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**bikersfan** · 08-12-2009, 08:54 AM

Post Doctoral Fellow at the U.S. Army Research Lab - Weapons and Materials Research Directorate - Survivability Materials Branch

I'm currently researching new methods of hybridization of dissimilar materials (metal, ceramic, polymer composite... essentially more of this) for personal body armor and helmet technologies.

Qualifications:

B.S. Ceramic & Materials Engineering, Clemson University 2004
Ph.D. Materials Science & Engineering, Georgia Tech 2009

My dissertation led to powder processing and sintering enhancements of silicon carbide armor ceramic. I created a method to obtain the hardest silicon carbide on the market.

The joys of doing what I do are numerous: I have a patent application forthcoming (although I don't own any of it, name recognition only... the joys of doing all your work under someone else's dollar and machinery). I've had my 3 seconds of fame on Modern Marvels when the came to do a piece on my professor's new armor company (Verco Materials) as I was in the shot for yeah... about 3 seconds. I was born on an Army base and lived Army all the way to my high school years, so being on the inside again feels like home.

08-12-2009, 08:54 AM	#31
bikersfan Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 390 Senior Member	Post Doctoral Fellow at the U.S. Army Research Lab - Weapons and Materials Research Directorate - Survivability Materials Branch I'm currently researching new methods of hybridization of dissimilar materials (metal, ceramic, polymer composite... essentially more of this) for personal body armor and helmet technologies. Qualifications: B.S. Ceramic & Materials Engineering, Clemson University 2004 Ph.D. Materials Science & Engineering, Georgia Tech 2009 My dissertation led to powder processing and sintering enhancements of silicon carbide armor ceramic. I created a method to obtain the hardest silicon carbide on the market. The joys of doing what I do are numerous: I have a patent application forthcoming (although I don't own any of it, name recognition only... the joys of doing all your work under someone else's dollar and machinery). I've had my 3 seconds of fame on Modern Marvels when the came to do a piece on my professor's new armor company (Verco Materials) as I was in the shot for yeah... about 3 seconds. I was born on an Army base and lived Army all the way to my high school years, so being on the inside again feels like home.
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