Nicholas Weadock is a graduate student in Materials Science at the California Institute of Technology interested in thermodynamics and kinetics of metal hydrides.  This work involves both Sievert’s type isotherm measurements and x-ray diffraction and neutron scattering experiments.  Nick is currently constructing an in situ XRD hydrogen environment chamber to observe the phase transitions that occur as hydrogen is absorbed and desorbed from a wide range of metal hydrides.