Ames Laboratory Profile
Vitalij
Pecharsky
Distinguished Professor
Division of Materials Science & Engineering
253
Spedding
Phone Number:
515-294-8220
Email Address:
vitkp@ameslab.gov
Ames Laboratory Research Projects:
Education:
Ph.D. Inorganic Chemistry, L’viv State University, L’viv, Ukraine, 1979
B.S./M.S. Chemistry (with distinction), L’viv State University, L’viv, Ukraine, 1976
Professional Appointments:
Distinguished Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Iowa State University, (Associate Professor 1998-2000, Professor 2000-2006), 1998 - present
Senior Scientist, Ames Laboratory, Iowa State University (Visiting Scientist 1993-1995; Associate Scientist 1995-1998; Scientist 1998-2000), 1993 - present
Associate Professor, L’viv State University, L’viv, Ukraine, (Asst. Professor 1979-1985), 1979 – 1994
Areas of Expertise:
Synthesis, structure, experimental thermodynamics, physical and chemical properties of novel binary, ternary and multicomponent intermetallic compounds containing rare earth metals
Anomalous behavior of 4f-electron systems
Relationships between materials' composition, structure, physical and chemical properties
Magnetostructural phase transformations
Physical properties of ultra-pure rare earth metals
Hydrogen storage materials
Complex hydrides
Mechanochemical transformations and mechanically promoted solid state reactions
Honors & Awards:
Elected as a member of the International Steering Committee of the International Conference on Solid Compounds of Transition Elements, September 2010
David R. Boylan Eminent Faculty Award for Research from Iowa State University, College of Engineering, June 2009
Anson Marston Distinguished Professor in Engineering, May 2006
Materials Science and Engineering Department Excellence in Research Award, 2003
Innovative Housing Technology Awards: Coming of Age Award for Magnetic Refrigerator by the Nat’l. Assn. of Home Builders, Atlanta, GA, 2003
Federal Laboratory Consortium’s Mid-Continent Award for Outstanding Regional Partnership between DOE’s Ames Lab. and Astronautics Corp. of America on “Magnetic Refrigeration Technology”, 2002
US DOE’s Energy100 Award for the “Magnetic Refrigeration Unit”, 2000
Award of Excellence for a Technical Paper “Magnetic Cooling for Appliances” presented at the 50th Anniversary Conf. of the Int’l. Appliance Technical Conference at Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN, May 10-12, 1999
DOE Materials Sciences Award for Significant Implication for Dept. of Energy Related Technologies in the Metallurgy and Ceramics, 1997