Biography
Aaron Tallman joined the Department of Mechanical & Materials Engineering at Florida International University as an assistant professor in the Fall of 2021. Tallman was previously a postdoctoral researcher at Los Alamos National Laboratory in MST Division, group 8. Prof. Tallman’s expertise is in developing data-driven methods that leverage mesoscale computational modeling of metals.
Tallman has authored several peer-reviewed articles, in which he developed data-driven methods to address problems in engineering design, uncertainty quantification, and characterization. Tallman pursues research that applies computational modeling of materials to capture the response of engineering materials in extreme environments. He also has an interest in developing new methods of quantifying microstructure that consider the origins of uncertainty.
In his postdoctoral work, he has developed LaRomance, a suite of data-driven constitutive models of the primary and secondary creep of structural steels intended for use in high-temperature applications, a project recognized as an R&D 100 Finalist. Tallman directs the Integrated Modeling of Multiscale Materials Uncertainty lab at FIU (IM3U), which involves both Graduate and Undergraduate students in cutting-edge simulation and modeling research projects. The IM3U lab has received funding from the US DoE and the NRC.
Honors & Awards
- R&D 100 Finalist 2021
Education
- Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2018
- MS, Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2015
- BS, Materials Science and Engineering, Rice University, 2012
- BA, Visual and Dramatic Arts, Rice University, 2012