Ulrich Lienert

Argonne National Laboratory
9700 S. Cass Ave
431/A007
Argonne, Il 60439

Phone: 630-252-0120

Fax: 630-252-5391

E-Mail: lienert@aps.anl.gov

Education:

• University of Manchester, England; Ph.D., 1995
  • thesis title "Scattering of high-energy x-rays", accomplished at the ESRF

Experience / Research Interests:

• 2001- present: Physicist, Experimental Facilities Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL
  • Involved in the expansion of the high energy materials science program at beamline 1-ID through user support and implementation of focusing optics.
  • Scientificly particularly interested in in-situ characterization of single grain behavior within bulk materials during thermo-mechanical processing.
• 1998-2000: Scientist at the ESRF Materials Science beamline, Grenoble, France.
  • Construction and commissioning of the extension station in collaboration with Risø National Lab, Denmark.
  • Particularly interested in spatially resolved stress/strain measurements.
• 1996-1998: Post Doc at the Materials Research Department, Risø National Laboratory, Denmark.
  • Feasibility experiments applying micro-focused high energy synchrotron radiation for the local structural characterization within bulk polycrystalline materials.
• 1994-1996: Post-Doc in the ESRF optics group, Grenoble, France.
  • Beamline scientist on the Optics Beamline assisting in R&D of a broad range of optical elements.
  • Development of high energy focusing optics.

Selected Publications:

1. Lienert U, Han T-S, Almer J, Dawson PR, Leffers T, Margulies L, Nielsen SF, Poulsen HF, Schmidt S., "Measuring the Effect of Grain Interaction during Plastic Deformation of Cu" , Acta Mater 52, 4461-7 (2004).
2. Pantleon W, Poulsen HF, Almer J, Lienert U. "In-situ X-ray peak shape analysis of embedded individual grains during plastic deformation of metals" , Mater Sci Eng A 387-389, 339-342 (2004).
3. Gnaeupel-Herold T, Prask HJ, Fields RJ, Foecke TJ, Shi MF, Lienert U. "A Synchrotron Study of Residual Stresses in a Al6022 Deep Drawn Cup" , Mater Sci Eng A 366, 104-13 (2004).
4. Almer J, Lienert U, Peng RL, Schlauer C, Odén M. "Strain and texture analysis of coatings using high-energy x-rays" , J Appl Phys 94, 697-702 (2003).
5. Hanan JC, Üstündag E, Beyerlein IJ, Geoffrey AS, Almer J, Lienert U, Haeffner DR. "Microscale damage evolution and stress redistribution in Ti-SiC fiber composites" , Acta Mater 51, 4239-50 (2003).