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Djamel
Kaoumi
300 Main Street
Room
A213
Columbia, SC 29208
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803.777.0926
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Dr.
Djamel
Kaoumi
Assistant
Professor
Dr Kaoumi’s
research
topics are
in the field
of nuclear
materials,
especially
advanced
alloys for
structural
and cladding
applications
in advanced
nuclear
systems
(Gen-IV
fission
reactors and
the fusion
reactor):
Austenitic
steels ,
Advanced
Ferritic/Martensitic
Steels,
Nanostructured
Oxide-Dispersion-Strengthened
(ODS)
Steels, and
High-temperature
Ni-based
alloys for
Heat
Exchangers.
Dr Kaoumi’s
interest is
in
developing
an
understanding
of
microstructure-property
relationships
in advanced
alloys, with
an emphasis
on
microstructure
evolution
under
irradiation,
high
temperature
and/or
mechanical
constraint
and how it
can impact
macroscopic
properties
which govern
the
materials’
performance.
Techniques
used include
in-situ
experiments
in a TEM:
In-situ
ion-irradiation
to study
effects of
irradiation
on the
microstructure
of materials
at various
temperatures,
In-situ
straining
experiments
to study the
effects of
strain on
the
microstructure
and
understand
deformation
and fracture
mechanisms;
These
in-situ
techniques
are coupled
with bulk
experimentation.
The overall
goal is to
relate the
microstructure
evolution
under
constraint
(temperature,
mechanical
stress,
irradiation)
with the
changes in
material
properties.
Of
particular
interest to
him is the
investigation
of
irradiation
effects in
nanostructured
materials;
by
understanding
the basic
mechanisms
of
irradiation
damage
formation
and
evolution
which are at
the root of
macroscopic
effects, it
will be
possible to
predict the
materials
performance
and to
design
better
alloys.
Education
-
Ph.D.,
Nuclear
Engineering,
Pennsylvania
State
University,
2007
-
M.S.,
Nuclear
Engineering,
University
of
Florida,
2001
-
B.S.,
Physics,
Institut
National
Polytechnique
de
Grenoble
Awards
-
College
of
Engineering
Dean’s
Fellowship
(2002,
2003,
2004;
Penn State
University
-
National
engineering
honor
society
Tau Beta
Pi.
-
Nuclear-engineering
honor
society
Alpha Nu
Sigma
Selected Publications
-
D Kaoumi,
M Kirk,
T Faney,
B Wirth
and J
Bentley,
“In-situ
TEM
Studies
of
Microstructure
Evolution
under
Ion
Irradiation
for
Nuclear
Engineering
Applications”,
Microscopy
and
Microanalysis,
16, 2,
2010
-
D.
Kaoumi,
A.
Motta,
R.
Birtcher,
“A
Thermal
Spike
Model of
Grain
Growth
under
Irradiation”,
Journal
of
Applied
Physics,
104, 7,
2008
-
D.
Kaoumi,
A.
Motta,
R.
Birtcher,
“Influence
of
alloying
elements
on
grain-growth
in Zr(Fe)
and
Cu(Fe)
thin-films
under in
situ ion
irradiation”,
Journal
of
Nuclear
Materials,
382,
2-3,
2008
-
D.
Kaoumi,
A. T.
Motta,
and M.
Kirk,
“Characterization
and
In-Situ
Ion-Irradiation
of MA957
ODS
Steel”,
Transactions
of the
American
Nuclear
Society,
98, 1,
2008
-
D.
Kaoumi,
A.
Motta,
and R.C.
Birtcher,
"Grain
Growth
in
Nanocrystalline
Metal
Thin-Films
under In
Situ
Ion-Beam
Irradiation",
Journal
of ASTM
International,
4, 8,
2007
-
D.
Kaoumi,
A.T.
Motta,
and R.C.
Birtcher,
"Grain
growth
in Zr–Fe
thin
films
during
in situ
ion
irradiation
in a
TEM",
Nuclear
Instruments
and
Methods
in
Physics
Research
B, 242,
2005
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