Carelyn Campbell

 Current projects: 

• Development of diffusion mobility descriptions for the Cu-In-Se-Ga system
• Development of a reference set of self mobility descriptions for the pure elements
  
• Development of diffusion mobility descriptions for Ni-base superalloys

Research Interests

Application of multicomponent thermodynamics and diffusion mobilities to predict microstructure evolution in variety of materials, including steels, Ni-base superalloys, CIGS (photovoltaics).

Organizer of the NIST Diffusion Workshop series.

Awards: 

NIST:

• National Research Council Postdoctoral Research Associate (1997-1999)
  
  

Northwestern University

• National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship (1992-1995)
• National Science Foundation Travel Scholarship (1994)
• National Association of Corrosion Engineers (NACE) Chicago Chapter, Science and Engineering Award (1993-1994)
• Ford Technical Scholar (1990-1992)
  

Patents

• 6,695,930, “Process for case hardened dies in improving die life,” Kuehmann; Charles J.; Olson; Gregory B.; Wise; John P.; Campbell; Carelyn E. February 24, 2004
• 6,458,220, “Case hardened steel blades for sports equipment and method of manufacture,” Kuehmann; Charles J.; Bernikowicz; Priscilla A.; Olson; Gregory B.; Wise; John P.; Campbell; Carelyn E., October, 1, 2002.
• 6,176,946, “Advanced case carburizing secondary hardening steels,” Kuehmann; Charles J.; Olson; Gregory B.; Wise; John P.; Campbell; Carelyn, Jan.23, 2001. 6,635,126, 6,485,582, 6,464,801