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Jake Benzing (Fed)
Materials Research Engineer
- Passionate materials scientist with a diverse skill set and extensive research experience focused on advanced structural and high-performance materials used in automotive, aerospace, biomedical device, and energy storage applications.
- Comprehensive hands-on knowledge of multiple advanced characterization techniques bridging macro- and micro-scale mechanical properties to nano-scale crystal structure.
- Expert project management skills demonstrated through broad collaborations involving standards development, alloy design, heat treatment development, high strain rate and low temperature experiments, plus electron microscopy-based characterization of key transformation and deformation mechanisms toward improving fuel economy of next-generation automotive steels and structural reliability of additively manufactured metals.
- Postdoc Advisor for the Additive Manufacturing Fatigue and Fracture Project
- Google Scholar
Awards
2023 ASTM Center of Excellence Award for Outstanding Young Professional in Additive Manufacturing
2023 U.S. Department of Commerce Bronze Medal
2023 AAMI award for Outstanding Technical Committee
2023 MML Early-Career Accolade at NIST
2021 Editor's Pick awarded by AIP Advances
2021 Outstanding reviewer for Acta Materialia and Scripta Materialia
2020 MML Postdoctoral Fellow Accolade at NIST
2018 National Research Council Postdoctoral Fellowship
2017 Max Planck Institute Promotion of Young Scientists Scholarship
2015 1st place poster award, Microscopy & Microanalysis Conference
2014 1st place poster award, OSU Denman Undergraduate Research Forum
2013 National Science Foundation Undergraduate Research Fellowship
2011 The OSU Materials Science and Engineering Lee, Brush, and Glunz Scholarships
2009 The Ohio State University (OSU) Provost Scholarship