Michael Mengason

Staff Employment

August 2015 to present	Research Geologist (Postdoctoral ) – National Institute of Standards and Technology, MD Developing methods for quantitative SDD-EDS analysis of geologic materials and analysis of particle evidence from trace fibers for forensic applications
Fall 2013 to Spring 2015	Visiting Assistant Professor – Towson University, Towson, MD Mineralogy, Historical Geology, and Physical Geology
Fall 2012 to Spring 2013	Visiting Assistant Professor – Northern Virginia Community College, Annandale, VA Physical Geology, Historical Geology, Field Course in Geology: Bedrock Geology of Washington, DC, and Field Course in Geology: Geology of Shenandoah National Park.
Spring & Summer 2012	Adjunct Professor – Northern Virginia Community College, Annandale, VA Physical Geology and Historical Geology
2009-2011	Research Assistant – Laboratory for Mineral Deposits Research, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
2005-2009	Teaching Assistant – University of Maryland, College Park, MD
2004-2005	TEM/PCM Analyst – AMA Analytical, Inc., Lanham, MD
2003-2004	Production Manager – Valora Technologies, Inc., Waltham, MA
2002-2003	TEM/PCM Analyst – EMSL Analytical, Inc., New York, NY
2001-2002	Permanent Substitute Teacher – Medford High School, Medford, MA
1999-2001	Senior Software Quality Assurance Engineer – Virtual Ink Corp., Boston, MA
1998-1999	Deck Hand – Netanya V (Motor Yacht) 145’, Nassau, Bahamas

Staff Education

Ph.D., Geology	University of Maryland, College Park, MD	2007-2011
Thesis Title: Metals in arc magmas: the role of Cu-rich sulfide phases
M.S., Geology	University of Maryland, College Park, MD	2005-2007
Thesis Title: Experimental study of the partitioning of Cu, Ag, Au, Mo, and W among pyrrhotite and immiscible Fe-S-O and silicate melts
B.A., Geology	Hampshire College, Amherst, MA	1991-1996
Senior thesis title: Mafic stories in felsic rock: schlieren in the Toulomne intrusive series, Yosemite National Park

Publications

Diffusion in the Ti-Al-V system

August 23, 2018

Author(s)

Greta Lindwall, Kil-Won Moon, Zhangqi Chen, Michael J. Mengason, Maureen E. Williams, Justin Gorham, Ji-Cheng Zhao, Carelyn E. Campbell

Diffusion in the Ti-Al-V system is studied and a CΑLPHAD diffusion mobility description is developed. Diffusion couple experiments are used to obtain

EDS Microanalysis: Pushing the Limits

June 1, 2018

Author(s)

Nicholas Ritchie, Dale E. Newbury, Michael J. Mengason, Heather Lowers

It is a great time to be a microanalyst. After a few decades of incremental progress in energy dispersive X-ray spectrometry (EDS), the last decade has seen the

SEM/EDS Trace Analysis: Limits Imposed by Fluorescence of the Detector

August 4, 2017

Author(s)

Dale E. Newbury, Nicholas W. Ritchie, Michael J. Mengason, Keana C. Scott

Elemental trace analysis by electron-excited x-ray spectrometry performed in the scanning electron microscope (SEM) with energy dispersive x-ray spectrometry

Standard Bundles Simplify Standards-base Quantification in NIST DTSA-II

August 4, 2017

Author(s)

Nicholas Ritchie, Michael J. Mengason, Dale E. Newbury

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Staff Employment

August 2015 to present	Research Geologist (Postdoctoral ) – National Institute of Standards and Technology, MD Developing methods for quantitative SDD-EDS analysis of geologic materials and analysis of particle evidence from trace fibers for forensic applications
Fall 2013 to Spring 2015	Visiting Assistant Professor – Towson University, Towson, MD Mineralogy, Historical Geology, and Physical Geology
Fall 2012 to Spring 2013	Visiting Assistant Professor – Northern Virginia Community College, Annandale, VA Physical Geology, Historical Geology, Field Course in Geology: Bedrock Geology of Washington, DC, and Field Course in Geology: Geology of Shenandoah National Park.
Spring & Summer 2012	Adjunct Professor – Northern Virginia Community College, Annandale, VA Physical Geology and Historical Geology
2009-2011	Research Assistant – Laboratory for Mineral Deposits Research, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
2005-2009	Teaching Assistant – University of Maryland, College Park, MD
2004-2005	TEM/PCM Analyst – AMA Analytical, Inc., Lanham, MD
2003-2004	Production Manager – Valora Technologies, Inc., Waltham, MA
2002-2003	TEM/PCM Analyst – EMSL Analytical, Inc., New York, NY
2001-2002	Permanent Substitute Teacher – Medford High School, Medford, MA
1999-2001	Senior Software Quality Assurance Engineer – Virtual Ink Corp., Boston, MA
1998-1999	Deck Hand – Netanya V (Motor Yacht) 145’, Nassau, Bahamas

Staff Education

Ph.D., Geology	University of Maryland, College Park, MD	2007-2011
Thesis Title: Metals in arc magmas: the role of Cu-rich sulfide phases
M.S., Geology	University of Maryland, College Park, MD	2005-2007
Thesis Title: Experimental study of the partitioning of Cu, Ag, Au, Mo, and W among pyrrhotite and immiscible Fe-S-O and silicate melts
B.A., Geology	Hampshire College, Amherst, MA	1991-1996
Senior thesis title: Mafic stories in felsic rock: schlieren in the Toulomne intrusive series, Yosemite National Park

Michael Mengason (Fed)

Research Geologist

Publications