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Personal Profile
Samuel Pennell joined NLR in 2024. His expertise lies in high-temperature metallurgy and high-temperature energy storage, with a focus on the interactions between microstructure, macrostructure, and materials processing for metals production and processing as well as thermal energy storage systems.
Research Interests
High-temperature energy storage
Metals processing
Microstructure and architecture
Professional Experience
Graduate Research Assistant, Northwestern University (2020–2024)
Post-Bachelors Research Associate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (2019–2020)
Education/Academic Qualification
Bachelor, Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
PhD, Materials Science, Northwestern University
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Collaborations and Top Research Areas From the Past 5 Years
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Analysis of Thermochemical Energy Storage in Metal Carbonates: Characterizing Cycling-Induced Degradation
Adams, M., Kim, T., Pennell, S., Vidal, J. & Menon, A., 2026, In: Chemical Communications. 62, 3, p. 936-940 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Elucidating Pore Network Evolution in Laboratory- and Shaft-Furnace Hydrogen-Reduced Iron Pellets Using Nanotomographic Characterization
Pennell, S., Kashyap, V., Bell, R., Rippy, K., Korobeinikov, Y. & Sridhar, S., 2025, In: Steel Research International. 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Nanotomography for Pore Characterization
Pennell, S., Kashyap, V., Bell, R. & Rippy, K., 2025, 1 p. National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR).Research output: NLR › Poster
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Rapid Electrochemical Carburization of Mild Steel
Pennell, S., Wu, I., Hoover, H., Olushina, O., Bell, R. & Rippy, K., 2025, 16 p.Research output: NLR › Presentation
Activities
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American Chemical Society (External organization)
Ginley, D. (Member), Ware, L. (Member), Allen, B. (Fellow), Rumbles, G. (Member), Perkins, C. (Member), Johnson, D. (Member), Ferrell, J. (Member), Arellano Trevino, M. (Member), Neale, N. (Member), Bell, R. (Member), Klein, R. (Member), Aubry, T. (Member), Bharadwaj, V. (Member), Wieliczka, B. (Member), Hermosilla Palacios, A. (Member), Puente-Urbina, A. (Member), Maughan, A. (Member), Wiley, S. (Member), Kluherz, T. (Member), Kurtz, S. (Member), Schichtl, Z. (Member), Dong, Y. (Member), Thodika, M. (Member), Carvalho, Q. (Member), Truong, T. (Member), Clarke, R. (Member), Kiani, D. (Member), Lee, M. (Member), McGeehan, J. (Member), Brady, N. (Member), Yang, B. (Member), Nozik, A. (Member), Pennell, S. (Member), Wu, I. (Member), Lany, S. (Member) & Myers, A. (Member)
0001Activity: Membership › Membership of network
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Association for Iron and Steel Technology (AIST) (External organization)
Pennell, S. (Member) & Bell, R. (Member)
0001Activity: Membership › Membership of network