James Male, Ph.D.
Materials Design Engineer
Education
Ph.D. Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, 2022
B.S. Materials Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2017
Current Role at QuesTek
James Male joined QuesTek’s materials design team in March of 2022. He is responsible for tackling materials design problems using ICME strategies.
Background and Specialization
Before joining QuesTek in 2022, James worked with NASA to improve the mechanical performance of thermoelectric materials using defect engineering. He also combined physical modelling with experiments to understand high performance thermoelectric materials and guide thermoelectric materials design during his Ph.D. at Northwestern University. Prior to his Ph.D., James optimized mechanical properties and synthesis procedures in consumer-relevant thermoelectric materials for a startup.
Publications and Presentations
- James P. Male, L. Amdellaoui, Y. Yu, S. Zhang, N. Pieczulewski, O. Cojocaru‐Mirédin, C. Scheu, G. J. Snyder, “Dislocations Stabilized by Point Defects Increase Brittleness in PbTe,” Advanced Functional Materials (2021).
- James P. Male, R. Hanus, G. J. Snyder, R. P. Hermann, “Thermal evolution of internal strain in doped PbTe”, Chemistry of Materials (2021)
- James P. Male, M. T. Agne, A. Goyal, S. Anand, I. T. Witting, V. Stevanović, G. J. Snyder, “The importance of phase equilibrium for doping efficiency: iodine doped PbTe,” Materials Horizons (2019).
- Jood*, James P. Male*, S. Anand, Y. Matsushita, Y. Takagiwa, M. G. Kanatzidis, G. J. Snyder, M. Ohta, “Na doping in PbTe: solubility, band convergence, phase boundary mapping, and thermoelectric properties,” Journal of the American Chemical Society (2020).