Experience

• Naval Oceanographic Office

  Oceanographer

  - Collected and processed acoustic signal data with both analog and digital systems during seven at-sea surveys (including one survey on a submarine).
  - Developed computer codes for modeling underwater acoustic wave propagation and sonar performance.
  - Worked with fleet personnel to develop sonar prediction products based on environmental factors.
  

• University of New Orleans

  Professor

  - Synthesized nanometer-scale composite materials for thermoelectric applications by mechanical alloying, wet-chemical synthesis, and electrospinning. Nanostructured bismuth antimony tin telluride, half-Heusler compounds with metallic nanoparticle inclusions, PbTe, PbSe, Bi-Sb, Ag2Te nanoparticles, Bi0.4Sb1.6Te3 nanoparticle/polyaniline composites, thermoelectric inks, ferroelectric/ferromagnetic nanofiber composites.
  - Fabricated artificially anisotropic thermoelectric materials which make use of the transverse thermoelectric effect. Composites consist of alternating layers of semiconductor and metal materials tilted with respect to heat and current flow.
  - Designed and constructed high-temperature and low-temperature transport measurement systems capable of measuring electrical conductivity, Seebeck coefficient, Hall Effect, Nernst Effect, thermal diffusivity and thermal conductivity.
  - Modelled thermoelectric response of novel anisotropic thermolements with COMSOL (finite element multiphysics modelling software).
  
  

• Naval Research Laboratory

  Postdoctoral Research Fellow

  - Designed and constructed a novel periodic heat source thermal conductivity apparatus.
  - Performed thermal conductivity, electrical conductivity and thermoelectric power measurements to evaluate the efficiency of thermoelectric materials.
  - Studied the thermal conductivity and microstructure of ceramic composites for thermal barrier applications and synthetic diamond for thermal management applications.
  

• Kennesaw State University

  Professor and Chair

  Kevin worked at Kennesaw State University as a Professor and Chair