Ronald E.Loehman

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National Lab Emeritus Professor

Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering

Education

Ph.D. Purdue University Solid State Chemistry, 1969

B.A. Rice University Chemical , 1964

Biography

Professional Experience 

  • 2014 - Present: Professor, Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering • University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
  • 1992 - 2014: Professor, Department of Chemical & Nuclear Engineering • University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM.
  • 1995 - 2008: Senior Scientist , Sandia National Laboratories • Albuquerque, NM.
  • 1999 - 2000: Research Scientist, Project Manager, Superior MicroPowders LLC, (now Cabot-SMP and Cabot-Fuel Cells) Albuquerque, NM.
  • 1993-99: Research Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical & Nuclear Engineering • University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM.
  • 1992-93: Senior Research Associate, Department of Chemical & Nuclear Engineering • University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM.
  • 1991-92: Research Fellow (Staff Scientist II), Central Laboratory of Electrochemical Power Sources, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria.
  • 1990-91: Research Associate (Staff Scientist III), Central Laboratory of Electrochemical Power Sources, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria.
  • 1987-90: Research Assistant (Staff Chemist), Central Laboratory of Electrochemical Power Sources, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria.

Selected Publications:

  • Johnson, Sylvia M., Robert Lamoreau, and Ronald E. Loehman, Crystallization of a Lithium Silicate Glass Under Pressure, accepted for publication, J. Amer. Ceram Soc.
  • Loehman, R.E., and A.P. Tomsia, Wetting and Joining of Mullite by Active-Metal Braze Alloys, J. Amer. Ceram. Soc. 77[1] 271-274 (1994).
  • Loehman, R.E,Structure, Formation, and Stability of Oxynitride Glasses," in Tailoring of High-Temperature Properties of Si3N4 Ceramics, M.A. Hoffmann and G. Petzow, eds, NATO ASI Series E, 276, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Norwell, MA, 167-174 (1994).
  • Loehman, Ronald E, Ceramic-Metal Reactions in Composites, Ceramic Joining, and Electronic Packaging, Scripta Metallurgica et Materialia, 31[8], 965-970 (1994).
  • Tomsia, Antoni P. and Ronald E. Loehman,Reactions and Microstructure at Selected Ceramic/Metal Interfaces, Materials and Manufacturing Processes, 9[3], 547-561 (1994).
  • Loehman, Ronald E, ed. Characterization of Ceramics, Butterworth Heinemann, Boston (1993).
  • Loehman, Ronald E. and A. P. Tomsia, Metal Mullite Reactions, Proc. MRS Int'l Meeting on Adv. Materials, Tokyo Japan, September 4, 1993.

Total Publications in Career:

  • 120 Papers in Scientific and Technical Journals. He has edited or co-edited five books.

Research Interests

  • Glass-metal and ceramic-metal bonding and interfacial reactions
  • Preparation and properties of nitrogen ceramics and glasses
  • Crystallization of glasses
  • Electrical and Thermal behavior of ceramics and glasses