Irene Beyerlein
{{Short description|American materials scientist}}
{{Infobox scientist
| name = Irene Jane Beyerlein
| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1971}}
| workplaces = University of California, Santa Barbara
Los Alamos National Laboratory
| alma_mater = Cornell University
Clemson University
| thesis_title = Failure of fibrous composites: Elastic and time-dependent stress analyses, Monte Carlo simulation, and probability modeling.
| thesis_url = http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/841775899
| thesis_year = 1997
| website = [https://labs.me.ucsb.edu/beyerlein/irene/members/beyerlein Beyerlein Lab]
}}
Irene Jane Beyerlein (born November 1971) is an American materials scientist who is the Mehrabian Interdisciplinary Endowed Chair at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She is a Fellow of the Materials Research Society. Beyerlein was elected a member of the US National Academy of Engineering in 2024 for contributions to methodologies predicting the mechanics of complex engineering materials to improve their stability and strength.https://www.nae.edu/312445/Prof-Irene-J-Beyerlein
Early life and education
Beyerlein was born in Clemson, South Carolina. She completed undergraduate studies at Clemson University. After her junior year she realized that she was interested mathematics and materials, and decided to major in mechanical engineering.{{Cite web|title=An Interview with Irene Beyerlein {{!}} Energy Frontier Research Centers Community Website|url=https://www.energyfrontier.us/newsletter/201206/interview-irene-beyerlein|access-date=2021-09-08|website=www.energyfrontier.us}} She moved to Cornell University for graduate studies, where she studied fibrous composites.{{Cite book|last=Beyerlein|first=Irene J|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/841775899|title=Failure of fibrous composites: Elastic and time-dependent stress analyses, Monte Carlo simulation, and probability modeling.|date=1997|isbn=978-0-591-37200-7|language=English|oclc=841775899}} After earning her doctorate, Beyerlein joined the Los Alamos National Laboratory as a J. R. Oppenheimer Fellow.{{Cite web|title=Professor Irene Beyerlein - Editorial Board - Scripta Materialia - Journal - Elsevier|url=http://journals.elsevier.com/scripta-materialia/editorial-board/professor-irene-beyerlein|access-date=2021-09-08|website=journals.elsevier.com|language=en}} She spent three years as a research fellow before being appointed to the faculty at the LANL.
Research and career
Beyerlein worked as a theorist at Los Alamos National Laboratory for several years, where she was co-director of the Energy Frontiers Research Center.{{Cite web|date=2016-08-07|title=New Faculty Profile: Professor Irene J. Beyerlein|url=https://materials.ucsb.edu/news/new-faculty-profile-professor-irene-j-beyerlein|access-date=2021-09-08|website=materials.ucsb.edu|language=en}} In 2016, Beyerlein joined the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Beyerlein's research considers the design of materials that can withstand extreme conditions, including high stress, temperature and strain.{{Cite web|title=IMECE® {{!}} Track Plenary Speakers|url=https://event.asme.org/IMECE2019/Program/Track-Plenary-Speakers|access-date=2021-09-08|website=event.asme.org}} She has studied how plastic deformations propagate through materials and how strain localization can give rise to the initiation of slip bands. She is particularly interested in how lightweight materials that can improve fuel economy in aircraft.{{Cite web|date=2016-09-30|title=This Fall, Help Us Welcome Profs. Sam Daly and Irene Beyerlein|url=https://me.ucsb.edu/news/fall-help-us-welcome-profs-sam-daly-and-irene-beyerlein|access-date=2021-09-08|website=Mechanical Engineering - UC Santa Barbara|language=en}}{{Cite web|date=2016-03-24|title=Irene J. Beyerlein|url=https://materials.ucsb.edu/people/faculty/irene-j-beyerlein|access-date=2021-09-08|website=materials.ucsb.edu|language=en}}
Beyerlein is the editor of Scripta Materialia and on the editorial board of Acta Materialia.{{Cite web|title=Professor I. J. Beyerlein - Editorial Board - Acta Materialia - Journal - Elsevier|url=http://journals.elsevier.com/acta-materialia/editorial-board/professor-i-j-beyerlein|access-date=2021-09-08|website=journals.elsevier.com|language=en}} In 2019, Beyerlein was recognized as a Brimacombe Medalist by The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society for her "groundbreaking work on the plasticity of HCP metals and metal nanocomposites as well as for her commitment to mentorship of the next generation of materials scientists."{{Cite web|title=Brimacombe Medalist|url=https://www.tms.org/portal/Professional_Development/Honors___Awards/Brimacombe_Medalist_Award.aspx|access-date=2021-10-17|website=www.tms.org}}{{Cite web|date=2019-02-14|title=Professor Irene Beyerlein has been honored with two separate awards from The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS).|url=https://www.materials.ucsb.edu/news/professor-irene-beyerlein-has-been-honored-two-separate-awards-minerals-metals-materials|access-date=2021-10-17|website=www.materials.ucsb.edu|language=en}}
To date, Beyerlein has published over 500 academic manuscripts, and has been cited over 30,000 times, resulting in an h-index and i10-index of 93 and 390 respectively.{{Cite web|title=Irene J. Beyerlein|url=https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=XeJafbIAAAAJ&hl=en|access-date=2021-10-17|website=scholar.google.com}}
Awards and honors
- 2012 Los Alamos National Laboratory Fellows' Prize{{Cite web|last=Energy|first=Los Alamos National Laboratory, Operated by Los Alamos National Security, LLC, for the U. S. Department of|title=Fellows' Research Prize Winners|url=https://www.lanl.gov/collaboration/fellows/fellows-prize-for-research.php|access-date=2021-09-08|website=www.lanl.gov|language=en}}
- 2013 International Journal of Plasticity Young Research Award
- 2014 Distinguished Mentor Award{{Cite web|title=Winners of the Postdoctoral Distinguished Mentor Award|url=https://www.lanl.gov/careers/career-options/postdoctoral-research/_assets/docs/pdma-awards-summary.pdf}}
- 2016 NSF ADVANCE STEM Professor Fellowship
- 2018 The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society Distinguished Scientist/Engineering Award{{Cite web|title=MPMD Distinguished Scientist/Engineer Award|url=https://www.tms.org/portal/Professional_Development/Honors___Awards/MPMD_Distinguished_Scientist_Engineer_Award.aspx#:~:text=This%20award%20recognizes%20an%20individual,materials,%20with%20significant%20industrial%20applications.|access-date=2021-09-08|website=www.tms.org}}
- 2018 The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society Brimacombe Medalist{{Cite web|title=Brimacombe Medalist|url=https://www.tms.org/portal/Professional_Development/Honors___Awards/Brimacombe_Medalist_Award.aspx|access-date=2021-09-08|website=www.tms.org}}
- 2019 AIME Champion H. Mathewson Award
- 2021 Elected Fellow of the Materials Research Society{{Cite web|title=2021 MRS Fellows {{!}} MRS Awards|url=https://www.mrs.org/careers-advancement/awards/spring-awards/mrs-fellows/list-of-mrs-fellows/2021|access-date=2021-09-08|website=www.mrs.org}}
- 2021 LMD Magnesium Technology Award - Best Poster{{Cite web |title=Fellow Award |url=https://www.tms.org/portal/professional_development/honors___awards/fellow_award.aspx |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250101030000/https://www.tms.org/portal/Professional_Development/Honors___Awards/Fellow_Award.aspx |archive-date=2025-01-01 |access-date=2025-01-04 |website=www.tms.org |language=en}}
Selected publications
- {{Cite Q|Q57944798}}
- {{Cite journal|last1=Beyerlein|first1=I.J.|last2=Tomé|first2=C.N.|date=May 2008|title=A dislocation-based constitutive law for pure Zr including temperature effects|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijplas.2007.07.017|journal=International Journal of Plasticity|volume=24|issue=5|pages=867–895|doi=10.1016/j.ijplas.2007.07.017|issn=0749-6419|url-access=subscription}}
- {{Citation|last1=Beyerlein|first1=Irene J.|title=Texture Evolution in Equal-Channel Angular Extrusion|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9783527626892.ch18|work=Bulk Nanostructured Materials|pages=387–421|place=Weinheim, Germany|publisher=Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA|access-date=2021-09-08|last2=Tth|first2=Lszl S.|year=2009 |doi=10.1002/9783527626892.ch18 |isbn=9783527626892 |url-access=subscription}}
- Marcel Risse, Martin Lentz, Christoph Fahrenson, Walter Reimers, Marko Knezevic and Irene J. Beyerlein. Elevated Temperature Effects on the Plastic Anisotropy of an Extruded Mg-4 Wt Pct Li Alloy: Experiments and Polycrystal Modeling. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A volume 48, pages 446–458 (2017). doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s11661-016-3780-4
Personal life
Beyerlein is a road cyclist, and was named Los Alamos, New Mexico State Cycling Champion in 2005 and 2010.
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