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{\LARGE \textbf{Brandon Bocklund}}

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(925) 960-5631\ \ \textbullet
\ \ \href{mailto:bocklund1@llnl.gov}{bocklund1@llnl.gov}
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\hrule
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\subsection*{Research Experience}

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    {\textbf{Materials Science Division, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory}}
    {\textbf{Livermore, CA}}
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    {\emph{Postdoctoral Researcher (Supervisor: Aurélien Perron)}}
    {\emph{2021 – Present}}
  \begin{itemize*}
  	\item Modeling phase transformations through atomistic, mesoscale, and machine learning techniques
    \item Led development of Materials Acceleration Platform (MAP) used by several LLNL projects
    \item Contributed to three successful LDRD proposals (23-ERD-005, 23-ERD-034, and 24-FS-030) and two externally funded proposals (FY24-26 NA-22 and FY24 Critical Materials Institute)
    \item Team member for TAOS (The Alloy Optimization Software), an LLNL commercialized product
    \item Selected to Cohort 5 of the Critical Materials Institute Leadership Academy (2024)
    \item MSD Seminar Organizing Team member (2022 – \emph{Present})
    \item Supervised a Materials and Chemistry Institute (MaCI) summer graduate student intern (A.M. Krajewski, 2022 and 2023)
    \item Completed ALE3D Introductory Course (2022)
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    {\textbf{Phases Research Lab, Pennsylvania State University}}
    {\textbf{University Park, PA}}
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    {\emph{NASA Space Technology Research Fellow (Advisor: Zi-Kui Liu)}}
    {\emph{2016 – 2021}}
  \begin{itemize*}
    \item Developed uncertainty quantification methods for CALPHAD modeling
    through development of pycalphad and ESPEI, open research and education
    software for computational thermodynamics
    \item Established ICME approaches for designing functionally graded, additively
    manufactured materials
    \item Designed methods for high-throughput first-principles DFT calculations
    for metals and alloys
    \item Co-organized and delivered two workshops on
      \href{https://workshop.materialsgenomefoundation.org}{"Software Tools from Atomistics to Phase Diagrams"}
      with over 140 total attendees (November 10-11, 2020 and December 8-9, 2020)
    \item Mentored undergraduate students in the Women In Science and Engineering
      Research (WISER) program
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    {\textbf{NASA Jet Propulsion Lab}}
    {\textbf{La Ca\~nada Flintridge, CA}}
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    {\emph{Graduate Research Intern (Mentors: Richard Otis, Peter Dillon)}}
    {\emph{05/2017 – 08/2017}}
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    \item Used computational thermodynamics to develop bulk metallic glass alloy composition specifications
    \item Developed a model for oxygen tolerance in bulk metallic glasses
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    {\textbf{Solid State Ionics Laboratory, Michigan State University}}
    {\textbf{East Lansing, MI}}
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    {\emph{Undergraduate Research Assistant (Advisor: Jason D. Nicholas)}}
    {\emph{2015 – 2016}}
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    \item Fabricated and improved the performance of solid oxide fuel cells
    \item Characterized fuel cells with EIS, XRD, and SEM
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    {\textbf{Composite Materials \& Structures Center, Michigan State University}}
    {\textbf{East Lansing, MI}}
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    {\emph{Undergraduate Research Assistant (Advisor: Lawrence T. Drzal)}}
    {\emph{2014 – 2015}}
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    \item Designed a graphene nanoplatlet-based capacitive deionization cell
    \item Characterized graphene nanoplatelet papers using scanning electron microscopy
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\subsection*{Teaching Experience}

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    {\textbf{Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Pennsylvania State University}}
    {\textbf{University Park, PA}}
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    {\emph{Teaching Assistant}}
    {\emph{2016 – Present}}
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        \item \emph{(Spring 2020)} MatSE 410: Phase Relations in Materials Systems
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        \item \emph{(Spring 2018)} MatSE 404/BME 444: Surfaces and the Biological Response to Materials
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        \item \emph{(Spring 2017)} MatSE 462: General Properties Laboratory in Materials
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    {\textbf{College of Engineering, Michigan State University}}
    {\textbf{East Lansing, MI}}
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    {\emph{Undergraduate Lab Mentor}}
    {\emph{2015 – 2016}}
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        \item \emph{(Spring 2016)} EGR 102: Introduction to Engineering Modeling
        \item \emph{(Fall 2015)} EGR 100: Introduction to Engineering Design
        \item \emph{(Fall 2015)} EGR 291: Spatial Visualization
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\subsection*{Education}

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    {\textbf{Pennsylvania State University}}
    {\textbf{University Park, PA}}
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    {\emph{Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering; Graduate Minor, Computational Materials}}
    {\emph{2016 – 2021}}
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    \item 3.74 GPA
    \item NASA Space Technology Research Fellow (2018 – Present)
    \item NSF Research Trainee in the CoMET Program (\href{http://dftcomet.psu.edu}{dftcomet.psu.edu}) (2016 – 2018)
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    {\textbf{Michigan State University}}
    {\textbf{East Lansing, MI}}
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    {\emph{B.S. Materials Science and Engineering}}
    {\emph{2012 – 2016}}
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    \item 3.56 GPA
    \item Dean's List, 5 semesters
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\subsection*{Awards and Honors}

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    {LLNL PLS FY24 Winter Directorate Award: Excellence in Publication}  {\emph{2024}}
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    {Robert E. Newnham Award for Research Excellence, Pennsylvania State University} {\emph{2020}}
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    {Larry Kaufman Scholarship, Calphad XLIX Conference} {\emph{2020}}
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    {Runner Up, NASA Software of the Year (SoY) award - \emph{pycalphad}} {\emph{2019}}
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    {Honorable Mention, National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program} {\emph{2018}}
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    {Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing - \emph{CALPHAD Journal}} {\emph{2017}}
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    {Travel Award for iMATSE Graduate Students, Pennsylvania State University} {\emph{2017}}
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    {Helen R. and Van H. Leichliter Graduate Fellowship, Pennsylvania State University} {\emph{2016}}
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    {College of Engineering Endowed Opportunity Fund scholarship, Michigan State University} {\emph{2015}}

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\subsection*{Publications}

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  \item [Software Developed:]
  pycalphad (\href{https://pycalphad.org}{pycalphad.org}),
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% Penn State scientists take second place in NASA software competition
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