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Tabbetha Dobbins is Associate Professor of Physics in a Louisiana State
Board of Regents supported Joint Faculty
Appointment Position (JFAP) between Louisiana Tech University,
Institute for Micromanufacturing (IfM) (Ruston, LA)
and Grambling State
University (GSU), Dept. of Physics (Grambling, LA) (since July 2003). In her present position, she teaches and
performs research at both institutions on topics related to characterization
of complex metal hydrides and self-assembly of ceramics for solid oxide fuel
cells.
Her research program utilizes synchrotron x-ray characterization
to elucidate transformation mechanisms in these systems. As a National Research Council
Post-doctoral fellow (until July 2003 at the National Institute for Standards and
Technology (NIST)), her research focus was small-angle x-ray
scattering and x-ray tomographic imaging of ceramic
materials. She worked on projects
studying thermal barrier coatings and solid oxide fuel cells. She is a recipient of the National
Science Foundation CAREER Award in the Division of Materials
Research, Ceramics Program. Her CAREER
project is titled: “Enhancing Atomic Mobility and Desorption Kinetics in Metal
Hydrides”.
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