NPRE 596 Graduate Seminar Series - Tim Lach

Bio: Tim is an R&D staff scientist in the Applied Microanalysis and Thermophysics group. He joined Oak Ridge National Laboratory as an associate research scientist in the Materials Science and Technology Division in February 2020. Previously, he was a research scientist in the Reactor Materials and Mechanical Design group in the Nuclear Sciences Division at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. His research interests focus on the characterization and testing of nuclear structural materials for fission/fusion energy and spallation neutron applications. In particular, he uses analytical scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and atom probe tomography (APT) in conjunction with properties testing to elucidate processing-microstructure-property-performance relationships in materials exposed to extreme environments. He is the custodian of the focused ion beam/ scanning electron microscopes (FIB/SEMs) in the Low Activation Materials Development and Analysis (LAMDA) facility and the Local Electron Atom Probe (LEAP 4000XHR) in the Materials Characterization Core (MCC) at ORNL.