Home Biography Group Members Publications Current Projects Open Positions
Robert G. Kelly
Professor
Co-Director, Center for Electrochemical Science and Engineering
During his career, Prof. Kelly and his students/post-docs
have investigated a wide variety of electrochemical and corrosion
phenomena as
well as methods to probe the controlling processes. The
group’s current work focuses on aging
aircraft, multi-scale modeling of corrosion, occluded region corrosion,
and atmospheric corrosion. In addition to the
technical work, Prof. Kelly focuses on the professional development of
his
post-docs and student colleagues. His Graduate
Student Handbook describes his approach to mentoring as well as a documentation
of processes his group uses rather than reinventing them each time. The alumni include 8 PDRA (post-doctoral
research associates), 11 Ph.D., 14 M.S. and 17 URA (undergraduate research
assistants) who now work at national and governmental laboratories, industrial
research and development centers, and universities.
Areas of Research Interest
-
Localized Corrosion - Measurement and Modeling
-
Life Prediction
-
Nanoporous Metallic Structures
-
First-Principles Modeling of Electrochemical Interfaces and Reactions
-
Supervised Learning Methods Applied to Corrosion Damage Evolution
-
Atmospheric Corrosion