Dr. Arthur T. Motta

227 Reber Building
University Park, PA 16802

(814) 865-0036

atm2@psu.edu

Curriculum Vitae | Arthur T. Motta

Professor of Nuclear Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering
Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering, Pennsylvania State University
227 Reber Building, University Park, Pa 16802, 814-865-0036, atm2@psu.edu

Education
B.Sc. Mechanical Engineering, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, 1980
M.Sc. Nuclear Engineering, COPPE/Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, 1983
Ph.D. Nuclear Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 1988
Research
Materials for nuclear power applications, corrosion, advanced techniques for characterization of zirconium alloys and its oxides, application of synchrotron radiation diffraction, phase transformations under irradiation, transmission electron microscopy, charged particle irradiation, in-situ irradiation damage, mechanical behavior of zirconium alloys, mechanical testing, positron annihilation spectroscopy, microstructural evolution under irradiation.
Work Experience
  • The Pennsylvania State University, Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering, Chair of Nuclear Engineering, 2010-present, Professor, 2003-present, Associate Professor, 1998-present, Assistant Professor, 1992-1998, Professor of Materials Science 2002-present.
  • Visiting Scientist, at the Service for Research on Applied Metallurgy. Centre d’Etudes Nucleaires, Saclay, France, 2003.
  • Visiting Scientist, Reactor Materials Division Research Branch, Chalk River Nuclear Laboratory, Chalk River Canada, 1994.
  • Visiting professor, Institute for Nuclear Energy Research, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil, 1994.
  • Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Reactor Materials Division Research Branch, Chalk River Nuclear Laboratory, Chalk River Canada, 1991-1992
  • Research Fellow at the Service for Fuel Behavior Studies at the Centre d'Etudes Nucleaires de Grenoble, Grenoble, France, 1989-1991
  • Post-Doctoral Researcher at the Materials and Chemical Sciences Division at the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley, 1989
Synergistic Activities
  • Associate Editor for Nuclear Technology, Journal of ASTM International.
  • Editorial Board: Journal of Nuclear Materials and Nuclear Engineering and Technology.
  • External Advisory Board, University of Michigan Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences program, 2009-present
  • American Nuclear Society, Materials Science Technology Division Executive Board, 2005-present.
  • DOE-Basic Energy Sciences Workshop on Basic Research Needs for Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems, Washington DC, July 2006.
  • Nuclear Regulatory Commission Expert PIRT Panel for the Assessment of Fuel Behavior at High Burnup, 1999-2001.
  • ASTM B-10 Committee on Refractory and Reactive Metals, 1995-present.
  • Member of Materials Research Society, The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society (TMS), ASTM and American Nuclear Society (ANS)
Current Research Projects (representative)
  • "Cladding and Structural Materials for Advanced Reactor Systems", in collaboration with University of Michigan and others, DOE-Nuclear Energy Research Initiative-Consortium, 2007-2010.
  • “Materials World Network: Kinetics of hydride precipitation near a crack tip in zirconium”, in collaboration with Mark Daymond, Queens University and J. Santisteban and P. Vizcaino CNEA (Argentina), National Science Foundation, 2007-2011
  • “In situ Study of Hydride Reorientation and Fracture Behavior of Zirconium Alloys”” in collaboration with D. A. Koss and M.Billone, (ANL), funded by Nuclear Regulatory Commission (2007-2009).
  • "Understanding Irradiation behavior of Zirconium Carbide”, DOE-Nuclear Energy University programs, September 2010-August 2013.
  • “Hydrogen Pickup Mechanism in Zirconium-Based Alloys”, funded by EPRI and Westinghouse, September 2009-September 2013.
Selected Recent Publications
  1. Robert S. Daum, Yong S. Chu and Arthur T. Motta, “Identification and Quantification of hydride phases in Zircaloy-4 cladding using Synchrotron radiation Diffraction,” Journal of Nuclear Materials, 392(3), 2009, 453-463.
  2. K. Colas, A. Motta, M. Daymond, J. Santisteban, P. Vizcaino, D. Banchik, and Y. Chu., "Kinetics of Hydride Precipitation in Zr alloys Using Synchrotron Radiation," in accepted for CIAM Workshop in the VII Meeting of the Brazilian Society for Research in Materials (SBPMat), Guaruja, Brazil, 2008.
  3. D. Kaoumi, A. T. Motta, R. C. Birtcher, “A Thermal Spike Model of Grain Growth under Irradiation”, Journal of Applied Physics, 104 (2008) 073525.
  4. Yilmazbayhan, A., E. Breval, A. Motta, and R. Comstock, "Transmission Electron Microscopy Examination of Oxide Layers Formed in Zr Alloys," Journal of Nuclear Materials, vol. 349, {2006), 265-281.
  5. Arthur Motta, Aylin Yilmazbayhan, Marcelo Gomes da Silva, Robert J. Comstock, Gary Was, Jeremy Busby, Eric Gartner, Qunjia Peng, Yong Hwan Jeong, Jeong Yong Park, “Zirconium Alloys for Supercritical Water Reactor Applications: Challenges and Possibilities,” Journal of Nuclear Materials, vol. 371, (1-3) (2007) pp 61-75.
  6. Q. Peng, E. Gartner, J. T. Busby, A. T. Motta and G. S. Was, “Corrosion Behavior of Model Zirconium Alloys in Deaerated Supercritical Water at 500ºC,” Corrosion, 63(6) (2007) 577-590.
  7. P. A. Raynaud , M. J. Meholic, D. A. Koss , A. T. Motta, K. S. Chan. “Influence of Hydride Microstructure on Through-Thickness Crack Growth in Zircaloy-4 Sheet”, Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Environmental Degradation of Materials in Nuclear Systems-Water Reactors., Whistler, Canada, (2007), TMS.