Dr. Michael McMurtrey has been a materials scientist at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) since 2016. Throughout his tenure, he has led significant research initiatives, including high-temperature alloys testing under the Advanced Reactor Technologies (ART) Program and structural materials research under the Advanced Sensors and Instrumentation Program. He has also contributed extensively to the Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Technologies (AMMT) program.

Currently, Dr. McMurtrey serves as the High Temperature Alloys lead for the Gas Cooled Reactor Program within ART and the technical area lead for Technology Maturation within the AMMT Program. His research focuses on elevated temperature mechanical testing, including tensile, fatigue, creep, creep-fatigue, and crack growth rates, along with ASME code qualification, accelerated materials testing, and advanced manufacturing. He is a member of several ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code working groups, contributing to the development and enhancement of industry standards.

Prior to joining INL, Dr. McMurtrey was a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Virginia, studying the fatigue and stress corrosion crack growth behavior of aerospace materials. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan, focusing on irradiation-assisted stress corrosion cracking of austenitic steels. Dr. McMurtrey's extensive expertise and ongoing research continue to advance the field of materials science, particularly in high-temperature and structural materials for advanced nuclear reactors.

Advanced reactor structural alloys, Elevated temperature mechanical testing (fatigue, creep, creep-fatigue)