Sarah June Watzman

Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
August 2018 - present
Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering
University of Cincinnati
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PhD: The Ohio State University Columbus, OH, 2018 (Mechanical Engineering)

MS: The Ohio State University Columbus, OH, 2016 (Mechanical Engineering)

BS: The Ohio State University Columbus, OH, 2013 (Mechanical Engineering)

• thermoelectric transport
• thermomagnetic transport
• thermal energy conversion
• topological materials
• materials/devices for energy conversion

09-2010 -06-2012 Teaching Assistant, Worked in the Fundamentals of Engineering for Honors Program, aiding first-year students with in-class assignments and weekly laboratory experiments. Graded daily assignments and lab reports, facilitated comprehensive review sessions prior to exams, and contributed to curriculum development plans., The Ohio State University,

06-2011 -09-2011 Manufacturing Intern, Worked in the gas turbine manufacturing plant. Qualified a pipe pickling process and applied root cause analysis to a turbine test run., GE Energy, Greenville, South Carolina

07-2012 -06-2013 Energy Systems Intern, Prepared literature review for a dish-Stirling solar thermal energy generator proposal and analyzed cost of system. Edited controls code for and oversaw test runs of fuel cell designed to run with JP8., Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, Ohio

08-2012 -05-2013 Undergraduate Research Assistant, Designed, built, and tested a customized solar thermoelectric generator as part of an undergraduate honors thesis in the Thermal Materials Laboratory., The Ohio State University,

08-2013 -05-2018 Graduate Research Fellow, Dissertation research in the Thermal Materials Laboratory characterizing coupled thermal, electrical, and magnetic transport in unconventional thermoelectric materials including ferromagnetic transition metals and topological Weyl semimetals., The Ohio State University,

04-2017 -09-2017 Visiting Researcher, Implemented a customized Nernst effect measurement system with a Physical Property Measurement System, training researchers to utilize the system and associated controls code. Characterized thermomagnetic transport in YbMnBi2 for Berry curvature effects., Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Dresden, Germany

08-2018 -To Present Associate Professor, Principal investigator of the Energy Conversion Materials Laboratory, studying coupled thermal, electrical, and magnetic transport in solid-state materials. Focusing on unconventional thermoelectric transport including effects of magnetism, Berry curvature, and geometry on thermal-to-electrical transport for waste-heat recovery and solid-state cooling applications., University of Cincinnati,

Grant: #R25077 Investigators:Watzman, Sarah 04-01-2019 -03-31-2020 UC Berry Curvature- Induced Nernst Effect in the Absence of Magnetic Field in the Time- Reversal Symmetry- Breaking Weyl Semimetal YbMnBi2 Role:PI $7,500.00 Completed Type:Grant

Grant: #R40205 Investigators:Sun, Yujie; Watzman, Sarah; Wu, Jingjie 07-01-2019 -12-31-2020 UC Magneto-electrocatalysis for renewable energy applications Role:PI $25,000.00 Active Type:Grant

Grant: #L25537 Investigators:Watzman, Sarah 08-01-2019 -07-31-2020 UC Spring Semester Research Launch Awards Role:PI $2,500.00 Completed

Grant: #DE-SC0020154 Investigators:Watzman, Sarah 09-01-2019 -08-31-2024 Department of Energy Weyl Semimetals for High-Thermopower Transverse Thermoelectric Transport Role:PI $750,000.00 Active Type:Grant

Grant: #CHE-2328176 Investigators:Angelopoulos, Anastasios; Sun, Yujie; Walla, Sarah; White, Ryan; Wu, Jingjie 01-01-2024 -12-31-2025 National Science Foundation MRI: Track 1 Acquisition of a high-performance X-ray photoelectron spectrometer for research and training (no cost share required per CHIPS And Science Act of 2022) Role:Collaborator 499997.00 Awarded Level:Federal

Grant: #CHE-2320116 Investigators:Angelopoulos, Anastasios; Sun, Yujie; Walla, Sarah; White, Ryan; Wu, Jingjie 09-01-2023 -08-31-2026 National Science Foundation MRI: Track 1 Acquisition of a high-performance X-ray photoelectron spectrometer for research and training (no cost share required per CHIPS And Science Act of 2022) Role:Collaborator 841753.00 Awarded Level:Federal

Grant: #DMR-2328826 Investigators:Jacquart, Melissa; Mikheev, Evgeny; Walla, Sarah 10-01-2023 -09-30-2026 National Science Foundation Collaborative Research: FuSe: Spin Gapless Semiconductors and Effective Spin Injection Design for Spin-Orbit Logic Role:PI 269769.00 Awarded Level:Federal

Grant: #EEC-2349580 Investigators:Bellur, Kishan; Payton, Eric; Reeping, David; Rowe, Annette; Steiner, Matthew; Sun, Ying; Watzman, Sarah; Webb, Amanda 04-01-2024 -03-31-2027 National Science Foundation REU Site: Research Experiences for American Leadership of Industry with Zero Emissions by 2050 (REALIZE-2050) Role:Collaborator 445485.00 Active Level:Federal

Peer Reviewed Publications

T. M. McCormick, S. J. Watzman, J. P. Heremans, N. Trivedi (2018. ) Fermi arc mediated entropy transport in topological semimetals.Physical Review B, , 97 ,195152 More Information

S. J. Watzman, T. M. McCormick, C. Shekhar, S.-C. Wu, Y. Sun, A. Prakash, C. Felser, N. Trivedi, J. P. Heremans (2018. ) Dirac dispersion generates unusually large Nernst effect in Weyl semimetals.Physical Review B, , 97 (16 ) ,161404 More Information

C. Fu, S. N. Guin, S. J. Watzman, G. Li, E. Liu, N. Kumar, V. Süß, W. Schnelle, G. Auffermann, C. Shekhar, Y. Sun, J. Gooth, C. Felser (2018. ) Large Nernst power factor over a broad temperature range in polycrystalline Weyl semimetal NbP.Energy & Environmental Science, , 11 ,2813 More Information

K. Vandaele, S. J. Watzman, B. Flebus, A. Prakash, Y. Zheng, S. R. Boona, J. P. Heremans (2017. ) Thermal spin transport and energy conversion.Materials Today Physics, , 1 ,39 More Information

U. Stockert, R. D. dos Reis, M. O. Ajeesh, S. J. Watzman, M. Schmidt, C. Shekhar, J. P. Heremans, C. Felser, M. Baenitz, M. Nicklas (2017. ) Thermopower and thermal conductivity in the Weyl semimetal NbP.Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, , 29 (32 ) , More Information

S. J. Watzman, R. A. Duine, Y. Tserkovnyak, S. R. Boona, H. Jin, A. Prakash, Y. Zheng, J. P. Heremans (2016. ) Magnon-drag thermopower and Nernst coefficient in Fe, Co, and Ni.Physical Review B, , 94 (14 ) ,144407 More Information

S. R. Boona, S. J. Watzman, J. P. Heremans (2016. ) Research update: utilizing magnetization dynamics in solid-state thermal energy conversion.Applied Physics Letters Materials, , 4 (10 ) ,104502 More Information

S. Guin, K. Manna, J. Noky, S. Watzman, C. Fu, N. Kumar, W. Schnelle, C. Shekhar, Y. Sun, J. Gooth, C. Felser (2019. ) Anomalous Nernst effect beyond the magnetization scaling relation in the ferromagnetic Heusler compo.NPG Asia Materials, , 11 (1 ) , More Information

N. Kumar, Y. Sun, M. Nicklas, S. J. Watzman, O. Young, I. Leermakers, J. Hornung, J. Klotz, J. Gooth, K. Manna, V. Süß, S. N. Guin, T. Förster, M. Schmidt, L. Muechler, B. Yan, P. Werner, W. Schnelle, U. Zeitler, J. Wosnitza, S. S. P. Parkin, C. Felser, C. Shekhar (2019. ) Extremely high conductivity observed in the triple point topological metal MoP.Nature Communications, , 10 (1 ) , More Information

S. N. Guin, P. Vir, Y. Zhang, N. Kumar, S. J. Watzman, C. Fu, E. Liu, K. Manna, W. Schnelle, J. Gooth, C. Shekhar, Y. Sun, C. Felser (2019. ) Zero-Field Nernst Effect in a Ferromagnetic Kagome-Lattice Weyl-Semimetal Co3.Advanced Materials, , 31 (25 ) , More Information

A. Sola, V. Basso, M. Kuepferling, M. Pasquale, D. C. Ne Meier, G. Reiss, T. Kuschel, T. Kikkawa, K. I. Uchida, E. Saitoh, H. Jin, S. J. Watzman, S. Boona, J. Heremans, M. B. Jungfleisch, W. Zhang, J. E. Pearson, A. Hoffmann, H. W. Schumacher (2018. ) Spincaloritronic Measurements: A Round Robin Comparison of the Longitudinal Spin Seebeck Effect.IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, , 68 (6 ) ,1765-1773 More Information

C. Fu, S. N. Guin, T. Scaffidi, Y. Sun, R. Saha, S. J. Watzman, A. K. Srivastava, G. Li, W. Schnelle, S. S. P. Parkin, C. Felser, J. Gooth (2020. ) Largely suppressed magneto-thermal conductivity and enhanced magneto-thermoelectric properties in PtSn4.Research, , 2020 ,4643507 More Information

S. J. Watzman, R. A. Duine, Y. Tserkovnyak, S. R. Boona, H. Jin, A. Prakash, Y. Zheng, J. P. Heremans (2016. ) Magnon-drag thermopower and Nernst coefficient in Fe, Co, and Ni.Physical Review B, , 94 (14 ) , More Information

S. R. Boona, S. J. Watzman, J. P. Heremans (2016. ) Research Update: Utilizing magnetization dynamics in solid-state thermal energy conversion.APL Materials, , 4 (10 ) , More Information

J. P. Heremans, H. Jin, Y. Zheng, S. J. Watzman, A. Prakash (2016. ) BiSb and spin-related thermoelectric phenomena.Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, , 9821 , More Information

A. Saini, S. J. Watzman, J.-H. Bahk (2021. ) Cost-performance trade-off in thermoelectric air conditioning system with graded and constant material properties.Energy and Buildings, , 240 ,110931 More Information

Other Publications

J. P. Heremans, H. Jin, Y. Zheng, S. J. Watzman, A. Prakash (2016. ) BiSb and spin-related thermoelectric phenomena .SPIE Tri-Technology Device Refrigeration, 9821 ,982101

Invited Presentations

S. J. Watzman (10-26-2017. ) Magnon Drag as a Pathway to High-Efficiency Thermoelectric Metals .Society of Women Engineers Annual Conference, Graduate Rapid Fire Research Competition, Austin, Texas.

S. J. Watzman (07-2016. ) Thermoelectrics Research in the Thermal Materials Laboratory .International Thermoelectrics Summer School, Golden, Colorado.

Colloquium

S. J. Watzman (09-20-2018). Thermomagnetic Transport in Topological Weyl Semimetals . University of Cincinnati Department of Physics Fenichel Colloquium, Cincinnati, OH.

S. J. Watzman (10-11-2017). Berry Curvature-Induced Huge Anomalous Nernst Effect in the Absence of Magnetic Field in the Time-Reversal Symmetry-Breaking Weyl Semimetal YbMnBi2 . University of Dayton Academic Research Colloquium, Dayton, Ohio.

S. J. Watzman (01-20-2017). Magnon-Drag as a Pathway to High-Efficiency Thermoelectric Metals . University of Cincinnati Mechanical Engineering Graduate Seminar, Cincinnati, OH.

S. J. Watzman (11-27-2018). Thermomagnetic Transport in Topological Weyl Semimetals . Raytheon BBN Technologies Lecture Series, Boston, MA.

S. J. Watzman (12-07-2018). Thermomagnetic Transport in Topological Weyl Semimetals . University of Cincinnati Materials Science Graduate Seminar, Cincinnati, OH.

S. J. Watzman (09-18-2019). Thermomagnetic Transport in Topological Weyl Semimetals . University of Kentucky Chemical and Materials Engineering Seminar Series, Lexington, KY.

S. J. Watzman (01-24-2020). Thermomagnetic Transport in Topological Weyl Semimetals . University of Virginia Electrical and Computer Engineering Seminar Series, Charlottesville, VA.

S. J. Watzman (09-17-2020). Thermomagnetic Transport in Topological Weyl Semimetals . Marquette University Mechanical Engineering Graduate Seminar Series, Milwaukee, WI.

08-2013 -05-2018 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship

10-2017 2nd Place Graduate Rapid Fire Research Competition Society of Women Engineers

10-2017 Outstanding Collegiate Member Society of Women Engineers

08-2013 -05-2017 Graduate Fellowship The Ohio State University

08-2016 -12-2016 FAST (Future Academic Scholar Training) Fellowship Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, The Ohio State University

05-2016 Best Student Poster The Ohio State University Materials Week

04-2013 Rob Wolf Oustanding Senior Award Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, The Ohio State University

04-2013 Oustanding Undergraduate Research Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineeirng, The Ohio State University

04-2013 3rd Place in Engineering Denman Undergraduate Research Forum, The Ohio State University

02-2013 Oustanding Performance Award Battelle Memorial Institute

02-2011 Leadership Award Women in Engineering Program, The Ohio State University

Society of Women Engineers Board Member 07-2016 -06-2017

Society of Women Engineers (Senate ) 07-2017 -06-2018

10-2009 -To Present: Member Society of Women Engineers,

11-2013 -To Present: Member American Physical Society,

06-2014 -To Present: Member Materials Research Society,

01-2016 -01-2017: Member American Society for Engineering Education,

07-2014 -07-2015: Member International Thermoelectric Society,

2017 -To Present: Reviewer Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter,

2018 -To Present: Reviewer ASME Journal of Heat Transfer,

16157522 11011692 Thermoelectric device utilizing non-zero berry curvature J. P. Heremans, S. J. Watzman, N. Trivedi, T. M. McCormick, C. Felser, Awarded 05-18-2021

Academic - ERC 646
Phone: 513-556-2960
watzmasj@ucmail.uc.edu