and implement energy efficiency programs for Eastern Europe.



General Electric

• Lynn, Massachusetts

• Engineer

  • Jan 1985 - Aug 1986

  Evaluated the structural integrity of turbine blades and rotors in steam turbines. Evaluated the structural integrity of turbine blades and rotors in steam turbines.