During his time here, Jonathan has helped to develop and determined the feasibility of an in-house method of Electric Discharge Machining of metallic bars for Electro-Thermal Mechanical Testing. He has also spent a great deal of time diagnosing and repairing numerous problems with the Clemex® automated stage, camera, lights, and software. He contributed to the lab renovations and has aided the installation of essentially every new large piece of equipment that has arrived, since he has been here. He has found and repaired several coolant leaks inside the vacuum chamber of the arc-melter. While the leaks were being repaired, he preformed preventative maintenance on the arc-melter, and has become proficient with the piece of equipment. Jonathan has assisted group members with working on and repairing the LENS®, so that he now has a sufficient working knowledge of the apparatus. He recently lent support to fellow group member Ben Peterson with his research involving testing his alloy(s) of interest in the Electro-Thermal Mechanical Tester. In addition to all of these projects, he has helped other group members with odd-jobs to make their lives a little bit easier. Jonathan is also intent on learning everything he can from fellow group member Daniel Huber.

More recently, Jonathan has begun work on researching strengthening in Titanium alpha-beta alloys. He is subjecting Ti-6Al-4V, and Ti-6Al-2Cr-2Mo-2Sn-2Zr to a series of heat treatments and testing their tensile properties at room temperature. The results, thus far, have been quite promising, but he is still "tracking the bear."

Jonathan has been employed as an Undergraduate Research Assistant in the Fraser Group since March of 2004. Jonathan began the BS/MS program in autumn of 2006 and graduated with his BS in Winter of 2008. He will be continuing research, in the Fraser Group, in order to earn a Ph.D.

In his free time, Jonathan enjoys golf, fishing, hiking, bowling and all forms of target shooting, including skeet, trap, pistol, and rifle. When it is necessary he takes pleasure in minimally invasive automotive repair. Jonathan is also a rabid Buckeye fan who goes to every football game he can. He also enjoys learning as much as he can about all areas of science, especially Metallurgy.