10/02/2024
By Zhiyong Gu
Name: Ericmoore Jossou, Assistant Professor
Nuclear Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Title: "Imaging, fabrication, and radiation induced defects in nuclear materials"
Time: Oct. 03, 2024; 3:30-4:45 p.m.
Location: Shah Hall 301
Abstract:
Defects arising from fuel fabrication or irradiation while in operation dramatically affect the mechanical and thermophysical properties of the fuel pellets. Understanding the fundamental mechanisms that produce these defects is important for better control of the fabrication process to produce defects-free or radiation-tolerant fuel while during reactor operation. In this talk, I will discuss current efforts in our group towards real-time X-ray imaging of fabrication and irradiation-induced defects in materials relevant for nuclear energy applications. Implications for the design of radiation tolerant materials will be discussed.
Biography:
Ericmoore Jossou is the John Clark Hardwick (1986) assistant professor at MIT in a shared position between the Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering and the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science since July 2023. He previously worked as a staff scientist at the Brookhaven National Laboratory, a U.S. Department of Energy-affiliated lab which conducts research in nuclear and high energy physics, energy science and technology, environmental and bioscience, nanoscience, and national security.
Jossou earned a BSc in chemistry from the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria and a masters in materials science and engineering at the African University of Science and Technology, Abuja. He obtained his PhD in mechanical engineering with a specialization in materials science from the University of Saskatchewan. He currently leads the materials in extreme environment research group, which combines experiments with computational methods to establish structure-properties-performance relationships in materials for nuclear energy applications.