Biography

Claudia Rawn is a Senior Research Staff Member in the Diffraction and Thermophysical Properties Group and a Joint Faculty Member in the University of Tennessee’s Materials Science and Engineering Department. Her research interests include investigations of crystal structures, phase transitions, and thermophysical properties of materials using in-situ x-ray and neutron diffraction. She received her BSc from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Materials Engineering in 1986, her MSc from George Mason University in Chemistry in 1991, and her PhD from the University of Arizona in Materials Science and Engineering in 1995. Between 1987 and 1992 Rawn worked in the Ceramics Division of the National Institute of Standards and Technology as a Materials Research Engineer studying the phase equilibria of high Tc superconductor systems. After completing her PhD she was a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Ceramics Department of the “Jozef Stefan” Institute, in Ljubljana, Slovenia where her research responsibilities included single crystal growth and solid state synthesis of samples for single crystal x-ray diffraction and x-ray and neutron powder (Rietveld) structural refinements, respectively.  She joined the Materials Science and Technology Division at ORNL in 1997 with the Oak Ridge Associated Universities Postdoctoral Fellowship program. During her career she has co-authored over 70 technical publications and newsletter articles.

Education

• PhD, University of Arizona
  Structure and Properties of Ba6-3xLn8+2xTi18O54 Microwave Dielectrics

Professional Service

• Fellow, ASM International
• Oak Ridge Chapter of ASM International
  • Co-Organizer of ASM’s annual Materials Camp, 2004-Present
  • Executive Committee
  • Chapter Council
  • K1-12 Educational Subcommittee
• American Crystallographic Association
  • Chairperson for the Materials Special Interest Group, 2007, 2008
• Neutron Scattering Society of America
• International Centre for Diffraction Data
• Faculty Advisor of the University of Tennessee’s Material Advantage Chapter

Awards & Recognitions

• 2019, 2013, 2012 MSE Faculty Award for Excellence in Service
• 2017 TCE Outstanding Faculty Advisor
• 2016TCE Leon and Nancy Cole Outstanding Teaching Award
• 2012 UT Faculty Award for Environmental Leadership
• 2008 MSE Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching
• 2006 University of Tennessee College of Engineering Outstanding Young Faculty Researcher for Materials Science and Engineering

Research Publications

1. J.-W. Moon, L.W. Yeary, A.J. Rondinone, C.J. Rawn, M.J. Kirkham, Y. Roh, L.J. Love, and T.J. Phelps, “Magnetic Response of Microbially Synthesized Transition Metal- and Lanthanide-Substituted Nano-Sized Magnetites”, J. Magn. Magn. Mater., 313, 283-292 (2007).
2. S.A. Hutchens, R.S. Benson, B.R. Evans, H.M. O’Neill, and C.J. Rawn, “Biomemetic Synthesis of Calicum-Deficient Hydroxyapatite in a Natural Hydrogel”, Biomaterials, 27, 4661-4670 (2006).
3. B.A. Pint, S.A. Speakman, C.J. Rawn, and Y. Zhang, “Deformation and Phase Transformations during the Cyclic Oxidation of Ni-Al and Ni-Pt-Al”, JOM, 58, 47-52 (2006).
4. J.J. Yang, C.J. Rawn, C-X. Ji, Y.A. Chang, Y. Chen, R. Ragan, D.A.A. Ohlberg, R.S. Williams, “Thermal Expansion Coefficient of Rare Earth Metal Disilicides and their Influence on the Growth of Disilicide Nanowires, Appl. Phys. A, 82, 39-42 (2006).
5. L.W. Yeary, J-W. Moon, L.J. Love, J.R. Thompson, C.J. Rawn, and T.J. Phelps, “Magnetic Properties of Bio-Synthesized Magnetite Nanoparticles”, IEEE Trans. Magn., 41, 4383-4389 (2005).
6. C.J. Rawn, J.H. Schneibel, and C.L. Fu, “Thermal Expansion Anisotropy and Site Occupation of the Pseudo-Binary Molybdenum Vanadium Silicide Mo5Si3-V5Si3”, Acta Materialia, 53, 2431-2437 (2005).