Research interests

HVOF and plasma thermal spray characterization

Two-body and three-body abrasive wear

Diamond and oxide polishing dynamics.

Metallography of refractory metals

 

Current position(s)

Materials Scientist in the Metallography Laboratory MSD Materials Characterization Center

 

Career path

9 years – United Airlines Technical Operations as Senior Metallurgical/Failure Analysis Engineer; Process Engineer for brazing and heat treating

8 years – IMR Test Labs as Senior Metallurgical Engineer and Metallurgical Lab Manager

5 years – Stanford Linear Accelerator Center “SLAC” as Engineering Physicist in Metallography Lab

 

Highlights

Have conducted over 7000 metallographic and failure analysis characterizations

 

Subject Matter Expertise

Metallography, attack polishing, chemical etching

Thermal Barrier Coating Characterization

B.S., Chemical Engineering, University of California at Berkeley, 2000 B.S.

B.S., Material Science and Engineering, University of California at Berkeley, 2000