Cody A. Dennett

Cody A. Dennett

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Sr. Director, Technology Development @ Commonwealth Fusion Systems
United States

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  • Commonwealth Fusion Systems
    Senior Director, Technology Development
    Commonwealth Fusion Systems
    Jun 2026 - Current (5 months)
    Leading teams maturing critical technologies for fusion power plants:
    + High temperature superconductors
    + Materials and processing
    + Fuel cycle and blanket technologies
    + Fusion remote maintenance
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Visiting Scientist
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Mar 2022 - Current (4 years 8 months)
    Plasma Science and Fusion Center
  • Commonwealth Fusion Systems
    Director, Technology Development
    Commonwealth Fusion Systems
    Feb 2026 - Jun 2026 (5 months)
  • Commonwealth Fusion Systems
    Director, Materials and Processing
    Commonwealth Fusion Systems
    May 2024 - Jul 2026 (2 years 3 months)
    Leading the Materials and Processing Department to help select, procure, validate, and design the materials and processes required for fusion energy.
    + Core Materials and Processes Engineering (metals & alloys, welding & joining, ceramics & coatings, polymers & composites, non-destructive evaluation)
    + Materials Test and Characterization
    + Materials Technology Programs (fusion materials R&D, high temperature superconductor R&D)
  • Commonwealth Fusion Systems
    Head of Materials
    Commonwealth Fusion Systems
    Jun 2023 - May 2024 (1 year)
    Materials Engineering and Fusion Materials Research Programs
  • Commonwealth Fusion Systems
    Fusion Materials Lead
    Commonwealth Fusion Systems
    Mar 2022 - Jun 2023 (1 year 4 months)
    Research and Development
  • Idaho National Laboratory
    Materials Scientist
    Idaho National Laboratory
    Jun 2021 - Mar 2022 (10 months)
    Condensed Matter and Materials Physics Group
  • Idaho National Laboratory
    Russell L. Heath Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellow
    Idaho National Laboratory
    Sep 2019 - Jun 2021 (1 year 10 months)
    Condensed Matter and Materials Physics Group
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Research Affiliate
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Jun 2019 - Mar 2022 (2 years 10 months)
    Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    School of Engineering Communication Fellow
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    May 2015 - Jun 2019 (4 years 2 months)
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Doctoral Candidate
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Jun 2014 - May 2019 (5 years)
    Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering
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  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Master of Science - MS, Materials Science and Engineering
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Jan 2016 - Jan 2017 (1 year 1 month)
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Nuclear Materials Science
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Jan 2014 - Jan 2019 (5 years 1 month)
  • Cornell University
    Bachelor of Science - BS, Applied and Engineering Physics
    Cornell University
    Jan 2010 - Jan 2014 (4 years 1 month)
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  • Sep
    Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration Stewardship Science Graduate Fellow
    Sep
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    Department of Energy Office of Nuclear Energy Innovation in Nuclear Technology R&D Award
    OCT
  • Sep
    Russell L. Heath Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellowship
    Sep
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    National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow
    Jun
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  • J
    Applications of transient grating spectroscopy to radiation materials science
    Journal of the Minerals Metals and Materials Society Jun
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    An integrated experimental and computational investigation of defect and microstructural effects on thermal transport in
    Acta Materialia Apr
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    Thermal diffusivity determination using heterodyne phase insensitive transient grating spectroscopy
    Journal of Applied Physics Jun
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    The dynamic evolution of swelling in nickel concentrated solid solution alloys through in situ property monitoring
    Appl Mater Today Nov
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    The influence of lattice defects, recombination, and clustering on thermal transport in single crystal thorium dioxide
    APL Materials Nov
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    Thermal energy transport in oxide nuclear fuels
    Chemical Reviews Dec
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    Thermal conductivity reduction in (Zr0.25Ta0.25Nb0.25Ti0.25)C high entropy carbide from extrinsic lattice defects
    Materials Research Letters May
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    Listening to radiation damage in situ: passive and active acoustic techniques
    JOM Nov
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    Detecting self-ion irradiation-induced void swelling in pure copper using transient grating spectroscopy
    Acta Materialia Dec
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    Towards quantitative inference of nanoscale defects in irradiated metals and alloys
    Frontiers in Materials May
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    Bridging the gap to mesoscale radiation materials science with transient grating spectroscopy
    Physical Review B Dec
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    Real-time thermomechanical property moniroting during ion beam irradiation using in situ transient grating spectroscopy
    Nucl Instrum Meth Phys Res B Jan
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    Towards actinide heterostructure synthesis and science
    Nature Communications Apr
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    Time-resolved, dual heterodyne phase collection transient grating spectroscopy
    Applied Physics Letters May
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