M.L. Bowers

STEM-Based Characterization of Dislocations and Stacking Faults in Structural Materials

The national initiative on Integrated Computational Materials Engineering holds great promise for accelerating the insertion of new materials in high performance structural applications. Achieving this aim relies upon the fidelity of materials models and their ability to capture the connectivity between processing, microstructure and performance. Advancements in our ability to characterize deformation mechanisms at finer length-scales are providing new insights into the governing deformation mechanisms in several important structural materials are being developed