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Last Name

Morgan

First Name

Dane

Middle Initial

Areas of Research Expertise

* Computational materials science for materials design
* Ab initio electronic structure methods and multiscale techniques for modeling of large time / length scales and thermodynamics
* Statistical and data mining techniques for materials property prediction
* Physics of nanoscale phenomena in ceramic and biochemical systems
* Application areas: battery and fuel cell electrodes, spin transition ceramics, crystal structure prediction, earth mantle materials, protein design

Web site

Dane Morgan's University Webpage

Curriculum Vitae (CV)

Current/Active Funding

NSF, 2007-2012, Collaborative Research: New Characterization Approaches for Developing Structure-Sorption Relationships in Disordered Iron-Oxyhydroxide
Battelle Energy Alliance, 2009-2012, Ab initio Enhanced Calphad Modeling of Actinide Rich Nuclear Fuels
NSF, 2010-2013, Collaborative Research: Valence State of Iron in the Lower Mantle

Issued Patent(s)

7,292,958 - Systems and methods for predicting materials properties, granted Nov 2007.

USPTO Published Applications

Recent Publication(s)

"Ab initio based rate theory model of radiation induced amorphization in beta-SiC"

Swaminathan N, Morgan D, Szlufarska I, Journal of Nuclear Materials 414(3): 431-439 Jul 2011. An ab initio informed rate theory framework for a multicomponent system is developed and used to model radiation induced amorphization in beta-SiC

"Assessment of radiation-induced segregation mechanisms in austenitic and ferritic-martensitic alloys"

Was GS, Wharry JP, Morgan D, et al., Journal of Nuclear Materials 411(1-3): 41-50 Apr 2011. Ab initio based modeling shows that the inverse Kirkendall mechanism for Cr in austenitic Ni-based systems is consistent with the observed Cr depletion, but that the result may be a balance of significant contributions from both vacancy and interstitial fluxes.

"Ab initio and thermodynamic modelling of alloying effects on activity of sacrificial aluminium anodes"

Sharma A, Zhang C, Chang YA, et al., Corrosion Science 53(5): 1724-1731 May 2011. This study then assesses the lattice expander theory, which states that lattice-expanding dopants can be used to increase Sn solubility in Al and thereby reduce passivation.

"Epitaxial Strain-Induced Chemical Ordering in La0.5Sr0.5CoO3-delta Films on SrTiO3"

Donner W, Chen CL, Liu M et al., Chemistry of Materials 23 (4): 984-988 Feb 2011. We investigate strained 40-nm films of perovskite La0.5Sr0.5CoO3-delta, which is an important material for solid oxide fuel cell cathodes and oxygen separation membranes.

Recent Artistic Works

Collaboration

Computational Materials Group
Materials Science Program
MIT, Materials Science and Engineering, Persson, Kristin

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Research Facilities

E-mail Address

ddmorgan@wisc.edu

Phone Number

(608) 265-5879

Current University

UW - Madison

Department

Materials Science and Engineering / Engineering Physics

Title

Assistant Professor

Other Appointments

Address Line 1

1509 Materials Science and Engineering Building

Address Line 2

1509 University Avenue

City

Madison

State

Zip Code

53706

Bachelor's Degree

BA, Swarthmore College, Physics, 1992

Master's Degree

MA, University of California- Berkeley, Physics, 1994

PhD

PhD, University of California-Berkeley, Physics, 1998

Other Degrees

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