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Kenneth Cooper

Profile Information
Name
Mr. Kenneth Cooper
Institution
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Position
Associate Staff Irradiation Engineer
Affiliation
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
h-Index
1
ORCID
0009-0002-6180-980X
Biography

Kenneth D. Cooper is an Associate Staff Irradiation Engineer at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and a Ph.D. candidate in Nuclear Engineering at Texas A&M University. His research focuses on nuclear material development for fission and fusion applications, with particular interest in irradiation effects, corrosion behavior, and the development of experimental techniques to study isolated and coupled degradation mechanisms. He has led the design of advanced irradiation platforms and in situ diagnostics, including high-temperature Rutherford Backscattering Spectrometry, to evaluate structural materials under extreme conditions. Kenneth is also a recipient of the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship for his work on isotope separation using graphene nanostructures.

Expertise
Alloys, Irradiation, Metal, Metallurgy, Nuclear Engineering, Phase, Stainless Steel, Structural
Additional Publications:
"Combining ion beam heating, ion irradiation, and infrared imaging enables in situ characterization of radiation damage-dependent thermal properties" Jack Gauderman, Kenneth Cooper, Frank A. Garner, Michael Nastasi, Lin Shao, Rijul R. Chauhan, [2025] Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms · DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2025.165701 · ISSN: 0168-583X
"Finite element analysis of the impact of beam heating mode in molten salt corrosion experiments employing simultaneous ion irradiation" Trevor Parker, Kenneth Cooper, Anthony Cecchini, Kyle Williams, Laura Hawkins, Michael Nastasi, Frank A. Garner, Lin Shao, Rijul R. Chauhan, [2025] Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms · DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2025.165694 · ISSN: 0168-583X
"A high-temperature Rutherford Backscattering Spectrometry apparatus for in situ material characterization" Rijul R. Chauhan, Trevor Parker, Anthony Cecchini, William Patrick Simon, Frank A. Garner, Lin Shao, Kenneth Cooper, [2025] Journal of Materials Research · DOI: 10.1557/s43578-025-01585-9 · ISSN: 0884-2914
"Micro-pillar compression of proton-irradiated chromium examined using cross-sectional site selection, electron microscopy, and molecular dynamics simulation" Yongchang Li, Zhihan Hu, Kenneth Cooper, Laura Hawkins, Di Chen, Frank A. Garner, Lin Shao, Miguel Pena, [2024] Journal of Nuclear Materials · DOI: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2024.155299 · ISSN: 0022-3115
"Effect of the free surface on near-surface void swelling in self-ion irradiated single crystal pure iron considering the carbon effect" Zhihan Hu, Aaron French, Kenneth Cooper, Frank A. Garner, Lin Shao, Yongchang Li, [2023] Journal of Nuclear Materials · DOI: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2023.154594 · ISSN: 0022-3115
Source: ORCID/CrossRef using DOI

About Us

The Nuclear Science User Facilities (NSUF) is the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Nuclear Energy's only designated nuclear energy user facility. Through peer-reviewed proposal processes, the NSUF provides researchers access to neutron, ion, and gamma irradiations, post-irradiation examination and beamline capabilities at Idaho National Laboratory and a diverse mix of university, national laboratory and industry partner institutions.

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