Resume - Lori Jo Klemptner, Lodestone President

Resume - Lori Jo Klemptner

Summary

Over 10 years of experience in materials science and engineering with an emphasis on high temperature superconductor compounds. Extensive experience in powder processing, production engineering, specification and purchase of laboratory/ analytical equipment and raw materials, and quality assurance. Knowledge of various analytical techniques including SEM, XRD, PSD, BET, optical microscopy, and electrical measurements related to superconductor processing. Further experience in sintering and related processing.

Professional Experience

Lodestone Technologies, Ltd (1995- present)

Involved in various consulting arrangements. Spent the majority of 1996-1997 in a consulting role, acting as Director of Manufacturing for EURUS Technologies of Tallahasse, FL, with overall responsibility for production of the ceramic component of a superconducting current lead assembly.

Illinois Superconductor Corporation (1991-1995)

Senior Development Engineer/ Lab Manager/ Product Development Manager, Electrical and Electronic Systems. Overall responsibility for the operations of the superconductor materials laboratory, process and product development.

Major accomplishments:

Invented a reactive sintering process for use on stainless steel substrates.

Managed materials development in the areas of raw materials specification, paint formulation, processing variables, and electrical characterization.

Specified and purchased all laboratory related supplies, equipment, furniture and materials, established vendor relationships and all purchasing procedures.

Managed the design, lay-out and engineering plan for (4) analytical laboratories.

Ceramic Process Systems/ CPS Superconductor Corporation (1986-1991)

Senior Development Engineer. Researched superconducting ceramics based on CuO, Y2O3 and BaCO3 systems.

Developed process and established the production/ quality control protocol for the manufacturing of YBCO powder considered to be the best available, in terms of phase purity and adherence to specifications of particle size distribution and surface area.

Performed properties evaluation on Si3N4 based materials including chemical analysis, microstructural development and the establishment of a sintering schedule and temperature regime.

Participated in the development and construction of a pressure casting system to produce specimens for strength testing and manufacturing of structural ceramic components.

Researched the use of alkoxide precursors to produce zirconia toughened alumina through colloidal processing.

Education

Alfred University - M.S. in Ceramic Engineering, 1985. Thesis under Professor P.F. Johnson titled, "An Analytical Approach to the Technological Development of Archeological Ceramics."

Alfred University - B.S. in Ceramic Engineering, 1983. Thesis under Professor P.F. Johnson titled, "The Effect of Rock Slat Additions on a Shell Tempered Body."

Illinois State University - B.S. in Ceramic Art, 1977

Publications

"An Analytical Approach to the Technological Development of Mississippian Pottery", Ceramics and Civilization, 1, 101-112, (1984). (Co-author: P.F. Johnson).

"Technology and the Primitive Potter: Mississippian Pottery Development Seen through the Eyes of a Ceramic Engineer", Ceramics and Civilization, 2, 251-271, (1985). (Co-author: P.F. Johnson).

"Production of Continuous Filaments of Melt Textured YBa2Cu3O7-x Superconductor", J. Mater. Sci. Lett., 10, 1362-65, (1991). (Co-authors: M.V. Parish and J.D. Hodge).

"Fabrication of High Jc YBa2Cu3O7-x Wires by a Ceramic Fiber Process", High Temperature Superconducting Compounds III, Processing and Property Relationships, ed. by S.H. Whang, A. DasGupta, and E. Collings, TMS Society Publications, p. 337-45, (1991). (Co-authors: V.M. Pathare, J.D. Hodge, M.V. Parish, H.D. Park, D.B. Chandler, M.J. Neal, G. Bakis and J.W. Halloran).

"Fabrication and Properties of High Temperature Superconducting Wire by the Green Fiber Method", J. Amer. Ceram. Soc., 75(4), 903-7, (1992). (Co-authors: J.W. Halloran, D. Chandler, J.D. Hodge, M. Neal, M.V. Parish, H.D. Park, V.M. Pathare, G. Bakis, and W. Ishida).

"Glass coating of YBa2Cu3Ox wires", Supercond. Sci. Technol., 7, 691-5, (1994). (Co-authors: W.Wu, C-Y Chu, J.L. Roubout, J.D. Hodge, D.S. Applegate, and K.C. Goretta)

"Effect of Carbon Dioxide on the Reaction of YBa2Cu3O7-x with Water Vapor", J. Mater. Sci. 28, 5155-60 (1993). (Co-authors: K. Brzezinska, S. Bruckenstein, and J.D. Hodge).

"Generation of Intermodulation Products by Granular YBa2Cu3O7-x Thick Films", Proc. SPIE, 2559, 59-68, (1995). (Co-authors: S.K. Remillard, J.D. Hodge, T.A. Freeman, P.A. Smith, and T.W. Button).

Patents

"Method for preparation of superconductor powders", U.S. Patent #5,055,436, October 8, 1991. (Co-inventors: J.D. Hodge and J.W. Halloran)

"Superconducting 123YBaCu-oxide produced at low temperatures", U.S. Patent #5,340,797, August 23, 1994. (Co-inventor: J.D. Hodge).

"Cryogenic fluid level sensor", U.S. Patent #5,393,736, February 28, 1995. (Co-inventors: J.D. Hodge and J. Whitney).

"Self-restoring fault current limiter utilizing high temperature superconductor components", U.S. Patent #5,432,666, July 11, 1995.

"Superconducting 123YBaCu-oxide produced at low temperatures", U.S. Patent #5,527,765, June 18, 1996. (Co-inventor: J.D. Hodge).

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