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Benjamin Beeler

Computational Scientist

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Benjamin Beeler is a computational scientist in the Computational Microstructure Science group in the Fuels Modeling and Simulation department at Idaho National Laboratory. His degrees are in nuclear engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology (B.S. 2008, M.S. 2011, Ph.D. 2013). He completed his postdoctoral appointment jointly at the University of California-Davis and the University of California-Berkeley. His professional interests are atomistic description and evolution of nuclear fuel and structural materials. He has extensive experience on interatomic potential development, particularly related to uranium and uranium-alloys. Since 2015, his primary focus within the MARMOT team is the investigation of metallic nuclear fuels utilizing density functional theory, molecular dynamics and phase-field methods.

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Education:

​Ph.D., Nuclear and Radiological Engineering - Georgia Institute of Technology

M.S., Nuclear and ZRadiological Engineering - Georgia Institute of Technology

B.S., Nuclear and Radiological Engineering - Georgia Institute of Technology

Affiliations:

​The Minerals, Metals and Minerals Society (TMS)

Materials Research Dociety (MRS)

American Nuclear Society (ANS)

Golden Key National Honor Society

Publications:

B. Beeler, M. Baskes, D. Andersson, M.W.D. Cooper, Y. Zhang, “A modified Embedded-Atom Method interatomic potential for uranium-silicide,” J. Nucl. Mater. 495 (2017) 267, DOI:10.1016/j.jnucmat.2017.08.025


B Beeler, M Asta, P Hosemann, N Gronbech-Jensen, “Effect of strain and temperature on the threshold displacement energy in body-centered cubic iron,” J. Nucl. Mater. 474 (2016) 113, DOI: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2016.03.017


A Moore, B. Beeler, C Deo, M Baskes, M Okuniewski, “Atomistic modeling of high temperature uranium-zirconium alloy structure and thermodynamics,” J. Nucl. Mater. 467 (2015) 802, DOI: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2015.10.016


B Beeler, M Asta, P Hosemann and N Grønbech-Jensen, “Effects of applied strain on radiation damage generation in body-centered cubic iron,” J. Nucl. Mater 459 (2015) 159


Y Miao, B Beeler, C Deo, M Baskes, M Okuniewski and J Stubbins, “Defect structures induced by high-energy displacement cascades in gamma uranium,” J. Nucl. Mater. 456 (2015) 1, DOI: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2014.09.016


E Hayward, B Beeler and C Deo, “Multiple hydrogen trapping at monovacancies” Phil. Mag. Lett. 92 (2012) 217, DOI: 10.1080/09500839.2012.657702


B Beeler, S Rashkeev, C Deo, M Baskes and M Okuniewksi, “First principles calculations of the structure and elastic constants of α, β and γ uranium,” J. Nucl. Mater. 433 (2013) 143, DOI: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2012.09.019


B Beeler, S Rashkeev, C Deo, M Baskes and M Okuniewksi, “Atomistic investigations of intrinsic and extrinsic point defects in bcc uranium,” ASTM STP 1547: Effects of Radiation on Nuclear Materials, 25th Volume (2012) 231, DOI: 10.1520/STP104141


B Beeler, C Deo, M Baskes, M Okuniewski, “Atomistic properties of gamma uranium,” J. Phys: Condens. Matter 24 (2012) 075401, DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/24/7/075401


B Beeler, B Good, S Rashkeev, C Deo, M Baskes and M Okuniewksi, “First-principles calculations of the stability and incorporation of helium, xenon and krypton in uranium,” J. Nucl. Mater. 425 (2012) 2, DOI: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2011.08.014


B Beeler, B Good, S Rashkeev, C Deo, M Baskes and M Okuniewksi, “First principles calculations for defects in U,” J. Phys: Condens. Matter 22 (2010) 505703, DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/22/50/505703

Presentations:

​Invited. April 2017. “Atomistic investigations of U3Si2 to inform fuel performance modeling” MRS, Phoenix, AZ, U.S.A.


March 2017. “Molecular dynamics investigation of interfaces in U3Si2” TMS, Phoenix, AZ, U.S.A.


April 2016. “A modified Embedded Atom Method interatomic potential for uranium-silicide” MRS, Phoenix, AZ, U.S.A.


March 2016. “A modified Embedded Atom Method interatomic potential for uranium-silicide” TMS, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.


November 2016. “Threshold displacement energy of alpha and gamma uranium” NuMat, Montpelier, France.
March 2015 “Investigation of bcc-Fe interfaces with B2 intermetallic alloys” TMS, Orlando, FL, U.S.A.


February 2014 “Effect of strain on damage generation in bcc Fe” TMS, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.


March 2013 “Molecular Dynamics Study of Voids and Bubbles in BCC Uranium” TMS, San Antonio, TX, U.S.A.
November 2012, “Calculation of the displacement energy in bcc U” MRS, Boston, MA, U.S.A.


October 2012. “Molecular Dynamics Study of Voids and Bubbles in BCC Uranium” NuMat, Osaka, Japan
September 2012. “Molecular Dynamics Study of Voids and Bubbles in BCC Uranium” SBPMat, Florianopolis, SC, Brazil. 


June 2012. “Calculations of the Displacement Energy in bcc U at 800K” ANS, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.


April 2012. “A Semi-Empirical Interatomic Potential for bcc U: Self-Diffusion Studies” and “Investigation of the Stability and Energies of Defect and Defect Clusters in bcc-U using Atomic Level Simulations” MRS. San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.


March 2012. “A Semi-Empirical Interatomic Potential for bcc U” and “Investigation of the Stability and Energies of Defect and Defect Clusters in bcc-U using Atomic Level Simulations”.  TMS.  Orlando, FL, U.S.A.


June 2011. “Atomistic investigations of intrinsic and extrinsic point defects in bcc uranium,” ASTM.  Anaheim, CA, U.S.A.


March 2011.  “Energetics of Fission Gases He, Xe, and Kr in Uranium,” ANS Student Conference.  Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.


February 2011. “Energetics of Fission Gases He, Xe, and Kr in Uranium,” TMS. San Diego, CA, U.S.A.


October 2010. “First Principles analysis of fission gases in bcc uranium and an evaluation of a MEAM potential for metallic uranium,” NuMat2010.  Karlsruhe, Germany.


February 2010. “Modeling of Phase Separation in Uranium-Zirconium Alloys via Monte Carlo Methods,” TMS. Seattle, WA. U.S.A.


October 2009. “Analysis of bulk properties and defect energetics in γ U,” MMSNF-8.  Albuquerque, NM, U.S.A.

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