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Olivier Delaire

Associate Professor of the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
387 Gross Hall, Durham, NC 27708
144 Hudson Hall, Box 90300, Durham, NC 27708

Awards & Honors


DOE EARLY CAREER AWARD 2014 “Quasiparticle Couplings in Transport of Heat, Charge, and Spin for Novel Energy Materials”

National Department of Energy · 2014

World Materials Research Institute Forum Prize, 2nd International Workshop for Young Materials Scientists, Berlin, Germany

International World Materials Research Institute · September 2010

Director's Award, Outstanding Science Team Accomplishment

Other Oak Ridge National Laboratory · 2009

Clifford G. Shull Fellowship

National Oak Ridge National Laboratory · 2008 Named after Nobel Laureate C.G. Shull. www.ornl.gov/careers/clifford-shull-fellowship

Louis Rosen Prize

National Los Alamos National Laboratory · 2008 Prize for best Ph.D thesis at the Los Alamos Neutron Science Center

Outstanding Ph.D. Research Award

National Neutron Scattering Society of America · 2006

In the News


Published February 27, 2025
How Sodium-ion Will Fuel Batteries of the Future
Published January 13, 2022
Molecular Paddlewheels Propel Sodium Ions Through Next-Generation Batteries
Published March 15, 2021
Twisting, Flexible Crystals Key to Solar Energy Production
Published September 4, 2020
'Floppy' atomic dynamics help turn heat into electricity
Published May 27, 2020
ORNL spectrometry research advances race toward safer rechargeable batteries
Published April 13, 2020
New Handle for Controlling Electromagnetic Properties Could Enable Spintronic Computing
Published February 2, 2017
This Metal Conducts Electricity But Not Heat