Daniel Sordelet
Senior Scientist, Materials Chemistry & Biomolecular Materials, Ames Laboratory

106 Metals Development
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011
phone 515.294.4713, fax 515.294.8727, email: sordelet@ameslab.gov

Education

Ph.D. Ceramic Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 1995
M.S. Ceramic Engineering, Iowa State University 1987
B.S. Ceramic Engineering (with Distinction), Iowa State University 1985

Professional Appointments

Group Leader, Senior Scientist, Ames Laboratory 2002 - Present
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Dept. of Materials Science & Engineering, Iowa State University 1996 - 2005
Group Leader, Scientist, Ames Laboratory 1995 - 2002
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Iowa State University 1995 - 2001
Group Leader, Associate Scientist, Ames Laboratory 1993 - 1995
Principal Investigator, Associate Scientist, Ames Laboratory 1991 - 1993
Member of the Technical Staff, GTE Laboratories, Waltham, MA 1987 - 1991

Honors, Awards and Professional Activities

Editor, ICQ9 Conference Proceedings, Special Issues of Philosophical Magazine 2006
Co-organizer, 9th International Conference on Quasicrystals, Ames, IA 2005
R & D 100 Award for High Temperature Thermal Barrier Coating Bond Layers 2005
R & D 100 Award for Novel High-Temperature Coatings with Pt-Modified Ni and Ni3Al Alloy Compositions 2005
Member of International Program Committee for 12th LAM Conference 2004
Symposium Co-organizer, Quasicrystals, Materials Research Soceity Annual Fall Meeting 2003
Visiting Professor, Institut National Polytechnique de Lorraine, Nancy, France 2001
U.S. Dept. of Energy Award for Outstanding Research in Materials Chemistry 1998
Visiting Scientist, École des Mines, Nancy, France 1996, 1998, 2001
Visiting Scientist, National Institute of Resources & the Environment, Tsukuba City, Japan 1995
Superior Service Award, GTE Laboratories Inc. 1989

Selected Publications

D. J. Sordelet X. Y. Yang, E. A. Rozhkova and M. F. Besser, “Metastable phase formation in rapidly quenched Zr80Pt20 alloys: Linkage to oxygen”, Journal of Non-crystalline Solids, in press 2006.

M. H. Lee, X. Yang, M. J. Kramer, and D. J. Sordelet, "Glass formation and crystallization in binary Zr-Pt systems", Philosophical Magazine, 86, 443 (2006).

X. Y. Yang, E. A. Rozhkova, and D. J. Sordelet, "Quasicrystal formation in gas-atomized Zr80pt20 powders", Philosophical Magazine, 86, 309 (2006).

M. H. Lee and D. J. Sordelet, "Synthesis of bulk metallic glass foam by powder extrusion with a fugitive second phase", Applied Physics Letters, 89, 021921 (2006).

M. H. Lee and D. J. Sordelet, "Nanoporous metallic glass with high surface area", Scripta Materials 55, 947 (2006).

D. J.Sordelet and X. Y. Yang, “Linkage between oxygen content and metastable phase formation in melt spun Zr80Pt20 alloys”, Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals, 58, 749-760 (2005).

D. J. Sordelet, E. A. Rozhkova, M. F. Besser, X. Y. Yang, and M. J.Kramer, “Influence of oxygen content in phase selection during quenching of Zr80Pt20 melt spun ribbons”, Intermetallics 12, 1211-1217 (2004).

D. J. Sordelet and M. F. Besser, “Oxygen effects on glass formation of plasma arc sprayed Cu47Ti33Zr11Ni8Si1 surface coatings”, Materials Science & Engineering, A375-A377, 625-629 (2004).

D. J. Sordelet, X. Y. Yang, E. A. Rozhkova, M. F. Besser, and M. J. Kramer, “Influence of oxygen content in phase selection during quenching of Zr80Pt20 melt-spun ribbons”, Intermetallics, 12, 1211-1217 (2004).

   

Materials Chemistry and
Biomolecular Materials Program

Ames Laboratory
Iowa State University
142 Spedding Hall
Ames, IA 50011 USA

Phone: 1.515.294.7568
FAX: 1.515.294.4709