Background
Ryan graduated Case Western Reserve University with a B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering, before attending graduate school in materials science and engineering at University of Wisconsin, Madison and The Ohio State University. He has experience in a wide range of materials characterization, including XRD, electron microscopy, and metallography. Thermodynamic simulation, data analysis, and visualization are also practical skill strengths.
Research Project: Design of a Stainless Steel Hardfacing Alloy
Nuclear materials require the elimination of cobalt, the primary alloy system for gate valve hardfacing. Wear and elimination galling behavior are problematic in replacement hardfacing materials based on stainless steels at required operating temperatures. Understanding the mechanism of severe wear and targeting specific material properties with a well-modeled alloying strategy results in improvement of high-temperature wear properties. The resulting (patent-pending) alloy shows equivalent or better wear properties in application with the complete elimination of cobalt from the component.
Contact Info
smith.8029@osu.edu