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Special Seminar
Advanced Materials for Fusion Energy
by: Dr. Di Chen
Affiliation: Research Scientist, Idaho National Laboratory
Date: Thursday August 29, 2024
Time: 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Location: Houston Science Center – Building 593 — Room 102
Overview
Advanced Materials for Fusion Energy
Biography
Dr. Di Chen joined Idaho National Laboratory as a Research Scientist in 2023. From 2018 to 2023, he worked as a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics at the University of Houston's ion beam laboratory. Prior to that, he was a post-doctoral associate at Los Alamos National Laboratory from 2015 to 2018. Dr. Chen earned his Ph.D. in Nuclear Engineering from Texas A&M University in 2014. His research primarily focuses on nuclear materials under extreme conditions, defect engineering, and understanding radiation damage evolution. He aims to irradiate and investigate advanced nuclear materials, including structural materials (HT9, T91, ODS, W, SiC, etc.) and advanced nuclear fuels like UZrPu to improve their performance under neutron irradiation, addressing challenges in both fusion and fission reactors. Additionally, Dr. Chen has conducted research on carbon nanotube systems, metallic glass, superconductors, and semiconductors. He has a strong background in operating and maintaining accelerators and extensive experience with microscale characterization techniques such as TEM, FIB, SEM, and nano-indentation. He is also interested in computational simulations using Molecular Dynamics and Kinetic Monte Carlo.
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