Eric N. Hahn
Laser Produced Plasma Studies
Computational and experimental campaigns to understand the physics of laser energy coupling as a function of energy, duration, wavelength, and number of beams.
Development of a "Table-top" Neutron Source:
kA/MA-Scale Pulsed-Power Plasma Z-pinches as reproducible sources of energetic particles.
Design and optimization of portable neutron source for fundamental high energy density physics research, plasma-materials interactions, and national security applications.
https://aip.scitation.org/doi/full/10.1063/5.0020936
https://www.nnss.gov/pages/programs/SDRD/STRAT2_FY19_durand-freeman_LO-005-19.html
Materials Behavior in Extreme Environments:
Simulations of Shock and Failure of Metals, Ceramics, Polymers, and Composites
Large-scale (>100 million atoms) non-equilibrium atomistic simulations of materials behavior in harsh environments of high stress, temperature, strain-rate, and radiation.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1359645416309703
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1359645415006916
Other Projects and Collaborations
Additive Manufacturing
Exploring the role that strong temperature gradients can have on nucleation and growth kinetics of fcc and bcc polycrystals.
Planetary Science
Uncovering the deformation and phase transformation pathways of materials relevent to planetary science.
High Entropy Alloys
Investigating the role of local atomic frustration on defect kinetics, principally the interplay between twinning and partial dislocation motion.
Nanomechanical Testing
Providing one-to-one comparisons to nano-indentation and nanopillar compression experiments in order to better understand the role of size effects.