Erin Hayward• erin@gatech.edu • +33 (0)6 65 23 79 78 • 16 Rue du Royaume, Bures-sur-Yvette FRANCE 91440 •

I solve hard, interesting problems with innovative methods. My background, an unorthodox but complementarycombination of scientific research and visual art & design, gives me both the technical skills and the unique perspectivethat are required in today’s world. My leadership ability and adventurous spirit allow me to take on new challenges,developing creative solutions while maintaining a keen eye for detail.

Education

Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

� Ph.D. Nuclear and Radiological Engineering, August 2012Minor in materials, with specialization in fusionAdvisor: Dr. Chaitanya Suresh DeoDissertation: Atomistic Studies of Defects in BCC Iron: Dislocations and Gas Bubbles

� M.S. Nuclear and Radiological Engineering, May 2010Thesis: Atomistic Studies of Irradiation Damage in Iron

� GPA: 3.72/4.0

� Relevant coursework: computational chemistry, nuclear materials, quantum mechanics, mechanicalbehavior of materials, radiation physics, reactor physics, plasma physics, magnetic fusion energy,radiochemistry

Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

� B.S. Physics, May 2007, minor in MathematicsRelevant coursework: modern physics, computational science, nuclear physics, linear algebra, computerprogramming

� B.A. Studio Art, May 2007, focus in PrintmakingRelevant coursework: screen printing, lithography, etching, wood cut, lino cut, book binding, painting,glass blowing

� GPA: 3.699, cum laude

Research Experience

CEA Saclay, Postdoctoral Fellow June 2012 – present

Commissariat a l’Energie Atomique, Direction de l’Energie Nucleaire, Departement des Materiaux pour leNucleaire, Service de Recherches de Metallurgie Physique (DEN/DMN/SRMP)

� Current Research: My research focuses on the effects of irradiation on materials used for nuclearapplications. The interactions between defects in a structure will determine a material’s ultimate behavior;I perform atomistic simulations of the these interactions using multi-scale methods including moleculardynamics, Monte Carlo, and ab initio techniques. Recently, my work has focused on the energetics,properties, and effects of hydrogen and helium bubbles in iron.

� Conducts multiscale modeling of materials properties and defect–impurity interactions, with a focus onab initio calculations

� Collaborates on several international research efforts in fusion materials simulation

� Implements cutting-edge numerical methods on a variety of supercomputing platforms

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Georgia Institute of Technology, Graduate Research Fellow August 2007 – June 2012

George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Nuclear and Radiological Engineering Program

� Developed methods and interatomic potentials for multiscale simulation of irradiation damage to reactorstructural materials, with a focus on molecular dynamics and Monte Carlo calculations

� Authored 5 peer-reviewed, first author publications and gave presentations at 7 international conferenceson dissertation work

Los Alamos National Laboratory, Graduate Research Assistant Summer 2009

� Modeled dislocation core–defect interactions in metals using accelerated molecular dynamics techniques

Louisiana State University, Undergraduate Research Assistant September 2005 – May 2007

� Investigated outstanding problems in numerical general relativity, using both simulation and intuitivevisualization methods

Leadership Experience

Outdoor Recreation Georgia Tech (ORGT), Vertical Caving Trip Leader and Caving Gear Chair(volunteer position) 2010 – 2012

� Managed and instructed groups of up to 25 students and instructors on full-day and multi-day cavingtrips

� Coordinated all details for funded expedition trips, nationally and internationally

� Responsible for management, budgeting, inventory, and ordering for all technical gear in the caving sport

� Taught technical rope skills to novices and instructors-in-training

� Voted Instructor of the Year (2010 – 2011) and ORGTeer of the Year (2011 – 2012) by peers

Georgia Tech Leadership Challenge Course, Facilitator 2012

� Guide participants safely through a series of elements designed to promote confidence, communication,and group dynamics

Honors & Awards

European Fusion Development Agreement (EFDA) Postdoctoral Fellowship recipient, March 2013 – present

U.S. Department of Energy Nuclear Energy University Programs (NEUP) Graduate Fellowship recipient,August 2010 – July 2012

Featured in Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter’s LabTalk, 2012

Tulane University Distinguished Scholar’s Award, 2003 – 2007

Alice Raymond Scudder Coates Scholarship, 2006

Aileen Hall Soskis Scholarship, 2006

Elise Field Dupre Memorial Prize for an Outstanding Student of Physics, 2006, 2007

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Publications

Journal Articles

E. Hayward and C.-C. Fu. “Interplay between hydrogen and vacancies in α–Fe.” Physical Review B 87, 174103(2013).

E. Hayward and C. Deo. “Synergistic effects in hydrogen-helium bubbles.” Journal of Physics: CondensedMatter, 24:265402 (2012).

E. Hayward, C. Deo, B. P. Uberuaga, and C. N. Tome. “The interaction of a screw dislocation with pointdefects in bcc iron.” Philosophical Magazine, Vol. 92, No. 22, pp. 2759-2778 (2012).

E. Hayward, B. Beeler, and C. Deo. “Multiple hydrogen trapping at monovacancies.” Philosophical MagazineLetters, Vol. 92, No. 5, pp. 217-225 (2011).

E. Hayward and C. Deo. “Energetics of small hydrogen-vacancy clusters in bcc iron.” Journal of Physics:Condensed Matter, 23:425402 (2011).

E. Hayward and C. Deo. “A molecular dynamics study of irradiation induced cascades in iron containinghydrogen.” CMC: Computers, Materials, and Continua, Vol. 16, No. 2, pp. 101-116 (2010).

Proceedings

E. Hayward and C. Deo. “Atomic scale modeling of hydrogen and helium in bcc iron.” Fusion Science andTechnology: Proceedings of the Fifteenth International Conference on Emerging Nuclear Energy Systems, Vol.61, No. 1T, pp. 391-394 (January 2012).

E. Hayward and C. Deo “Finding minimum energy states of hydrogen-vacancy clusters in iron.” Transactionsof the American Nuclear Society, Vol. 104, pp. 63 (2011).

E. Hayward and C. Deo. “The energetics of hydrogen-vacancy clusters in bcc iron.” Materials Research SocietySymposium RR Proceedings, Vol. 1363 (Spring 2011).

Conferences

Oral Presentations

The Minerals, Metals, & Materials (TMS) Society Annual Meeting, “Multi-scale modeling of hydrogen andhelium bubbles in bcc iron.” San Antonio, TX, March 2013.

Materials Research Society (MRS) Spring Meeting, “Hydrogen and helium in bcc iron.” Symposium S, SanFrancisco, CA, April 2012.

The Minerals, Metals, & Materials (TMS) Society Annual Meeting, “The interaction energy between point andline defects in bcc iron.” Orlando, FL, February 2012.

American Nuclear Society (ANS) Annual Meeting, “Finding minimum energy states of hydrogen-vacancyclusters in iron.” Hollywood, FL, June 2011.

ASTM Committee E10: 25th Symposium on the Effects of Radiation on Nuclear Materials, “The energetics ofhydrogen-helium-vacancy clusters in bcc iron.” Anaheim, CA, June 2011.

Materials Research Society (MRS) Spring Meeting, “The energetics of hydrogen-vacancy clusters in bcc iron.”Symposium RR, San Francisco, CA, April 2011.

NuMat 2010: The Nuclear Materials Conference, “Point defect-dislocation interactions in bcc iron.” Karlsruhe,Germany, October 2010.

The Minerals, Metals, & Materials (TMS) Society Annual Meeting, “Atomic scale study of the interaction ofpoint defects with edge and screw dislocations in bcc iron.” Seattle, WA, February 2010.

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3rd High-End Visualization Workshop, “Optical effects at the photon orbit of a Schwarzschild black hole.”Obergurgl, Austria, April 2005.

Posters

Workshop on Modelling of Radiation Damage and its Effects on Materials, “Atomistic Studies of Hydrogenand Helium in Iron.” Oxford, UK, September 2013.

16th International Workshop on Computational Physics and Materials Science: Total Energy and ForceMethods, “Clustering and diffusion of hydrogen in α-Fe including quantum effects.” Trieste, Italy, January2013.

Nuclear Fuels and Structural Materials for the Next Generation Nuclear Reactors Embedded Topical at theAmerican Nuclear Society (ANS) Annual Meeting, “Hydrogen-helium synergy in bubbles in bcc iron.” Chicago,IL, June 2012. Presented by Dr. Rakesh Behera.

15th International Conference on Emerging Nuclear Energy Systems (ICENES), “Hydrogen bubbles in bcciron.” San Francisco, CA, May 2011.

Virtual Reality in Scientific Application and Learning (VRSAL) Conference, “A black hole in the living room.”2005. Presented by Dr. Werner Benger.

Skills

Technical: Linux/UNIX, Mac OS X, LATEX, shell scripting, basic C++

Simulation: molecular dynamics (LAMMPS, temperature accelerated dynamics, nudged elastic bandcalculations), density functional theory (SIESTA), Monte Carlo

Design: Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator, SketchUp

Languages: English (native), French (intermediate), Mandarin Chinese (beginner)

Affiliations

American Nuclear Society member, 2008 – present

United States Citizen

References available upon request.