Lyle E. Levine (Fed)

Current Research Interests:

• Additive Manufacturing of Metals:
  Elucidating the connection between processing, microstructure and behavior using a combination of best-in-the-world synchrotron X-ray measurements, neutron residual stress measurements, comprehensive lab-based measurements, FEA, multicomponent computational thermodynamic and microstructural evolution simulations, electrochemical studies, and mechanical testing.
• Origins of the mechanical properties of bulk and nanoscale metals:
  Dislocation structure evolution (statistical physics theory), stresses in dislocation structures (X-ray microbeam experiments, theory, modeling), slip band evolution (in situ atomic force microscopy), nanoindentation multiscale modeling (finite element and classical atomistic), nanowire deformation (classical atomistic and quantum simulations).
• Synchrotron X-ray scattering and diffraction:
  Ultra-small-angle X-ray scattering (USAXS) from dislocation structures (experiment and theory), co-developer of USAXS imaging which is available for general users at the Advanced Photon Source, spatially resolved full stress measurements using depth resolved sub-micrometer X-ray beams.

Activities Organized:

• Sim-AM Symposia (2023)
• MMM Conference and Symposium Organizer (2022)
• Founding member of Computational Materials for Qualification and Certification (CM4QC) (2020)
• Founded the Additive Manufacturing Benchmark Test Series (AM-Bench) (2016), Steering Committee Chair, co-Chair of 1st Organizing Committee
• Founded AM-Bench Series with Conference, Benchmark Measurements, Challenge Problems (2018, 2022)
• Founded the Dislocations Conference Series (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2019), permanent member of international organizing committee
• Plasticity Conference Symposia (2003, 2005)
• MRS Symposia (2001, 2003, 2004, 2006)
• TMS Symposia (2007)
• APS Focus Sessions (1997, 1998)
• Workshops and Short Courses (2 in 1998, 2 in 2006)

NIST Outputs:

• Papers: 156
• Invited talks: 162
• Books edited: 3
• Review chapters: 2
• Road maps: 2

Adjunct Professor Positions:

University of Southern California, Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering (2008 - present)

Northwestern University, Department of Mechanical Engineering (2017 - present)

NIST William P. Slichter Award (Highest NIST award for strengthening ties to US industry) – “For establishing the AM Bench Test Series to increase the reliability of simulations of additive manufacturing processes that are critical to industry”

TMS Nagy El-Kaddah Award (2020), for our paper “The Influence of Annealing Temperature and Time on the Formation of d-Phase in Additively-Manufactured Inconel 625,” Metall. Mater. Trans. 49A 3028-3037 (2018)

Commerce Department Bronze Medal (2019) – “For identifying improved post-processing heat treatments for additive manufacturing metal alloys, particularly for IN625 alloy.”

ASM International Henry Marion Howe Medal (2018) - For our paper "Formation of the Ni₃Nb δ-phase in stress-relieved Inconel 625 produced via laser powder-bed fusion additive manufacturing," Metall. Mater. Trans. 48A 5547-5558 (2017)  

Commerce Department Silver Medal (2016) - "For establishing innovative new instrumentation and software to measure microstructure and dynamics in materials over many length scales and under real-world conditions. Their achievement, illustrated through key application studies, provides a new window into materials’ behavior that fosters their deployment into energy, building, and other technologies. The tools, incorporated into a facility that leverages the powerful X-rays at Argonne National Laboratory, are now a sought after resource for industrial, government, and academic scientists nationwide."

NIST Allen V. Astin Measurement Science Award (2004) - "For advancements in the measurement of dynamic material properties, leading to the first ever stress-strain measurements at high strain-rate and heating-rate"