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2014 ANNUAL REPORT 15 Adding a Hysitron PI-95 picoindenter and new thermal-aging capabilities to her BSU laboratory this year will be a big help in one of her main research efforts looking at the role solid-solution strengthening plays in the mechanical strength of advanced ferritic-martensitic steels and oxide- strengthened dispersion steels. My real interest is in trying to improve steels says Janelle not just in irradiation environments but in general. Can we harness properties that are desirable for radiation tolerance and use them to develop better steels in nonirradiation environments I think its important to broaden our horizons and look at what people are developing for non-nuclear applications as well and how we can use those advances in the nuclear environment. One National Science Foundation project shes currently working on is a prime example of that theory. Were looking at titanium-dioxide TiO2 as a potential lithium-ion battery anode material explainsWharry.Irra- diation creates a high concentration of defects in a material which we believe will provide more space for lithium ions to intercalate. So if we can harness the power of irradiation to create vacancies in theTiO2 we may be able to improve the functionality and efficiency of batteries. Irradiation is always talked about as damage. I guess its the optimist in me but I dont believe it can be 100 percent bad.There has to be something useful for everyday life that can come from irradiating materials.