Education
- Ph.D., M.S., Materials Science and Engineering, University of Virginia
- B.S., Engineering Mechanics (Materials), United States Airforce Academy
- Air Battle Damage Repair Engineering Course, United States Air Force
Select Professional and Academic Appointments
- Forensic Engineering International, Associate
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, School of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Virginia – Assistant Professor
- United States Air Force (2nd Lieutenant-Captain)
- Materials Research Engineer–Air Force Research Laboratory–WP-AFB, OH
- Masters of Science Student–AFROTC Detachment 890–UVA
- Assistant ASIP Manager–C-130 System Program Office–Robins AFB, GA
- Airframe Structural Engineer–C-130 System Program Office – Robins AFB, GA
Honors and Awards
- Selected as Chairman of the 2020 International Hydrogen Conference
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Re-appointed as the Chairman of the organizational and editorial committee for the 2018 Fatigue Damage of Structural Materials Conference
- Awarded a Virginia Space Grant Consortium New Investigator Program Award
- Awarded an AFOSR-Young Investigator Research Program grant
- Selected to serve on International Scientific Committee for the 12th International Fatigue Congress “Fatigue 2018”
- Selected as a member of the organizational and editorial committee for the International Hydrogen Conference
- Finalist for the Henry Marion Howe Medal from ASM for the best paper of the year in the Metallurgical and Materials Transactions Journal
- Paper was recognized by ScienceDirect as one of the top 25 papers published in International Journal of Fatigue in 2012
- US Air Force Commendation Medal
- Outstanding performer as an Aircraft Battle Damage Repair Engineer in Operational Readiness Exercises; Warner Robins AFB, GA
- Company Grade Officer of the Quarter (2004), and Engineering Team of the Quarter (2003), C-130 Systems Program Office, Warner Robins AFB, GA
- Top graduate in Materials Track of Engineering Mechanics Major – USAFA
Select Speaking Engagements and Lectures
- Keynote Lecture for “Corrosion Fatigue” session at 11th International Fatigue Congress 2014, Melbourne, Australia
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Fourth Meeting: Quantitative Micro-Nano Approach to Predicting SCC of Fe-Cr-Ni Alloys; Toronto, Canada
- EPRI – Expert Workshop on Corrosion-Fatigue Damage and Life Prediction in Steam Turbine Blades, Boston, MA
- Korean ASIP Conference, Daegu, South Korea
- Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
- Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Colorado School of Mines
- Materials Science and Engineering Department, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
- Materials Science and Engineering Department, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
- Mechanical Engineering Department, US Naval Academy/Center for Corrosion Science and Engineering, Naval Research Lab, Annapolis, MD
- Gyeongsang National University, Department of Materials Engineering and Convergence Technology, Jinju, Korea
- Rolls Royce, Critical Parts Lifting Division, Indianapolis, IN
- NASA-Langley Research Center, Durability, Damage Tolerance and Reliability Branch, Hampton, VA
- Korean Institute of Materials Science, Special Alloys Group, Changwon, South Korea
- Korea Aerospace Industries, Research and Development Division, Sacheon-City, Korea
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Environmental Damage in Structural Materials Under Static Load/Cyclic Loads at Ambient Temperatures, Cork, Ireland
- Fatigue Damage of Structural Materials Conference, Hyannis, MA
- Gordon Research Seminar – Aqueous Corrosion, New London, NH
- NACE Corrosion 2016 – Vancouver, BC
- Department of Defense Corrosion Conference, Pittsburgh, PA
- Fatigue Damage of Structural Materials Conference, Hyannis, MA
- Risk Management of Corrodible Systems Conference
- International Conference on the Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Lake Como, Italy
Research
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Sample Cases
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