Nano Composite Wire Arc, HVOF, High Corrosion Resistant Hard Chrome Coatings

Dr. Daniel James Branagan

Chief Technical Officer
Institute of Nanomaterials Research & Development
The NanoSteel Company
Idaho Falls, ID, 83402

Dr. Daniel Branagan earned his PhD in metallurgy from Iowa State University and did his graduate research at Ames Laboratory.  From 1995 to 2002, he worked at INEEL USDOE as a post-doctoral researcher and staff scientist.  Dr. Branagan is a founder of The NanoSteel Company and is currently the CTO. Dr. Branagan has won numerous awards for his accomplishments, including 2005 Professional Progress in Engineering Award from Iowa State University, 2005 Federal Laboratory Consortium Award for Technology Transfer, 2004 R&D 100 Award for “Revolutionary Nanocomposite Coatings for High Performance Industrial Applications from Low Cost Wire Feedstock”, 2003 World Technology Award & Outstanding Young Alumni Award at Michigan Technological University, 2002 TR100 Award by MIT & Forbes “important innovators of our time, one of 15 people who will reinvent the future”, 2001 R&D 100 Award and many other awards. He holds five patents, fifteen pending, and has approximately fifty referenced publications in materials science arena. 

Steel is one of the oldest materials known to mankind and has been used for at least 3,000 years.  Over its history, driven by its importance to society, steel has been extensively studied and more is known about steel than any other class of material.  It has been understood for decades that nanostructured steel could offer improved combinations of properties but an industrial scale model was not available. The NanoSteel Company has focused on bringing new developments in nanomaterials from basic discovery to mainstream technology enabling the achievement of nanostructured steel products.NanoSteel utilizes a solid/ solid state, self-assembling approach that involves forming a glass precursor followed by a devitrifying step to the desired nanocomposite structure.  The current topic will discuss nano-composite wire arc, HVOF, high corrosion resistant hard chrome coatings. The discussion will also include developing steel alloys which have the hardness of alumina ceramics, the wear resistance of hard metals, the strength of carbon based fibers, the strength to weight ratio of titanium alloys, and the corrosion resistance of nickel based super alloys. 

Key Note Speaker: 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm

Dr. Daniel Branagan, Nano Steel Company, Idaho Falls, Idaho, USA, “Nano Composite Wire-Arc, HVOF, High Corrosion Hard Chrome Coatings.

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