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Bio

• Novel materials for hybrid vehicle batteries (current)
• Synthesis and properties of ceramic films by magnetron sputtering (current)
• Properties and fabrication of thin-film rechargeable lithium batteries
• Synthesis and properties of heterogeneous catalysts
• Properties and synthesis of composite films
• Ionic transport in composite solid state electrolytes
• Hydration, ion exchange, and Raman spectroscopy of β- and β -aluminas
• Defects and conductivity of MgO
• Galvanic cell measurements of mixed conductors
• Electronic conduction in nonstoichiometric ceramic oxides

Professional Experience

• Distinguished Senior Research Staff (2010), Materials Science and Technology Division, ORNL
• Senior Research Staff (2006-2010), Materials Science and Technology Division, ORNL
• Group Leader (1999-2006), Thin Film Ceramics, Solid State Division, ORNL
• Research Staff Member (1981-1999), Solid State Division, ORNL
• Wigner Fellow (1979-1981), ORNL

Awards

• Corporate Fellow, 2015
• UT Battelle Distinguish Inventor, for > 14 patents
• Fellow, Electrochemical Society, 2013
• EFRC Scientific Advisory committee for the Northeastern Center for Chemical Energy Storage (NCCES)
• R&D100 Award, (2011) CeramClad™: Rapid Metal Coating Process
• R&D100 Award, (2010) Sulfur-Carbon Nanocomposite Cathode Material and Additives for Lithium-Sulfur Batteries
• R&D 100 Award 2009 “PulseForge 3100, Pulse Thermal Processing”
• R&D 100 Award 1996 Thin-Film Batteries Invention
• Award for Excellence in Technology Transfer, Federal Laboratory Consortium, National Award, (2012) “Pulse Thermal Processing”
• Award for Excellence in Technology Transfer, Federal Laboratory Consortium, National Award, 2004
• Award for Excellence in Technology Transfer, Federal Laboratory Consortium, Southeast Region, 2003
• YWCA Tribute to Women Award, Science and Technology, 2005
• Lockheed Martin Energy Research Corp, Technical Achievement Award (Invention), 1996 Team Award
• DOE Materials Science Research Competition Award for Significant Implication for DOE Related Technologies in Solid State Physics, 1994
• Technical Achievement Award, Martin Marietta Energy Systems, Inc., 1993 Team Award
• Technical Achievement Award, Martin Marietta Energy Systems, Inc., 1989
• Distinguished Scientific Achievement Award, East Tennessee Section of the Association of Women in Science 1989
• Wigner Postdoctoral Fellow, 91����, 1978–1981
• Sigma Xi, 1977
• American Institute of Chemists Outstanding Senior Award, 1975
• Phi Beta Kappa, 1975

Education

• Ph.D, Ceramics (1979), Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Bachelor of Science in Chemistry (1975), College of William and Mary

Professional Affiliations

• Program Chair, BLI-7 June 2014, ANL
• Member, Electrochemical Society, Ways and Means Committee
• Electrochemical Society, Battery Division Executive Committee
• Member at large 2004-2006, Treasurer 2006-2008, Chairman 2008-2010.
• American Ceramic Society
• Associate Editor, Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 1986–2012
• American Ceramics Society, 1987–1991
• Member, DOE-EPSCoR Advisory Committee to University of Puerto Rico, 2003-2005
• Mentor, 8 postdoctoral researchers and graduate students
• Member, SURA/ORNL Summer Cooperative Research Program, 2001 and 2003
• Participant: NEMI (National Electronics Manufacturing Initiative) Roadmap Workshop on Energy Storage Systems, June 1995
• Participant, DOE Advanced Lithium Solid State Batteries Workshop, July 1999
• Participant, Research Assistance Task Force on Beta-Alumina for Sodium-Sulfur Cells, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, March 1983
• Judge, Annual Southern Appalachian Science and Engineering Fairs, 1987–1994       
• Member, 91����, Ph.D. Recruiting Committee, 1981–82
• Member, Local Committee, International Conference on Fast Ionic Transport in Solids, Gatlinburg, Tennessee, May 1981
• Chairman, Ceramics graduate student organization
• Member, American Ceramic Society, International Society for Solid State Ionics, Materials Research Society, Electrochemical Society, North American Catalysis Society

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