Nathan Gubel

Experience

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  US Forest Service

  May 2003 - Aug 2003

  Trail Crew / Wildland Firefighter
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  US Forest Service

  May 2004 - Aug 2004

  Trail Crew / Wildland Firefighter
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  Halliburton

  Jun 2005 - Aug 2005

  Metallurgy Intern

  • Analyzed material failures and ran various tests on steel/alloy coiled tubing to determine material properties and failure mechanisms.

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  Industrial Design Associates

  Jun 2006 - Aug 2006

  Production Inspector

  • Inspected machined turbocharger cases for casting defects including inclusions, shrinkage, porosity, cold shuts, etc.

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  Idaho National Laboratory

  Jun 2007 - Aug 2007

  Materials Characterization Intern

  • Developed and tested radiation resistant optical fibers in Cobalt 60 irradiation chamber using self-designed spectrometer system.• Used four-probe thermocouple method to measure the resistivity distribution of the fuel rod cladding during pellet-cladding interaction.

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  Colorado School of Mines

  Jul 2008 - Nov 2014

  • Researched thermally-induced hydrogen embrittlement in high-pressure/creep-resistant thick-walled steel tubing used in the power and petro-chemical industries.• Conducted experimental uranium grain refinement and phase stabilization experiments with lanthanide and transition metal alloying elements in nuclear fuels. • Authored/co-authored two chapters in a book (Uranium Processing, 2013) with extensive coverage of both new and established practices for dealing with uranium supplies in nuclear applications. Show less • Researched uranium diffusion processes, corrosion kinetics, interfacial reactions, and coatings reliability. • Led corrosion studies of Hastelloy, GLASTEEL, 316Ti-SS, et al. materials used in the manufacture of nucleic acid compounds. Studied corrosion kinetics of nucleic and amino acid precursor solutions as an independent scientist for Agilent Tech. in Boulder, CO.• Designed and maintained seven gloveboxes with equivalent vacuum and atmosphere filtration systems. Designed furnace, TIG, metallographic, and NDE systems for use in gloveboxes. Show less

  • Research Scientist

    Dec 2011 - Nov 2014

  • Graduate Research Scientist

    Jul 2008 - Dec 2011
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  B&W Y-12 LLC

  Jun 2011 - Sept 2012

  Materials Scientist

  During graduate studies, applied materials science and metallurgical knowledge to various research projects. Contributed specifically to the understanding of liquid-uranium corrosion. • Conducted tests for IAEA on proliferated UxOy sources. • Characterized interstitial content, combustion kinetics, and chemical compatibility of various materials used at Y-12. • Continued graduate research concerning liquid-uranium corrosion kinetics.

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  QUALCORR ENGINEERING CORPORATION

  Feb 2015 - now

  NACE certified corrosion engineer at a dedicated corrosion and integrity firm providing engineering, design, testing, inspection, management, and installation services to a wide variety of companies associated within the energy industry throughout North America and abroad. Primary responsibilities included engineering and designing, practical and analytical corrosion research, execution of projects, preparing reports, and communicating testing results.

  • Corrosion Consultant

    Mar 2019 - now

  • Corrosion Engineer / Project Manager

    Feb 2015 - Mar 2019
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  Y-12 National Security Complex

  Mar 2019 - now

  R&D Metallurgical Engineer