In his time at LLNL, Al has served in various roles related to science and technology for national security applications: principal investigator, work package and control account manager, advisor, Joint Working Group site representative, major technical effort lead.

He currently oversees efforts to characterize, understand, and predict how materials of programmatic interest interact and age.

Ph.D., Physics, University of California at Davis, 2005

Selected publications

1. A. Loui, N. Gharibyan, W. McLean, “Uranium hydride corrosion. II Modeling spatially random growth using reaction and nucleation kinetics,” Corrosion Science 191, Art. No. 109732 (2021).
2. A. Loui, J. McCarrick, W. McLean, “Uranium hydride corrosion. I New insights into the Condon-Kirkpatrick model of uranium hydride formation rate,” Corrosion Science 191, Art. No. 109710 (2021).
3. H.N. Sharma, J.M. Lenhardt, A. Loui, P.G. Allen, W. McLean, R.S. Maxwell, L.N. Dinh, “Moisture outgassing from siloxane elastomers containing surface-treated silica fillers,” Nature Partner Journals: Materials Degradation, 3, Art. No. 3 (2019).
4. A. Loui, S. Chiang, “An experimental study of furan adsorption and decomposition on vicinal palladium surfaces using scanning tunneling microscopy,” Surface Science 670, 13-22 (2018).
5. J.P. Lewicki, S.J. Harley, A. Loui, K. Pielichowski, B.P. Mayer, B. Janowski, R.S. Maxwell, “The influence of polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxanes on domain microstructure in polyurethane elastomers,” Silicon 5, 205-212 (2013).
6. A. Loui, D.J. Sirbuly, S. Elhadj, S.K. McCall, B.R. Hart, T.V. Ratto, “Detection and discrimination of pure gases and binary mixtures using a dual-modality microcantilever sensor,” Sensors and Actuators A: Physical 159, 58-63 (2010).
7. A. Loui, S. Elhadj, D.J. Sirbuly, S.K. McCall, B.R. Hart, T.V. Ratto, “An analytic model of thermal drift in piezoresistive microcantilever sensors,” Journal of Applied Physics 107, 054508 (2010).
8. A. Loui, F.T. Goericke, T.V. Ratto, J. Lee, B.R. Hart, W.P. King, “The effect of piezoresistive microcantilever geometry on cantilever sensitivity during surface stress chemical sensing,” Sensors and Actuators A: Physical 147, 516-521 (2008).
9. A. Loui, T.V. Ratto, T.S. Wilson, S.K. McCall, E.V. Mukerjee, A.H. Love, B.R. Hart, “Chemical vapor discrimination using a compact and low-power array of piezoresistive microcantilevers,” Analyst 133, 608-615 (2008).
10. A. Loui, S. Chiang, “Investigation of furan on vicinal Pd(111) by scanning tunneling microscopy,” Applied Surface Science 237, 559-564 (2004).

Patents

A. Loui, D.J. Sirbuly, S. Elhadj, S.K. McCall, B.R. Hart, T.V. Ratto, “Microcantilever-based gas sensor employing two simultaneous physical sensing modes,” U.S. Patent 8,762,075 (2014)

• LLNL WCI Directorate Bronze Awards (2) (2021)
• LLNL WCI Spot Award (2021)
• LLNL Global Security Directorate Gold Award (2008)