• INL PI of DOE AMO funded proposal: “Al-Ce Manufacturing of Al-Ce/metal-matrix-composites (MMC) Alloys for Harsh Environments (September 2020)”. Total funding $4M, INL share $1M (Glazoff)• INL Co-Pi of Extreme Materials DOE Program (XMAT) 2018-2022, funding $490K• Developed and provided theoretical justification for ancillary additions of boron (several ppm’s) to austenitic steel 347H to extend its life to rupture more than 70%. Experimentally demonstrated the validity of all assumptions.

• Key author and organizer of international team of scholars (US, UK, Russia): publication of 2nd edition of monograph “Casting Aluminum Alloys: Their Physical and Mechanical Metallurgy” (Elsevier, 2018)• Development of morphological platform MorphoHawk culminated in patenting of proposed approach in 2016 and receiving copyright for same in 2015; one commercial license transferred to customer (TELOS Corporation, VA, USA)• INL PI of DOE funded proposal “Advanced Coatings to Enhance the Durability of SOEC Stacks”, AOP DE-FOA-0002022, Topic 2A, together with Nexceris, LLC. Total funding $1M; INL- $270K• INL Co-PI, SBIR Phase I with CMS, Inc. “Integrated Catalytic Membrane Systems for Modular Manufacturing of On-Purpose Propylene at Shale Gas Sites, INL share $30K• Co-PI of NEUP “Ni-based ODS alloys for Molten Salt Reactors” with NC State, PI-D. Kaoumi (2019-2022), INL share $100KCo-PI of NEUP funded proposal: Characterization of creep-fatigue crack growth in steel Alloy 709 and prediction of rupture lives in nuclear reactor components; $830,000 PI Potirniche (U. of Idaho); INL share $150K (2016-2019)• Co-PI of NEUP funded proposal: CFP-12-3358: Measurement of Irradiated Pyroprocessing Samples via Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy; $820,000, PI Prof. Phongikaroon (VCU), INL share - $30K (2012-2015)• INL expert on materials science, metallurgy of aluminum, zirconium for nuclear applications, corrosion, and mathematical modeling• Conducted analysis of the Idaho National Laboratory Advanced Test Reactor (ATR) fuel element corrosion and proposed new, corrosion-resistant thermo-mechanical treatment for type YA fuel elements (accepted and implemented by Babcock & Wilcox - fuel manufacturer)

• Co-PI of NEUP funded proposal “DE-FOA-0001913 Understanding the Speciation and Molecular Structure of Molten Salts Using Laboratory and Synchrotron based In Situ Experimental Techniques and Predictive Modeling” INL share $70K• Co-PI of NEUP funded proposal: Engineered Zircaloy Cladding Modifications for Improved Accident Tolerance of LWR Fuel; Work Scope Description: Advanced Nuclear Cladding and Fuel Materials with Enhanced Accident Tolerance for Current Generation and GEN III+ Light Water Reactors. Total amount - $3,500,000, P.I. – Prof. Brent Heuser (UIUC), INL share $180K (2012-2016)• Developed theoretical principles of the application of super-high resolution device theory to improvement of gamma-ray spectral energy resolution and signal-to-noise ratio. Potential applications include better monitoring of nuclear reactors to enable more efficient and safer operation, national security, geoscience, and astrophysics. • Initiated work for ATR Nuclear Science User Facility on development of a novel model for predicting beryllium neutron mirrors fracturing using advanced plasticity theory, fracture theory, neutronics (HELIOS) and finite element techniques

- Initiated and actively participated in the US Government-funded research (National Science Foundation, Grant # DMR-0111846, for $630,000 ) aimed at design of novel alumina based catalytic materials for automotive exhaust gas treatment; performed systematic studies of Cr-doped transition aluminas (for dehydrogenation catalysis, $6B business in the US) aimed at understanding and optimizing existing catalysts. - Allocated resources and guided an international team of scientists in research that culminated in the developmenbt of a new patented catalytic support, Ga-200L, in 2004 yielded sales of ~10M per year (Alcoa Specialty Chemicals Business, 2004) - Managed complex interdisciplinary research aimed at understanding the factors affecting surface coloration and visual brightness of metallic surfaces The NSF award was obtained in 2005, for four years (Grant DMR-0513048; $800,948, "Optical Properties of Anodized and Naturally Oxidized Aluminum Alloys")

2007-2008: Scientific Associate, Alcoa Technical Center- Guided efforts to design high resolution Laser-Induced Break Down Spectroscopy complex to measure concentrations of alloying elements in molten metal (value - $80M/year)2005 –2007: Sr. Staff Scientist- Proposed theory for armor penetration to expedite screening of perspective materials- Designed water treatment process to reduce fluoride contamination2000 –2005: Staff Scientist- Developed new approach to predict visual appearance of metallic surfaces- Invented ultrasonic method for molten metal treatment to reduce ingot cracking- Patented new Al-Ni-Mn casting alloy for auto spaceframes1997 – 2000: Sr. Scientist- Designed artificial neural network to predict properties of high strength Al alloys- Applied synchrotron EXAFS-spectroscopy for alloy development (new Al-Fe-Si casting alloy)1996 - 1997: Scientist- Theoretically justified solution of the “brightness problem” of rolled sheet - “textured rolling”

Research on the application of far-from-equilibrium nonlinear thermodynamics and self-organization theory to fatigued metals. Advisor: Professor Campbell Laird, dissertation title "Self-Organization and Dissipative Structures in Fatigued Metals"