Welcome to the Nuclear Oriented Materials & Examination (NOME) Laboratory at the University of Michigan. Our research focuses on three broad areas: (i) advanced manufacturing and alloy development: development of novel processing routes and compositions to obtain high performance alloys for nuclear energy applications, (ii) radiation effects and characterization: examination of the materials changes induced through radiation using advanced characterization techniques, and (iii) emerging technologies: rapid exploration of disruptive technologies including data analytics for nuclear energy applications.
We are a diverse and multidisciplinary team with backgrounds in nuclear engineering, materials science, physics, and mechanical engineering. Our laboratory leverages the vast resources at University of Michigan including the Michigan Ion Beam Laboratory and the Michigan Center for Materials Characterization. We also partner with external collaborators such as Idaho National Laboratory and Oak Ridge National Laboratory and use scientific user facilities such as the Nuclear Science User Facility to accomplish our research and development goals.
The NOME lab welcomes innovative thought and seeks to foster a culture that uses diversity and cross-cutting activities to springboard new innovations in nuclear materials.
Details on how to join NOME lab.
We work at the interface between materials synthesis, advanced characterization, and nuclear energy
Development of microscale dilation techniques for accelerated swelling measurements
This project aims at developing a mechanistic understanding on the effects of Mo on α' precipitation and dislocation loop formation in FeCrAl alloys in thermal and irradiation conditions.
Performing ion irradiations on novel nanotube-steel composites
Connecting electrochemical potential using automated noble nanoparticle detection
Performing helium implantations for high temperature helium embrittlement (HTHE) studies
Performing implantations for long-range ordering in NiCr alloys
Development of accelerated irradiation creep fatigue testing
Understanding helium and precipitation in steels.
Use MIBL and MC2 to conduct irradiation and post-irradiation examination of AM HT-9
Development of accelerated irradiation creep testing
Development of commercial grade Castable Nanostructured Alloys (CNAs) for fusion energy
Evaluating how human perception in ambiguous images impacts extrinsic errors in common machine learning frameworks for feature detection
Space Power Achieved via Carbon Extras in Manufactured Additively Nanocomposites
Applications of edge computing and machine learning to automatically identify features in micrographs
Optimizing processing parameters of wire arc additive manufactured nuclear steels.
Using ion beams to emulate neutron irradiation after preconditioning.
Develop and maintain the world leading resource of FeCrAl materials properties for nuclear power applications
Using machine vision techniques for rapid defect detection in electron microscopy images.
Using ion beams to emulate neutron irradiation.
List of all publications by NOME lab