Brian Jaques, Ph.D., P.E.

Bio

Dr. Brian J. Jaques is an Assistant Professor in the Micron School of Materials Science and Engineering and the director of the Boise State Advanced Materials Laboratory (AML) at Boise State University. In addition, he is the Nuclear Energy Focus lead at the Center for Advanced Energy Studies (CAES) in Idaho Falls, holds a joint appointment with the Idaho National Laboratory (INL), and is a licensed Professional Engineer in Metallurgy and Materials Science in the state of Idaho. Dr. Jaques is the Boise State program director for the Advanced Sensors and Instrumentation (ASI) with the INL, which is a cross-disciplinary research program to develop and mature novel sensors for in-pile (in nuclear reactor core) applications that can provide real-time, accurate, and spatially resolved information regarding test conditions and the performance of fuels and materials during irradiation. In addition, Dr. Jaques’ research interests are primarily related to materials for extreme environments, energy materials, and nuclear enabling technologies, including: nuclear fuel synthesis, sensor design, sintering, corrosion, gas-solid reaction kinetics, mechanochemistry, particle science/powder synthesis, and mechanical behaviour of materials.

Dr. Jaques holds a Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering, a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Boise State University, and is a native of the Boise area.

Education

• Boise State University, Materials Science and Engineering, Ph.D., 2015
• Boise State University, Materials Science and Engineering, M.S., 2008
• Boise State University, Mechanical Engineering, B.S., 2006

Areas of Interest

• Accident tolerant nuclear fuels
• In-Pile Instrumentation
• Alloy development and processing
• High temperature thermophysical properties measurements
• Materials for extreme environments
• Ceramic development and processing

Publications

•  “Challenges and Opportunities to Alloyed and Composite Fuel Architectures to Mitigate High Uranium Density Fuel Oxidation: Part 3 Uranium Diboride and Uranium Carbide.” J.K. Watkins, A.R. Wagner, A. Gonzales, E.S. Sooby, and B.J. Jaques^†. Journal of Nuclear Materials. Submission planned for March, 2021.
• “Imaging surrogate fuel cracks with coherent optical fiber bundle.” M. Pearlman, A. Rektor, J. Lamb, A. Lupercio, B.J. Jaques, H. Subbaraman, and N. Kandandai^†. Journal of Nuclear Engineering. Submission planned for February, 2021.
•  “Microstructure and Properties Comparison for Stainless Steel 316L Wire-fed Laser Metal Deposition AM Under Controlled Atmosphere.” N. Brubaker, H. Ali, N.V. Rooyen, S. Dhakal, M.L. Jaster, I. Charit^†, B.J. Jaques, and M.R. Maughan. Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance. Submission planned for February, 2021
• “ Challenges and Opportunities to Alloyed and Composite Fuel Architectures to Mitigate High Uranium Density Fuel Oxidation: Part 1 Uranium Mononitride.” J.K. Watkins, A. Gonzales, A.R. Wagner, E.S. Sooby, and B.J. Jaques^†. Journal of Nuclear Materials. Submitted in January, 2021.
• “Challenges and Opportunities to Alloyed and Composite Fuel Architectures to Mitigate High Uranium Density Fuel Oxidation: Part 2 Uranium Silicide.” A. Gonzales, J.K. Watkins, A.R. Wagner, B.J. Jaques, and E.S. Sooby^†. Journal of Nuclear Materials. Submitted in January, 2021.
• “Single Crystal Plasticity Framework with Stochastic Strain Bursts for Micron Sized BCC Fe Single Crystal Tensile Tests.” R.S. Fertig III^†, G. Monpara, A. Bateman, Y. Wu, and B.J. Jaques. International Journal of Plasticity. Submitted in January, 2021.
•  “Phase and defect evolution in U-N-O system under irradiation.” L. He^†, M. Khafizov, C. Jiang, B. Tyburska-Püschel, B.J. Jaques, P. Xiu, P. Xu, M. Meyer, K. Sridharan, D.P. Butt, and J. Gan. Acta Materialia. Submitted in January, 2021.
• “Ball-on-Ring Test Validation for Equibiaxial Flexural Strength Testing of Engineered Ceramics.” A.E. Lupercio, E. Moshkelgosha, R.C. Winters, C. Doyle, M. Mamivand, A.T. Nelson, and B.J. Jaques^†. International Journal of Ceramic Engineering and Science. Submitted in December, 2020.
• “Synthesis of boron carbide reinforced aluminum castings through mechanical stir casting.” K.A. Novich, S.V. Pedersen, R.A. Borrelli, R. Christensen, B.J. Jaques^†. Journal of Composite Materials. pp. 1-13. January, 2021. DOI: 10.1177/0021998320987597
• “Aerosol jet printed capacitive strain gauges for soft structural materials.” K. Fujimoto, J. Watkins, T. Phero, D. Litteken, K. Tsai, T. Bingham, K.L. Ranganatha, B.C. Johnson, Z. Deng, B.J. Jaques, D. Estrada^†. Nature Partner Journal: Flexible Electronics. Vol. 4, Issue 32, 2020. DOI: 10.1038/s41528-020-00095-4
• “A preliminary study on helium and sulfur ion irradiated BCC Iron: In situ tensile testing using a push-to-pull device.” A. Kundu, A. Bateman, B.J. Jaques, I. Charit, C, Jiang^†. Journal of Materials, Vol. 72., pp. 2398-2407, 2020. DOI: 10.1007/s11837-020-04176-7
• “Mechanochemical conversion kinetics of red to black phosphorus and scaling parameters for high volume synthesis.” S. Pedersen, F. Muramutsa, J. Wood, C. Husko, D. Estrada, B.J. Jaques^†. Nature Partner Journal: 2D Materials and Applications. Vol. 4, Issue 1, pp. 36, 2020, DOI: 10.1038/s41699-020-00170-4
• “Boise State Collaborates with Idaho National Laboratory to Support the Development of Advanced Sensors and Instrumnetation.” B.J. Jaques, D. Estrada. Advanced Sensors and Instrumentation Newsletter. Issue 13. August, 2020
• “Novel Synthesis and Processing Effects on the Figure of Merit for NbCoSn, NbFeSb, and ZrNiSn based half-Heusler Thermoelectrics.” S.V. Pedersen, J.R. Croteau, N. Kempf, Y. Zhang, D.P. Butt, B.J. Jaques^†. Journal of Solid State Chemistry. Vol. 285, pp. 12123, 2020. DOI: 10.1016/j.jssc.2020.121203
• Book Chapter: “10 – Advances in fuel fabrication.” E.S. Wood, J.T. White, B.J. Jaques, D. Burkes, and P. Demkowicz. Editor(s): Markus H.A. Piro, In Woodhead Publishing Series in Energy, Advances in Nuclear Fuel Chemistry, Woodhead Publishing, 2020, Pages 371-418, ISBN 9780081025710, DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-08-102571-0.00011-2.
• Book Chapter: “4.15 – Steam Oxidation in Accident Conditions.” E.S. Wood, J.Vandegrift, and B.J. Jaques. Editor(s): Rudy J.M. Konings, Roger E. Stoller, In Comprehensive Nuclear Materials (Second Edition), Elsevier, 2020, Pages 452-473, ISBN 9780081028667, DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-803581-8.11623-6.
• “Characterization of Zirconium Oxides Part II: New Insights on the Growth of Zirconia Revealed Through Complementary High-Resolution Mapping Techniques.” C. Efaw, J.L. Vandegrift, M. Reynolds, B.J. Jaques, H. Hu, H. Xiong, M.F. Hurley^†. Corrosion Science. Vol. 167, pp 108491, 2020. DOI: 10.1016/j.corsci.2020.108491
• “Oxidation behavior of welded Zry-3, Zry-4, and Zr-1Nb tubes.” J. Vandegrift, C.J. Parga, B. Coryell, D.P. Butt, B.J. Jaques^†. Nuclear Materials and Energy. Vol. 21, pp. 100714, 2019. DOI: 10.1016/j.nme.2019.100714
• “Characterization of Zirconium Oxides Part I: Raman Mapping and Spectral Feature Analysis.” C. Efaw, M. Reynolds, J.L. Vandegrift, S. McMurdie, B.J. Jaques, H. Hu, C. Xiong, M.F. Hurley^†. Nuclear Materials and Energy. Vol. 21, pp. 1-11, 100707. 2019. DOI: 10.1016/j.nme.2019.100707
• “Development of Fe-9Cr Alloy via High Energy Ball Milling and Spark Plasma Sintering.” A. Kundu, A. Sittiho, I. Charit^†, B.J. Jaques, and C. Jiang. The Journal of the Minerals, Metals, and Materials Society. Vol. 71, Issue 8, pp. 2846-2855, 2019. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11837-019-03530-8
• “First-principles Comparative Study of UN and Zr Corrosion.” E. Sikorski, L. Li^†, L. Aagesen, B.J. Jaques. Journal of Nuclear Materials. Vol. 523, pp. 402-412, 2019. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2019.06.017
• “Oxidation Behavior of Zirconium, Zircaloy-3, Zircaloy-4, Zr-1Nb, and Zr-2.65Nb in Air and Oxygen.” J.L. Vandegrift, P.M. Price, I.J. Van Rooyen, S. Morrell, D.P. Butt, B.J. Jaques^†. Nuclear Materials and Energy. Vol. 20, pp. 100692, 2019. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nme.2019.100692
• “Microstructural Degradation of UN and UN-UO₂ Composites in Hydrothermal Oxidation Conditions.” J.K. Watkins, D.P. Butt, B.J. Jaques^†. Journal of Nuclear Materials. Vol. 518, pp. 30-40, 2019. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2019.02.027
• “Improved Hydrothermal Corrosion Resistance of UN Fuel Forms via Addition of Metallic Constituents.” J.K. Watkins, E. Sikorski, L. Li, B.J. Jaques^†. Proceedings of the American Nuclear Society (ANS) supported Top Fuel 2019: Light Water Reactor Fuel Performance Conference, Seattle, WA, September 22-26, 2019.
• “Oxidation Behavior of Zr-Alloy Cladding Candidates for the TREAT Reactor.” J.L. Vandegrift, C. Efaw, P.M. Price, C. Parga, D.P. Butt, B. Coryell, M.F. Hurley, B.J. Jaques^†. Proceedings of the American Nuclear Society (ANS) supported Top Fuel 2019: Light Water Reactor Fuel Performance Conference, Seattle, WA, September 22-26, 2019.
• “Determination of Zircaloy Oxide Chemistry Through Complimentary Characterization Techniques.” C.M. Efaw, M. Reynolds, J. Vandegrift, K. Smith, Y. Wu, B.J. Jaques, H. Hu, H. Xiong, and M.F.  Hurley^†. Proceedings of the American Nuclear Society (ANS) supported Top Fuel 2019: Light Water Reactor Fuel Performance Conference, Seattle, WA, September 22-26, 2019.
• “Effects of Sintering Aids on the Hydrothermal Oxidation of Silicon Nitride Spherical Rolling Elements.” A. Bateman, A.J. Queale, D.P. Butt, B.J. Jaques^†. Corrosion Engineering, Science and Technology. Vol. 54, Issue 1, pp. 22-27, 2018. DOI: 10.1080/1478422x.2018.1523290.
• “Corrosion Rates and Compression Strength of White Sturgeon-sized Fishing Hooks Exposed to Simulated Stomach Conditions.” J.A. Lamansky, K.A. Meyer^†, B. Spaulding, B.J. Jaques, D.P. Butt. North American Journal of Fisheries Management. Vol. 38, Issue 4, pp. 896-902, 2018, DOI: 10.1002/nafm.10187.
• “Proton irradiation effects on nanostructured n-type half-Heusler Hf_0.25Zr_0.75NiSn_0.99Sb_0.01.” N. Kempf, K. Chinnathambi, J. Gigax, L. Shao, B.J. Jaques, D.P. Butt, Z. Ren, Y. Zhang^†. Applied Physics Letters. Vol. 112, Issue 24, 2018. DOI: 10.1063/1.5025071.
• “Design of a Borated Aluminum Cask for Onsite Used Fuel Storage.” J.S. Dustin, S. Pedersen, B.J. Jaques, R.A. Borrelli^†. Proceedings of the ANS 2018 Annual Meeting. Philadelphia, PA. June 17-21, 2018.
• “Bubble Evolution in Kr-irradiated UO₂ during Annealing.” L. He^†, X.M. Bai, J. Pakarinen, B.J. Jaques, J. Gan, A.T. Nelson, A. El-Azab, T.R. Allen. Journal of Nuclear Materials. Vol. 496, pp. 242-250, 2017, DOI: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2017.09.036.
• “High Temperature Corrosion Testing of Uranium Silicide Surrogates.” K. Urso, K. Sridhan, B.J. Jaques, G. Alanko, M. Meyer, P. Xu, D.P. Butt, B. Tyburska-Püschel^†. Nuclear Technology. Vol. 196, pp. 100-110, 2016, DOI: 10.13182/NT15-155.
• “Subsurface Imaging of Grain Microstructure Using Picosecond Ultrasonics.” M. Khafizov^†, J. Pakarinen, L. He, H. Henderson, M. Manuel, A.T. Nelson, B.J. Jaques, D.P. Butt, D.H. Hurley^†. Acta Materialia. Vol. 112, pp. 209-215, 2016, DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2016.04.003.
• “Microgalvanic Corrosion Behavior of Cu-Ag Active Braze Alloys Investigated with SKPFM.” A. Kyryan, K. Livingston, C.M. Efaw, K. Knori, B.J. Jaques, P.H. Davis, D.P. Butt, M.F. Hurley^†. Metals. Vol. 6, Issue 4, pp. 91-108, 2016, DOI: 10.3390/met6040091.
• “Hydrothermal corrosion studies on nitride fuels.” B.J. Jaques, J. Watkins, T. Braine, B. Typurska-Puschel, P. Xu, E.J. Lahoda, D.P. Butt^†. Proceedings of the Top Fuel 2016 Conference. Boise, ID. September 11-16, 2016.
• “Monitoring and Predicting Stress Corrosion Cracking of Long Term Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage.” V.M. Patel, S.M. Loo, D.P. Butt, B.J. Jaques, M.F. Hurley^†. Proceedings of the NACE International Conference and Expo. Vancouver, BC, Canada. March 6-10, 2016.
• “Synthesis and Sintering of UN-UO₂ Fuel Composites.” B.J. Jaques^†, J. Watkins, J.R. Croteau, G.A. Alanko, B. Tyburska-Pueschel, M. Meyer, P. Xu, E.J. Lahoda, D.P. Butt†. Journal of Nuclear Materials. Vol. 466, pp. 745-754, 2015, DOI: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2015.06.029.
• “High Temperature Oxidation Kinetics of Dysprosium Particles.” B.J. Jaques, D.P. Butt^†. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. Vol. 644, pp. 211-222, 2015, DOI: 10.1016/jallcom.2015.04.174.
• “Kinetics of the Nitridation of Dysprosium during Mechanochemical Processing.” G.A. Alanko, D.D. Osterberg, B.J. Jaques, M.F. Hurley, D.P. Butt^†. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. Vol. 620, pp. 413-420, 2015, DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2014.09.109.
• “In Situ Characterization of the Nitridation of Dysprosium during Mechanochemical Processing.” B.J. Jaques, D.D. Osterberg, G.A. Alanko, M.F. Hurley, D.P. Butt^†. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. Vol. 619, pp 253-261, 2015, DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2014.08.193.
• “Synthesis of Accident Tolerant Nitride Fuels.” B.J. Jaques, J. Watkins, K. Lester, J.R. Croteau, G.A. Alanko, T. Braine, B. Typurska-Puschel, P. Xu, E.J. Lahoda, D.P. Butt^†. Proceedings of the Global 2015 Conference. Paris, France, September 21-24, 2015.
• “Effect of Grain Boundaries on Krypton Segregation Behavior in Irradiated Uranium Dioxide.” B. Valderrama, L. He, H.B. Henderson, J. Pakarinen, B. Jaques, J. Gan, D.P. Butt, T.R. Allen, M.V. Manuel^†. JOM. Vol. 66, Issue 12, pp. 2562-2568, 2014, DOI: 10.1007/s11837-014-1182-x.
• “Mechanochemical Synthesis and Spark Plasma Sintering of the Cerium Silicides.” G. Alanko, B.J. Jaques, A. Bateman, D.P. Butt^†. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. Vol. 616, pp. 306-311, 2014, DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2014.07.129.
• “Mechanical behavior of AISI 304SS determined by miniature test methods after neutron irradiation to 28 dpa.” E.M. Rabenberg, B.J. Jaques, B.H. Sencer, F.A. Garner, P.D. Freyer, T. Okita, and D.P. Butt^†. Journal of Nuclear Materials. Vol. 448, pp. 315-324, 2014, DOI: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2014.02.018.
• “Fe-Cr-Mo based ODS alloys via spark plasma sintering: A combinational characterization study by TEM and APT.” Y.Q. Wu^†, K.N. Allahar, J. Burns, B. Jaques, I. Charit, D.P. Butt, and J.I. Cole. Crystal Research and Technology. Vol. 49, Issue 9, pp. 645-652, 2014, DOI: 10.1002/crat.201300173.
• “Ferritic oxide dispersion strengthened alloys by spark plasma sintering.” K.N. Allahar^†, J. Burns, B. Jaques, Y.Q. Wu, I. Charit, J. Cole, and D.P. Butt. Journal of Nuclear Materials. Vol. 443, Issues 1-3, pp. 256-265, 2013, DOI: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2013.07.019.
• “Transgranular stress corrosion cracking of 304L stainless steel pipe clamps in direct use geothermal water heating applications.” M.F. Hurley^†, C.R. Olson, L.J. Ward, B.J. Jaques, K.A. Johnson, J.K. Gunnerson, and D.P. Butt. Engineering Failure Analysis. Vol. 19, Issue 33, pp. 336-346, 2013, DOI: 10.1016/j.engfailanal.2013.05.015.
• “Effect of Dysprosia Additive on the Consolidation of CeO₂ by Spark Plasma Sintering.” K. Choi, R.E. Reavis, D.D. Osterberg, B.J. Jaques, D.P. Butt, R.D. Mariani, D.E. Burkes, and Z.A. Munir^†. Journal of the American Ceramic Society. Vol. 95, Issue 5, pp. 1524-1529, 2012, DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2011.05054.x.
• “Corrosion and High Temperature Oxidation Behavior of 316L Stainless Steel Joined with Cu-Ag Based Braze Alloys.” M.F. Hurley, H. Elsentriecy, K. Knori, B.J. Jaques, M. Shoeib, and D.P. Butt^†. Proceedings of the ASM sponsored 5^th International Brazing and Soldering Conference. Las Vegas, NV. April 22 – 25, 2012.
• “Corrosion Assessment of 316L Stainless Steel Joined With Cu-Ag Based Braze Alloys.” M.F. Hurley, K. Knori, B.J. Jaques, M.A. Shoeib, and D.P. Butt^†. Proceedings of the 29^th Egyptian Corrosion Society Intl. Conf. on Corrosion Mitigation and Surface Protection Technologies. Alexandria, Egypt. December 14, 2010.
• “Pressure Resistance Welding of High Temperature Metallic Materials.” N. Jerred, L. Zirker, B.J. Jaques, I. Charit, J. Cole, M. Frary, D.P. Butt, M. Meyer, and K. Murty^†. Proceedings of the Materials Science and Technology 2010 Conference. Houston, TX. October 17-21, 2010.
• “Synthesis of Dysprosium and Cerium Nitrides by a Mechanically Induced Gas-Solid Reaction.” P.G. Callahan, B.J. Jaques, B.M. Marx, A.S. Hamdy, D.D. Osterberg, and D.P. Butt^†. Journal of Nuclear Materials. Vol. 392, Issue 1, pp. 121-124, 2009, DOI: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2009.02.038.
• “New Routes to Lanthanide and Actinide Nitrides.” B.J. Jaques, D.D. Osterberg, B.M. Marx, A.S. Hamdy, P.G. Callahan, and D. P. Butt^†. Proceedings of Global 2009: The Nuclear Fuel Cycle: Sustainable Options & Industrial Perspectives. Paper 9057. Paris, France. September 6-11, 2009.
• “Synthesis of Uranium Nitride by a Mechanically Induced Gas-Solid Reaction.” B.J. Jaques, B.M. Marx, A.S. Hamdy, and D.P. Butt^†. Journal of Nuclear Materials. Vol. 381, Issue 3, pp. 309-311, 2008, DOI: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2008.07.043.
• “Synthesis and Characterization of Actinide Nitrides.” B.J. Jaques, D. P. Butt^†, Proceedings of Global 2007: Advanced Nuclear Fuel Cycles and Systems. Boise, ID. September 9-13, 2007.
• “Advanced Fabrication Techniques for an Ion Mobility Spectrometer in Low-Temperature Co-Fired Ceramics.” B.J. Jaques, H. Weston, D.G. Plumlee and A. J. Moll^†, Proceedings of the IMAPS/ACerS 2^nd International Conference and Exhibition on Ceramic Interconnect and Ceramic Microsystems Technologies, International Microelectronics and Packaging Society and the American Ceramics Society. Denver, CO. April 25-27, 2006.