Karl D.

Hammond
315 Pasqua Engineering Building University of Tennessee Knoxville, TN 37996 1 865 974 2752 karlh@ugcs.caltech.edu

Education
Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, 20042009 (awarded February 2, 2010) University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA B.S., Chemical Engineering, 19992003 (awarded June 13, 2003) California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA

Research Interests
Porous materials, especially zeolites and other high-surface-area materials Plasma-facing and irradiated materials Catalysis and catalytic materials Computer simulation of materials Adsorption and surface science

Peer-Reviewed Publications (15)

15. F. Sefta, K. D. Hammond, N. Juslin, and B. D. Wirth. Nucl. Fusion 53 (7): 073015 (2013). 14. F. Sefta, et al. Molecular Dynamics Simulations on the Effect of Sub-Surface Helium Bubbles on the Sputtering Yield of Tungsten. J. Nucl. Mater. 438: S493S496 (2013). 13. K. D. Hammond, H. J. Lee-Voigt, L. A. Marus, N. Juslin, and B. D. Wirth. Simple Pairwise Interactions for Hybrid Monte CarloMolecular Dynamics Simulations in Titania/Yttria-Doped BCC Iron. J. Phys. Cond. Matter. 25 (5): 055402 (2013). 12. W. C. Conner, K. D. Hammond, and R. L. Laurence. A Moveable Feast: A Progressive Approach to the Unit Operations Laboratory. Chem. Eng. Educ. 45 (3): 193202 (2011). 11. J. Jae, et al. Investigation Into the Shape Selectivity of Zeolite Catalysts for Biomass Conversion. J. Catal. 279 (2): 257268 (2011). 10. W. Shen, et al. Liquid Phase Aldol Condensation Reactions with MgO-ZrO2 and Shape-Selective Nitrogen-Substituted NaY. Appl. Catal. A Gen. 392 (12): 5768 (2011). 9. K. D. Hammond and S. M. Auerbach. Modeling the Structure and Spectroscopy of Alkaline Zeolites. In Silica and Silicates in Modern Catalysis. I. Halasz, Ed. Kerala: Research Signpost, 2010. Chapter 2, pp 2947. 8. K. D. Hammond, M. Gharibeh, G. A. Tompsett, F. Dogan, S. M. Auerbach, C. P. Grey, and W. C. Conner. Optimizing the Synthesis of Nitrogen Substituted Zeolites. Chem. Mater. 22 (1): 130142 (2010). 7. F. Dogan, K. D. Hammond, G. A. Tompsett, W. C. Conner, S. M. Auerbach, and C. P. Grey. Searching for Microporous, Strongly Basic Catalysts: Experimental and Calculated 29 Si NMR Spectra of Heavily Nitrogen-Doped Y Zeolites. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 131 (31): 1106211079 (2009). 6. J. S. Hummelshj, et al. DFT-Based Screening of Novel Alkali-Transition Metal Borohydrides: A Computational Materials Design Project. J. Chem. Phys. 131 (1): 014101 (2009). Work done as part of the Center for Atomic-Scale Modeling and Design 2008 summer school in Lyngby, Denmark.

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Curriculum Vitae

5. K. R. Payer, K. D. Hammond, G. A. Tompsett, L. Krogh, M. N. Pratt, and W. C. Conner. The Effects of Mechanical and Thermal Perturbations on States Within the Hysteresis of Sorption Isotherms of Mesoporous Materials. J. Porous Mater. 16 (1): 9199 (2009). 4. K. D. Hammond, F. Dogan, G. A. Tompsett, V. Agarwal, C. P. Grey, W. C. Conner, and S. M. Auerbach. Spectroscopic Signatures of Nitrogen-Substituted Zeolites. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 130 (45): 1491214913 (2008). 3. K. D. Hammond, M. Hong, G. A. Tompsett, S. M. Auerbach, J. L. Falconer, and W. C. Conner. High-Resolution Physical Adsorption on Supported Borosilicate MFI Zeolite Membranes. J. Membrane Sci. 325 (1): 413419 (2008). 2. K. D. Hammond, G. A. Tompsett, S. M. Auerbach, and W. C. Conner. Physical Adsorption Analysis of Intact Supported MFI Zeolite Membranes. Langmuir 23 (16): 83718384 (2007). 1. K. D. Hammond, G. A. Tompsett, S. M. Auerbach, and W. C. Conner. Apparatus for Measuring Physical Adsorption on Intact Supported Porous Membranes. J. Porous Mater. 14 (4): 409416 (2007).

Publications in Progress (1)

1. K. D. Hammond and W. C. Conner. Analysis of Catalyst Surface Structure by Physical Sorption. In Adv. Catal., invited for 2013. Under review.

Teaching Experience
Lecturer, chemical engineering, UMass Amherst, Fall 2009. ChE 401: Undergraduate laboratory. Laboratory course of 50 students, divided into two sections. Guest lecturer, UT Knoxville. Corrosion in Nuclear Power Systems (three guest lectures for B. Wirth, 20112012) Guest lecturer, UMass Amherst Senior laboratory: one lecture for W. C. Conner, 2006, 2007, 2008 Statistical mechanics: three lectures and a review session for S. Auerbach, 2006 Teaching assistant, UMass Amherst Process control under M. Henson, 2007 (grading, extensive student mentoring, assignment preparation, several lectures, solutions, review sessions) Senior laboratory under W. C. Conner, 2007 (lab supervision, student mentoring, one lecture) Process control under M. Henson, 2006 (grading, student mentoring, solutions) Process design under R. Huss, 2005 (grading)

Research Experience
Simulation of irradiated materials (post-Ph.D. research with Brian Wirth, University of California, Berkeley, 2010 and University of Tennessee, Knoxville, January 2011present) Simulation of radiation damage for fusion reactor surfaces and other plasma-facing materials Molecular dynamics and kinetic Monte Carlo simulations of H/He interaction with tungsten Combined Monte Carlo/molecular mechanics simulations of YTiO nanoclusters in ferritic steels Catalyst characterization (Ph.D. research with Scott Auerbach and Curt Conner, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 20042009) 2 of 3

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Curriculum Vitae

Combined experimental and simulation work Characterization of nitrogen-substituted zeolites by NMR, FTIR, XRD, and adsorption Adsorption on zeolite membranes and powders Transport modeling in zeolite membranes

Zeolite and organic template synthesis (Chevron Energy Research and Technology Company with Saleh Elomari and Charles Wilson, 2002) In-situ infrared spectroscopy of CVD reactors (undergraduate research at Caltech with Richard Murray and David Goodwin, 20022003) Molecular biology (Research at Mayo Clinic with Stephen Brimijoin, 2004, and John Penniston, 2001)

Lectures (13)
Materials Research Society (MRS) Annual Fall Meeting, November 2012. Off-Lattice Simulation of Nanoclustered Ferritic Alloys. American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Annual Meeting, October 2012. Plasma-Induced Evolution of Surfaces. The Minerals, Metals, and Materials Society Annual Meeting (TMS), March 2012. Hybrid Monte Carlo Molecular Dynamics of Nanometer-Scale YTiO Precipitates in BCC Iron. USA/Japan Workshop on Plasma-Facing Components, August 2011. Atomistic Simulations of SubSurface Helium Bubble Evolution in Tungsten. American Nuclear Society Annual Meeting: The Technology of Fusion Energy, November 2010. Tungsten Surface Evolution from Helium Plasma Interactions. American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Annual Meeting, November 2009. The Search for Microporous, Strongly Basic Catalysts: Experiment and Theory in the Synthesis and Characterization of Nitrogen-Doped Zeolite Y. American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Annual Meeting, November 2009. Adsorption Hysteresis: An Inside Look. American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Annual Meeting, November 2009 (given for V. Agarwal). Modeling of Synthesis, Stability and Base Characteristics of Nitrogen-Substituted FAU and MFI. American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Annual Meeting, November 2008. Adsorption on Intact Supported Zeolite Membranes: Comparison with Powdered Samples. American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Annual Meeting, November 2008. The Spectroscopic Signature of Nitrogen-Substituted Zeolites. Connecticut Valley Quantum Chemistry Association meeting, November 2008. Experiments and Calculations on Nitrogen-Doped Zeolite Catalysts. New England Catalysis Society Meeting, April 2008. Spectroscopic Signatures of Basic Zeolites. Northeast Corridor Zeolite Association Meeting, December 2006. Adsorption on Intact Membranes and Its Implications for Structure and Transport in Zeolite Membranes.

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