Assistant Engineering

Department of Materials Science and Engineering

Dr. RidwanSakidja (Assistant Scientist)

University of Wisconsin Madison Phone :608 / 265-6067

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Madison, WI 53706-1595 ********@********.****.***

Curriculum Vitae

Office : 1207 Engr. Research Building, 1500 Engineering Drive, Madison, WI 53706

Tel. : 608-***-**** or 608-***-****

E-mail : ********@********.****.***

Website : http://www.engr.wisc.edu/mse/staff/sakidja_ridwan.html

Status : US Permanent Resident

Education

Ph.D. Metallurgical Engineering (August 2003) University of Wisconsin -Madison

B.S. Metallurgical Engr. with Materials Science Option (December 1993) University of Wisconsin -Madison

Work Experience

1. Assistant Scientist (10/1/06 - Present); University of Wisconsin-Madison: Dept. of Materials Science &

Engineering

Conduct research and development in high-temperature coating materials with the external and

internal funding supports:

1. NSF Grant No. 0926796: Design and synthesis of low temperature corrosion resistant aluminide

coatings for advanced Cr steels;Role: Co-Principal Investigator.

2. ONR Grant No. N00014-07-1-1083: Multilayer Coatings for Enhanced Oxidation Resistance in

High Temperature Mo-Si-B Alloys; Role: Senior Research Personnel.

3. Draper Technology Innovation Fund (TIF) Grant, UW-Madison: Enhanced Applications of

Borosilica Coatings for Ultra-high Temperature Materials (7/1/11-6/30/12) in collaboration with

the Thermal Spray Technology Inc. (Sun Prairie, WI) ; Role: Co-Principal Investigator.

4. Johnson Control's Advancements in Battery Energy Storage Systems Grant: Materials

Characterization and Molecular Modeling Examination of Impact of Metal Contaminants on the

Performance of Li-Ion Batteries (2012); Role: Co-Principal Investigator.

5. AFOSR Grant: Phase Stability and Multiphase Designs in High Temperature Refractory Metal-Si-B

Alloys 2011-2014 (PI: J. H. Perepezko and in collaboration with Ames National Laboratory/Iowa

State University); Role: Senior Research Personnel.

6. DoE/NETL Grant: Multi-Scale Computational Design and Synthesis of Protective Smart Coatings

for Refractory Metal Alloys 2011-2014 (PI: J. H. Perepezko); Role: Senior Research Personnel.

7. DoE/NEUP Grant: Modeling Solute Thermokinetics in LiCl-KCl Molten Salt for Nuclear Waste

Separation (PI: Dane Morgan); Role: Research Staff.

Conduct computational materials research at the NSF sXSEDE Supercomputing Network, DoE s NERSC

and the Center for High-Throughput Computing (CHTC at UW-Madison) on:

DFT-Based Accelerated Discovery Processes of New Materials for Energy Applications

Structural Stability and Self-Diffusion Mechanism in Aluminides and Silicides

Electronic Structure Designs in Higher-order Transition Metal Based Oxides

Development of Fermi Surface Computational Database for Intermetallics

Structural Designs in Aluminum Metallic Gla ss

2. Associate Lecturer (9/1/11 -1/14/2012); University of Wisconsin-Madison: Dept. of Materials Science &

Engineering

Taught a 4-credit undergraduate-level MS&E Dept.'s core course, Thermodynamics of Materials, Fall

2011 Semester. (Teaching evaluation available upon request).

3. Research Associate (9/1/03 10/1/06); University of Wisconsin-Madison: Dept. of Materials Science &

Engineering

Department of Materials Science and Engineering

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Dr. RidwanSakidja (Assistant Scientist)

Conducted research and development in high-temperature oxidation resistant alloys & coatings with

the support grants from AFOSR and ONR agencies:

1. Assessment in high-temperature phase equilibria and defect structures in Mo -Si-B ternary system

(AFOSR).

2. Computational alloying design in Mo-based borosilicide phase (AFOSR).

3. Synthesis of multi-layer Mo-Si-B coating structures into Mo-Si-B alloys with integrated diffusion

barriers (ONR).

4. Research Assistant (3/1/96 9/1/03); University of Wisconsin-Madison: Dept. of Materials Science &

Engineering

1. Developed alloying design for high-temperature Mo-Si-B alloys

2. Analyzed the phase stability of complex Mo-based silicides and borosilicides

3. Synthesized rapidly quenched Mo-Si-B metallic glass and in-situ nanocomposites

5. Research Staff (01/94 12/95); Nuclear Atomic Energy Agency of Indonesia (BATAN)

1. Investigated the oxidation resistance of Zirconium-based alloys

2. Assisted technicians on the use of powder sintering and heat -treatment equipment.

6. Undergraduate Researcher (07/91-12/93); University of Wisconsin-Madison: Dept. of Materials Science

& Engineering

1. Assisted the development of computer simulation of fluid flow in Silicone Oil floating zone

2. Investigate Hall-Petch relationship in the W/Cu multi-layer ultra-thin film.

3. Investigate of melting reactions in Bi-Sr-CaCu (2212) oxides

Awards and Societies

Lead Organizer of Beyond Nickel Base Superalloys II Symposium at the Materials Science & Technology

Conference & Exhibition (MS&T- 2012) to be held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (October 07-11, 2012).

Lead Organizer of Advanced Protective Coatings for Refrac tory Metals and Alloys Symposium held at

theMaterials Science & Technology Conference & Exhibition (MS&T-2011) in Columbus, OH. (Oct.16-20,

2011).

Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI) of NSF Grant: The Design and Analysis of Aluminide Surface Layers for

Low Temperature Synthesis PI: Prof. J.H. Perepezko (9/15/09-7/31/12).

Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI) of Draper Technology Innovation Fund (TIF) Grant: Enhanced Applications

of Borosilica Coatings for Ultra-high Temperature Materials PI: Prof. J.H. Perepezko (7/1/11-6/30/12).

Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI) of Johnson Control's Advancements in Battery Energy Storage

Systems Grant: Materials Characterization and Molecular Modeling Examination of Impact of Metal

Contaminants on the Performance of Li-IonBatteries, PI: Ben Church, UW-Milwaukee & J. H. Perepezko,

UW-Madison (2012).

Principal Investigator (PI) of DoE NERSC-funded Supercomputer Project: Phase Stability in High-melting

and Corrosion Resistant Borosilicides, (2012-2013).

Principal Investigator (PI) of NSF-fundedXSEDE Supercomputing Project: DFT-Based Accelerated Materials

Discovery for Energy Applications (2011-2012).

US Patents on Methods and Structures of Oxidation Resistant Coatings for Ultra -High Temperature

Transition Metals and Transition Metal Alloys.Inventors: J. H. Perepezko, J. S. Park and R. Sakidja.

No. 8,097,303 (1/17/2012)

No. 7,560,138 (7/14/2009)

No. 7,005,191 (2/28/2006)

Member of Refractory Metals Committee (Structural Division of TMS) and the 2012 Committee s Advisor

for JOM.

Reviewer of J. Nuclear Materials, J. Metallurgical Transactions A and B, ScriptaMaterialia, J. Alloys &

Compounds, Oxidation of Metals and Surface and Coating Technology.

Editorial Board of Open Access Journal ISRN Metallurgy.

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Materials Synthesis & Processing

Practical knowledge on a wide variety of methods of materials synthesis/processing:

Multi-Component Reactive Chemical Deposition e.g. pack cementation & carbonyl decomposition.

High and Ultra-high Temperature Vacuum Furnaces.

Non Equilibrium Processing: Melt-Quenching Processing.

Advanced Materials Characterization

Proficiency in the usage of a wide variety of analytical/characterization methods:

High Resolution Scanning Electron Microscope(SEM)/FIB-SEM

High-Resolution Transmission Electron Microscope

High Resolution X-ray Diffractometer

Differential Thermal Analyzer (DTA) and Differential Scanning Calorimeter (DSC)

OIM Micro-Texture Analyzer / EBSD

Raman Spectroscopy

X-ray Photoemission Spectroscope

Workshop and Training

1. Workshop on the WIEN2K Ab-Initio Package at Penn. State University, State College, PA, July 12 -15, 2004.

2. LANSCE Neutron Scattering Winter School, at Los Alamos National Laboratory, NM, March 3 - 11, 2005.

Selected Publications:

1. P. A. Williams, R. Sakidja, J. H. Perepezko, P. Ritt. Oxidation of ZrB2 SiC ultra-high temperature

composites over a wide range of SiC content.,http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2012.05.021,

accepted for publication in J. European Ceram. Soc. (2012).

2. P. Ritt, R. Sakidja, J. H. Perepezko, Mo Si B based coating for oxidation protection of SiC C

composites, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.surfcoat.2012.04.016, Surface and Coatings Technology

(2012), vol. 206 [19-20], p. 4166 4172.

3. J. H. Perepezko, J. Bero, R. Sakidja, I. G. Talmy and J. Zaykoski, Oxidation resistant coatings for

refractory metal cermets, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.surfcoat.2012.01.026, Surface and Coatings

Technology, (2012), vol. 206 [19-20], p. 3816 3822.

4. P. Jain, R. Sakidja, P. Wang, P. Alur, J. H. Perepezko and S. Kumar, "Deformation Behavior of

Quaternary Mo-Nb-Si-B Alloys", http://dx.doi.org/10.1557/opl.2011.164, MRS. Proc. Vol. 1295 (2011)

p. 355-360.

5. J. H. Perepezko and R. Sakidja, Oxidation Response and Coatings for Mo-Si-B Alloys,

http://dx.doi.org/10.1557/opl.2011.40, MRS. Proc. Vol. 1295 (2011) p. 343-354.

6. P. Calhoun, R. Sakidja and J. H. Perepezko, "Oxidation of Iron-Aluminide Coatings Produced on NF616

Ferritic and NF709 Austenitic Stainless Steels ", MS&T 2011: Proceedings from the Materials Science &

Technology Conference (October 16-20, 2011, Columbus, Ohio), p. 1108-1114.

7. J. H. Perepezko and R. Sakidja, "High Temperature Oxidation Resistant Mo-Si-B Alloys and Coatings",

in MS&T 2011: Proceedings from the Materials Science & Technology Conference (October 16 -20,

2011, Columbus, Ohio), p. 1068-1077.

8. R. Sakidja and J. H. Perepezko, "Thermodynamic Stability and Al Diffusion Mechanism in Al5Fe2" in

MS&T 2011: Proceedings from the Materials Science & Technology Conference (October 16 -20, 2011,

Columbus, Ohio), p. 324-331.

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9. J. H. Perepezko and R. Sakidja, "The Design and Analysis of Aluminide Surface Layers for Low

Temperature Synthesis",Proceeding of the NSF CMMI Research and Innovation Conference (2011),

held at Atlanta, GA, January 4-7, 2011.

10. J. H. Perepezko and R. Sakidja, "Research Summary: Oxidation-resistant Coatings for Ultra-high-

temperature Refractory Mo-based Alloys", JOM, 62 [10] (2010) pp. 13-19.

11. F.A. Rioult, S.D. Imhoff, R. Sakidja, J.H. Perepezko, "Transient oxidation of Mo-Si-B alloys: Effect of the

microstructure size scale", Acta Materialia, 57[15] (2009) pp. 4600-4613.

12. R. Sakidja, J.H. Perepezko, S. Kim and N. Sekido, "Phase Stability and Structural Defects in High -

Temperature Mo-Si-B Alloys", Acta Materialia, 56 (2008) pp. 5223 - 5244.

13. R. Sakidja and J. H. Perepezko, "Alloying and microstructure stability in the high -temperature Mo-Si-B

system", J. Nuclear Materials, 366 (2007) pp. 407-416.

14. F. Rioult, N. Sekido, R. Sakidja and J. H. Perepezko,"Aluminum Pack Cementation on Mo -Si-B Alloys:

Kinetics and Lifetime Predictions", J. Electrochemical Society, 154[11] (2007) pp. C692-C701.

15. N. Sekido, R. Sakidja and J. H. Perepezko, "Annealing response of point defects in off-stoichiometric

Mo5SiB2 phase", Intermetallics, 15 (2007) pp. 1268-1276.

16. J. H. Perepezko, R. Sakidja and K. S. Kumar, "Mo-Si-B Alloys for Ultrahigh Temperature Applications",

Chapter 13 in Advanced Structural Materials: Properties, Design Optimization, and Applications,

edited by W. Soboyejo (CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, 2007) pp. 437 - 473.

17. R. Sakidja, F. Rioult, J. Werner and J. H. Perepezko,"Aluminum Pack Cementation of Mo-Si-B Alloys",

ScriptaMaterialia, 55 (2006) pp. 903-906.

18. R. Sakidja, J. S. Park, J. Hamann and J. H. Perepezko,"Synthesis of Oxidation Resistant Silicide Coatings

on Mo-Si-B Alloys", ScriptaMaterialia, 52[6] (2005) pp. 723-28.

19. R. Sakidja and J. H. Perepezko, "Phase Stability and Alloying Behavior in the Mo -Si-B System", v. 36A,

Metallurgical Transaction A, (2005) pp. 507-514.

20. R. Sakidja and J. H. Perepezko,"Phase Stability in Refractory Metal Silicides", in The Science of

Complex Alloy Phases, edited by P. Turchi and T. Massalski, (TMS, Warrendale, PA, 2005), p. 373.

21. R. Sakidja and J. H. Perepezko, in Materials for Space Applications, MRS. Symp. Proc. No. 851, edited

by Chipara, M., Edwards, D. L., Benson, P. and Phillips, S. (MRS, Pittsburgh, PA, 2005), p. NN11.11.

22. J. S. Park, R. Sakidja, and J. H. Perepezko, "Coating Designs for Oxidation Control of Mo -Si-B Alloys",

ScriptaMaterialia, 46,(2002) p. 765 .

23. M. Goeken, R. Sakidja, W. D. Nix and J. H. Perepezko, "Microstructural Mechanical Properties and

Yield Point Effects in Mo Alloys", Materials Science and Engineering A, 319-321 (2001) pp. 902-908.

24. R. Sakidja, J. Myers, S. Kim, and J. H. Perepezko,"The effect of refractory metal substitution on the

stability of Mo(ss) + T2 two-phase field in the Mo-Si-B system", International Journal of Refractory

Metals and Hard Materials, 18, (2000) pp. 193-204.

25. R. Sakidja, H. Sieber, and J. H. Perepezko,"The formation of Mo precipitates in a supersaturated

Mo5SiB2 intermetallic phase", Phil. Mag. Letter, 79 (1999) p. 351.

26. R. Sakidja, H. Sieber, and J. H. Perepezko, in Molybdenum and Molybdenum Alloys, edited by A.

Crowson, E. S. Chen, J. A. Shield, and P. R. Subramanian ( TMS, Warrendale, PA, 1998), p. 99.

27. Y. Tao, R. Sakidja, S. Kou, "Computer-Simulation and Flow Visualization of Thermocapillary Flow in a

Silicone Oil Floating-Zone", International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 38 [3],(1995)p. 503.

28. R. R. Schartman, R. Sakidja and E. E. Hellstrom, "Supersolidus Phase Investigation of the Bi -Sr-Ca-Cu

Oxide System in Silver Tape", Journal of American Ceramic Society, 76 [3], (1993) p.724.

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