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David Alan Shifler Professional Development Director

David Alan Shifler is a program officer at the U.S. Department of the Navy’s (DoN) Office of Naval Research (ONR) in the areas of high-temperature propulsion materials for aircraft gas turbine engines, lightweight cellular materialss for several potential naval and Marine Corps applications, and alternative fuels. He involves industry, academia, and government to help establish future DoN science and technology needs and opportunities. Prior to transferring to ONR, he worked at the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division, where he advanced the understanding of corrosion and corrosion control processes of materials in nonaqueous, aqueous, and high-temperature environments that are important to the U.S. Navy and the maritime industries. He has also worked in several capacities for private industry. He earned his B.A. in chemistry from Western Maryland College, and his M.S.E. and Ph.D. in materials science and engineering from Johns Hopkins University.

Shifler has published extensively in the area of corrosion and materials performance in corrosive environments. He is a fellow of NACE International and the Institute of Corrosion in the United Kingdom. He is a member of the NACE Research Committee, where he has been involved with undergraduate and graduate scholarships, evaluating corrosion-related proposals of new professors, and chairing various graduate student poster sessions for NACE, the U.S. Department of Defense Corrosion Prevention and Control Integrated Product Team, and the 2008 International Corrosion Congress.

Shifler is a licensed professional engineer in Maryland. He has chaired and continues to serve on the TMS Professional Registration Committee and the ASM/TMS Environmental Effects Committee. In addition to TMS, he is also a member of approximately 15 additional science and engineering societies.