My recent postdoctoral research also focused on investigating the thermomechanical properties of UHTCs, and engineering mechanical and chemical properties of glass-composites for use as reliable seals in solid oxide fuel cells, and ceramic powder processing of magnesium oxide and electrolyte powder for use in thermal batteries. As a graduate student at Rice University, I was an NSF-Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP) Fellow, and pioneered the first SWNT-reinforced silicon nitride nanocomposites with multifunctional properties. Prior to that I was fortunate to have gained my formal undergraduate education at The University of Texas at El Paso, a strong undergraduate-serving institution in the Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, where I actively pursued materials research opportunities.
Over the past several years I have had the opportunity to work on projects that were funded through The Robert Welch Foundation of Texas, NASA-University Research Engineering and Technology Institutes (URETIs), Carbon Nanotechnologies Inc., Department of Energy, Solid State Energy Conversion Alliance (SECA), National Science Foundation Alliance for Minority Participation, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and Sandia National Laboratories. Sandia National Laboratories, The Arizona Research Institute for Solar Energy (AzRISE) and The University of Arizona support my current research programs.
Professional Synopsis
Previous Appointments
postdoctoral Appointee Sandia National Laboratories Albuquerque, NM
Education
Ph.D., materials science
Rice University, Houston, TX
B.S. Metallurgical & Materials science Engineering
The University of Texas at El Paso El Paso, TX
ERICA L. CORRAL, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Materials Science & Engineering Department, The University of Arizona
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