PNNL

Kayte Denslow is a senior research scientist at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) in Richland, Washington. Denslow has an MS in chemistry from Washington State University and 23 years of experience developing and evaluating technology for ultrasonic non-destructive evaluation (NDE), ultrasonic fluid process monitoring, and high-power ultrasonic processing of fluids. She is a co-developer of commercialized and licensed acoustic technology for noninvasive container inspections and acoustically enhanced coal liquefaction.

Today, she leads a test and evaluation project at PNNL to verify and qualify new robotic ultrasonic NDE technology designed for the volumetric examination of buried nuclear waste tanks at the Hanford site. She is also the principal investigator on a project that is using machine learning, natural gas pipeline data, and existing corrosion rate models to develop a hybrid "data-driven/physics-based" model of pipeline degradation, which can be used to support estimates of remaining useful life and inform preventive maintenance decisions that reduce unforeseen natural gas pipeline incidents.

• Characterization
• Science
• Materials
• Materials Science
• Research
• R&D
• Spectroscopy

• Master of Science, Chemistry, Washington State University
• Bachelor of Science, Chemistry, Washington State University

2011

Diaz A. A., A. D. Cinson, S. L. Crawford, S. E. Cumblidge, S. R. Doctor, K. M. Denslow, S. Ahmed, and M. T. Anderson. 2011. An Assessment of Ultrasonic Techniques for Far-Side Examinations of Austenitic Stainless Steel Piping Welds. U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, PNNL-19353. Washington, D.C.

2010

Bontha, J. R., K .M. Denslow, H. E. Adkins, J. J. Jenks, C. A. Burns, P. P. Schonewill, G. P. Morgen, and M. S. Greenwood. 2010. “Evaluation of Three Ultrasonic Instruments for Critical Velocity Determination during Hanford Tank Waste Transfer Operations.” Waste Management Symposia, Waste Management Conference, Phoenix, AZ.

2007

Anderson, M. T., S. L. Crawford, S. E. Cumblidge, K. M. Denslow, A. A. Diaz, and S. R. Doctor. 2007. Assessment of Crack Detection in Heavy-Walled Cast Stainless Steel Piping Welds Using Advanced Low-Frequency Ultrasonic Methods. U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission NUREG/CR-6933, PNNL-16292. Washington, D.C.

2006

Disselkamp, R. S., K. M. Denslow, T. R. Hart, and C. H. Peden. 2006. "Non-equilibrium Effects in the Hydrogenation-mediated Isomerization Mechanism of Olefins during Cavitating Ultrasound Processing." Catalysis Communications 7 (6): 348–350.

2005

Disselkamp, R. S., K. M. Denslow, T. R. Hart, J. F. White, and C. H. Peden. 2005. "The Effect of Cavitating Ultrasound on the Aqueous Phase Hydrogenation of Cis-2-buten-1-ol and Cis-2-penten-1-ol on Pd-black." Applied Catalysis A: General 288 (1–2): 62–66.

2003

Bond, L. J., M. D. Flake, B. J. Tucker, K. M. Judd, G. J. Posakony, and M. Boukhny. 2003. "Physics of Phacoemulsification." World Conference on Ultrasound, World Congress on Ultrasound, Paris, France.

2003

Disselkamp, R. S., K. M. Judd, T. R. Hart, C. H. Peden, G. J. Posakony, and L. J. Bond. 2003. "A Comparison between Conventional and Ultrasound-Mediated Heterogeneous Catalysis: Hydrogenation of 3-buten-1-ol Aqueous Solutions." Journal of Catalysis 221 (2): 347–353.*