Ken Natesan

Professional Experience

• 2005 – Present, Section Manager, Nuclear Engineering Division
• 1998 – 2005, Section Manager, Energy Technology Division
• 1992 – Present, Argonne Distinguished Fellow
• 1979 – 1992, Senior Metallurgist, Materials and Components Technology Division
• 1972 – 1979, Metallurgist, Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory
• 1968 – 1972, Assistant Metallurgist, Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory

Education

• MBA, University of Chicago, Executive Program, 1985
• Mechanics of Fracture, University of California, Berkeley, 1973
• Ph.D. in Metallurgy and Materials Science, Carnegie-Mellon University, 1969
• M.S. in Metallurgy and Materials Science, Carnegie-Mellon University, 1967
• B. Tech. (Hons), in Metallurgical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India, 1964

Selected Awards

• R&D 100 Award for Alloy Development, 2006
• FELLOW of National Association of Corrosion Engineers, 1996
• FELLOW of ASM International, 1995
• Best Paper Award, Magnetohydrodynamics Conference, 1990
• Best Paper Award, The Metallurgical Society, American Institute of Metallurgical Engineers, 1972
• Best Paper AZBE Award, 1966
• Recipient of Institute's Medal. Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, 1964
• Four patents on materials

Selected Professional Activities

• Member of Metals Properties Council (of American Society of Mechanical Engineers) Subcommittee 8 on materials for coal gasification processes
• Member of Nuclear Materials Handbook Committee
• Chairman, First and Second International Conferences on Heat Resistant Materials in 1991 and 1995
• U.S. organizer for the third International Conference on Advances in Surface Engineering held in U.K. in 1992 and for the fourth conference in 1996
• Member of a task force from the American Iron and Steel Institute in exploring the use of high–temperature reactors to generate process heat for the steelmaking industry
• Editorial board member Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance and International Journal of Refractory Metals and Hard Materials
• Paper reviewer for several materials-related journals and proposal reviewer for several offices of the U.S. Department of Energy

Development of People

Dr. Natesan has been a principal investigator in corrosion and mechanical property areas and has developed extensive research, development, and design information. In his capacity as a leading scientist, he has been actively involved in the development of numerous future materials researchers, such as staff scientists, post–doctoral appointees, visiting scientists from industries, universities, and from countries such as Poland, Italy, Mexico, Japan, Netherlands, India, Germany, South Korea, and Taiwan. He has also been a mentor involved in the development of high school and college students who aspire to become scientists in materials/corrosion research.

Research Interests

• Materials performance in advanced nuclear reactors
• Materials behavior in current light-water reactors
• Materials development and understanding for advanced coal-fired systems
• Surface modification to improve corrosion and wear resistance
• Development of ultra high-temperature alloys
• Materials for complex and extreme environments
• Basic research leading to solutions for practical problems

Selected Publications/Presentations (from more than 320)

• "Fireside Corrosion of Alloys for Combustion Power Plants," K. Natesan, Paper presented at the 21st Ann. Intl. Pittsburgh Coal Conf. (PCC-2004), Osaka, Japan, September 13-17, 2004; published in Conf. Proceedings.
• "Boric Acid Corrosion of Light Water Reactor Pressure Vessel Head Materials," J.-H. Park, O. K. Chopra, K. Natesan, and W. J. Shack, NUREG Report, ANL-04/08, 2004.
• "Air Oxidation Kinetics for Zr-based Alloys," K. Natesan and W. K. Soppet, NRC-Contractor Research Report, NUREG/CR-6846, ANL-03/32, 2004.
• "A New Mechanism for the Catalytic Growth of Carbon Filaments and Metal Dusting Phenomenon," Z. Zeng and K. Natesan, Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. Vol. 755 (2003) 117.
• "Oxidation Behavior of Molybdenum Silicides and Their Composites," K. Natesan and S. C. Deevi (Philip Morris USA ), Intermetallics 8 (2000) 1147-1158.
• "Fabrication and Performance of AIN Insulator Coatings for Application in Fusion Reactor Blankets," K. Natesan, presented at 7th Intl. Conf. on Fusion Reactor Materials (ICFRM-7), Obninsk, Russia, 1995, J. Nucl. Mater. 233-237, Part A, 1403-1410, 1996.