Experience:

Over the past twenty years, Dr. Kramer has directed materials-based technical programs sponsored by both private industry and various government agencies, including the DOD, DOE, and NASA.  He has extensive experience in the development and application of glass/glass-ceramic/ceramics, nickel/cobalt-based superalloys, carbon-carbon composites, and refractory metals.  His research and development activities have supported many materials-based technologies, including:

• The nuclear-based thermal to electrical power system (RTGs) employed on the Cassini mission to Saturn
• High-strength laser- and bridgewire-initiated explosive/pyrotechnic components for aircrew escape systems and other national defense missions
• Innovative airbag technologies
• Fuel cell materials development 

Other interests include the effect of radiation on the properties of materials, high-temperature interfacial reactions between materials under terrestrial and space environments, and laser interactions with energetic materials.

Dr. Kramer has been awarded twelve U.S. patents and has published over seventy technical papers and reports based on his developments.

Education:

Ph.D.,  Ceramic Science, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
M.S.,  Ceramic Science, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
M.S.,  Ceramics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
B.S.,  Ceramic Science, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ

Selected Publications:

D.P. Kramer, C.D. Barklay, and J. Talnagi, “Neutron Irradiation of Refractory Tantalum Alloys (T-111 and Ta/10W) for Radioisotope Space Power System Applications,” in Proceedings of the 2007 National Space & Missile Materials Symposium, Keystone, Colorado, June, 2007.

Daniel Eylon, William A. Ernst, Daniel P. Kramer and Lance E. Jacobsen, “Development of Ultra-Fine Microstructure by Rapid Hot-Compaction of Armstrong-Process Titanium Powder,” in Proceedings of the 11th World Conference on Titanium (Ti-2007), Kyoto, Japan, June 2007.

W.E. Moddeman, C.D. Barklay, J.C. Birkbeck, R.G. Miller, L.F. Allard, and D.P. Kramer, “Thermodynamic Prediction of Compositional Phases by Transmission Electron Microscopy on Tantalum-Based Alloy Weldments,” in the 25th Proceedings of Space Technology and Applications International Forum (STAIF-2007), American Institute of Physics Conference Proceedings 880, Albuquerque, NM, February 2007, pp. 229-233.

C. D. Barklay, Daniel P. Kramer, and Roger G. Miller, “The Effect of the Presence of 2 wt% Hafnium in T-111,” in the 23rd Proceedings of Space Technology and Applications International Forum (STAIF-2006), American Institute of Physics Conference Proceedings 813, Albuquerque, NM, February 2006, pp. 751- 756.

C.D. Barklay, D.P. Kramer, and J.D. Ruhkamp, "Analysis of the Effect of Time, Temperature, and Fuel Age on Helium Release from 238Plutonium Dioxide Fuel," in the 22nd Proceedings of Space Technology and Applications International Forum (STAIF-2005), American Institute of Physics Conference Proceedings 746, Albuquerque, NM, February 2005, pp. 820-826.