Ellen Cerreta

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Ellen Kathleen Cerreta
Alma mater Carnegie Mellon University (PhD) University of Virginia (B.S.)
Scientific career
Fields Materials science
Microstructure
Strength of materials
Institutions Los Alamos National Laboratory
Thesis Substructural Evolution of Creep Deformed Titanium Aluminides  (2001)
Doctoral advisor Tresa Pollock and Subhash Mahajan
Website www.lanl.gov/engage/organizations/physical-sciences/materials-science-technology

Ellen K. Cerreta is a materials scientist at Los Alamos National Laboratory, [1] working to provide materials science and technology solutions for national security missions. She is Fellow of ASM International. [2]

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Cerreta is internationally recognized for her research on the relationship between microstructure and dynamic materials properties.

Education

Cerreta received her B.S. degree in aerospace engineering from the University of Virginia in 1996. [3] [4]  She moved to Carnegie Mellon University for her M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in materials science and engineering in 1997 and 2001 respectively. [3] [4]  For her doctoral studies, she worked with Tresa Pollock and Subhash Mahajan on Substructural Evolution of Creep Deformed Titanium Aluminides. [5] She performed some of her graduate research as a visiting scientist in the Center for High Resolution Microscopy (CHREM) at Arizona State University.

Research and career

Cerreta joined Los Alamos National Laboratory in 2001 as a Postdoctoral Fellow and then Technical Staff Member in 2003 in the Structure/Properties Relations Group (MST-8). At Los Alamos as a Technical Staff Member and Scientist, she has led a number of projects to investigate dynamic materials performance and provide insight toward advanced predictive capabilities for strength and damage in extreme environments.  Cerrera's work has made major achievements on elucidating microstructural and substructural evolution mechanisms for dynamic mechanical properties and damage processes in metals. She has demonstrated sustained excellence and achievement in science related to materials science and engineering, both through her work in the open literature and through contribution to our national security. She has an H-index of 34. [6] She was the Deputy Group Leader for MST-8 from 2013 to 2015, Group Leader of MST-8 from 2015 to 2017, Deputy Division Leader for Explosive Science and Shock Physics (M-Division), and Division Leader for Materials Science and Technology (MST-Division) since 2019.  She has been an adjunct faculty member in The Institute of Shock Physics at Washington State University since 2012. She was a Trustee of ASM International from 2015 to 2018. [7] [8] She was an Associate Technical Editor of the Journal of Dynamic Behavior of Materials. [9]  She is the 2021-2022 President of the Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS), [10] [11] and she has been on the organization's board of directors as the Director for Membership Development and Structural Materials Division and a member of various committees since joining TMS in 1997.

Ellen Cerretaserves as the associate Laboratory director for Physical Sciences at Los Alamos National Laboratory (2022 - present). She is responsible for overseeing the development and application of a broad set of capabilities in materials science and experimental physics to programs and problems of national importance, including through the stewardship and advancement of the Los Alamos Neutron Science Center (LANSCE) and the Sigma Complex. In 2024 and 2025, Cerreta led teams conducting forefront research in areas spanning advanced polymers, low-enriched fuel fabrication, isotope production, prototype-fabrication, materials used in high-energy explosives, additive manufacturing/3D printing, components for pit production, and more. [12]

Awards and recognition

References

  1. ↑ Energy, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Operated by Los Alamos National Security, LLC, for the U. S. Department of. "Materials Science and Technology". www.lanl.gov. Archived from the original on 24 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ↑ MST e-News October 2016 https://permalink.lanl.gov/object/tr?what=info:lanl-repo/lareport/LA-UR-16-27708
  3. 1 2 "LANL: Ellen Cerreta Named President Of Minerals, Metals, & Materials Society". ladailypost.com. Retrieved 2021-04-27.
  4. 1 2 "Alumni US | University of Virginia (1996)". alumnius.net. Retrieved 2021-04-27.
  5. ↑ Cerreta, Ellen Kathleen (2001). Creep induced substructures in titanium aluminide (Thesis). ProQuest   250278821.
  6. ↑ "Ellen Cerreta". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2021-04-23.
  7. ↑ "ASM International Ellen Cerreta Trustee-Elect". Archived from the original on 2017-06-21.
  8. ↑ "ASM Elects New Officials". Fabricating and Metalworking. 2015-10-22. Retrieved 2021-04-23.
  9. ↑ Brown, E. N. (March 2018). "Celebrating 75 Years of the Society for Experimental Mechanics and the Study of Dynamic Behavior of Materials". Journal of Dynamic Behavior of Materials. 4 (1): 1–5. doi: 10.1007/s40870-018-0146-6 .
  10. ↑ Ellen, Cerreta. "2021 TMS President Ellen Cerreta: Aspiring Toward What Is Important". JOM: The Magazine. 73: 967–969.
  11. ↑ Reporter, Los Alamos (2021-04-21). "LANL's Ellen Cerreta Named President Of The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society". Los Alamos Reporter. Retrieved 2021-04-23.
  12. ↑ Editorial Staff, National Security Science Magazine (December 9, 2024). "Inside the Manufacturing Issue". Los Alamos National Laboratory.
  13. ↑ "TMS SMD Young Leaders Professional Development". Archived from the original on 2017-06-13.
  14. ↑ "TMS Young Leaders International Scholar - Japan Institute of Metals". Archived from the original on 2017-06-30.
  15. ↑ "TMS Brimacombe Medalist". Archived from the original on 2021-04-19.
  16. ↑ "2016 Fellows - ASM International". www.asminternational.org. Retrieved 2021-04-23.
  17. ↑ "TMS SMD Distinguished Service Award". Archived from the original on 2017-07-05.
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