Djamel Kaoumi
Associate Professor of Nuclear Engineering

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- dkaoumi@ncsu.edu
- Burlington Laboratory 2115
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Dr. Kaoumi’s research interests revolve around developing a mechanistic understanding of microstructure property relationships in nuclear materials, with an emphasis on microstructure evolution under harsh environment (i.e. irradiation, high temperature, and mechanical stress) and how it can impact the macroscopic properties and performance. Understanding the basic mechanisms of degradation of materials at the nanostructure level is necessary for the development of predictive models of the materials performance and for the design and development of better materials. Materials of interest include advanced alloys for structural and cladding applications in advanced nuclear systems (e.g. Austenitic steels , Advanced Ferritic/Martensitic Steels, Oxide-Dispersion-Strengthened (ODS) Steels), High-temperature Ni-based alloys, Zirconium alloys and nanocrystalline metallic systems. Characterization techniques of predilection include both in-situ and ex-situ techniques e.g. In-situ irradiation in TEM (over 15 years of experience), In-situ straining in a TEM, chemi-STEM, SEM, XRD, Synchrotron XRD.

Education
Nuclear Engineering
Pensylvania State University
Nuclear Engineering and minor in Materials Science
University of Florida
Physics
Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble (France)
Research Description
Irradiation effects in structural and cladding materials Mechanical behavior of alloys / alloy development Corrosion and Stress Corrosion Cracking of structural alloys
Publications
The mechanism behind the high radiation tolerance of Fe-Cr alloys
- Agarwal, S., Butterling, M., Liedke, M. O., Yano, K. H., Schreiber, D. K., Jones, A. C. L., … Selim, F. A. (2022), JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0085086
- Achieving high hetero-deformation induced (HDI) strengthening and hardening in brass by dual heterostructures
- Fang, X. T., Li, Z. K., Wang, Y. F., Ruiz, M., Ma, X. L., Wang, H. Y., … Zhu, Y. T. (2022, January 30), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmst.2021.03.088
- Surprisingly high irradiation-induced defect mobility in Fe3O4 as revealed through in situ transmission electron microscopy
- Owusu-Mensah, M., Cooper, J., Morales, A. L., Yano, K., Taylor, S. D., Schreiber, D. K., … Kaoumi, D. (2022), MATERIALS CHARACTERIZATION. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matchar.2022.111863
- Creep properties of advanced austenitic steel 709 determined through short experiments under in-situ neutron diffraction followed by TEM characterization
- Zhao, Y., Schoell, R., Zheng, C., Cinbiz, M. N., Frost, M., An, K., & Kaoumi, D. (2021), MATERIALS CHARACTERIZATION. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matchar.2021.111519
- Electrochemical study of the dissolution of oxide films grown on type 316L stainless steel in molten fluoride salt
- Qiu, J., Macdonald, D. D., Schoell, R., Han, J., Mastromarino, S., Scully, J. R., … Hosemann, P. (2021), CORROSION SCIENCE. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.corsci.2021.109457
- Helium bubble nucleation and growth in alloy HT9 through the use of in situ TEM: Sequential he-implantation and heavy-ion irradiation versus dual-beam irradiation
- Duemmler, K., Zheng, C., Baumier, C., Gentils, A., & Kaoumi, D. (2021), JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MATERIALS, 545. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2020.152641
- A new mechanism for void-cascade interaction from nondestructive depth-resolved atomic-scale measurements of ion irradiation-induced defects in Fe
- Agarwal, S., Liedke, M. O., Jones, A. C. L., Reed, E., Kohnert, A. A., Uberuaga, B. P., … Selim, F. A. (2020), SCIENCE ADVANCES, 6(31). https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aba8437
- An Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopic Study of Oxide Films in Liquid Metal
- Qiu, J., Macdonald, D. D., Li, N., Schoell, R., Kaoumi, D., & Hosemann, P. (2020), JOM. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11837-020-04120-9
- Detecting and imaging stress corrosion cracking in stainless steel, with application to inspecting storage canisters for spent nuclear fuel
- Remillieux, M. C., Kaoumi, D., Ohara, Y., Geesey, M. A. S., Xi, L., Schoell, R., … Shayer, Z. (2020), NDT & E INTERNATIONAL, 109. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ndteint.2019.102180
- Dislocation loop evolution in F/M steel T91 under in-situ ion irradiation: Influence of the presence of initial dislocations
- Zheng, C., & Kaoumi, D. (2020), JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MATERIALS, 540. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2020.152363