Patrick J. Masset

Academics Qualifications

• Habilitation, Pierre and Marie Curie University, Paris, FRANCE
• MBA, Paris-Dauphine University, FRANCE
• D (1999 – 2002): National Polytechnic Institute of Grenoble, FRANCE
• Thesis: Theoretical and Experimental investigations on stability and cavitation of hydrodynamic bearings
• Sc. (1996 - 1997): National Polytechnic Institute of Grenoble, FRANCE
• Thesis: CFx compounds for primary batteries Li/CFx batteries
• Sc. (1994 - 1995): Polytech’ Grenoble, FRANCE
• Thesis: Optimization of the polishing process of YAG:Nd single crystals for laser application
• Materials Science & Electrochemistry

Experience

• Visiting Professor, School of Engineering & Technology, The Assam Kaziranga University, INDIA, June 2022 – till now.
• University Professor, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, TU Koszalin, POLAND, November 2020-September 2021
• Advisory expert for the World Alliance for Efficient Solutions, Solar Impulse Foundation, September 2020 - now
• Founder / CEO - Technallium Engineering & Consulting, Steinberg am See, GERMANY – February 2018 - now
• Founder / CEO – Thermallium Sprl, Mons, BELGIUM, July 2016 – December 2020
• Head of the Department “New materials” Fraunhofer UMSICHT- Sulzbach-Rosenberg, GERMANY, January 2012 – December 2016
• Visiting Professor, TU Petronas, MALAYSIA, September 2015
• Head of the Research Group “Multiphase Systems”, Centre for Innovation Competence Virtuhcon, TU Bergakademie Freiberg, GERMANY, August 2009 – December 2011
• Guest scientist, University of Lorraine, FRANCE, June 2008
• Research Associate, Karl-Winnacker-Institute der Dechma e.V. , Frankfurt am Main, GERMANY, August 2005 – July 2009
• Post-doctoral position, European Commission, Institute for Transuranium Elements, Karlsruhe, GERMANY, November 2003 – July 2005
• Ph.D. student, French Atomic Energy Agency, Military Division, Monts, FRANCE, December 1999 - November 2002
• Research engineer, LEMPI/ENSEEG-INP Grenoble, FRANCE, January 1999 – October 1999

Career Highlights & Awards:

Associate Editor

Guest Associate Editor

• MDPI, Guest Editor, Special Issue ""Powders Materials for Additive Manufacturing (AM)"" (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/materials/special_issues/Powders_AM)
• Frontiers, Guest Editor, Ligang Zhang & Patrick Masset, “Alloy Development for Casting and Additive”

Editorial Board

• VSOA (2020- now)

Services in Professional Societies as reviewer

• Haut Conseil de l’évaluation de la recherche et de l’enseignement supérieur (HCERES) – audit scientific research institutions. 
• BMWi/AiF (Germany)
• Eurostars / Eureka reviewer
• Innovation Fund Denmark, Norwegian Scientific Council
• Narrodowe Centrum Nauki (NCN – similar to DFG in Germany) - Poland

Advisory Member

• Board of Directors Fraunhofer Umsicht – SuRo (2012-2016)
• Advisory Board Cluster Materalia – France (since 12.2017-3.2021)
• Advisory Board Cluster GreeWin - Belgium (6.2017-12.2018)
• Member Cluster 3D-Hybrid in Germany
• Cluster new materials for AM in Germany and leader for PL

Memberships in Professional Societies

• Fraunhofer Alumni
• VDI – German Engineer

Technical Editor

Research Interests

• High temperature materials, coatings, surface engineering, electrochemistry, powder materials, additive manufacturing

Citations

• Google Scholar (Citations: 2633, h-index: 23, i10-index: 38, https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=VokK-_EAAAAJ
• Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Patrick-Masset)
• Orcid ID: https://orcid.org/my-orcid?orcid=0000-0002-8979-3144
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pmasset/

Research Papers in Journals and Edited Books

1998:

• Yazami, P. Hany, P. Masset, A. Hamwi, “Graphite fluoride prepared at mild temperature for high energy/high power density lithium batteries”, Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst, 318 (1998) 310-314.
• Masset, R. Yazami, A. Hamwi, “Plastic graphite fluoride electrode for high rate capability lithium batteries”, Proc. Eurocarbon’98 (1998) 823-824.

1999:

• Masset and R. Yazami, “Covalent versus semi-covalent carbon fluorides for cathodes in lithium primary batteries”, ITE Batteries Letters, 1 (1999) 7-14.

2002:

• Masset, J.Y. Poinso, S. Schoeffert and J.C. Poignet, “Thermal decomposition of pyrite FeS₂ in molten salts”, Proc. 40^th Power Sources Conference (2002) 242-245.

2004:

• Masset, J.Y. Poinso and J.C. Poignet, “Water up-take by salts during the electrolyte processing for thermal batteries”, Proc. 41^st Power Sources Conference (2004) 133-136.
• Masset, J.Y. Poinso and J.C. Poignet, “Iodide-based electrolytes: an alternative for high-temperature batteries”, Proc. 41^st Power Sources Conference (2004) 137-140.
• Masset, J.Y. Poinso and J.C. Poignet, “Water up-take by salts during the electrolyte processing for thermal batteries”, J. Power Sources, 137 (2004) 140-144.

2005:

• Lallemand, D. Bottomley, R. Malmbeck, J. Rebizant, J. Serp, P. Masset, J.P. Glatz, “Actinide electrochemistry in low temperature ionic liquids “, Proc. Actinides 2005 (2005) 512-514.
• Masset, J.Y. Poinso, S. Schoeffert and J.C. Poignet, “LiF-LiCl-LiI versus LiF-LiBr-KBr as molten salts electrolyte in thermal batteries”, J. Electrochem. Soc., 152(2) (2005) A405-A410.
• Masset, J.Y. Poinso, S. Schoeffert and J.C. Poignet, “Retained molten salts electrolytes in thermal batteries “, J. Power Sources, 139(1-2) (2005) 356-365.
• Masset, D. Bottomley, R. Konings, R. Malmbeck, A. Rodrigues, J. Serp, J.P. Glatz, “Electrochemistry of Uranium in the LiCl-KCl eutectic”, J. Electrochem. Soc., 152(6) (2005) A1109-A1115.
• Masset, R. Konings, R. Malmbeck, J. Serp, J.P. Glatz, “Thermochemical properties of lanthanides (Ln = La, Nd) and actinides (An = U, Pu, Np, Am) in the molten LiCl-KCl eutectic”, J. Nucl. Mat., 344 (2005) 173-179.

2006:

• Masset, J.Y. Poinso, J.C. Poignet, “TG/DTA/MS study of the thermal decomposition of FeSO₄.xH₂O”, J. Therm. Anal. Cal., 83(2) (2006) 457-462.
• Masset, “Iodide-based electrolytes: a promising alternative for thermal batteries”, J. Power Sources, 160/1 (2006) 688-697.
• Masset, A. Henry, J.Y. Poinso, J.C. Poignet, “Ionic conductivity of molten iodide based electrolytes for thermal batteries “, J. Power Sources, 160(1) (2006) 752-757.
• Guidotti, P. Masset, “Thermally activated (“thermal”) battery technology. Part I: an overview”, J. Power Sources, 161(2) (2006) 1443-1449.
• Masset, H.-E. Zschau, M. Schütze, ”TiAl corrosion protection by using the halogen effect”, Proc. 8^th Liège Conf. Materials for Advanced Power Engineering, Part 2 (2006) 587-593.
• Masset, A. Donchev, H.-E- Zschau, M. Schütze, “High temperature oxidation protection of TiAl-alloys by using the fluorine effect”, Proc. Eurocorr 2006, Maastricht (The Netherlands), Sept. 24-28^th, (2006).
• Neve, P.J. Masset, H.-E. Zschau, L. Schmidt, R. Dörner, M. Schütze, „Wirksamkeit des Halogeneffekts bei TiAl-Legierungen mit Aluminiumgehalten kleiner als 48at.-%“, Annual Report 2006, Institute for Physics, University Frankfurt/Main, 47-50.

2007:

• Latreche, G. Tegeder, G. Wolf, P. Masset, T. Weber, M. Schütze, “Corrosion behaviour of NiMoAl APS-coatings in chlorine-based atmospheres”, Proc. Eurocorr 2007, Freiburg am Breisgau (Germany), Sept. 24-28^th, (2007).
• Masset, H.-E. Zschau, S. Neve, M. Schütze, „Comparative fluorine surface treatments for TiAl corrosion protection”, Proc. Ti2007, Kyoto (Japan) June 3-6^th (2007) 1699-1702.
• Cassayre, R. Malmbeck, P. Masset, J. Rebizant, J. Serp, P. Soucek, J.-P. Glatz, “Investigation of electrorefining of metallic alloy fuel onto solid Al cathodes”, J. Nucl. Mat., 360 (2007) 49-57.
• Masset, R. Guidotti, J. Power Sources, “Thermally activated (“thermal”) battery technology. Part II: Molten salt electrolytes”, 164(1) (2007) 397-414.
• Neve, H.-E. Zschau, P.J. Masset, M. Schütze, R. Dörner, „Kurzzeitoxidation Fluor-implantierter TiAl-Legierungen“, Annual Report 2007, Institute for Physics, University Frankfurt/Main.
• Masset, C. Apostolidis, J.P. Glatz, R.J.M. Konings, R. Malmbeck, J. Rebizant, J. Serp “Electrochemistry of Neptunium in the LiCl-KCl eutectic” , J. Electroanal. Chem., 603 (2007) 166-174. 

2008:

• Masset, C. Apostolidis, R. Malmbeck, J. Rebizant, J. Serp, J.-P. Glatz, “Assessment of the thermochemical properties of actinides in molten chlorides”, Z. Naturforsch., 63a (2008) 107-113.
• J. Masset, R. Guidotti, J. Power Sources, “Thermally activated (“thermal”) battery technology. Part IIIa: FeS₂ cathode material”, 177 (2008) 595-609.
• J. Masset, R. Guidotti, J. Power Sources, “Thermally activated (“thermal”) battery technology. Part IIIb: Sulphur and oxide-based cathode materials”, 178 (2008) 456-466.
• J. Masset, A. Gabriel, J.-C. Poignet, “Reprocessing of LiH in molten chlorides”, Z. Naturforsch., 63a (2008) 377-384.
• Latreche, S. Doublet, G. Wolf, G. Tageder, P.J. Masset, T. Weber, M. Schütze, “Behaviour of NiAl APS-coatings in chlorine-based atmospheres”, Materials and Corrosion, 59(7) (2008) 573-583.
• J. Masset, S. Neve, H.-E. Zschau, M. Schütze, “Influence of alloy composition on the halogen effect in TiAl alloys”, Materials and Corrosion, 59(7) (2008) 609-618.
• Latreche, G. Tegeder, G. Wolf, P. Masset, T. Weber, M. Schütze, “New approaches to improve high temperature corrosion resistance in chlorine-based atmospheres”, Materials Science Forum, 595-598 (2008) 307-321.
• -E. Zschau S. Neve, P.J. Masset, M. Schütze, H. Baumann, K. Bethge “Characterization of the long-time oxidation protection of fluorine implanted technical TiAl-alloys using ion beam methods”, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, 266(10) (2008) 2441-2445.
• J. Masset, M. Schütze, “Thermodynamic assessment of the lower Al boundary in TiAl alloys for the halogen effect”, Adv. Eng. Mater., 10(7) (2008) 666-674.
• Cassayre, C. Caravaca, R. Jardin, R. Malmbeck, P.J. Masset, E. Mendes, J. Serp, P. Soucek, J.-P. Glatz, “On the formation of U-Al alloys in the molten LiCl-KCl eutectic”, J. Nucl. Mat. 378 (2008) 79-85.
• J. Masset, R. Guidotti, J. Power Sources, “Thermally activated (“thermal”) battery technology. Part IV: Anode for thermal batteries”, 183(1) (2008) 388-398.
• J. Masset, “Thermal stability of FeS₂ cathode material in “thermal” batteries: Effect of dissolved oxides in molten salt electrolytes”, Z. Naturforsch., 63a (2008) 596-601.
• Berghof-Hasselbächer, P. Gawenda, S. Diliberto, P.J. Masset, G. Schmidt, M. Schütze, „Metallographische Untersuchungen der Mikrostrukturen von technischen TiAl-Legierungen“, Sonderbände der Prakt. Metallogr., 40 (2008), 117-124 (in German).
• Berghof-Hasselbächer, P. Gawenda, S. Diliberto, P.J. Masset, G. Schmidt, M. Schütze, „Metallographische Untersuchungen der Mikrostrukturen von technischen TiAl-Legierungen“, Proc. 42. Metallographie-Tagung, 40 (2008), 117-124.
• Neve, H.-E. Zschau, F. King, S. Zeller, L. Ph. H. Schmidt, K.E. Stiebing, P.J. Masset, M. Schütze, R. Dörner, „Eine Kammer zur Ionenstrahlanalyse an Turbinenschaufeln am 2,5 MV van-de-Graaff-Beschleuniger“, Annual Report 2008, Institute for Physics, University Frankfurt/Main.
• Masset, “Les piles thermiquement activées (piles thermiques) Li/FeS₂“, Techniques de l’Ingénieur, J4806 (2008).
• Masset, M. Schütze, “Improvement of the oxidation resistance of TiAl alloys using controlled gaseous fluorination”, ECS Trans. 11 (15) (2008) 37-48.

2009:

• Butler, R.A. Guidotti, P.J. Masset, “Primary batteries – reserve systems: Thermally Activated Batteries: Calcium”, Encyclopaedia of Electrochemical Power Sources, 2009, Pages 137-140.
• A Guidotti, P.J. Masset, “Primary batteries – reserve systems: Thermally Activated Batteries: Lithium”, Encyclopaedia of Electrochemical Power Sources, 2009, Pages 141-155.
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