Dr.
Kathryn Metzger is a Principal Engineer at
Westinghouse Electric Company in the Global Accident Tolerant Fuels Technology
(ATF) Group. She was the recipient of a NEUP fellowship during her graduate
study at the University of South Carolina, where she earned her Ph.D. in
Nuclear Engineering. Her doctoral research included characterization and testing,
material model development, and fuel performance modeling of accident tolerant
fuel and cladding systems. Prior to
joining Westinghouse Electric Company, she furthered her expertise in nuclear
materials at Idaho National Laboratory and Savannah River National Laboratory,
where she gained experience in the fabrication of U3Si2, fuel performance
modeling of ATF systems, and mitigation of corrosion in research reactor
fuels. She served on the executive
committee for the ATR-NSUO (User Organization) from 2014 to 2016 and currently
serves as the Vice Chair of the Materials Science and Technology Division
within the American Nuclear Society.
*Research interests include accident tolerant fuels and claddings, material fabrication and characterization, material model development, corrosion, ceramic materials, thermal and irradiation creep, and fuel performance modeling and simulation.
