Dr. Brent J. Heuser, MS, PhD

Engineering at Illinois Engineering at Illinois

Nuclear, Plasma, and Radiological Engineering

Dr. Brent J. Heuser, MS, PhD

Dr. Brent J. Heuser, MS, PhD

RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Hydrogen in metals, hydrogen trapping at defects, metal hydrides, transmission electron microscopy studies of metal defects, neutron scattering, metal thin film multilayer structures.

EDUCATION:

  • B.S. Nuclear Eng The University of Michigan 1983
  • M.S. Nuclear Eng The University of Michigan 1989
  • Ph.D. Nuclear Eng The University of Michigan 1990

ACADEMIC POSITIONS HELD:

  • Associate Professor, 2000 -
  • Assistant Professor, 1994-2000
  • Adjunct Assistant Professor - Department of Physics and Astronomy,
    The University of Missouri at Columbia, 1993 - 1994
  • Adjunct Assistant Professor - Department of Nuclear Engineering, The University of Missouri at Columbia, 1993 - 1994

STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS:

  • American Nuclear Society

PUBLICATIONS:ARTICLES IN JOURNALS — past five years

  • Munter, A. E., B. J. Heuser, and K. M. Skulina, " Neutron Reflectivity Measurements of Ti -Be Multlayers," Physica B, 221, 500 (1996).
  • Heuser, B. J. and J.S. King, "SANS Measurements of Deuterium-Dislocation Trapping in Deformed Single Crystal Pd." J. Alloys Compounds 261, 225-230, (1997).
  • Heuser, B. J. and J. W. Althauser, "Effect of Deformation on Low-Temperature Deuteride Formation in Single Crystal Nb." J. Phys. Condens. Matter, 9, 8945-8961 (1997).
  • Munter, A. E., and B.J. Heuser, "In Situ Neutron Reflectivity Measurements of Hydrogen and Deuterium Absorption in a Pd/Nb/Pd layered film." Phys. Rev. B, Brief Reports, 55 14035-14038 (1997).
  • Keller, S. E., B.J. Heuser, and J.M. Carpenter, "MCNP Simulations of Neutron Moderation in the IPNS C Moderator." Physica B, 241-243, 30 (1998).
  • Munter, A.E. and B.J. Heuser, "Deuterium Phase Behavior in Thin-Film Pd." Phys. Rev. B, 58, 678 (1998).
  • Heuser, B.J. and J.S. King, "Effect of Dislocation Trapping on Deuterium Diffusion in Deformed Single Crystal Pd." Metal. Trans. A., 29A, 1593 (1998).
  • Heuser, B.J. and W.C. Chen. "Effect of Lattice Defects and Temperature Transition Rates on the Deuteride (Hydride) Particle Morphology and Phase Transformation Thermal Hysteresis in Niobium," J. Phys.: Condens. Matter, 11, 7195 (1999).
  • C.I. Costescu and B.J. Heuser, "Effect of a Nitrogen-rich Surface Layer on the Sub-surface Deuterium (Hydrogen) Concentration Distribution in Ti." Surface Science, 450 242-250 (2000).
  • W.C. Chen, B.J. Heuser, and J.S. King, "SANS Investigation of Deuteride (Hydride) Precipitation and Decomposition Morphology in Single Crystal Pd." J. Appl. Crystallogr., 33 442-446 (2000).
  • B.J. Heuser, J.S. King, and W.C. Chen, "Corrigendum to 'Small-Angle Neutron Scattering Measurements of Deuteride Formation in Single Crystal Pd' [J. Alloys and Compounds, 292 134-147 (1999)]." J. Alloys and Compounds, 305 318-319 (2000).
  • W.C. Chen and B.J. Heuser, "Solubility and Kinetic Properties of Deuterium in Single Crystal Pd." J. Alloys and Compounds, 312 176-180 (2000).

ARTICLES IN CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS — past five years

  • Hjelm, R.P., P.A. Seeger, P. Thiyagarajan, L. Assoufid, L.R. Bertolini, and B.J. Heuser. "A Design for a High Resolution, Very-Low-Q Time-of-Flight Diffractometer," Proc. ICANS-XIV, II, 628-641, 1998.

BULLETINS OR REPORTS — past five years

  • Althauser, J. W., and B. J. Heuser, "SANS and TEM Analysis of Dislocations in Deformed Single Crystal Copper," Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 41 , 1, (1996).
  • Monti, D. A., N. R. Guillermo, M. J. Hulin, B. J. Heuser, A. Toreja, and T. L. Moschetti, "Development of a One-Dimensional Small-Angle Neutron Scattering Instrument at the University of Illinois TRIGA Reactor Laboratory," Bull. Am. Phys. Soc., 41 , 1, (1996).
  • Munter, A. E., B. J. Heuser, and N. R. Guillermo, "In Situ Neutron Reflectivity Measurements of Hydrogen Absorption in Thin Metal Films," Bull. Am. Phys. Soc., 41, 1, (1996).
  • B.J. Heuser, W.C. Chen, J.W. Althauser, "Small-Angle Neutron Scattering Measurements of Deuteride Formation in Nb." Trans. ANS 80 101 (1999).

OTHER SCHOLARLY ACTIVITES (conferences organized or chaired, papers presented, etc.)

  • University of Delaware, Workshop on the "Spallation Neutron Source Second Target Station", Newark, DE, April 20, 1999, invited participant.
  • Argonne National Laboratory, Neutron and X-Ray Summer School, 1998-1999, advisor to organizing committee.
  • Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Workshop on the "Spallation Neutron Source Instrumentation," Knoxville, TN, November 9-11, 1998, invited participant and break-out session leader.
  • Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Workshop on the "Application of the Spallation Neutron Source to Large-Scale Structures," Oak Ridge, TN, September 17-18, 1998, organizer and participant.

SERVICE IN THE PAST THREE YEARS

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY:
  • American Crystallographic Association, "Small Angle Scattering Special Interest Group," secretary and treasurer, 1996-present; American Nuclear Society — Member; American Physical Society — Member; Materials Research Society - Member
COLLEGE:
  • College of Engineering Safety Committee, 1995-present (member)
  • College of Engineering Library Committee, 1994-present (member)
  • Teaching Evaluation and Improvement Sub-committee, 1995-1997 (member), 1998 (chair), 1999 (member).
DEPARTMENT:
  • Reactor Safety Committee, 1994-present (member); American Nuclear Society Student Branch, 1994-1998 (faculty representative); Dept. Nuclear Engineering Qualification Examination Committee, 1996 (member), 1997 (chair), 1998 (member).
IMPROVEMENT ACTIVITES:
  • Dean's Seminar on Teaching, 1994-present, attendance