Materials Engineer
Idaho National Laboratory
March 1998 to November 2012 at ANL - West FacilityPerform Project Engineering, Principal Investigator (PI) and Glovebox Operations lead duties. Oversaw program operations of four nuclear fuels gloveboxes. Direct personnel where processes, equipment, and test assemblies for irradiation experiments are developed, fabricated and characterized. Major program accomplishments that I was intregral in include: • Developed equipment, processes and procedures required for the fabrication of actinide loaded fuel supporting Fuel Cycle Research and Development • Fabricated and assembled the first nine metal fuel and assembled six nitride fuel irradiation experiments inserted into the Advanced Test Reactor (ATR)• Fabricated and assembled two metal fuel and assembled two nitride fuel irradiation experiments inserted into the Pheonix reactor for the FUTURIX program.• Fabricated and assembled the first three metal dispersion fuel experiments into the ATR for Reduced Enrichment for Research and Test Reactors (RERTR) program.• Developed and evaluated fabrication techniques for Advanced Metal Matrix Fuel Systems LDRD.• Processed materials for Ceramic Waste Treatment Development – Pu238 Loaded Sample Production program.• Supported actinide sensor development experiments.• Assisted with the development of the Bench Scale Casting System.• Developed the equipment, processes and procedures for the successful reduction of neptunium oxide to metal.The processes used include arc-casting, induction casting, powder processing, chemical conditioning, heat treating, HUP pressing, welding, rolling, leveling, swaging, metallography, dilatometry, SEM, DSC, radiography, inspection, and assembly. It involves preparing procedures, procurements, installation plans, sampling plans, schedules, materials accountability and reports. Coordinate work with facility personnel. Oversee all sampling.
