Logan Howard
Logan Howard
Energy Science and Engineering (ESE)
Post graduation, Howard entered into the Bredesen Center’s Energy Science and Engineering program, working at Oak Ridge National Laboratory on Additive Manufacturing of tungsten for fusion energy systems. He transferred to the University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s Tennessee Ion Beams Materials Laboratory (TIBML) in 2024.
Education
Howard pursued his bachelor’s degree in materials science from Clemson University with a ceramics and metals focus.
Research
Howard’s research focuses on exploring the effects and demands that fusion energy environments place upon materials, specifically first wall or plasma facing components. His specific research directions include the effects that transmutation products have in tungsten-based materials, and the role that thin films can play as both testing platforms and in mitigating irradiation effects.