Credentials
Professional Appointments
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2021-current Anson Marston Distinguished Professor, Iowa State University
2010-2020 F. Wendell Miller Professor, Iowa State University
2017-current Faculty Senior Scientist, Ames National Laboratory
2010-2017 Chief Research/Technical Officer, Ames National Laboratory
2010-2016 Adjunct Professor, MatSE, UIUC
2009-2010 Ivan Racheff Professor, MatSE, UIUC
2004-2010 Professor, UIUC, MatSE and Physics
2000-2010 Director, Materials Computation Center, UIUC
1997-2004 Associate Professor, UIUC, MSE, and Physics
1988-1997 Senior Member of Technical Staff, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, CA
Research
Research Interests
- Materials theory and computational material science in programs integrating theory and data with synthesis and characterization, developing/applying new methods for materials prediction, design, and characterization, incorporating physical principles always or machine-learning as need.
Patents
- U.S. Patent Number 12,180,567 B2 (issued 31 Dec. 2024). Ultra-High Strength Refractory-Reinforced Multiphase High-Entropy Alloys
- U.S. Patent Number US11,585,000 B2 (issued 21 Feb. 2023) Electrocatalyst for Water Electrolysis
- U.S. Patent Application Serial No.: 16/755,476, ISU Research Foundation, Inc. Polymers for Caloric Applications
- U.S. Patent Number 8,301,390 (issued 30 October 2012) “Fast and Accurate Quantum Chemistry Simulations via Multiobjective Genetic Algorithms” (submitted 11/29/06, TF06187-US Issued)
- 9 IP disclosures since 2018