Donald Siegel

DEGREES

• PhD, Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2001
• Graduate Certificate, Computational Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2001
• BS, Mathematical Physics, Case Western Reserve University, 1995

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Development of high-capacity materials and systems for energy storage applications; computational materials science; nanoscale chemistry and its impact on the mechanical properties of materials; thermodynamics and kinetics of phase transformations; multi-scale modeling; integrated computational materials engineering

HONORS AND AWARDS

• TMS/JIM International Scholar, 2009
• Publication J. Phys.: Condens. Mater 20 064228 (2008) named to "Top Papers 2008"
• Special Recognition Award, U.S. Council for Automotive Research, 2008
• Inventor of the Month, Ford Fuel Cell Patent Committee, 2008
• U.S. National Academies/National Research Council Fellow, 2004-2005
• Materials Research Society Graduate Student Award, 2001
• U.S. Department of Education National Science Scholar, 1991-1995