Tim Eden
Timothy J. Eden, Ph.D. is the head of the Material Science Division at the Applied Research Laboratory- Pennsylvania State University. He currently manages a broad portfolio of research and development programs. The Material Science Division is composed of four departments; Metals, Ceramics and Coatings Processing, Electronic Materials and Devices, Process, Physics, Analytics and Engineering and Material Engineering and Evaluation Departments, two centers: the Center for Innovative Material Deposition Processes - Direct Digital Deposition (CIMP-3D) and the High Pressure Laboratory. His emphasis is developing and transition materials and material processes to the Department of Defense and to industry. Dr. Eden is a recognized expert in Cold Spray technology and has developed and transitioned several applications for dimensional repair, corrosion and wear resistance and enhanced heat transfer. He is developing impact and cost models for the cold spray process. He was part of a research team that received the Defense Manufacturing Technology Award in 2013 for the transition of cold spray repair technology. He has also optimized the Spray Metal Forming process parameters to produce ultrahigh temperature aluminum alloys for engine application and ultrahigh strength aluminum alloys for ballistic applications. His work in materials includes corrosion, wear, and mechanical property characterization, material consolidation, functionally graded materials, ceramic and aluminum armor, failure analysis and thermomechanical processing for improved performance. He led teams that developed and demonstrated a low cost thermal protection system for ship deck and prototype hardware for aluminum-steam combustion. He led the effort to secure funding, develop the equipment specifications for an automated inspection system for the Space shuttle Solid Rocket motors. Dr. Eden has performed theoretical and experimental work with multiphase flows for conventional and direct contact heat exchangers, combustion processes, and material processes.

