Brad Boyce

Education

• Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering
• University of California at Berkeley
• 2001

• M.S., Materials Science and Engineering
• University of California at Berkeley
• 1998

• B.S., Metallurgical Engineering
• Michigan Technological University
• 1996

Positions

• 2017 - Present | CINT Scientist
• 2014 - Present | Distinguished Member of the Technical Staff, Sandia National Laboratories
• 2005 - 2014 | Principal Member of the Technical Staff, Sandia National Laboratories
• 2001 - 2005 | Senior Member of the Technical Staff, Sandia National Laboratories

Awards

• Finalist, Cahn Prize, 2015
• DOE NNSA Defense Programs Award of Excellence, ARMS Product Realization Team, 2015
• Sandia Employee Recognition Award for Predicting Performance Margins team (team lead), 2015
• Sandia Inventor Award, 2014
• Gordon Conference Discussion Leader (topic: thin film and small scale mechanical behavior), 2014
• Sandia Distinguished Mentorship Award, 2013
• Selected for participation in the Emerging Leaders Alliance Program, 2013
• Gordon Research Conference Invited Presentation (area: thin film and small scale mechanics), 2012
• Marcus A. Grossman Young Author Award, ASM, 2012
• Nominated and selected for National Academy of Engineers’ Frontiers of Engineering Symp., 2010
• Sandia’s LDRD Award of Excellence, 2010
• TMS Young Leader Award, 2008
• Metallurgical Transactions Excellent Review, 2001, 2010
• John and Fannie K. Hertz Foundation Fellowship, 1996-2001

Publications

• N.M. Heckman. S. Foiles, C.J. O’Brien, M. Chandross, C.M. Barr, N. Argibay, K. Hattar, P. Lu, D. Adams, B.L. Boyce, “New nanoscale toughening mechanisms mitigate embrittlement in binary nanocrystalline alloys”, Nanoscale, 2018.
• J.F. Curry, T.F. Babusaka, T.A. Furnish, P. Lu, D.P. Adams, A.B. Kustas, B.L. Nation, M.T. Dugger, M. Chandross, B.G. Clark, B.L. Boyce, C.A. Schuh, N. Argibay, “Achieving Ultra-Low Wear with Stable Nanocrystalline Metals”, Advanced Materials, 2018.
• P. Noell, J. Carroll, K. Hattar, B. Clark, B. Boyce, “Do voids nucleate at grain boundaries during ductile rupture?”, Acta Materialia, 2017.
• B.L. Boyce, B.C. Salzbrenner, J.M. Rodelas, A.M. Roach, L.P. Swiler, J.D. Madison, B.H. Jared, Y.-L. Shen, “Extreme-value statistics reveal rare failure-critical defects in additive manufacturing”, Advanced Engineering Materials, 2017.
• D.C. Bufford, D. Stauffer, W.M. Mook, S.A. Asif, B.L. Boyce, K. Hattar “High cycle fatigue in the transmission electron microscope”, Nano Letters, 2016.
• T.A. Furnish, B.L. Boyce, J.A. Sharon, C.J. O’Brien, B.G. Clark, C.L. Arrington, J.R. Pillars, “Fatigue stress concentration and notch sensitivity in nanocrystalline metals”, Journal of Materials Research, 2016.
• F.W. DelRio, R.F. Cook, B.L. Boyce, “Fracture strength of micro- and nano-scale silicon components” Applied Physics Reviews, 2015.
• H. Lim, J.D. Carroll, C.C. Battaile, T.E. Buchheit, B.L. Boyce, and C.R. Weinberger, “Grain-scale Experimental Validation of Crystal Plasticity Finite Element Simulations of Tantalum Oligocrystals,” Int. J. Plasticity, 60, p. 1-18, 2014.
• J.A. Sharon, K. Hattar, B.L. Boyce, L.N. Brewer, “Compressive properties of <110> Cu micro-pillars after self-ion irradiation”, Materials Research Letters, 2014.
• C.C Battaile, B.L. Boyce, C.R. Weinberger, S.V. Prasad, J.R. Michael, B.G. Clark, “The hardness and strength of metal tribofilms: an apparent contradiction between nanoindentation and pillar compression”, Acta Materialia, 60(4), p. 1712-1720, 2012.

Complete List of Publications