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Corey Efaw

Graduate Fellow

Research Areas:
Energy Storage Technology

Biography:

Corey Efaw joined the Energy Storage team in August 2019 as a Graduate Fellow. He’s concurrently acquiring his PhD in Materials Science & Engineering from Boise State University as part of the DOE’s INL Graduate Fellowship Program. He has research experience with zirconium alloys as a nuclear reactor cladding, as well as lightweight alloy (Al, Mg) corrosion mechanisms. His dissertation focus is on modifying lithium metal anodes for improved surface stability, along with utilizing many characterization techniques to acquire spatially resolved surface properties.

Education:

Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering – Boise State University

B.S., Mechanical Engineering – Boise State University

Publications:

C.M. Efaw, J.L. Vandegrift, M. Reynolds, B.J. Jaques, H. Hu, H. Xiong, and M.F. Hurley, Characterization of Zirconium Oxides Part II: New Insights on the Growth of Zirconia Revealed Through Complementary High-Resolution Mapping Techniques, accepted in Corr. Sci. (2020). doi:TBA 

C.M. Efaw, J.L. Vandegrift, M. Reynolds, S. McMurdie, B.J. Jaques, H. Hu, H. Xiong, and M.F. Hurley, Characterization of Zirconium Oxides Part I: Raman Mapping and Spectral Feature Analysis, Nuclear Materials and Energy21,100707(2019). doi:10.1016/j.nme.2019.100707 

A. Kvryan, C.M. Efaw, K.A. Higginbotham, O.O. Maryon, P.H. Davis, E.Graugnard, H.K. Trivedi, and M.F. Hurley, Corrosion Initiation and Propagation on Carburized Martensitic Stainless Steel Surfaces Studied via Advanced Scanning Probe Microscopy, Materials12(6), 940 (2019). doi:10.3390/ma12060940 

C.M. Efaw, T. da Silva, P.H. Davis, L. Li, and M.F. Hurley, Toward Improving Ambient Volta Potential Measurements with SKPFM for Corrosion Studies, J. Electrochem. Soc.166(11), C3018(2019). doi:10.1149/2.0041911jes 

C. Efaw, T. da Silva, P. Davis, L. Li, E.Graugnard, and M. Hurley, Improving the Relative Calculations of Volta Potential Differences Acquired from Scanning Kelvin Probe Force Microscopy (SKPFM) from Comparing an Inert Material to First-Principle Calculations, J. Electrochem. Soc. Trans. 85(13), 701 (2018). doi:10.1149/08513.0701ecst 

P.H. Davis, C.M. Efaw, L.K. Patten, C. Hollar, C. Watson, B. Knowlton, and P. Müllner, Localized Deformation in Ni-Mn-Ga Single Crystals, J. Appl. Phys. 123(21), 215102 (2018). doi:10.1063/1.5026572 

T.H. da Silva, E.B. Nelson, I. Williamson, C.M. Efaw, E. Sapper, M.F. Hurley, and L. Li, First-principles surface interaction studies of aluminum-copper and aluminum-copper-magnesium secondary phases in aluminum alloys, Appl. Surf. Sci. 439, 910 (2018). doi:10.1016/j.apsusc.2017.12.256 

A. Kvryan, K. Livingston, C.M. Efaw, K. Knori, B.J. Jacques, P.H. Davis, D.P. Butt, and M.F. Hurley, Microgalvanic Corrosion Behavior of Cu-Ag Active Braze Alloys Investigated with SKPFM, Metals 6, 91 (2016). doi:10.3390/met6040091 

M. F. Hurley, C. M. Efaw, P. H. Davis, J. R. Croteau, E. Graugnard and N. Birbilis, Volta Potentials Measured by Scanning Kelvin Probe Force Microscopy as Relevant to Corrosion of Magnesium Alloys, Corrosion 71 (2), 160 (2015).doi:10.5006/1432

Presentations:

C.M. Efaw, M. Reynolds, J.L. Vandegrift, K. Smith, Y. Wu, B.J. Jaques, H. Hu, C. Xiong, and M.F. Hurley, Determination of Zirconium Oxide Chemistry Through Complementary Characterization Techniques, Global/Top Fuel, September 2019, Seattle, WA, Conference Presentation. 

C. M. Efaw, J. Vandegrift, B. Jaques, C. Xiong, and M. Hurley, Determination of Zircaloy oxide chemistry through complementary characterization techniques, Gordon Research Conference/ Aqueous Corrosion, July 2018, New London, NH, Conference Presentation & Poster Session. 

C. M. Efaw, T.da Silva, P. H. Davis, M. F. Hurley, L. Li, and E. Graugnard, Improving Relative Volta Potential Differences Acquired from Scanning Kelvin Probe Force Microscopy (SKPFM) by Comparing Inert Materials to First-Principle Theoretical Calculations, American Association for the Advancement of Science / Pacific Division, June 2018, Pomona, CA, Conference Presentation. (Materials Science, student presentation honorable mention). 

C. M. Efaw, T. da Silva, P. H. Davis, L. Li, E. Graugnard, and M. Hurley, Improving the Relative Calculations of Volta Potential Differences Acquired from Scanning Kelvin Probe Force Microscopy (SKPFM) by Comparing Inert Standards to First-Principle Calculations, The Electrochemical Society, May 2018, Seattle, WA, Conference Presentation. 

C. Efaw, J. Vandegrift, B. Jaques, C. Xiong, and M. Hurley, Determination of Zircaloy oxide chemistry through complementary characterization techniques, NACE CORROSION, April 2018, Phoenix, AZ, Poster Session. (Mars Fontana –Corrosion Engineering, 2nd place in poster competition). 

C. Efaw, T. da Silva, E. Graugnard, P. Davis, L. Li, and M. Hurley, Co-localization of Complementary Characterization Tools to Investigate Corrosion Performance, Materials Science & Technology, October 2017, Pittsburgh, PA, Conference Presentation.

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