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DR. DANIEL B. MIRACLE
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Dr. Dan Miracle, a member of the scientific and technical cadre of senior executives, is the Senior Scientist, Materials for Micro and Nano Systems, Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, Air Force Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. He shares responsibility to define, advocate and implement a strategic vision for nanoscience and technology within the Materials and Manufacturing Directorate and across the directorates in the AFRL. He works with the other services in the Department of Defense to coordinate and integrate science and technology efforts in nanoscience and technology, and represents the Air Force strategic vision at the national and international level.
Dr. Miracle has conducted and led research and development on a range of metallic materials for Air Force structural applications, including nickel-based superalloys, high strength aluminum and titanium alloys, high temperature ordered intermetallic alloys and metal matrix composites. Dr. Miracle's current research on amorphous and nanocrystalline metals is providing the scientific foundation required to lead the exploration and development of these materials for structural and functional Air Force applications. He has made seminal contributions to the field of metallic glasses by defining the atomic structure of these materials, and is presently engaged in defining the principles of chemical stability in advanced metallic materials. Dr. Miracle has written or co-written more than 150 technical articles, six technical chapters, and is co-editor of six books, including Composites, Volume 21 of the ASM, International Handbook Series. He is co-inventor on six patents.
EDUCATION
1979 Bachelor of Science degree in materials science, Wright State University
1986 Master of Science degree in metallurgical engineering, Ohio State University, Columbus
1990 Doctor of Philosophy degree in metallurgical engineering, Ohio State University
CAREER CHRONOLOGY
1. 1978 - 1979, joined cooperative education program, Air Force Materials Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
2. 1979 - 1984, researcher in high-temperature structural materials, Air Force Materials Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
3. 1984, full-time trainee, Ohio State University, Columbus
4. 1984 - 1995, research scientist, Air Force Materials Directorate, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
5. 1995 - 1996, researcher in titanium matrix composites, Cambridge University, England
6. 1996 - 1999, research scientist, Air Force Materials Directorate, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
7. 1999 - 2000, scientific officer, Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Washington, D.C.
8. 2000 - 2002, research scientist, Air Force Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
9. 2002 - present, Senior Scientist, Materials for Micro and Nano Systems, Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, AFRL, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
AWARDS AND HONORS
1992 Outstanding Scientific Achievement, Materials Science Research Competition, Department of Energy, 1993 Air Force Scientific Achievement Award
1995 Eminent Engineer of the Tau Beta Pi Society
1999 Outstanding Professional Achievement Award, Affiliate Societies Council, Dayton, Ohio
1999 Fellow, American Society for Metals, International
2000 Fellow, AFRL
2003 Cleary Award for Scientific Achievement, Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, AFRL
2005 Honorary Doctor of Science, Institute of Metal Physics, National Academy of Sciences, Ukraine (NASU), Kyiv, Ukraine
2005 Air Force Basic Research Award, AFRL
OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS
1994 - 1998 Adjunct faculty member, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio
1994 - 2003 Project officer, U.S./England International Memorandum of Understanding, Dayton, Ohio
2004 - 2006 Chair, Nanoscience and Technology Strategic Technology Team, AFRL, Dayton, Ohio
2006 Senior Visiting Fellow, Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, Cambridge University, England
2006 Senior Visiting Fellow, Institute of Materials Research, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
2007 Senior Visiting Fellow, Department of Chemistry, University of Sydney, Australia
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND ASSOCIATIONS
ASM, International
The Materials Society
Materials Research Society
Alpha Sigma Mu International Metallurgical Honor Society
(Current as of November 2009)
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