Research Interests:

Corrosion of Engineering Materials Materials for Infrastructure Materials for Energy Systems Physical Metallurgy Scientific Instrumentation Nuclear Waste Disposal Distinguished University Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of South Florida, Aug. 1999-present. Professor of Materials Engineering, Aug. 1991-Aug.1999. Associate Professor, Aug. 1985-Aug. 1991. Tenured since May, 1989. Board Member, appointed by President Clinton, United States Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board, Jan.1997- June 2002 Associate Laboratory Director, Materials Engineering (1982-1985); Manager, Metallurgy and Materials (1980-1982) and Senior Metallurgist (1978-1980), Kentucky Center for Energy Research Lab., Lexington, KY. Associate Professor (1984-1985) and Adjunct Assistant Professor (1979-1985), Joint Appointment at the Department of Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY. Research Associate, Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL, 1976-1978. Guest Scientist, Solid State Research Institute, Juelich Nuclear Research Center (KFA), Juelich, West Germany, 1974-1976. Postdoctoral Research Associate, Dept. of Metallurgy and Materials Science, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 1973-1974. Visiting Assistant Professor, Henry Krumb School of Mines, Columbia University, New York, NY, 1972-1973.