Chelsey Zacherl Hargather Engineering Education Specialist, New Mexico Tech Adjunct Faculty of Materials Engineering, New Mexico Tech

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1 Contact Information 100 Jones Hall 801 Leroy Place Socorro, New Mexico Office: (575) Education Chelsey Zacherl Hargather Engineering Education Specialist, New Mexico Tech Adjunct Faculty of Materials Engineering, New Mexico Tech Doctor of Philosophy, Materials Science and Engineering, 2012 Phases Research Laboratory The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania Thesis advisor: Professor Zi-Kui Liu Bachelor of Science, Materials Science and Engineering, 2008 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University University Honors Commonwealth Scholar Minor: French Language Summer Abroad, 2005 Alliance Française, Paris, FRANCE Research Experience Engineering Education Specialist, July Present US Department of Education Title III HSI-STEM Grant, Entryway to Engineering Success Award # P031C New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology Developing novel teaching styles, modules, and approaches for more effective collaborative, multidisciplinary teaming at the freshmen level. Institutional research on the effects of the curricular re-design on course pass rates, and student retention, completion, and persistence rates. Adjunct Faculty of Materials and Metallurgical Engineering, August Present Department of Materials and Metallurgical Engineering New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology Thermodynamic Modeling of constituent binary and ternary phase diagrams in systems with giant magneocaloric effects. Doctoral Research, August July 2012 Phases Research Lab, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, Thesis Advisor: Zi-Kui Liu Dissertation: A computational investigation of the effect of alloying elements on the thermodynamic and diffusion properties of fcc Ni alloys, with application to the creep rate of dilute Ni-X alloys., sponsored by the Office of Naval Research. Development of novel techniques for the calculation of diffusion coefficients in dilute and non-dilute Ni-base superalloy systems.

2 Chelsey Hargather CV 2 of 7 Application of calculated diffusivity rates to creep rate prediction in Ni-base superalloy systems. Development of constituent binary and ternary phase diagrams using the CALculation of PHAse Diagrams technique with application to a multi-component Ni-base superalloy database. Curriculum Development Experience First-year engineering curriculum, Fall Summer 2013 Re-design of first-year engineering curriculum as part of a US Department of Education Title III HSI-STEM Grant Led a committee of five multi-disciplinary engineering faculty to re-structure and re-design the first semester first-year engineering course, ES 110: Introduction to Engineering Design, Fall Taught the re-design pilot in Spring 2013 and Fall Led a committee of five multi-disciplinary engineering faculty to re-design the content of the second semester first-year engineering course, ES 111: Computer Programming for Engineers, Spring Summer Assisted instructor with the first re-designed pilot in Fall 2013 and taught the second pilot in Spring Collaborative Senior Capstone course, Summer 2014 Led a committee of three multi-disciplinary engineering faculty to develop an interdisciplinary, collaborative senior capstone course option, ES 489. Each project involves students and faculty mentors from two different academic departments. Three individual projects are being sponsored during the academic year. Distance education version of Introduction to Engineering Design, Summer Led a committee of three multi-disciplinary engineering faculty in collaboration with the Vice President for Academic Affairs Collaboration with and visits to community colleges throughout the state of New Mexico for course offering Managed an undergraduate student worker to develop online written and video tutorials to supplement course content Teaching Experience Engineering Education Specialist, New Mexico Tech ES Introduction to Engineering Design, Fall 2014 ES Computer Programming for Engineers, Spring 2014 ES Introduction to Engineering Design, (pilot of re-designed ES 110) Spring 2013, Fall 2013 Adjunct Professor of Materials and Metallurgical Engineering, New Mexico Tech MATE Phase Equilibria, Fall 2014 METE Physical Metallurgy, Spring 2014

3 Chelsey Hargather CV 3 of 7 Graduate Teaching Assistant, The Pennsylvania State University MATSE Phase Relations, Spring 2011 MATSE Thermodynamics of Materials, Fall 2010 Professional Experience Visiting Scholar at Central South University, Summer 2010 Department of Materials Science and Engineering Changsha, Hunan, People s Republic of China Intern in Materials Science and Engineering, Summers 2007 & 2008 ExxonMobil Corporation ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Modeled corrosion rates of overhead naphtha systems Long-term creep life prediction of Superalloy GTD-111 Intern in Non-Destructive Test Engineering, Summer 2006 Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory Lockheed Martin Phased Array Ultrasonic Testing and Imaging Development and support of the Navy nuclear submarine fleet Honors Awards Distinguished Faculty Award, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, University Service Director, Engineering Design Laboratory, classroom, computer lab, and collaboration space for freshmen engineers Manager of equipment used in first-year engineering courses including 3-D printers, laser cutter, Microsoft Surface, and Arduino boards Perform training for students and faculty on technology, equipment, and software in the lab Organize and facilitate demonstrations of the Engineering Design Laboratory to New Mexico Tech visitors including: John White, U.S. Department of Education s deputy assistant secretary for rural outreach United States senators Martin Heinrich, Tom Udall, Congressman Steve Pearce, and NM state congressmen University visitors from Auburn, Clemson, and other community colleges Outreach groups: SWEeter Futures, MESA Developed promotional materials for the lab Member, Faculty Senate Retention Committee, New Mexico Tech (Fall Present)

4 Chelsey Hargather CV 4 of 7 Investigate the localized phenomena that contribute to student retention, persistence, and completion. Member, Institutional Review Board, New Mexico Tech (Summer Present) Evaluation of research project involving human subjects research Chair, Outreach Committee, Materials Engineering department, New Mexico Tech (Fall Present) Organize and oversee recruiting activities on campus including Campus Exploration Day Member, Computing Committee, Materials Engineering department, New Mexico Tech, (Summer Present) Search Committee, Associate Dean for Educational Equity, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, Student Representative (Spring 2011) Advising Academic Advisor to students at New Mexico Tech Participated in advisor training and accompanying workshop, 2013, 2014 Advise Undecided Engineering majors and Materials Engineering majors Advising of undergraduate learning coaches/teaching assistants for engineering courses Train, coach, and schedule up to nine undergraduate learning coaches per semester Meet weekly for organization of freshmen engineering courses Faculty mentor for graduate students in materials research Assisted with use of Therm-Calc software for thermodynamic modeling Application of graduate level thermodynamics to research in magnetocaloric alloys Graduate mentor for undergraduate student research (Fall Spring 2012) Elastic properties of Mg-Al binary diffusion couples Thermodynamic modeling of the Pt-Y system Original Research Proposals Currently Submitted Proposals 1. Co-Principal Investigator, S-STEM: Transdisciplinary Research Program, 5 years, National Science Foundation Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, Co-Principal Investigator, Structure-Property Relations In Non-Stoichiometric Ni 2 Mn(Ga,In) Alloys For Magnetocaloric Applications, 3 years, $494,000 National Science Foundation Division of Materials Research, 2014

5 Chelsey Hargather CV 5 of 7 Publications Peer-reviewed journal publications 1. C. Z. Hargather, S. L. Shang, Y. Du, and Z. K. Liu, A first-principles study of self-diffusion coefficients of fcc Ni, Computational Materials Science, 86C, (2014), X. L. Liu, C. Z. Hargather, Z. K. Liu First-principles aided thermodynamic modeling of the Nb-Re system CALPHAD, 41 (2013) C. L. Zacherl, S. L. Shang, A. Saengdeejing, and Z. K. Liu, Phase stability and thermodynamic modeling of the Re-Ti system supplemented by first-principles calculations, CALPHAD, 38, (2012) S. L. Shang, C. L. Zacherl, H. Z. Fang, Y. Wang, Y. Du, and Z. K. Liu, Effects of alloying element and temperature on the stacking fault energies of dilute Ni-base superalloys, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 24 (2012) S. L. Shang, D. E. Kim, C. L. Zacherl, Y. Wang, Y. Du, and Z. K. Liu, Effects of alloying elements and temperature on the elastic properties of dilute Ni-base superalloys from firstprinciples calculations, J. Appl. Phys. 112 (2012) A. C. Lieser, C. L. Zacherl, A. Saengdeejing, Z. K. Liu, and L. J. Kecskes, First-principles calculations and thermodynamic re-modeling of the Hf-W system, CALPHAD 38 (2012) Y. Wang, H. Z. Fang, C. L. Zacherl, Z. G. Mei, S. L. Shang, L. Q. Chen, P. D. Jablonski, and Z. K. Liu, First-principles lattice dynamics, thermodynamics, and elasticity of Cr 2 O 3, Surface science 606, 1422 (2012). 8. Y. Wang, C. L. Zacherl, S. L. Shang, L.-Q. Chen, and Z.-K. Liu, Phonon dispersions in random alloys: A formulism based on SQS force constants, 2011 J. Phys.: Condens. Matter J. C. Wu, J. Zheng, C. L. Zacherl, P. Wu, Z. K. Liu, and R. Xu, Hybrid functionals study of band bowing, band edges and electronic structures of Cd 1 x Zn x S solid solution, The Journal of Physical Chemistry: C, 2011, 115, S. L. Shang, Y. Wang, D. E. Kim, C. L. Zacherl, Y. Du, and Z. K. Liu, Structural, vibrational, and thermodynamic properties of ordered and disordered Ni 1 x Pt x alloys from first-principles calculations, Phys. Rev. B, Vol. 83, 2011, C. L. Zacherl, J. E. Saal, Y. Wang, and Z. K. Liu, First-principles calculations and thermodynamic modeling of the Re-Y system with extension to the Ni-Re-Y system, Intermetallics, Vol. 18, (2010) Manuscripts in preparation 1. C. Z. Hargather, S. L. Shang, and Z. K. Liu, A systematic study of diffusion mechanisms in 26 dilute Ni-X alloy systems from first-principles calculations, to be submitted, Acta Materialia, January C. Z. Hargather, S. L. Shang, and Z. K. Liu, First-principles calculations of non-dilute impurity diffusion coefficients in fcc Ni, to be submitted, Scripta Materialia, February C. Z. Hargather, S. L. Shang, and Z. K. Liu, A first-principles study of self-diffusion coefficients of bcc Cr, to be submitted, Computational Materials Science, March 2015.

6 Chelsey Hargather CV 6 of 7 Peer-reviewed Conference Publications 1. C. Z. Hargather, Re-design of an interdisciplinary first-year introduction to engineering course focusing on active learning and technology in the classroom, Proceedings of the 6th Annual First Year Engineering Experience Conference, August, C. L. Zacherl, S. L. Shang, D. E. Kim, Y. Wang, and Z. K. Liu, Effects of alloying elements on elastic, stacking fault, and diffusion properties of fcc Ni from first-principles: Implications for tailoring the creep rate of Ni-base superalloys, R. C. Reed, et al., Eds., Superalloys 2012 (2012): C. L. Zacherl and Z. K. Liu, First-Principles Calculations and Thermodynamic Modeling of the Re-Ti System with Extension to the Ni-Re-Ti System, Penn State College of Engineering Research Symposium, April, Presentations Invited Talks 1. Learning strategies: teaching practices and structuring classes for student learning and retention, C. Z. Hargather and M. A. LaRussa, New Faculty and Teaching Assistant Training, New Mexico Tech, August Computational thermodynamic modeling of the binary Re-Ti system for Ni-base superalloy development, C. Z. Hargather, Joint ASM-SAMPE-ASME-AWS Chapter meeting, Socorro, New Mexico, February A computational investigation of the effect of alloying elements on the thermodynamic and diffusion properties of fcc Ni and its alloys, C. Z. Hargather, Materials Engineering Department Seminar, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, February A hands-on framework for increasing student engagement in freshmen engineering, C. L. Zacherl, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, March Integrated First-Principles Calculations and Computational Modeling of Phase Stability and Thermal Expansion of Ni-Al-Pt Based Alloys, C. L. Zacherl, for Z. K. Liu, Office of Navy Research Annual Navy S&T Review Meeting (peer reviewed), June Contributed Talks 1. Re-design of an interdisciplinary first-year introduction to engineering course focusing on active learning and technology in the classroom, C. Z. Hargather, 6th Annual First Year Engineering Experience Conference, First-principles calculations of diffusion coefficients in magnetic systems: Ni, Cr, and Ni-X alloys, C. L. Zacherl, S. L. Shang, and Z. K. Liu, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Diffusion Workshop, First-principles calculations of diffusion coefficients, C. L. Zacherl, S. L. Shang, and Z. K. Liu, Center for Computational Materials Design (CCMD) meeting, First-principles calculation of diffusion coefficients: Ni and Ni-X alloys, C. L. Zacherl, S. L. Shang, and Z. K. Liu, MS&T Meeting, First-principles Calculations of Diffusion Coefficients, C. L. Zacherl, S. L. Shang, Y. Wang, and Z. K. Liu, Integrated Computational Materials Engineering (ICME) meeting, 2011.

7 Chelsey Hargather CV 7 of 7 6. First-principles Calculations of Diffusion Coefficients, C. L. Zacherl, S. L. Shang, Y. Wang, and Z. K. Liu, CALPHAD meeting, Thermodynamic Modeling and Finite Temperature Properties of the Ni-Re-Y system, C. L. Zacherl, J. Saal, and Z. K. Liu, Gordon Research Conference, High Temperature Materials, An Investigation of Diffusivity by first-principles, C. L. Zacherl, S. L. Shang, and Z. K. Liu, Central South University, P. R. China, First-principles Calculations and Thermodynamic Modeling of the Ni-Re-Y system, C. L. Zacherl, J. Saal, and Z. K. Liu, MS&T Meeting, Thermodynamic Modeling and Finite Temperature Properties of the Re-Y system, C. L. Zacherl, J. Saal, and Z. K. Liu, Gordon Research Conference, Physical Metallurgy, Professional Society Memberships American Society for Engineering Educators, (ASEE) American Society for Metals, (ASM International) Materials Research Society, (MRS) (Fall Fall 2012) Materials Engineering Professional Societies (MEPS), Fall Spring 2008 Reviewer Computer Coupling of Phase Diagrams and Thermochemistry (CALPHAD) Physical Review B Journal of Materials Research Computational Materials Science