Sean Hearne

Sean Hearne
Sean Hearne, December 2023, Union Station, Washington DC
Alma mater
Known for
  • Materials science
  • Science leadership
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics / Materials Science
Workplaces
ThesisStress creation and relaxation during thin film deposition (2000)
Ignatius Tsong

Sean Hearne is an American physicist, materials scientist and research executive, who is the president and CEO of the Southeastern Universities Research Association (SURA) and chairman of the SURATech board, the managing and operating company of Jefferson Laboratory [1]. His career has included scientific and management positions at Intel Corporation, Sandia National Laboratories and Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Hearne served as the 43rd president of the Materials Research Society [2]. He was elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 2020 [3] and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2024. [4]


Education

Hearne received his B.S. in Aviation Technology from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, and his M.S. and Ph.D. in Solid State Physics from Arizona State University.[5]

Career

Hearne spent 18 years as a scientist and manager at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where he rose to be the co-director of the Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies. In 2019, joined Oak Ridge National Laboratory as the director of first the Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences and then the director of the Materials Science and Technology Division (MSTD). In 2022, Hearne became the president and CEO of the Southeastern Universities Research Association (SURA).[6][7][8][9]

Hearne also sat on numerous boards and review committees, including Princeton University's External Advisory Council for the Princeton Materials Institute [10] and Georgia Tech's advisory board for SENIC,[11] a National Science Foundation user facility.

Research

Hearne’s research has included thin-film stress, electrodeposition, semiconductor materials, micro- and nanofabrication, III–V semiconductors and energy-storage technologies. His most frequently cited work concerns the development and relaxation of stress in polycrystalline thin films. [12]

He is a co-author of the 2002 Physical Review Letters article “Origin of Compressive Residual Stress in Polycrystalline Thin Films.” Hearne is also an inventor on United States patents related to materials science and semiconductor processing.[13]

Professional service and honors

Hearne served as president of the Materials Research Society and has participated in scientific advisory boards and review committees. These have included the Princeton Materials Institute External Advisory Council [14], the Georgia Tech Southeastern Nanotechnology Infrastructure Corridor Advisory Board [15], and advisory bodies associated with Arizona State University and the Singapore Economic Development Board.

In 2020, Hearne was elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society. In 2024, he was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science for contributions to leadership and mentoring in energy and nanoscience research and education.

Other Interests

Hearne's interests included amateur auto racing. He raced both Spec Miata with SCCA and vintage Formula Ford [16] and traveled around the US racing as part of the Daniel's Racing team, led by New Mexico Supreme Court Justice Charles W. Daniels.[17]

References

  1. ↑ "SURATech". newportnewsva.
  2. ↑ "Past MRS Presidents". Materials Research Society.
  3. ↑ "Hearne named American Physical Society fellow". The Oak Ridger. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
  4. ↑ "2024 AAAS Fellows". AAAS.
  5. ↑ "Energy Storage for the Electric Grid – MegaWatts from picoWatts" (PDF). cbe.unm.edu.
  6. ↑ "Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies (CINT)". U.S. Department of Energy. 29 April 2022. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
  7. ↑ "Hearne joins ORNL as director of the Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences". Oak Ridge National Laboratory. 8 February 2019. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
  8. ↑ "Materials Science and Technology Division". Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
  9. ↑ "Dr. Sean J. Hearne Named SURA President and Chief Executive Officer" (PDF). SURA. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
  10. ↑ "PMI External Advisory Council". Retrieved 31 March 2024.
  11. ↑ "SENIC Advisory Board". Retrieved 31 March 2024.
  12. ↑ "Sean Hearne". Google Scholar.
  13. ↑ Chason, E; Sheldon, BW; Freund, LB; Floro, JA; Hearne, SJ (29 March 2002). "Origin of compressive residual stress in polycrystalline thin films". Physical Review Letters. 88 (15) 156103. Bibcode:2002PhRvL..88o6103C. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.88.156103. PMID 11955209. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
  14. ↑ "PMI External Advisory Council". Retrieved 31 March 2024.
  15. ↑ "SENIC Advisory Board". Retrieved 31 March 2024.
  16. ↑ "CINT manager elected president of Materials Research Society". Retrieved 31 March 2024.
  17. ↑ "Racing Formula Fords in the SVRA's National Championships Is a Blast". Motortrend. 10 January 2019. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
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