Principal Investigator
Allison M. Beese
Office: 327 Steidle Building, University Park, PA 16802
Email: beese@matse.psu.edu
Education
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Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, MIT
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M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, MIT
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B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University
Postdoctoral Researchers
Shipin Qin
Email: shipinqin@psu.edu
Education:
- Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering, Penn State, 2020
- M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, 2015
- B.S. in Engineering Mechanics, Beijing Institute of Technology, 2012
Research: Shipin’s research focuses on the structure-property relationship of metals. He performs mechanical tests at the micro and macroscale, as well as finite element representative volume element (FE-RVE) simulations in which the mechanics of the individual phases are described by either continuum methods or crystal plasticity methods.
Hometown: Shimen, Hunan province, China
Graduate Students
Lourdes Bobbio
Ph.D. student
Email: ldbobbio@psu.edu
Education:
- M.S. in Materials Science and Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, 2017
- B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering, MIT, 2015
Research: Lourdes conducts research focused on the design and characterization of additively manufactured functionally graded materials, with a focus on connecting the chemistry, microstructure, phase composition, and mechanical properties.
Hometown: Bethesda, MD
Cole Britt
Ph.D. student
Email: cab963@psu.edu
Education:
- B.S. in Materials Engineering, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 2018
Research: Cole studies how variations in processing and geometry impact microstructural changes in stainless steel lattice structures fabricated with powder bed fusion (PBF) additive manufacturing (AM) and how these microstructural changes affect mechanical properties.
Hometown: Albuquerque, NM
John O'Brien
M.S. Student
Email: jxo414@psu.edu
Education:
- B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, 2014
Research: John’s research focuses on using machine learning to understand links among in situ monitoring signals during additive manufacturing processing, microstructure, and resultant properties of the fabricated components.
Hometown: Glenside, PA
John Shimanek
Ph.D. Student
Email: jshimanek@psu.edu
Education:
- B.S. In Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2018
Research: John focuses on the intersection of first principles calculations with deformation and crystal plasticity finite element methods. The goal is to integrate computational and experimental methods across several length scales to produce highly predictive models based on fundamental material properties.
Hometown: Downers Grove, IL
Alexander Wilson-Heid
Ph.D. student
Email: axw66@psu.edu
Education:
- B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering, University of Florida, 2016
Research: Alex conducts research focused on the process-structure-property relationships of additively manufactured titanium and stainless steel alloys. His primary goal is to perform mechanical tests and characterization to develop plasticity and fracture models for additively manufactured metals that include microstructural features such as grain and defect morphologies.
Hometown: Yelm, WA
Visiting Scholars
Filippo Nalli
Email: filippo.nalli@natec.unibz.it
Institution: Free University of Bolzano, Italy.
Education:
- M.S. in mechanical engineering, Sapienza University of Rome, 2014
- B.S. in mechanical engineering, Sapienza University of Rome, 2011
Research: Filippo investigates the elastoplastic behavior of additively manufactured metal alloys, with the aim of predicting ductile failure. He performs multiaxial mechanical tests and numerical simulations to characterize the materials and modify and validate material models.
Hometown: Rome, Italy
Undergraduate Students
Alexander Caputo
Major: Materials Science and Engineering
Expected graduation: 2020
Hometown: Boyertown, PA
Promi Islam
Major: Materials Science and Engineering
Expected graduation: 2020
Hometown: Lansdale, PA
Bayli Grossi
Major: Materials Science and Engineering
Expected graduation: 2023
Hometown: Scranton, PA
Kelsey Jenkins
Major: Materials Science and Engineering
Expected graduation: 2021
Hometown: Pittsburgh, PA
Andrew Johnson
Major: Materials Science and Engineering
Expected graduation: 2020
Hometown: Coatesville, PA
Krystal Leung
Major: Computer Science
Expected graduation: 2023
Hometown: Hershey, PA
Yin Lu
Major: Materials Science and Engineering
Expected graduation: 2022
Hometown: Hainan, China
Haley Myer
Major: Materials Science and Engineering
Expected graduation: 2021
Hometown: Reading, PA
Alexis Miller
Major: Materials Science and Engineering, Astronomy and Astrophysics
Expected graduation: 2022
Hometown: Mechanicsburg, PA
Theresa Novak
Major: Materials Science and Engineering
Expected graduation: 2021
Hometown: Pittsburgh, PA
Taylor Rosen
Major: Science and Engineering (undecided)
Expected graduation: 2022
Hometown: Ambler, PA
Emily Rowan
Major: Materials Science and Engineering
Expected graduation: 2022
Hometown: Bethlehem, PA
Madeline Vailhe
Major: Materials Science and Engineering
Expected graduation: 2021
Hometown: Hillsborough, NJ
Justin Warner
Major: Materials Science and Engineering
Expected graduation: 2023
Hometown: Kennet Square, PA
Group Alumni
Shipin Qin
Degree: Ph.D.
Year: 2020
Thesis: Influence of microstructure on the multiaxial plasticity and fracture of dual phase steels: experiments and multiscale computational modeling
Zhuqing Wang
Degree: Ph.D.
Year: 2018
Thesis: Experimental characterization and modeling of multiaxial plasticity behavior of austenitic stainless steel 304L produced by additive manufacturing
Matthew Feurer
Degree: M.S.
Year: 2019
Thesis: Updated sublattice models of topologically close packed phases with a revised phase description of sigma phase
Tzu-Hsiang Huang
Degree: M.S.
Year: 2019
Thesis: Investigation and characterization of stainless steel/hydroxyapatite powder composites by binder manufacturing
Lourdes Bobbio
Degree: M.S.
Year: 2017
Thesis: Toward the Study of Additively Manufactured Functionally Graded Materials: Experimental Analysis of Microstructure, Phase Composition and Mechanical Properties
Nathan Kistler
Degree: M.S.
Year: 2016
Thesis: Toward the Repair of Components via Additive Manufacturing: Process-Structure-Property Relationships in Single Beads and Patches
Recent Undergraduate Alumni
Greta Miller
Major: Engineering