Gustavo Costa

WORK HISTORY

EDUCATION

ABOUT GUSTAVO COSTA

Performed research in collaboration with universities, companies and national laboratories: • Thermodynamic Genome of Environmental Barrier Coatings: project encompasses the measurement of the thermodynamic properties of rare earth silicates using high temperature calorimetry. • High Temperature Degradation of advanced thermal and environmental barrier coatings (TEBCs) of gas turbines by molten CaO-MgO-Al2O3-SiO2 (CMAS). • Venus in a Bottle: research is aimed to perform high fidelity simulations of Venus surface conditions with NASA\'s Glenn Extreme Environment Rig (GEER). • Thermodynamics of Exoplanets: project seeks to measure the thermodynamic properties of the silicates atmospheres produced by the vaporization of melted oxides on high-temperature, Earth-like exoplanets. • Thermodynamic of Silicates: project involves the measurement of the thermodynamic properties of rare earth silicate compounds which can be used as environmental barrier coatings of SiC-based ceramics and ceramic matrix composites. • Synthesis and Thermochemistry of Relaxor Ferroelectric Materials for Energy Storage: research project is aimed at enhancing energy storage methods based on electrode-electrolyte systems, leading to higher energy density and lower cost, by using nanostructured solid relaxor ferroelectric-based materials. • Energy Landscape of Carbon: project investigates the energetics of various carbon forms (carbon nanotubes, carbon onions etc) by using oxidation calorimetry and will define the thermodynamic stability field for these compounds. • Radioparagenesis: Robust Waste Form Design and Novels Materials Discovery: project involves the synthesis and measurement of the thermodynamic properties of waste form compounds, wadeite and hollandite, which may be used as hosts for radioactive nuclides, especially for the fission products cesium and strontium.