Jeff Braun

Jeff Braun is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University of Virginia, where he is writing a dissertation entitled, “The role of compositional and configurational disorder on thermal conductivity.” Jeff is working with researchers from U.Va., Duke, N.C. State, and U.C.S.D., to study the science of ultra-high temperature materials. As part of his graduate research, he has authored or coauthored 25 publications in peer-reviewed journals, given 14 presentations at national and international conferences, and received one provisional U.S. patent. Jeff is a recipient of the National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship and has received the two department “outstanding graduate student” awards.