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Allison Beese is a Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering within the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences at Penn State University. Her research focuses on experimental and computational multiscale mechanics of materials, with particular emphasis on metallic materials used in additive manufacturing processes. She maintains an active research program investigating the connections between microstructure, macroscopic deformation, damage accumulation, and failure properties of materials.
Professor Beese's research interests span additive manufacturing, particularly laser powder bed fusion and directed energy deposition techniques, with focus on metallic materials including Ti-6Al-4V, stainless steel alloys, and functionally graded materials. Her work combines experimental methods with computational modeling to develop physically-based plasticity and fracture models that predict component performance. She investigates how processing parameters affect microstructure formation and mechanical properties, with applications in aerospace, automotive, and energy sectors.
Her recent publications (2024-2025) demonstrate a strong focus on additive manufacturing of metallic components, with particular attention to defect characterization, fracture modeling, and process-structure-property relationships. The research spans computational methods for materials modeling, experimental characterization of additively manufactured parts, and development of tools for process optimization in additive manufacturing.
Professor Beese serves as an Affiliate Researcher for the "Equitable Communities and the Built Environment" research theme at Penn State. Her work has been recognized through university and college-level awards, as indicated by news items about faculty honors in the Earth and Mineral Sciences college.
Her laboratory conducts research on additive manufacturing of metals, with specific projects including the "Additive Manufacturing of Elastocaloric Cooling Shape Memory Alloy: From Materials and Device Fabrication to System-Level Analysis for High-Performance Buildings." Her team develops experimental methods to elucidate material behavior and creates physically-based models to predict performance.
