PERSONAL HISTORY
B.S. (with distinction) 1985, M.S. 1987, Ph.D. 1995, Ceramic Engineering, Iowa State University; Member of the Technical Staff, GTE Laboratories, Inc., 1987-91; Ames Laboratory, 1991-present; Visiting Scientist at National Institute of Resources and the Environment, Tsukuba City, Japan, 1995; Ecole des Mines, Nancy, France, 1996, 1998, and 2000; Visiting Professor at Institut National Polytechnique de Lorraine, Nancy, France, 2001.

RESEARCH INTERESTS
Synthesis and structural analysis of amorphous, quasicrystalline and crystalline materials. Understanding of composition and synthesis route effects on short range atomic order, meta-stable phase formation and physical behavior. Developing relationships between tribological behavior and materials microstructures. Processing of novel materials and surface coatings using thermal spray, rapid solidification and plastic processing techniques.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
D.J. Sordelet, M.H. Lee, X. Yang, M.F. Besser, and M.J. Kramer
“Glass formation and crystallization in binary Zr-Pt systems,” Philos. Mag. (in press).

M.J. Kramer and D.J. Sordelet
“Polymorphism in the short-range order of Zr70Pd30 metallic glasses,” J. Non-Cryst. Solids (in press).

U. Dahlborg, M.F. Besser, M. Calvo-Dahlborg, S. Janssen, F. Juranyi, M.J. Kramer, J.R. Morris, and D.J. Sordelet
“Diffusion of Cu in AlCu alloys of different composition by quasielastic neutron scattering,” J. Non-Cryst. Solids (in press).

S. Venkataraman, E.A. Rozhkova, J. Eckert, L. Schultz, and D.J. Sordelet
“Thermal stability and crystallization kinetics of Cu-reinforced Cu47Ti33Zr11Ni8Si1 metallic glass composites,” Intermetallics, Vol. 13 (2005) 833.

D.J. Sordelet, X.Yang, E.A. Rozhkova, M.F. Besser, and M.F. Kramer
“Influence of oxygen content in phase selection during quenching of Zr80Pt20 melt spun ribbons,” Intermetallics, Vol. 12 (2004) 1211.

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