M. Grace Burke

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M. Grace Burke
Alma mater University of Pittsburgh
Imperial College London
Scientific career
Institutions U.S. Steel Research Laboratory
Westinghouse Science & Technology Center
Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory
University of Manchester
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Mary Grace Burke is an American materials scientist who is an emeritus professor at the University of Manchester. She was awarded the 2020 International Metallographic Society Henry Clifton Sorby Award and is the President of the Royal Microscopical Society.

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Early life and education

Burke was raised in Pittsburgh. [1] She remained in Pittsburgh for undergraduate studies, during which she specialized in metallurgical engineering at the University of Pittsburgh. Burke attended Imperial College London, where she did her PhD research on stress corrosion cracking (SCC). Working under the supervision of P. R. Swann and F. J. Humphreys, Burke studied the mechanism of SCC of austenitic stainless steel. Burke was interested in the relationship between materials behavior and microstructure. [1]

Research and career

After earning her doctorate, Burke returned to the United States, where she worked at the U.S. Steel Research Laboratory in Monroeville, Pennsylvania. [1] She studied thermomechanical processing effects on microstructural evolution in steels, using analytical transmission electron microscopy. She also performed correlative TEM analyses in combination with atom probe field ion microscopy (APFIM).

Burke also studies irradiation embrittlement of the steels and alloys used in light water reactor systems. She joined the Westinghouse Science and Technology Center, where she studied a broad range materials and alloys for nuclear power systems. [2] She transferred to the Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory, where she studied how microstructure impacted the performance of materials. [1]

Burke joined the University of Manchester in England as a Professor of Materials Performance and Director of the Materials Performance Centre in 2011. [3]

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