Publications

Complete List of Publications

Peer-Reviewed Publications

[72] E. J. Payton, E. B. Dursun, G. Eggeler, L. Agudo Jácome. "On the effect of creep on local lattice orientation in single crystal Ni-based superalloy microstructures." Advanced Engineering Materials in press (2026) p.e71119 doi:10.1002/adem.71119.

[71] S. Josyula, A. A. Oladipo, U. P. Ochieze, J. D. Maile, Y. Noiman, N. Simpson, E. J. Payton. "Computational Discovery of Medium-Entropy SMAs using CALPHAD, Machine Learning, and Economic Analysis." Journal of Phase Equilibria and Diffusion (2026) doi:10.1007/s11669-026-01250-6.

[70] D. M. Timberlake, E. J. Payton. "Effects of SEM Distortions on EBSD Grain Size Measurements." Metallography, Microstructure, and Analysis (2026) doi:10.1007/s13632-026-01317-3.

[69] N. Sultana, A. A. Amin, E. J. Payton, W. K. Kim. "Prediction of Raman signatures, electronic structure, and ion transport mechanisms in Nb₂C and Nb₂CO₂ MXenes for Li/Na-ion batteries: An Ab Initio study." Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids 209 (2026) p.113218 doi:10.1016/j.jpcs.2025.113218.

[68] S. Josyula, Y. Noiman, E. J. Payton, T. Giovannelli. "Comparison of derivative-free and gradient-based minimization for multi-objective compositional design of shape memory alloys." Computational Materials Science 261 (2026) p.114297 doi:10.1016/j.commatsci.2025.114297.

[67] W. Cao, F. Zhang, K. Kadirvel, S. Chen, E. J. Payton, M. E. Krug. "PanEvolution: Integrating CALPHAD, microstructure modeling, and finite element method." CALPHAD 90 (2025) p.102851 doi:10.1016/j.calphad.2025.102851.

[66] A. T. Oriola, J. D. Maile, A. Nguyen, H. Do, R. Kumar, E. J. Payton. "Screening of Refractory High-Entropy Alloy Solidification Behavior Through Laser Glazing." JOM 77 (2025) p.7247–7263 doi:10.1007/s11837-025-07620-8.

[65] U. P. Ochieze, N. Simpson, Z. Jestude, M. A. Steiner, E. J. Payton. "High-Temperature Oxidation and Thermal Expansion Behavior of NbTi–X (X = 5Co, 10Cr, 10Ni, 10CoCrNi) Refractory Medium Entropy Alloys." Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A 56 (2025) p.4436–4453 doi:10.1007/s11661-025-07911-4.

[64] A. T. Oriola, J. D. Maile, A. Nguyen, E. J. Payton. "Toward an index for predicting additive manufacturability of refractory high-entropy alloys." JOM 77 (2025) p.7222–7234 doi:10.1007/s11837-025-07552-3.

[63] J. D. Maile, A. T. Oriola, I. P. Giblin, A. Nguyen, E. J. Payton. "Assessment of hot cracking susceptibility through interdendritic feeding simulations." Integrating Materials and Manufacturing Innovation 14 (2025) p.212-226 doi:10.1007/s40192-025-00403-8.

[62] U. P. Ochieze, L. Sun, N. A. Simpson, S. Josyula, T. K. J. Kim, J. L. W. Carter, M. A. Steiner, E. J. Payton. "Microstructural, oxidation, and mechanical behavior of NbTi-based refractory alloys with 5 to 10 pct Co, Cr, and Ni additions." Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A 56 (4) (2025) p.1150-1170 doi:10.1007/s11661-025-07705-8.

[61] V. Sinha, M. Gonzales, E. J. Payton. "Microstructural Refinement in a Low Alloy High Strength Martensitic Steel." Metallography, Microstructure, and Analysis 14 (2) (2025) p.404-421 doi:10.1007/s13632-024-01162-2.

[60] K. S. Evans, D. M. Timberlake, P. Tyagi, V. M. Miller, E. J. Payton. "On the sources of discrepancies between grain size measurements." Metallography, Microstructure, and Analysis 13 (5) (2024) p.966-982 doi:10.1007/s13632-024-01124-8.

[59] E. J. Payton, Y. A. Coutinho, A. R. C. Gerlt, J. P. Simmons, M. Gonzales, S. L. Semiatin. "Isotropic growth on Cartesian voxel grids with von Neumann neighborhoods for rapid generation of synthetic microstructures." Metallography, Microstructure, and Analysis 13 (5) (2024) p.954-965 doi:10.1007/s13632-024-01121-x.

[58] Y. Lee, E. Hershkovitz, H. Kim, K. N. Wertz, E. J. Payton, V. M. Miller. "Prevalence of heteroepitaxial recrystallization in the low solvus high refractory (LSHR) $\gamma$-$\gamma^\prime$ superalloy." Metallography, Microstructure, and Analysis 13 (1) (2024) p.114-129 doi:10.1007/s13632-023-01036-z.

[57] G. H. Balbus, S. I. Rao, O. N. Senkov, E. J. Payton. "Orientation dependent plasticity of the refractory multi-principal element alloy MoNbTi investigated via micropillar compression." Acta Materialia 262 (2024) p.119401 doi:10.1016/j.actamat.2023.119401.

[56] O. N. Senkov, T. I. Daboiku, W. C. Voellmecke, E. J. Payton, S. J. M. Kuhr, T. M. Butler. "Influence of eutectoid structures on the mechanical properties and oxidation behavior of Hf-27%Ta and Hf-42%Ta alloys." International Journal of Refractory Metals and Hard Materials 118 (2024) p.106462 doi:10.1016/j.ijrmhm.2023.106462.

[55] O. N. Senkov, S. I. Rao, G. H. Balbus, R. Wheeler, E. J. Payton. "Microstructure and deformation behavior of MoReW in the temperature range from 25°C to 1500°C." Materialia 27 (2023) p.101688 doi:10.1016/j.mtla.2023.101688.

[54] P. Thome, M. Schneider, V. A. Yardley, E. J. Payton, G. Eggeler. "Local maxima in martensite start temperatures in the transition region between lath and plate martensite in Fe-Ni alloys." Materials 16 (4) (2023) p.1549 doi:10.3390/ma16041549.

[53] J. R. James, M. Gonzales, A. R. C. Gerlt, E. J. Payton, R. John, R. Arroyave, D. L. Allaire. "Parameter range estimation and uncertainty analysis for high strain rate material response via model fusion." Journal of Applied Physics 132 (23) (2022) p.235101 doi:10.1063/5.0089809.

[52] O. N. Senkov, T. Daboiku, T. M. Butler, S. I. Rao, E. J. Payton. "Microstructure, compression properties, and oxidation behavior of Hf-25Ta-5Me alloys (Me is Mo, Nb, W, 0.5Mo + 0.5 W, Cr, or Zr)." International Journal of Refractory Metals and Hard Materials 109 (2022) p.105968 doi:10.1016/j.ijrmhm.2022.105968.

[51] S. L. Semiatin, N. C. Levkulich, E. J. Payton, A. L. Pilchak. "A Heat Treatment to Produce a Coarse-$\alpha$-Particle Size in Ti–6Al–4V." Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A 53 (11) (2022) p.3823-3826 doi:10.1007/s11661-022-06810-2.

[50] J. R. James, R. John, S. Jha, A. L. Pilchak, R. Arroyave, E. J. Payton. "Effect of Microtextured Region Stereology on Crack Growth Lifetime Predictions in Ti-6Al-4V." JOM 74 (10) (2022) p.3720-3732 doi:10.1007/s11837-022-05462-2.

[49] W. J. Choi, M. J. Kulak, C. Kim, E. J. Payton, C. Rudolf, W. Kang. "Electro-thermo-mechanical characterization of microscale Ti-6Al-4V wires using an innovative experimental method." Materials Characterization 188 (2022) p.111927 doi:10.1016/j.matchar.2022.111927.

[48] E. M. Hager, R. P. O’Hara, G. R. Cobb, P. J. Flater, E. J. Payton, V. Sinha, B. M. Doane, R. A. Kemnitz. "Development of high density parts in the low-alloy, high-performance steel AF9628 using laser powder bed fusion." Materials Science and Engineering: A 838 (2022) p.142656 doi:10.1016/j.msea.2022.142656.

[47] O. N. Senkov, T. I. Daboiku, T. M. Butler, A. Detor, E. J. Payton. "Effect of Mo on the microstructure and mechanical properties of (Hf_0.73Ta_0.27)_100-XMo_X (X = 0, 5, 16, 21 and 30 at.%) alloys." International Journal of Refractory Metals and Hard Materials 103 (2022) p.105737 doi:10.1016/j.ijrmhm.2021.105737.

[46] P. Thome, M. Schneider, V. A. Yardley, E. J. Payton, G. Eggeler. "Crystallographic Analysis of Plate and Lath Martensite in Fe-Ni Alloys." Crystals 12 (2) (2022) p.156 doi:10.3390/cryst12020156.

[45] T. I. Daboiku, S. J. Kuhr, J. M. Shank, E. J. Payton, C. F. Woodward. "Investigation of the High-Temperature Mechanical and Oxidation Properties of (Hf_0.73Ta_0.27)_100-XMo_X (X=5, 15, and 30 at. %) Alloys." Joint Army-Navy-NASA-Air Force (JANNAF) Journal of Propulsion and Energetics 13 (1) (2022) https://www.jannaf.org/jannaf-journal.

[44] M. Amiri, E. J. Payton. "An analytical model for prediction of denudation zone width in laser powder bed fusion additive manufacturing." Additive Manufacturing 48 (2021) p.102461 doi:10.1016/j.addma.2021.102461.

[43] O. N. Senkov, S. Gorsse, R. Wheeler, E. J. Payton, D. B. Miracle. "Effect of Re on the Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of NbTiZr and TaTiZr Equiatomic Alloys." Metals 11 (11) (2021) p.1819 doi:10.3390/met11111819.

[42] A. Brust, E. Payton, T. Hobbs, V. Sinha, V. Yardley, S. Niezgoda. "Probabilistic Reconstruction of Austenite Microstructure from Electron Backscatter Diffraction Observations of Martensite." Microscopy and Microanalysis 27 (5) (2021) p.1035-1055 doi:10.1017/s1431927621012484.

[41] O. Senkov, S. Kuhr, J. Shank, E. Payton, C. Woodward. "Microstructure and properties of an equiatomic TaTiZr alloy." Materials Science and Engineering: A 814 (2021) p.141168 doi:10.1016/j.msea.2021.141168.

[40] O. N. Senkov, T. I. Daboiku, T. M. Butler, M. S. Titus, N. R. Philips, E. J. Payton. "High-temperature mechanical properties and oxidation behavior of Hf-27Ta and Hf-21Ta-21X (X is Nb, Mo or W) alloys." International Journal of Refractory Metals and Hard Materials 96 (2021) p.105467 doi:10.1016/j.ijrmhm.2020.105467.

[39] N. C. Levkulich, S. L. Semiatin, E. J. Payton, S. Srivatsa, A. L. Pilchak. "An Investigation of the Development of Coarse Grains During $\beta$ Annealing of Hot-Forged Ti-6Al-4V." Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A 52 (4) (2021) p.1353-1367 doi:10.1007/s11661-021-06158-z.

[38] A. R. C. Gerlt, A. K. Criner, S. L. Semiatin, K. N. Wertz, E. J. Payton. "Non-linear Transfer Functions for Accurately Estimating 3D Particle Size, Distribution, and Expected Error from 2D Cross Sections of a Lognormal Distribution of Spherical Particles." Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A 52 (1) (2021) p.228-241 doi:10.1007/s11661-020-06072-w.

[37] Z. D. Brunson, A. L. Pilchak, S. Rao, E. J. Payton, A. P. Stebner. "An Expanded Martensite Variant Selection Theory Accounting for Transformation Rotations and Applied Stress Fields: Predictions of Variant Clusters in Titanium." JOM 72 (10) (2020) p.3594-3607 doi:10.1007/s11837-020-04327-w.

[36] V. Sinha, M. Gonzales, R. Abrahams, B. Song, E. Payton. "Correlative microscopy for quantification of prior austenite grain size in AF9628 steel." Materials Characterization 159 (2020) p.109835 doi:10.1016/j.matchar.2019.109835.

[35] A. F. Brust, E. J. Payton, V. Sinha, V. A. Yardley, S. R. Niezgoda. "Characterization of Martensite Orientation Relationships in Steels and Ferrous Alloys from EBSD Data Using Bayesian Inference." Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A 51 (1) (2020) p.142-153 doi:10.1007/s11661-019-05514-4.

[34] V. Sinha, M. Gonzales, E. J. Payton. "Datasets acquired with correlative microscopy method for delineation of prior austenite grain boundaries and characterization of prior austenite grain size in a low-alloy high-performance steel." Data in Brief 27 (2019) p.104471 doi:10.1016/j.dib.2019.104471.

[33] A. F. Brust, E. J. Payton, T. J. Hobbs, S. R. Niezgoda. "Application of the Maximum Flow–Minimum Cut Algorithm to Segmentation and Clustering of Materials Datasets." Microscopy and Microanalysis 25 (4) (2019) p.924-941 doi:10.1017/s1431927619014569.

[32] A. R. C. Gerlt, A. K. Criner, L. Semiatin, E. J. Payton. "On the grain size proportionality constants calculated in M.I. Mendelson's “Average Grain Size in Polycrystalline Ceramics”." Journal of the American Ceramic Society 102 (1) (2019) p.37-41 doi:10.1111/jace.15950.

[31] S. L. Semiatin, N. C. Levkulich, A. R. C. Gerlt, E. J. Payton, J. S. Tiley, F. Zhang, R. A. MacKay, R. V. Miner, T. P. Gabb. "High-Temperature Static Coarsening of Gamma-Prime Precipitates in NiAlCr-X Single Crystals." Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A 50 (5) (2019) p.2289-2301 doi:10.1007/s11661-018-05104-w.

[30] S. L. Semiatin, M. Obstalecki, E. J. Payton, A. L. Pilchak, P. A. Shade, N. C. Levkulich, J. M. Shank, D. C. Pagan, F. Zhang, J. S. Tiley. "Dissolution of the Alpha Phase in Ti-6Al-4V During Isothermal and Continuous Heat Treatment." Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A 50 (5) (2019) p.2356-2370 doi:10.1007/s11661-019-05164-6.

[29] O. N. Senkov, C. Zhang, A. L. Pilchak, E. J. Payton, C. Woodward, F. Zhang. "CALPHAD-aided development of quaternary multi-principal element refractory alloys based on NbTiZr." Journal of Alloys and Compounds 783 (2019) p.729-742 doi:10.1016/j.jallcom.2018.12.325.

[28] A. F. Brust, S. R. Niezgoda, V. A. Yardley, E. J. Payton. "Analysis of Misorientation Relationships Between Austenite Parents and Twins." Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A 50 (2) (2019) p.837-855 doi:10.1007/s11661-018-4977-5.

[27] A. R. C. Gerlt, R. S. Picard, A. E. Saurber, A. K. Criner, S. L. Semiatin, E. J. Payton. "A Transfer Function for Relating Mean 2D Cross-Section Measurements to Mean 3D Particle Sizes." Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A 49 (10) (2018) p.4424-4428 doi:10.1007/s11661-018-4808-8.

[26] V. Sinha, E. J. Payton, M. Gonzales, R. A. Abrahams, B. S. Song. "Delineation of Prior Austenite Grain Boundaries in a Low-Alloy High-Performance Steel." Metallography, Microstructure, and Analysis 6 (6) (2017) p.610-618 doi:10.1007/s13632-017-0403-4.

[25] S. L. Semiatin, N. C. Levkulich, A. E. Saurber, D. W. Mahaffey, E. J. Payton, O. N. Senkov. "The Kinetics of Precipitate Dissolution in a Nickel-Base Superalloy." Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A 48 (11) (2017) p.5567-5578 doi:10.1007/s11661-017-4322-4.

[24] V. Miller, E. Payton, A. Pilchak. "Reduction in the thermodynamic nucleation barrier via the heteroepitaxial recrystallization mechanism." Scripta Materialia 136 (2017) p.128-131 doi:10.1016/j.scriptamat.2017.04.018.

[23] Y. A. Coutinho, S. C. K. Rooney, E. J. Payton. "Analysis of EBSD Grain Size Measurements Using Microstructure Simulations and a Customizable Pattern Matching Library for Grain Perimeter Estimation." Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A 48 (5) (2017) p.2375-2395 doi:10.1007/s11661-017-4031-z.

[22] V. A. Yardley, S. Fahimi, E. J. Payton. "Classification of creep crack and cavitation sites in tempered martensite ferritic steel microstructures using MTEX toolbox for EBSD." Materials Science and Technology 31 (5) (2015) p.547-553 doi:10.1179/1743284714y.0000000603.

[21] V. A. Yardley, E. J. Payton. "Austenite–martensite/bainite orientation relationship: Characterisation parameters and their application." Materials Science and Technology 30 (9) (2014) p.1125-1130 doi:10.1179/1743284714y.0000000572.

[20] E. Payton, G. Nolze. "The Backscatter Electron Signal as an Additional Tool for Phase Segmentation in Electron Backscatter Diffraction." Microscopy and Microanalysis 19 (4) (2013) p.929-941 doi:10.1017/s1431927613000305.

[19] S. L. Semiatin, K. E. McClary, A. D. Rollett, C. G. Roberts, E. J. Payton, F. Zhang, T. P. Gabb. "Plastic Flow and Microstructure Evolution during Thermomechanical Processing of a PM Nickel-Base Superalloy." Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A 44 (6) (2013) p.2778-2798 doi:10.1007/s11661-013-1675-1.

[18] E. J. Payton, G. Wang, M. J. Mills, Y. Wang. "Effect of initial grain size on grain coarsening in the presence of an unstable population of pinning particles." Acta Materialia 61 (4) (2013) p.1316-1326 doi:10.1016/j.actamat.2012.11.009.

[17] D. Kurumlu, E. Payton, C. Somsen, A. Dlouhy, G. Eggeler. "On the presence of work-hardened zones around fibers in a short-fiber-reinforced Al metal matrix composite." Acta Materialia 60 (17) (2012) p.6051-6064 doi:10.1016/j.actamat.2012.07.042.

[16] E. J. Payton, T. A. Wynn, M. J. Mills. "Experimental measurement of the kinetics of gamma prime dissolution during supersolvus heat treatment of powder metallurgical Ni-based disk superalloys." Journal of Materials Science 47 (20) (2012) p.7305-7311 doi:10.1007/s10853-012-6684-8.

[15] E. Payton, A. Aghajani, F. Otto, G. Eggeler, V. Yardley. "On the nature of internal interfaces in a tempered martensite ferritic steel and their evolution during long-term creep." Scripta Materialia 66 (12) (2012) p.1045-1048 doi:10.1016/j.scriptamat.2012.02.042.

[14] S. L. Semiatin, K. E. McClary, A. D. Rollett, C. G. Roberts, E. J. Payton, F. Zhang, T. P. Gabb. "Microstructure Evolution during Supersolvus Heat Treatment of a Powder Metallurgy Nickel-Base Superalloy." Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A 43 (5) (2012) p.1649-1661 doi:10.1007/s11661-011-1035-y.

[13] F. Otto, G. B. Viswanathan, E. J. Payton, J. Frenzel, G. Eggeler. "On the effect of grain boundary segregation on creep and creep rupture." Acta Materialia 60 (6) (2012) p.2982-2998 doi:10.1016/j.actamat.2012.02.004.

[12] F. Otto, E. J. Payton, J. Frenzel, G. Eggeler. "The effectiveness of coincidence site lattice criteria in predicting creep cavitation resistance." Journal of Materials Science 47 (6) (2012) p.2915-2927 doi:10.1007/s10853-011-6124-1.

[11] E. J. Payton. "Revisiting Sphere Unfolding Relationships for the Stereological Analysis of Segmented Digital Microstructure Images." Journal of Minerals and Materials Characterization and Engineering 11 (03) (2012) p.221-242 doi:10.4236/jmmce.2012.113018.

[10] D. Kurumlu, E. Payton, M. Young, M. Schöbel, G. Requena, G. Eggeler. "High-temperature strength and damage evolution in short fiber reinforced aluminum alloys studied by miniature creep testing and synchrotron microtomography." Acta Materialia 60 (1) (2012) p.67-78 doi:10.1016/j.actamat.2011.09.022.

[9] E. Payton, M. Mills. "Stereology of backscatter electron images of etched surfaces for characterization of particle size distributions and volume fractions: Estimation of imaging bias via Monte Carlo simulations." Materials Characterization 62 (6) (2011) p.563-574 doi:10.1016/j.matchar.2011.04.003.

[8] G. Wang, D. Xu, E. Payton, N. Ma, R. Yang, M. Mills, Y. Wang. "Mean-field statistical simulation of grain coarsening in the presence of stable and unstable pinning particles." Acta Materialia 59 (11) (2011) p.4587-4594 doi:10.1016/j.actamat.2011.04.004.

[7] J. Frenzel, J. A. Burow, E. J. Payton, S. Rezanka, G. Eggeler. "Improvement of NiTi Shape Memory Actuator Performance Through Ultra‐Fine Grained and Nanocrystalline Microstructures." Advanced Engineering Materials 13 (4) (2011) p.256-268 doi:10.1002/adem.201000285.

[6] H. Springer, A. Kostka, E. Payton, D. Raabe, A. Kaysser-Pyzalla, G. Eggeler. "On the formation and growth of intermetallic phases during interdiffusion between low-carbon steel and aluminum alloys." Acta Materialia 59 (4) (2011) p.1586-1600 doi:10.1016/j.actamat.2010.11.023.

[5] S. Dziaszyk, E. Payton, F. Friedel, V. Marx, G. Eggeler. "On the characterization of recrystallized fraction using electron backscatter diffraction: A direct comparison to local hardness in an IF steel using nanoindentation." Materials Science and Engineering: A 527 (29-30) (2010) p.7854-7864 doi:10.1016/j.msea.2010.08.063.

[4] E. A. Prokofiev, J. A. Burow, E. J. Payton, R. Zarnetta, J. Frenzel, D. V. Gunderov, R. Z. Valiev, G. Eggeler. "Suppression of Ni₄ Ti₃ Precipitation by Grain Size Refinement in Ni‐Rich NiTi Shape Memory Alloys." Advanced Engineering Materials 12 (8) (2010) p.747-753 doi:10.1002/adem.201000101.

[3] E. Payton, P. Phillips, M. Mills. "Semi-automated characterization of the phase in Ni-based superalloys via high-resolution backscatter imaging." Materials Science and Engineering: A 527 (10-11) (2010) p.2684-2692 doi:10.1016/j.msea.2009.12.037.

[2] J. Rao, E. J. Payton, C. Somsen, K. Neuking, G. Eggeler, A. Kostka, J. F. Dos Santos. "Where Does the Lithium Go? – A Study of the Precipitates in the Stir Zone of a Friction Stir Weld in a Li‐containing 2xxx Series Al Alloy." Advanced Engineering Materials 12 (4) (2010) p.298-303 doi:10.1002/adem.200900284.

[1] G. Wang, D. Xu, N. Ma, N. Zhou, E. Payton, R. Yang, M. Mills, Y. Wang. "Simulation study of effects of initial particle size distribution on dissolution." Acta Materialia 57 (2) (2009) p.316-325 doi:10.1016/j.actamat.2008.09.010.

Reports, Conference Papers, and Magazine Articles

[22] S. Josyula, Y. Noiman, M. A. Steiner, E. J. Payton. "Physics-augmented machine learning for predicting martensite transformation temperatures in shape memory alloys." (2026) doi:10.2139/ssrn.7064979.

[21] A. Balasubramanian, A. A. Oladipo, E. J. Payton. "Mechanical behavior and characterization of the interface between wrought and wire-laser DED-processed Ti-6Al-4V." (2026) doi:10.2139/ssrn.6141445.

[20] Unknown author. "The Silent Technology Securing American Electrification - Alternate Version." (2026) doi:10.7945/mfpw-qe73 https://scholar.uc.edu/show/rb68xd82s.

[19] Unknown author. "The Silent Technology Securing American Electrification." (2026) doi:10.7945/nx1k-rf52 https://scholar.uc.edu/show/4j03d1369.

[18] Unknown author. "Science Shouldn't Be A Luxury." (2026) doi:10.7945/9jkz-2m42 https://scholar.uc.edu/show/q524jq55h.

[17] Unknown author. "Bubbles and Biases: Demystifying Research and Sustainability." (2026) doi:10.7945/y6m5-2f09 https://scholar.uc.edu/show/n583xw82r.

[16] A. Pilchak, K. Fox, E. Payton, M. Wiedemann, T. Broderick, P. Delaleau, M. Glavicic, N. Jenkins, J. Ruppert, B. Streich, M. Tsukada, V. Venkatesh, A. Woodfield. "Cold Dwell Fatigue of Titanium Alloys: History, Current State, and Aviation Industry Perspective." Technical Report No. DOT/FAA/TC-23/40 United States Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, National Transportation Library Federal Aviation Administration, William J. Hughes Technical Center, Aviation Research Division Atlantic City, NJ 08405 (2024) doi:10.21949/rfzv-6285 https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/77938.

[15] Y. Lee, C. Hale, E. J. Payton, V. M. Miller. "On the Formation of Multiply Coherent Gamma Grains in a Powder Metallurgy Ni Base Superalloy." In Proceedings of the 15th International Symposium on Superalloys J. Cormier, I. Edmonds, S. Forsik, P. Kontis, C. O’Connell, T. Smith, A. Suzuki, S. Tin, J. Zhang (eds.) Published by Springer Nature Switzerland Cham Proceedings of the 15th International Symposium on Superalloys (2024) p.774-782 doi:10.1007/978-3-031-63937-1_73.

[14] Unknown author. "Do Not Fear Failure." (2024) doi:10.7945/d9kf-7y79 https://scholar.uc.edu/show/1z40kv57m.

[13] K. R. Limmer, D. M. Field, K. M. Sebeck, M. Gonzales, S. Soto-medina, M. C. Draper, M. Nath, A. Kudzal, E. J. Payton. "Report of the 2022 Department of Defense Steels Summit." Special Technical Report No. ARL-SR-0476 DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21005 USA (2023) https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/trecms/pdf/AD1208795.pdf.

[12] A. Brust, E. Payton, T. Hobbs, V. Sinha, V. Yardley, S. Niezgoda. "Highlights from Microscopy and Microanalysis -- Materials Applications: Probabilistic Reconstruction of Austenite Microstructure from Electron Backscatter Diffraction Observations of Martensite." Microscopy Today 29 (6) (2021) p.56-57 https://doi.org/10.1017/S1551929521001255.

[11] A. L. Pilchak, S. Srivatsa, N. C. Levkulich, V. Sinha, E. J. Payton, S. L. Semiatin. "Characterizing and Modeling the Precursors to Coarse Grain Formation during Beta-Annealing of Ti-6Al-4V." In MATEC Web of Conferences Published by EDP Sciences, 17, Avenue du Hoggar, Parc d'Activité de Courtabœuf, BP 112, 91944 Les Ulis Cedex A, France Nantes, France MATEC Web of Conferences 321 (2020) p.12007 doi:10.1051/matecconf/202032112007 https://www.matec-conferences.org/articles/matecconf/abs/2020/17/matecconf_ti2019_12007/matecconf_ti2019_12007.html.

[10] E. J. Payton, A. R. C. Gerlt, A. L. Pilchak. "Simulations of the relative importance of initial size advantage and boundary energy anisotropy in abnormal grain growth." In Journal of Physics: Conference Series Published by IOP Publishing Ltd, No.2 The Distillery, Glassfields, Avon Street, Bristol, BS2 0GR, UK Ghent, Belgium Journal of Physics: Conference Series 1270 (2019) p.012046 doi:10.1088/1742-6596/1270/1/012046.

[9] G. Nolze, E. Payton. "Messengers from Space: An Electron Microscopy Investigation." Imaging & Microscopy 16 (1) (2014) p.46-48 https://analyticalscience.wiley.com/content/article-do/messengers-space.

[8] E. Payton, L. Agudo Jácome, G. Nolze. "Phase Identification by Image Processing of EBSD Patterns." In Microscopy and Microanalysis Microscopy and Microanalysis 19(S2) (2013) p.842-843 doi:10.1017/s143192761300620x.

[7] G. Nolze, E. Payton, A. Winkelmann. "Advanced EBSD Pattern Interpretation through Iterative Post-Processing." In Microscopy and Microanalysis Microscopy and Microanalysis 19(S2) (2013) p.728-729 doi:10.1017/s1431927613005631.

[6] V. A. Yardley, E. J. Payton. "A new parameterization of the martensite-austenite orientation relationship based on the work of Kurdjumov and Sachs." (2012) p.145 http://www.issp.ac.ru/ebooks/conf/kurdumov_2012.pdf.

[5] V. A. Yardley, E. J. Payton, T. Matsuzaki, R. Sugiura, A. T. Yokobori, Jr., S. Tsurekawa, Y. Hasegawa. "Application of EBSD to investigation of creep deformation in high-temperature ferritic steels." (2012) p.161-173.

[4] V. A. Yardley, E. J. Payton, T. Matsuzaki, R. Sugiura, A. T. Yokobori, Jr., S. Tsurekawa, Y. Hasegawa. "EBSD analysis of creep cracking in a 12 wt.% Cr tempered martensite ferritic steel." In Creep and fracture of engineering materials and structures: proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Creep and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures (JIMIS 11), Kyoto, Japan, May 27-31, 2012 Nihon Kinzoku Gakkai (ed.) Published by Japan Institute of Metals Sendai, Japan Creep and fracture of engineering materials and structures: proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Creep and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures (JIMIS 11), Kyoto, Japan, May 27-31, 2012 (2012).

[3] E. Payton, P. Phillips, M. Mills. "Etching and High-Resolution Backscatter Electron Imaging for Semi-Automated Segmentation and Stereology of the Gamma Prime Phase in Ni-based Superalloys." In Microscopy and Microanalysis Microscopy and Microanalysis 16(S2) (2010) p.682-683 doi:10.1017/s1431927610063233.

[2] E. J. Payton. "Characterization and Modeling of Grain Coarsening in Powder Metallurgical Nickel-Based Superalloys." (2009) http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1250265477.

[1] E. Payton, G. Wang, G. Wang, N. Ma, Y. Wang, M. Mills, D. Whitis, D. Mourer, D. Wei. "Integration of Simulations and Experiments for Modeling Superalloy Grain Growth." In Proceedings of the Eleventh International Symposium on Superalloys Published by TMS Seven Springs Mountain Resort, Champion, Pennsylvania, USA Proceedings of the Eleventh International Symposium on Superalloys (2008) p.975-984 doi:10.7449/2008/superalloys_2008_975_984 http://www.tms.org/Superalloys/10.7449/2008/Superalloys_2008_975_984.pdf.

Software and Datasets

[3] E. J. Payton, D. M. Timberlake, K. S. Evans. "`mtex-grain-size` -- Functions for ASTM (and ISO) grain size characterization from electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) data using the MTEX toolbox for MATLAB." (2025) doi:10.5281/zenodo.16541961 https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.16541961.

[2] A. Pilchak, K. Fox, E. Payton, M. Wiedemann, T. Broderick, P. Delaleau, M. Glavicic, N. Jenkins, J. Ruppert, B. Streich, M. Tsukada, V. Venkatesh, A. Woodfield. "Cold Dwell Fatigue of Titanium Alloys: History, Current State, and Aviation Industry Perspective [Supporting Software]." (2024) doi:10.21949/tzgj-rk36 https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/78565.

[1] V. Sinha, M. Gonzales, E. J. Payton. "Datasets acquired with correlative microscopy method for delineation of prior austenite grain boundaries and characterization of prior austenite grain size in a low-alloy high-performance steel." Data in Brief 27 (2019) p.104471 doi:10.1016/j.dib.2019.104471.

Presentations Given

[68] S. Hasan, E. J. Payton (presenter). "Use of integrated simulations and experiments for deciphering characterization results from CVD-based MXene synthesis." Invited oral presentation in the symposium "2D Materials – Preparation, Properties, Modeling & Applications" at The 2027 Minerals, Metals, and Materials Society Annual Meeting & Exhibition Orlando, FL, 15 Mar 2027.

[67] E. J. Payton (presenter). "A script so wild that Hollywood wouldn't dare: Thermodynamics, Soup Kitchens, and the first American royal." Oral presentation submitted to the symposium "Avoiding Plot Holes: Telling Compelling Stories (with Data)" at The 2027 Minerals, Metals, and Materials Society Annual Meeting & Exhibition Orlando, FL, 15 Mar 2027.

[66] E. J. Payton (presenter), E. B. Dursun, L. Agudo Jácome. "On the effect of creep on local lattice orientation in single crystal Ni-based superalloy microstructures." Invited oral presentation at From Elementary Processes to Macroscopic Properties: Material Science of Functional and Structural Engineering Materials Ruhr Universitaet Bochum, Bochum, Germany, 12 Feb 2027.

[65] O. C. Obioha, C. A. Calhoun, Y. Guthula, M. A. Steiner, E. J. Payton (presenter). "Improving the constitutive modeling of AA2618 through strain rate jump testing and parameter optimization." Oral presentation in the symposium "In Tribute to Robert Wagoner: A Pioneer in Metal Forming and Constitutive Modeling" at The Minerals Metals and Materials Society 2026 Annual Meeting and Exhibition San Diego, CA, 17 Mar 2026 https://www.tms.org/TMS2026/.

[64] S. Hasan, E. J. Payton (presenter), P. C. Neal, N. Sultana. "Experimental and thermodynamic analysis of CVD-based MXene synthesis." Invited oral presentation in the symposium "2D Materials – Preparation, Properties, Modeling & Applications" at The Minerals Metals and Materials Society 2026 Annual Meeting and Exhibition San Diego, CA, 17 Mar 2026 https://www.tms.org/TMS2026/.

[63] E. J. Payton (presenter). "Sustainability and Aerospace Materials - Conundrums, Challenges, and Creating a Path to the Future for Refractory Metals in Extreme Environments." Colloquium at Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, University of Cincinnati College of Engineering and Applied Science Cincinnati, OH, USA, 27 Feb 2026.

[62] E. J. Payton (presenter), S. Hasan. "Experimental and thermodynamic analysis of CVD-based MXene synthesis." Colloquium at Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Case Western Reserve University [virtual] Cleveland, OH, USA, 10 Feb 2026.

[61] E. J. Payton (presenter). "Materials for Hydrogen Storage." Guest Lecture at AEEM 6061 - Sustainable Liquid Hydrogen (LH2) Power Systems (Instructors: Steve Ross and Prof. Shabaan Abdallah) University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 21 Oct 2025.

[60] E. J. Payton (presenter). "Notes on a career path in materials engineering: How I got from there to here." Guest Lecture at MSE 110 - Transitioning Ideas to Reality I - Materials in Service of Industry and Society (Prof. J. W. Carter) Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA, 16 Sep 2025.

[59] E. J. Payton (presenter), S. Hasan, N. Sultana. "ICME in chemical vapor deposition synthesis and characterization of 2D refractory metal carbides." Invited oral presentation in the symposium "2D Materials – Preparation, Properties, Modeling & Applications: Processing, Characterization, Modeling & Applications I" at The Minerals Metals and Materials Society 2025 Annual Meeting and Exhibition Las Vegas, NV, USA, 25 Mar 2025 https://www.tms.org/tms2025.

[58] E. J. Payton (presenter). "On predicting hot cracking susceptibility during laser powder bed fusion additive manufacturing of refractory high entropy alloys." George S. Ansell Lecture at Department of Materials Science & Engineering, Colorado School of Mines Golden, CO, 9 Jan 2025.

[57] E. J. Payton (presenter). "Materials for Hydrogen Storage." Guest Lecture at AEEM 6061 - Sustainable Liquid Hydrogen (LH2) Power Systems (Instructors: Steve Ross and Prof. Shabaan Abdallah) University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 12 Nov 2024.

[56] E. J. Payton (presenter), A. T. Oriola, A. Nguyen, H. Do, L. Sun, J. Maile. "Additive manufacturing feasibility of refractory high entropy alloys." Invited oral presentation in the symposium "High Entropy Materials: Fundamentals and Potential Applications (Special Symposium in Honor of Professor Jien-Wei Yeh)" at 32nd International Materials Research Congress (IMRC2024) Cancun, Mexico, 20 Aug 2024 https://www.mrs-mexico.org.mx/imrc2024.

[55] E. J. Payton (presenter). "Critical Alloys for Sustainability: Conundrums, Challenges, and Creating a Path to the Future." Materials Engineering Department Seminar Bundesanstalt für Materialprüfung und Forschung (BAM), Berlin, Germany, 27 Jun 2024.

[54] E. J. Payton (presenter), P. C. Neal, J. Acosta, A. Ruditskiy, A. N. Giordano, W. J. Kennedy. "Chemical vapor deposition synthesis of 2D refractory metal carbides." Oral presentation in the symposium “2D Materials – Preparation, Properties, Modeling & Applications" at The Minerals Metals and Materials Society Annual Meeting and Exhibition 2024 Orlando, FL, 4 Mar 2024 https://www.tms.org/tms2024.

[53] E. J. Payton (presenter), T. Daboiku, S. I. Rao, O. N. Senkov, T. M. Butler. "Mechanical and oxidation behavior of Hf-25Ta-5X refractory complex concentrated alloys." Seminar at Department of Materials Science & Engineering, University of Kentucky Lexington, KY, 17 Nov 2023.

[52] E. J. Payton (presenter), B. R. Patterson. "A Historical Overview of the Development of Grain Coarsening Theory." Oral presentation in the symposium “History of Materials Science and Engineering.” at The Minerals, Metals, and Materials Society Fall Meeting at Materials Science and Technology Columbus, OH, 3 Oct 2023 https://www.matscitech.org/MST23/.

[51] J. R. James, R. John, S. Jha, A. L. Pilchak, R. Arroyave, E. J. Payton (presenter). "Effect of Macrozone Stereology on Crack Growth Rate Predictions in Ti-6Al-4V." Mechanical Response of Materials Investigated through Novel In-situ Experiments and Modeling Symposium at 2023 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition San Diego, CA, 21 Mar 2023 https://www.tms.org/tms2023.

[50] E. J. Payton (presenter), T. Daboiku, S. I. Rao, O. N. Senkov, T. M. Butler. "Mechanical and oxidation behavior of Hf-25Ta-5X refractory complex concentrated alloys." Seminar at Department of Materials Science & Engineering, University of Florida Gainesville, FL, 29 Nov 2022.

[49] E. Payton (presenter). "Microstructure Evolution in Laser Powder Bed Fusion." Guest Lecture at MECH5179C/6079C – Introduction to Additive Manufacturing (Prof. A. E. Paz y Puente) University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 2 Nov 2022.

[48] E. J. Payton (presenter), T. I. Daboiku, S. I. Rao, O. N. Senkov. "Mechanical and oxidation behavior of Hf-25Ta-5X refractory complex concentrated alloys." Oral presentation in the symposium "High Entropy Materials: Concentrated Solid Solutions, Intermetallics, Ceramics, Functional Materials and Beyond III — Processing and Properties II" at Materials Science & Technology 2022 Pittsburgh, PA, 12 Oct 2022 https://www.matscitech.org/MST22/.

[47] E. J. Payton (presenter). "Notes on a career path in materials engineering: How I got from there to here." Guest Lecture at MSE 110 - Transitioning Ideas to Reality I - Materials in Service of Industry and Society (Prof. J. W. Carter) Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA, 22 Sep 2022.

[46] E. J. Payton (presenter), D. E. Ricciardi, N. C. Levkulich, S. L. Semiatin, A. L. Pilchak. "Monte Carlo simulations for texture-controlled grain growth during beta-annealing of Ti-6Al-4V." Seminar at Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of North Texas Denton, TX, 11 Apr 2022.

[45] E. J. Payton (presenter). "Toward improved constitutive behavior models sensitive to high strength steel microstructures through advancements in data analysis tools." Oral presentation in the symposium “Mechanical response of materials investigated through novel in-situ experiments and modeling” at 2022 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition Anaheim, CA, 2 Mar 2022 https://www.tms.org/tms2022.

[44] E. J. Payton (presenter), J. M. Shank, K. S. Evans, D. E. Ricciardi, V. M. Miller. "An investigation into the effect of primary gamma prime stimulated metadynamic recrystallization on supersolvus grain sizes in Ni superalloy LSHR." Oral presentation in the symposium “Phase transformations and microstructural evolution” at 2022 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition Anaheim, CA, 1 Mar 2022 https://www.tms.org/tms2022.

[43] E. J. Payton (presenter). "The Metallic Materials and Processing Research Team at the Air Force Research Laboratory." Guest lecture at EMSE 110 “Transitioning Ideas to Reality I - Materials in Service of Industry and Society” (Prof. J. W. Carter) Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 14 Sep 2021.

[42] E. J. Payton (presenter). "From Hoover to fighter jets: A vision and a framework for future aerospace metals processing research." Webinar at Ametek EDAX Virtual event, 15 Apr 2021.

[41] E. J. Payton (presenter), K. S. Evans (presenter). "On the origins of the discrepancies between optical, SEM, and EBSD-based grain size measurements." Oral presentation in the Symposium on Characterization of Minerals, Metals, and Materials at 2021 TMS Annual Meeting Virtual, 16 Mar 2021 https://www.tms.org/tms2021.

[40] E. J. Payton (presenter). "A vision of the future role of modeling and simulation in aerospace metals processing." Lecture at American Society for Materials, Pittsburgh Chapter Virtual event, 19 Nov 2020.

[39] E. J. Payton (presenter). "The Metallic Materials and Processing Research Team at the Air Force Research Laboratory." Guest lecture at EMSE 110 “Transitioning Ideas to Reality I - Materials in Service of Industry and Society” (Prof. J. W. Carter) Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 15 Sep 2020.

[38] E. J. Payton (presenter). "Metals processing – A 'real world' perspective." Guest Lecture at MatSE 441 “Metals Processing” (Prof. Robert Maaß) University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL, 27 Apr 2020.

[37] E. J. Payton (presenter). "Development and calibration of numerical meso-scale models for microstructure evolution for concurrent recovery, recrystallization, and grain growth with Zener pinning." Oral presentation in the symposium “Characterization of Minerals, Metals, and Materials” at 2020 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition San Diego, CA, 24 Feb 2020.

[36] E. J. Payton (presenter). "Characterization and modeling of martensitic transformation crystallography toward improved reconstruction of prior austenite microstructures." Oral presentation at Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering Seminar, University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH, 6 Dec 2019.

[35] E. J. Payton (presenter), A. F. Brust, V. Sinha, T. J. Hobbs, S. R. Niezgoda. "Probabilistic reconstruction of austenite microstructures from EBSD data." Poster presentation at Annual DoD Steels Research Summit Aberdeen Proving Grounds, MD, 5 Nov 2019.

[34] E. J. Payton (presenter), A. F. Brust, S. R. Niezgoda, V. Sinha. "Probabilistic Reconstruction of Prior Austenite Microstructure in Steels after Microstructure Refinement." Oral presentation in the symposium “Advances in Understanding of Martensite in Steels — Transformations & Crystallography” at Materials Science & Technology 2019 Portland, OR, 3 Oct 2019 https://www.matscitech.org/MST19/.

[33] E. J. Payton (presenter), V. Sinha, A. R. C. Gerlt, S. L. Semiatin, A. L. Pilchak. "Characterization and modeling of abnormal grain growth and texture evolution during beta-annealing of Ti-6Al-4V forgings." Oral presentation at 7th International Conference on Recrystallization and Grain Growth Ghent, Belgium, 4 Aug 2019.

[32] E. J. Payton (presenter), A. F. Brust, V. Sinha, S. R. Niezgoda. "Probabilistic reconstruction of prior austenite microstructures and the challenges of fine grain sizes." Oral presentation at Bernkastel Workshop on Possibilities and Limitations of Quantitative Materials Modeling and Characterization Bernkastel-am-Kues, Germany, 20 May 2019.

[31] E. J. Payton (presenter), A. F. Brust, S. R. Niezgoda. "Characterization and Modeling of Martensitic Transformation Crystallography Toward Improved Reconstruction of Prior Austenite Microstructures." Oral presentation in the symposium “Advanced High-Strength Steels” at 2019 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition San Antonio, TX, 13 Mar 2019 https://www.tms.org/tms2019.

[30] A. Blackford (presenter), E. J. Payton (presenter). "The Minority Leaders Research Collaboration Program at the Air Force Research Laboratory Materials and Manufacturing Directorate: Overview, Experiences, and Lessons Learned." Oral presentation in the symposium “Diversity in STEM and Best Practices to Improve It” at 2019 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition San Antonio, TX, 11 Mar 2019 https://www.tms.org/tms2019.

[29] E. J. Payton (presenter), A. K. Criner, A. R. C. Gerlt. "Development of Stereological Transfer Functions for Grain and Particle Size Characterization." Oral presentation in the symposium “Characterization of Minerals, Metals, and Materials: Characterization Method Development” at 2019 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition San Antonio, TX, 11 Mar 2019 https://www.tms.org/tms2019.

[28] E. J. Payton (presenter), S. L. Semiatin, A. R. C. Gerlt. "Stereological transfer functions for particle and grain distributions." Oral presentation at Bernkastel Workshop on Possibilities and Limitations of Quantitative Materials Modeling and Characterization Bernkastel-am-Kues, Germany, 11 Jun 2018.

[27] E. J. Payton (presenter). "Coupled characterization and modeling of the crystallography of phase transformations." Oral presentation in the symposium “Coupling Advanced Characterization and Modeling Tools for Understanding Fundamental Phase Transformation Mechanisms: An MPMD Symposium in Honor of Hamish Fraser” at 2018 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition Phoenix, AZ, 14 Mar 2018 https://www.tms.org/tms2018.

[26] E. J. Payton (presenter). "Metallic materials and processing research at the AFRL Materials & Manufacturing Directorate." Seminar at Department of Materials Science & Engineering, Texas A&M University College Station, TX, 12 Jan 2018.

[25] E. J. Payton (presenter). "Toward improved accuracy of macroscale predictions of microstructure: Integration of simulations into input parameter characterization." Oral presentation in the symposium “Validating Materials Behavior for Predictive Materials Science and Engineering” at Materials Science and Technology 2015 Columbus, OH, 7 Oct 2015.

[24] E. J. Payton (presenter). "On the effect of local lattice orientation in SX Ni-based superalloys." Oral presentation at The 20+1 Symposium on Recent Progress in Plasticity and Phase Transformations Institute for Materials, Ruhr Universitaet Bochum, Bochum, Germany, 21 Aug 2015.

[23] E. J. Payton (presenter). "An integrated experimental-computational approach to microstructure characterization: Three case studies." Lecture at Metallic Materials & Processing Research Team Seminar, Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory Dayton, OH, 11 May 2015.

[22] E. J. Payton (presenter). "The Engineering of Beer Cans." Lecture at Bergren Forum, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Alfred University, Alfred, NY, 9 Apr 2015 https://www.alfred.edu/about/community/bergren-forum/.

[21] E. J. Payton (presenter). "Grain size distribution evolution during thermomechanical processing of powder metallurgical superalloys." Oral presentation in the symposium “Development of ‘weak links’ during the processing of metallic materials” at 2015 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition Orlando, FL, 17 Mar 2015.

[20] E. J. Payton (presenter). "Advanced quantitative microstructure characterization using SEM-based techniques." Oral presentation at Annual Joint Symposium of the Alfred University Center for Advanced Ceramic Technology (CACT) and Clarkson University Center for Advanced Materials Processing (CAMP) Rochester, NY, 10 Mar 2014.

[19] E. J. Payton (presenter), L. A. Jácome, G. Nolze. "Processing EBSD patterns for Z-contrast assisted phase segmentation." Oral presentation in the session on method development in characterization of the “Characterization of Minerals, Metals and Materials” symposium at TMS Annual Meeting 2014 San Diego, CA, 20 Feb 2014.

[18] E. J. Payton (presenter), L. A. Jácome, G. Nolze. "Phase identification by image processing of EBSD patterns." Oral presentation in the symposium on practical programming for microanalysis at Microscopy and Microanalysis Indianapolis, IN, 6 Aug 2013.

[17] E. J. Payton (presenter). "Python tools for EBSD pattern and data processing." Oral presentation at DGM/DVM AK EBSD 2013 (“Workshop on Microstructure Characterization in the Electron Microscope” sponsored by the German Society for Materials Technology and the German Organization for Materials Research and Testing) Freiberg, Germany, 17 Jun 2013.

[16] E. J. Payton (presenter), V. A. Yardley. "EBSD-Based Analysis of Orientation Relationship Scatter in the FCC-BCC/BCT Martensitic Transformation in Fe-Based Alloys." Oral presentation in the “Phase Transformations and Microstructural Evolution” symposium at TMS Annual Meeting 2013 San Antonio, TX, 5 Mar 2013.

[15] G. Nolze, E. Payton (presenter). "Fast orientation projection using OpenGL." Oral presentation at EBSD 2012 (sponsored by the Microanalysis Society Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, 21 Jun 2012.

[14] E. J. Payton (presenter), G. Nolze. "The backscatter electron signal as an additional tool for phase segmentation in EBSD." Poster presentation at EBSD 2012 (sponsored by the Microanalysis Society) Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, 20 Jun 2012.

[13] E. J. Payton (presenter), A. Aghajani, V. A. Yardley. "EBSD-based characterization of the hierarchy of interfaces in a tempered martensite ferritic steel during long-term creep." Poster presentation at EBSD 2012 (sponsored by the Royal Microscopy Society) National Physical Laboratory, Teddington, UK, 26 Mar 2012.

[12] E. J. Payton (presenter), S. Dziaszyk, G. Eggeler. "EBSD analysis strategies for quantitative characterization of 'multi-phase' steel microstructures." Oral presentation in the “Characterization of Minerals, Metals and Materials” symposium at TMS Annual Meeting 2011 San Diego, CA, 2 Mar 2011.

[11] E. J. Payton (presenter), P. Nörtershäuser, L. A. Jácome, G. Eggeler. "On the effect of creep on local lattice orientation in single crystal Ni-based superalloy microstructures." Oral presentation at ECI Superalloys Awaji Island, Japan, 14 Sep 2010.

[10] J. A. Burow, E. J. Payton (presenter), E. A. Prokofiev, R. Zarnetta, J. Frenzel, R. Z. Valiev, G. Eggeler. "The effect of ultra-fine grain sizes on microstructure and functional properties in Ni-rich NiTi shape memory alloys." Oral presentation at the session on ultra-fine grained materials in the symposium on the characterization of materials properties at DGM Materials Science and Engineering 2010 Congress Darmstadt, Germany, 24 Aug 2010.

[9] E. J. Payton (presenter), P. J. Phillips, M. J. Mills. "Etching and high-resolution backscatter electron imaging for semi-automated segmentation and stereology of the gamma prime phase in Ni-based superalloys." Oral presentation in the symposium on specimen preparation for SEM microstructural imaging and for EBSD at Microscopy & Microanalysis 2010 Portland, OR, 4 Aug 2010.

[8] E. J. Payton (presenter), G. Wang, Y. Wang, D. Wei, D. P. Mourer, D. D. Whitis, M. J. Mills. "Prediction of grain size in Ni-based disk superalloys during processing and heat treatment." Oral presentation in the microstructural engineering of nickel-based superalloys session of the high temperature materials symposium at AeroMat 2009 Dayton, OH, 10 Jun 2009.

[7] E. J. Payton (presenter), P. J. Phillips, M. J. Mills. "Semi-automated characterization of the gamma prime phase in Ni-based superalloys via high-resolution backscatter imaging, segmentation, and stereology." Poster presented at the symposium "Characterization of minerals, metals and materials" at TMS Annual Meeting 2010 Seattle, WA, 19 Feb 2009.

[6] E. J. Payton (presenter), G. Wang, Y. Wang, D. Wei, D. P. Mourer, D. D. Whitis, M. J. Mills. "Gamma prime dissolution and grain growth during supersolvus heat treatment of advanced Ni-base disk superalloys." Oral presentation in the symposium “Materials for high temperature applications: next generation superalloys and beyond” at TMS Annual Meeting 2009 San Francisco, CA, 16 Feb 2009.

[5] E. J. Payton (presenter), G. Wang, G. Wang, N. Ma, Y. Wang, M. J. Mills, D. D. Whitis, D. P. Mourer, D. Wei. "Integration of simulations and experiments for modeling superalloy grain growth." Oral presentation at 11th International Symposium on Superalloys Champion, PA, 18 Sep 2008.

[4] E. J. Payton (presenter), G. Wang, G. Wang, N. Ma, Y. Wang, M. J. Mills. "Superalloy grain growth model development through simulation-experimentation integration." Oral presentation in the symposium “materials informatics: enabling integration of modeling and experiments in materials science” at 2008 TMS Annual Meeting and Exhibition New Orleans, LA, 12 Mar 2008.

[3] E. J. Payton (presenter), D. R. Corwin, G. Wang, Y. Wang, M. J. Mills. "Characterization of post-deformation microstructures for incorporation into phase field model of grain growth in Ni-base superalloy." Oral presentation in the symposium “advances in microstructure-based modeling and characterization of deformation microstructures” at 2007 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition Orlando, FL, 28 Feb 2007.

[2] E. J. Payton (presenter), P. M. Sarosi, Y. Wang, D. D. Whitis, D. P. Mourer, M. J. Mills. "Characterization and modeling of grain growth in a Ni-base superalloy." Oral presentation in the symposium on the integration of theoretical, computational, and experimental studies of interfaces and microstructural evolution at Materials Science & Technology 2005 Pittsburgh, PA, 26 Sep 2005.

[1] E. J. Payton (presenter). "Crystal orientations and texture." Guest Lecture at CEMS 349: X-ray Characterization (Prof. Scott Misture) Alfred University, Alfred, NY, 9/11/2014.

Presentation Contributions

[81] S. Hasan (presenter), N. Sultana, J. Acosta, P. C. Neal, E. J. Payton. "Thermodynamic Modeling and CVD Synthesis of Mo, Nb, and V MXene Precursors." Accepted for student oral presentation in the symposium " Advances in Emerging Electronic Nanomaterials: Towards Next-Generation Microelectronics" at MS&T26: Materials Science and Technology Pittsburgh, PA, USA, 6 Oct 2026 https://www.matscitech.org/MST26.

[80] Y. Noiman (presenter), S. Josyula, E. J. Payton. "Supply risk and cost-aware multi-objective materials discovery." Accepted for student oral presentation in the symposium "Progress in High Entropy Materials: Integrating Experiments, Computation, and Machine Learning" at MS&T26: Materials Science & Technology Pittsburgh, PA, USA, 6 Oct 2026 https://www.matscitech.org/MST26.

[79] A. Balasubramanian (presenter), N. Jackson, D. J. J. Mathis, E. J. Payton. "Microstructural characterization and mechanical behavior of Ti-Ti6Al4V layered structures produced by wrought-laser wire DED hybrid manufacturing." Accepted for student oral presentation in the symposium "Additive Manufacturing: Design, Materials, Manufacturing, Challenges, and Applications" at MS&T26: Materials Science & Technology Pittsburgh, PA, USA, 6 Oct 2026 https://www.matscitech.org/MST26.

[78] E. B. Dursun (presenter), G. Eggeler, L. Agudo Jácome, E. J. Payton. "Investigation of the local lattice orientations on single crystal Ni-based superalloy microstructures after creep exposure." Accepted for poster presentation in the symposium "2026 Graduate Student Poster Contest" at MS&T26: Materials Science & Technology Pittsburgh, PA, USA, 6 Oct 2026 https://www.matscitech.org/MST26.

[77] W. Li (presenter), S. A. Golsorkhi, N. Jackson, A. Balasubramanian, E. J. Payton. "Heterogeneous Deformation in Al/Ti Laminated Composites Processed by ARB: Role of Microstructure and Interface Evolution." Accepted for poster presentation in the symposium "2026 Graduate Student Poster Contest" at MS&T26: Materials Science & Technology Pittsburgh, PA, USA, 6 Oct 2026 https://www.matscitech.org/MST26.

[76] S. A. Golsorkhi (presenter), A. A. Oladipo, M. Fickenscher, E. J. Payton, M. A. Steiner, D. Erdeniz. "EBSD-Based Study of Recovery and Recrystallization in Ni-Rich NiTi During Minute-Scale Aging." Accepted for student oral presentation in the symposium "Microstructural Control in Materials Processing: Role of Phase Transformation Pathways" at MS&T26: Materials Science & Technology Pittsburgh, PA, USA, 6 Oct 2026 https://www.matscitech.org/MST26.

[75] N. Jackson (presenter), Y. Noiman, W. Li, N. Simpson, E. J. Payton. "Characterization of forged axe microstructure." Accepted for poster presentation in the symposium "2026 Graduate Student Poster Contest" at MS&T26: Materials Science & Technology Pittsburgh, PA, USA, 6 Oct 2026 https://www.matscitech.org/MST26.

[74] A. A. Oladipo (presenter), M. A. Steiner, E. J. Payton. "Correlation of the effect of carbon on the orientation relationship in the intercritical annealing temperature range of steel." Accepted for oral presentation in the symposium "Developments in Plate and Line Pipe Steels" at MS&T26: Materials Science & Technology Pittsburgh, PA, USA, 5 Oct 2026 https://www.matscitech.org/MST26.

[73] Y. Noiman (presenter), S. Josyula, E. J. Payton. "SPG-35: Computational Discovery of Medium-Entropy SMAs Using CALPHAD, Machine Learning, and Economic Analysis." Poster presentation in the MPMD 2026 Technical Division Graduate Student Poster Contest at 2026 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition San Diego, CA, USA, 16 Mar 2026 https://www.tms.org/TMS2026/.

[72] S. Hasan (presenter), N. Sultana, P. C. Neal, J. Acosta, E. J. Payton. "Comparison of thermodynamic prediction with experimental observations of refractory metal carbides synthesized using CVD." Oral Presentation in the symposium "2D Materials: Synthesis, Properties, and Applications" at MS&T25: Materials Science & Technology Columbus, OH, USA, 1 Oct 2025 https://www.matscitech.org/mst25.

[71] N. Sultana (presenter), A. Al Amin, E. J. Payton, W. Kim. "Ab Initio Investigation of 2D-Nb₂C and Nb₂CO₂ MXenes as High-Performance Anode Materials for Na- and Li-Ion Batteries." Oral presentation in the symposium "2D Materials: Synthesis, Properties, and Applications" at MS&T25: Materials Science & Technology Columbus, OH, USA, 1 Oct 2025 https://www.matscitech.org/mst25.

[70] Z. D. C. Miller (presenter), U. P. Ochieze, E. J. Payton, M. A. Steiner. "SPU-32: Development of a new CALPHAD database for the Fe-Ni-P system." Poster presentation in the Symposium "2025 Undergraduate Student Poster Contest" at MS&T25: Materials Science & Technology Columbus, OH, USA, 30 Sep 2025 https://www.matscitech.org/mst25.

[69] A. Balasubramanian (presenter), A. A. Oladipo, E. J. Payton. "Microstructural Characterization and Mechanical Behavior of Ti6Al4V After Hybrid Directed Energy Deposition (DED) - Wrought Processing." Oral presentation in the symposium "Additive Manufacturing: Design, Materials, Manufacturing, Challenges and Applications" at MS&T25: Materials Science & Technology Columbus, OH, USA, 30 Sep 2025 https://www.matscitech.org/mst25.

[68] A. A. Oladipo (presenter), M. A. Steiner, E. J. Payton. "Forensic Metallurgy of Pipeline Steel Thermal Histories - Prospects through EBSD Characterization." Oral presentation in the symposium "Developments in Plate and Line Pipe Steels" at MS&T25: Materials Science & Technology Columbus, OH, USA, 30 Sep 2025 https://www.matscitech.org/mst25.

[67] S. Josyula, Y. Noiman (presenter), E. J. Payton, T. Giovannelli. "Comparison of derivative-free and gradient-based minimization for multi-objective compositional design of shape memory alloys." Poster presentation in the symposium "2025 Graduate Student Poster Contest" at MS&T25: Materials Science & Technology Columbus, OH, USA, 30 Sep 2025 https://www.matscitech.org/mst25.

[66] W. Cao, F. Zhang (presenter), K. Kadirvel, E. J. Payton, M. E. Krug. "A Software Platform Integrating Microstructure Modeling with Finite Element Method." Invited oral presentation in the symposium "Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Alloys III — Alloy Design and Thermodynamic Modeling" at The Minerals Metals and Materials Society 2025 Annual Meeting and Exhibition Las Vegas, NV, 24 Mar 2025 https://www.tms.org/TMS2025/.

[65] I. P. Giblin (presenter), J. D. Maile, Y. Noiman, E. J. Payton. "SPU-37: The Design of Alloys for the Circular Economy." Poster presentation in the symposium "2024 Undergraduate Student Poster Contest" at MS&T24: Materials Science & Technology Pittsburgh, PA, 8 Oct 2024 https://www.matscitech.org/MST24.

[64] K. S. Evans, D. M. Timberlake (presenter), P. Tyagi, V. M. Miller, E. J. Payton. "SPU-23: On the Sources of Discrepancies between EBSD, SEM, and Optical Grain Size Measurements." Poster presentation in the symposium "2024 Undergraduate Student Poster Contest" at MS&T24: Materials Science & Technology Pittsburgh, PA, 8 Oct 2024 https://www.matscitech.org/MST24.

[63] W. C. Voellmecke, M. von Schaumburg, M. A. Steiner, C. A. Calhoun, E. J. Payton, R. Kumar (presenter). "SPG-9: Surface Color Relation to Alpha Case Formation in Ti-6Al- 4V." Poster presentation in the symposium "2024 Graduate Student Poster Contest" at MS&T24: Materials Science & Technology Pittsburgh, PA, 8 Oct 2024 https://www.matscitech.org/MST24.

[62] A. Balasubramanian (presenter), A. E. Paz y Puente, E. J. Payton. "SPG-8: Multi-Modal and Multi-Material Metal Additive Manufacturing - A Review." Poster presentation in the symposium "2024 Graduate Student Poster Contest" at MS&T24: Materials Science & Technology Pittsburgh, PA, 8 Oct 2024 https://www.matscitech.org/MST24.

[61] J. Acosta, P. C. Neal, S. Hasan (presenter), E. J. Payton. "SPG-63: X-Ray Diffraction Analysis of the Effect of Hydrogen and Methane Partial Pressures on the Chemical Vapor Deposition Synthesis of Refractory Metal Carbides." Poster presentation in the symposium "2024 Graduate Student Poster Contest" at MS&T24: Materials Science & Technology Pittsburgh, PA, 8 Oct 2024 https://www.matscitech.org/MST24.

[60] V. Oruganti (presenter), S. Josyula, R. Kumar, A. E. P. Y. Puente, E. J. Payton. "SPG-50: Phase field modelling of microtubes formation in NiTi shape memory alloys." Poster presentation in the symposium "2024 Graduate Student Poster Contest" at MS&T24: Materials Science & Technology Pittsburgh, PA, 8 Oct 2024 https://www.matscitech.org/MST24.

[59] O. C. Obioha (presenter), J. Kolar, P. C. Neal, J. Acosta, N. Thompson, M. A. Steiner, C. A. Calhoun, E. J. Payton. "SPG-45: Improved Constitutive Descriptions of the Flow Behavior of Aluminum Alloy 2618." Poster presentation in the symposium "2024 Graduate Student Poster Contest" at MS&T24: Materials Science & Technology Pittsburgh, PA, 8 Oct 2024 https://www.matscitech.org/MST24.

[58] A. A. Oladipo (presenter), L. Sun, P. Tyagi, D. M. Timberlake, A. L. Pilchak, M. A. Steiner, E. J. Payton. "SPG-44: Effect of Texture on Residual Stress Induced during Surface Modification in Ti6Al4V Rolled Plate." Poster presentation in the symposium "2024 Graduate Student Poster Contest" at MS&T24: Materials Science & Technology Pittsburgh, PA, 8 Oct 2024 https://www.matscitech.org/MST24.

[57] P. Robert (presenter), E. J. Payton. "SPG-39: Exploring the Recyclability of Electrical Steel." Poster presentation in the symposium "2024 Graduate Student Poster Contest" at MS&T24: Materials Science & Technology Pittsburgh, PA, 8 Oct 2024 https://www.matscitech.org/MST24.

[56] U. P. Ocheize (presenter), L. Sun, N. Simpson, S. Josyula, M. A. Steiner, E. J. Payton. "Influence of Co, Cr, and Ni Alloying Elements on the Microstructural, Oxidation and Mechanical behavior of NbTi-Based Alloys." Oral presentation in the symposium "High Entropy Materials: Concentrated Solid Solutions, Intermetallics, Ceramics, Functional Materials and Beyond V — Session V" at MS&T24: Materials Science & Technology Pittsburgh, PA, 8 Oct 2024 https://www.matscitech.org/MST24.

[55] R. Kumar (presenter), K. Schlaak, S. J. Watzman, E. J. Payton. "Effect of Nb on the Superconducting Properties of Mo-Ti-V-Based RCCAs." Oral presentation in the symposium "High Entropy Materials: Concentrated Solid Solutions, Intermetallics, Ceramics, Functional Materials and Beyond V — Session V" at MS&T24: Materials Science & Technology Pittsburgh, PA, 8 Oct 2024 https://www.matscitech.org/MST24.

[54] J. D. Maile (presenter), A. T. Oriola, A. Nguyen, E. J. Payton. "Assessment of New Hot Crack Susceptibility Index Based on Interdendritic Pressure Drop Simulations." Poster presentation in the symposium "Additive Manufacturing Modeling, Simulation, and Machine Learning: Microstructure, Mechanics, and Process — Poster Session" at MS&T24: Materials Science & Technology Pittsburgh, PA, 8 Oct 2024 https://www.matscitech.org/MST24.

[53] A. T. Oriola (presenter), A. Nguyen, U. P. Ochieze, S. Josyula, H. Do, J. Maile, A. T. McMillen, W. C. Voellmecke, E. J. Payton. "Additive manufacturing feasibility of refractory high entropy alloys." Oral presentation in the symposium "High Entropy Materials: Concentrated Solid Solutions, Intermetallics, Ceramics, Functional Materials and Beyond V — Session I" at MS&T24: Materials Science & Technology Pittsburgh, PA, 7 Oct 2024 https://www.matscitech.org/MST24.

[52] Y. Lee (presenter), C. Hale, E. J. Payton, V. M. Miller. "D-4: Origins and implications of multiply coherent grains in superalloys." Poster presentation at Superalloys 2024: 15th International Symposium on Superalloys Seven Springs, PA, USA, 11 Sep 2024.

[51] G. H. Balbus (presenter), O. N. Senkov, S. I. Rao, E. J. Payton. "Orientation dependent plasticity of the refractory multi-principal element alloy MoNbTi investigated via micropillar compression." Oral Presentation in the symposium “Mechanical Behavior at the Nanoscale VII” at The Minerals Metals and Materials Society Annual Meeting and Exhibition 2024 Orlando, FL, 4 Mar 2024 https://www.tms.org/tms2024.

[50] U. P. Ochieze (presenter), R. Kumar, S. Josyula, A. T. Oriola, M. A. Steiner, E. J. Payton. "Laser Shock Peening Surface Modification Effects on Microstructure and Oxidation Behavior of NbTiCoCrNi Refractory Complex Concentrated Alloys." Poster presentation at High Entropy Alloys 2023 Pittsburgh, PA, 13 Nov 2023.

[49] P. C. Neal (presenter), J. Acosta, E. J. Payton. "What MXenes can be made by chemical vapor deposition?." Poster presentation at 2023 Annual Louis Stokes Midwestern Research Center of Excellence Oak Brook, IL, 4 Nov 2023.

[48] S. Josyula (presenter), R. Kumar, U. P. Ochieze, A. T. Oriola, E. J. Payton, A. E. P. Y. Puente. "Fabricating Nitinol Microtubes via Gas-Phase Alloying: A Computational and Experimental Feasibility Study." Oral presentation in the symposium “Synthesis, Characterization, Modeling and Applications of Functional Porous Materials" at The Minerals, Metals, and Materials Society Fall Meeting at Materials Science and Technology Columbus, OH, 4 Oct 2023 https://www.matscitech.org/MST23/.

[47] R. Kumar (presenter), U. P. Ochieze, B. K. Adhikari, A. T. Oriola, S. Josyula, S. J. Watzman, E. J. Payton. "Thermal, Electrical, and Magnetic Properties of Multi-Principal Element Alloys." Poster presentation in the symposium “High Entropy Materials: Concentrated Solid Solutions, Intermetallics, Ceramics, Functional Materials and Beyond IV" at The Minerals, Metals, and Materials Society Fall Meeting at Materials Science and Technology Columbus, OH, 3 Oct 2023 https://www.matscitech.org/MST23/.

[46] M. von Schaumburg (presenter), E. J. Payton, K. Petro, M. Hartshorne. "Surface Color Relation to Alpha Case Formation in Ti-6Al-4V." Poster presentation at The Minerals, Metals, and Materials Society Fall Meeting at Materials Science and Technology Columbus, OH, 3 Oct 2023 https://www.matscitech.org/MST23/.

[45] U. P. Ochieze (presenter), A. T. Oriola, R. Kumar, S. Josyula, M. A. Steiner, E. J. Payton. "Effects of Laser Shock Peening Surface Modification on Oxidation Behavior of NbTi-X Refractory Complex Concentrated Alloys." Poster presentation in the symposium “High Entropy Materials: Concentrated Solid Solutions, Intermetallics, Ceramics, Functional Materials and Beyond IV" at The Minerals, Metals, and Materials Society Fall Meeting at Materials Science and Technology Columbus, OH, 3 Oct 2023 https://www.matscitech.org/MST23/.

[44] A. T. Oriola (presenter), R. Kumar, U. P. Ochieze, S. Josyula, G. H. Balbus, A. E. P. Y. Puente, E. J. Payton. "Additive manufacturing feasibility of MoNbTi Refractory Complex Concentrated Alloys." Poster presentation in the symposium “High Entropy Materials: Concentrated Solid Solutions, Intermetallic, Ceramics, Functional Materials and Beyond IV" at The Minerals, Metals, and Materials Society Fall Meeting at Materials Science and Technology Columbus, OH, 3 Oct 2023 https://www.matscitech.org/MST23/.

[43] J. Acosta (presenter), P. C. Neal, E. J. Payton. "Toward tailoring properties of thin nanocrystals for high-speed electronic devices of the future." Poster presentation at AFRL Summer Visitor Research Exhibition Wright-Patterson AFB, OH, 3 Aug 2023.

[42] A. Pilchak (presenter), T. Broderick, P. Delaleau, K. Fox, T. Masuyaki, E. Payton, J. Ruppert, B. Streich, V. Venkatesh, M. Wiedemann, A. Woodfield. "Industry-wide Learning and Perspectives on Management of Cold-Dwell Fatigue Capabilities." Keynote address at World Titanium Conference Edinburgh International Conference Centre, Edinborough, UK, 12 Jun 2023.

[41] M. Amiri (presenter), E. J. Payton. "Effects of laser process parameters on denudation zone width in laser powder bed fusion additive manufacturing." Oral presentation in the symposium "Quantifying Microstructure Heterogeneity for Qualification of Additively Manufactured Materials — Roles for Modeling and Data Science" at 2023 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition San Diego, CA, 23 Mar 2023 https://www.tms.org/tms2023.

[40] A. R. C. Gerlt (presenter), A. F. Brust, E. J. Payton, S. R. Niezgoda. "Applications of min-cut algorithms for image segmentation and microstructure reconstruction." Oral presentation in the symposium "Algorithm Development in Materials Science and Engineering — AI/ML Algorithms and Applications" at 2023 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition San Diego, CA, 23 Mar 2023 https://www.tms.org/tms2023.

[39] O. N. Senkov (presenter), S. Gorsse, R. Wheeler, E. J. Payton, D. B. Miracle. "Rhenium effect on the microstructure and mechanical properties of NbTiZr and TaTiZr equiatomic alloys." Oral presentation in the symposium "Refractory Metals 2023 — Compositionally Complex Alloys - Ultimate Plus" at 2023 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition San Diego, CA, 22 Mar 2023 https://www.tms.org/tms2023.

[38] T. M. Butler (presenter), T. Daboiku, O. N. Senkov, S. I. Rao, S. Kuhr, D. B. Miracle, C. F. Woodward, E. J. Payton. "Recent Developments in Refractory Complex Concentrated Alloys (RCCAs)." Oral presentation in the symposium "Refractory Metals 2023 — Compositionally Complex Alloys - Ultimate Plus" at 2023 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition San Diego, CA, 22 Mar 2023 https://www.tms.org/tms2023.

[37] A. R. C. Gerlt (presenter), E. J. Payton, D. Boyce, J. Bernier, P. Shade, M. Obstalecki, S. R. Niezgoda. "Pythonic ODFs and SODFs for EBSD and far field HEDM." Poster presentation in the symposium "Advanced Characterization Techniques for Quantifying and Modeling Deformation" at 2023 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition San Diego, CA, 21 Mar 2023 https://www.tms.org/tms2023.

[36] G. Balbus (presenter), S. I. Rao, O. N. Senkov, E. J. Payton. "A micromechanical investigation of the orientation dependent plasticity of a MoNbTi alloy." Poster presentation in the symposium "Advances in Multi-Principal Element Alloys II" at 2023 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition San Diego, CA, 21 Mar 2023 https://www.tms.org/tms2023.

[35] S. I. Rao (presenter), B. Akdim, O. N. Senkov, G. H. Balbus, E. J. Payton. "Simulations and Modelling of the High Temperature Yield Behavior of Compositionally Complex Concentrated BCC Alloys." Oral presentation in the symposium "Advances in Multi-Principal Element Alloys II — Alloy Development and Application II" at 2023 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition San Diego, CA, 20 Mar 2023 https://www.tms.org/tms2023.

[34] Y. Lee (presenter), E. Hershokovitz, H. Kim, E. J. Payton, V. M. Miller. "Experimental Observation of Heteroepitaxial Recrystallization (HeRX) outside of Low Lattice Misfit Ni-based Superalloys." Poster presentation in the Structural Materials Division 2023 Graduate Student Poster Contest at 2023 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition San Diego, CA, 20 Mar 2023 https://www.tms.org/tms2023.

[33] V. Sinha (presenter), R. A. Kemnitz, C. J. Budrow, K. E. Nygren, P. A. Shade, E. J. Payton. "Microstructures, mechanical properties, and residual stresses in additively manufactured AF9628 steel." Oral presentation at 2022 DoD Steels Summit Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD, 16 Nov 2022.

[32] W. J. Choi (presenter), M. Kulak, C. Kim, E. J. Payton, C. Rudolf, W. Kang. "Electro-thermo-mechanical characterization of microscale Ti-6Al-4V wire." Oral presentation in the symposium "Advanced Materials Processing (AMP) II" at 17th International Symposium on Novel and Nano Materials, Nov 14 - Nov 18, 2022 Phoenix Jeju, Jeju, Korea, 16 Nov 2022.

[31] W. J. Choi (presenter), M. Kulak, C. Kim, E. J. Payton, C. Rudolf, W. Kang. "An Innovative Experimental Setup for the Electro-thermo-mechanical Characterization of Microscale Ti-6Al-4V Wires." Oral presentation in the symposium "Light Metal Technology — Light Metal Technology" at Materials Science and Technology 2022 Pittsburgh, PA, 11 Oct 2022 https://www.matscitech.org/MST22/.

[30] S. I. Rao (presenter), B. Akdim, O. N. Senkov, E. J. Payton. "Simulations and modelling of the high temperature yield behavior of compositionally complex concentrated BCC alloys." Oral presentation in the symposium "The Physics of Metal Plasticity: A Memorial Symposium in Honor of Professor Hussein Zbib" at The 10th International Conference on Multiscale Materials Modeling Baltimore, MD, 6 Oct 2022.

[29] A. R. C. Gerlt (presenter), A. F. Brust, E. J. Payton, V. A. Yardley, S. R. Niezgoda. "Modular prior-austenite reconstruction tool for improved orientation relationship determination, parent grain reconstruction, and variant segmentation: Recovering prior grain structures from EBSD of the transformed material." Oral presentation at Electron Backscatter Diffraction 2022 (EBSD 2022) [virtual], 9 Jun 2022.

[28] D. E. Ricciardi (presenter), N. C. Levkulich, S. L. Semiatin, A. L. Pilchak, E. J. Payton. "Monte Carlo simulations for texture-controlled grain growth during beta-annealing of Ti-6Al-4V." Oral presentation in the symposium “Advances in Titanium Technology” at 2022 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition Anaheim, CA, 1 Mar 2022 https://www.tms.org/tms2022.

[27] O. N. Senkov (presenter), T. Daboiku, T. M. Butler, M. Titus, N. Phillips, E. J. Payton. "Microstructure and mechanical properties of Hf-27Ta and Hf-21Ta-21X (X is Nb, Mo, or W) Alloys." Virtual oral presentation in “High entropy materials: Concentrated solid solutions, intermetallics, ceramics, functional materials and beyond II” at Materials Science and Technology 2021 Columbus, OH, 22 Oct 2021 https://www.matscitech.org/MST21/.

[26] N. C. Levkulich (presenter), S. L. Semiatin, A. L. Pilchak, E. J. Payton. "The Effect of Process Parameters on Abnormal Grain Growth during Beta Annealing of Hot-Forged Ti-6Al-4V." Oral presentation in “Advances in Titanium Technology — General Topic of Ti and Ti Alloys” at 2021 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition Virtual, 18 Mar 2021 https://www.tms.org/tms2021.

[25] A. R. C. Gerlt (presenter), A. K. Criner, S. L. Semiatin, K. N. Wertz, E. J. Payton. "Modeling Empirical Estimators for the 3D Particle Size, Distribution, and Expected Error from 2D Cross Sections of a Lognormal Distribution of Spherical Particles." Oral presentation in “Characterization of Minerals, Metals and Materials 2021 — Advanced Characterization Methods III” at 2021 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition Virtual, 17 Mar 2021 https://www.tms.org/tms2021.

[24] R. Cohn (presenter), M. Shah, A. L. Pilchak, E. J. Payton, A. Rollett, E. Holm. "Machine Learning Approach to Understanding Abnormal Grain Growth." Oral presentation in “AI/Data informatics: Design of Structural Materials — AI/ML Frameworks; Grain Growth and Simulation Integration” at 2021 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition Virtual, 17 Mar 2021 https://www.tms.org/tms2021.

[23] O. N. Senkov (presenter), S. Rao, T. M. Butler, T. Daboiku, E. J. Payton. "Advanced Refractory Alloys for Use at Temperatures above 1273K." Oral presentation in “Materials for High Temperature Applications: Next Generation Superalloys and Beyond — Refractory Alloys: Processing and Properties of Novel Materials” at 2021 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition Virtual, 17 Mar 2021 https://www.tms.org/tms2021.

[22] A. R. C. Gerlt (presenter), D. Newell, A. L. Pilchak, E. J. Payton. "Modeling Static Recrystallization within the SPParKS Kinetic Monte Carlo Framework for Polycrystalline Materials." Oral presentation in “Algorithm Development in Materials Science and Engineering — Computational Models and Algorithms in Atomistic Scale” at 2021 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition Virtual, 16 Mar 2021 https://www.tms.org/tms2021.

[21] J. R. James (presenter), A. L. Pilchak, S. Jha, R. Arroyave, E. J. Payton. "Application of Prolate Spheroid Stereology to Microtexture Regions in Ti-6Al-4V." Poster presentation in “Practical Tools for Integration and Analysis in Materials Engineering — Poster Session” at 2021 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition Virtual, 15 Mar 2021 https://www.tms.org/tms2021.

[20] V. Sinha (presenter), E. M. Hager, R. A. Kemnitz, P. J. Flater, R. P. O’Hara, C. J. Budrow, K. E. Nygren, P. A. Shade, E. J. Payton. "Materials issues in additive manufacturing of AF9628 steel via laser powder bed fusion." Oral presentation at Annual DoD Steels Research Summit Virtual, 16 Dec 2020.

[19] M. Schuch (presenter), E. J. Payton, V. Sinha, M. Gonzales, M. Jaecklein, N. Ledford, P. Frueh, W. Riedel. "Investigation of the microstructure-property relationship for high strength steels under tensile high-rate loading." Oral presentation at Annual DoD Steels Research Summit Virtual, 15 Dec 2020.

[18] J. R. James (presenter), M. Gonzales, E. J. Payton, R. Arroyave, D. Allaire. "Predicting Dynamic Strain Rate Response using Model Reification." Oral presentation in the symposium “Understanding and Predicting Dynamic Behavior of Materials — Strength in Metals” at 2020 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition San Diego, CA, 25 Feb 2020 https://www.tms.org/tms2020.

[17] A. L. Pilchak (presenter), A. R. C. Gerlt, E. J. Payton. "Modeling Beta Phase Texture Evolution during Alpha+Beta Forging to Understand Precursors to Coarse (“Abnormal”) Grain Formation." Oral presentation in “Purveyors of Processing Science and ICME: A SMD Symposium to Honor the Many Contributions of Taylan Altan, Wei Tsu Wu, Soo-Ik Oh, and Lee Semiatin — Modeling” at 2020 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition San Diego, CA, 25 Feb 2020 https://www.tms.org/tms2020.

[16] Z. D. Brunson (presenter), A. L. Pilchak, E. J. Payton, A. Stebner. "Martensitic Variant Selection Under Applied Stress: A New Approach Applied to the beta Transformation in Titanium." Oral Presentation in “Purveyors of Processing Science and ICME: A SMD Symposium to Honor the Many Contributions of Taylan Altan, Wei Tsu Wu, Soo-Ik Oh, and Lee Semiatin — Titanium Alloys” at 2020 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition San Diego, CA, 25 Feb 2020 https://www.tms.org/tms2020.

[15] C. Hale, E. J. Payton, V. M. Miller (presenter). "The Role of Heteroepitaxial Recrystallization in the Determination of the Grain Size Distribution during Thermomechanical Processing of Ni Base Superalloys." Poster presentation in “Advancing Current and State-of-the-Art Application of Ni- and Co-based Superalloys” at 2020 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition San Diego, CA, 24 Feb 2020 https://www.tms.org/tms2020.

[14] E. M. Hager, P. J. Flater, V. Sinha (presenter), E. J. Payton, R. A. Kemnitz, R. P. O’Hara. "Additive Manufacturing of AF9628 Steel." Oral presentation in “Additive Manufacturing of Metals: Microstructure, Properties and Alloy Development” at Materials Science & Technology 2019 Portland, OR, 3 Oct 2019 https://www.matscitech.org/MST19/.

[13] V. Sinha (presenter), E. J. Payton, M. Gonzales. "Microstructural refinement in martensitic and maraging steels." Oral presentation in the symposium “Gas/metal reactions, diffusion, and phase transformation during heat treatment of steel” at Materials Science & Technology 2019 Portland, OR, 30 Sep 2019 https://www.matscitech.org/MST19/.

[12] A. L. Pilchak (presenter), S. Srivatsa, N. C. Levkulich, V. Sinha, E. J. Payton, S. L. Semiatin. "Characterization and modeling the precursors to coarse grain formation during beta-annealing of Ti-6Al-4V." Oral presentation at 14th World Conference on Titanium Nantes, France, 12 Jun 2019.

[11] J. R. James (presenter), A. R. C. Gerlt, M. Gonzales, E. J. Payton, R. John, I. Karaman, R. Arroyave, D. Allaire. "A Reification Approach to Modeling Material Response by Fitting Johnson Cook Parameters." Oral presentation in “Computational Approaches for Big Data, Artificial Intelligence and Uncertainty Quantification in Computational Materials Science — AI-based Investigation of Material Properties I” at 2019 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition San Antonio, TX, 12 Mar 2019 https://www.tms.org/tms2019.

[10] K. N. Wertz (presenter), D. Weaver, E. J. Payton, S. L. Semiatin, M. J. Mills, S. R. Niezgoda. "Exploration of Thermo-Mechanical Processing Parameters for a Polycrystalline y-y’ Cobalt-base Alloy." Oral presentation in “Gamma (FCC)/Gamma-Prime (L12) Co-Based Superalloys III — Environmental Resistance and Processing” at 2019 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition San Antonio, TX, 11 Mar 2019 https://www.tms.org/tms2019.

[9] S. R. Niezgoda (presenter), E. J. Payton, A. F. Brust, V. Sinha. "Probabilistic Methodology for Analyzing and Reconstructing Parent Microstructures from EBSD Maps of Transformation Products." Oral presentation in “Coupling Advanced Characterization and Modeling Tools for Understanding Fundamental Phase Transformation Mechanisms: An MPMD Symposium in Honor of Hamish Fraser – Session III” at 2018 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition San Antonio, TX, 14 Mar 2018 https://www.tms.org/tms2018.

[8] A. F. Brust (presenter), S. R. Niezgoda, E. J. Payton. "Analysis of Misorientation Relationship between Austenite Parent and Twins." Oral presentation in “Phase Transformations and Microstructural Evolution – Phase Transformations in Steels I” at 2018 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition Phoenix, AZ, 12 Mar 2018 https://www.tms.org/tms2018.

[7] S. L. Semiatin (presenter), D. W. Mahaffey, E. J. Payton, J. Tiley, O. N. Senkov, N. C. Levkulich. "An Overview of the Modeling of Precipitation and Dissolution in Gamma- gamma Prime Nickel-base Superalloys." Oral presentation in “Deformation and Damage Mechanisms in High Temperature Ni, Co, and Fe-based Superalloys – 2A: Precipitation Dissolution, Liquation in & Welding of Ni-based Superalloy and 2B: Effects of Ordering and Precipitate Behavior in Ni-based Superalloys” at 2018 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition Phoenix, AZ, 12 Mar 2018 https://www.tms.org/tms2018.

[6] A. F. Brust (presenter), S. R. Niezgoda, E. J. Payton. "Enabling prior austenite reconstruction through analysis of orientation relationship crystallography." Oral presentation at Annual DoD Steels Research Summit Eglin, FL, 2 Nov 2017.

[5] Y. Coutinho (presenter), E. J. Payton. "Microstructure Simulations and Data Analysis for Prediction of EBSD Grain Size Measurement Accuracy." Oral presentation in the symposium “Validating Materials Behavior for Predictive Materials Science and Engineering” at Materials Science and Technology 2015 Columbus, OH, 7 Oct 2015.

[4] W. Tan (presenter), E. J. Payton. "Quantitatively Identifying Different Phases in Multiphase Steels by EBSD." Oral presentation in the symposium “Advanced Steel Metallurgy: Products and Processing” at Materials Science and Technology 2015 Columbus, OH, 5 Oct 2015.

[3] A. C. Ladonis (presenter), E. J. Payton, S. T. Misture. "Nanoparticle Evolution of Nickel Catalysts via Low Voltage in-situ High Temperature SEM." Poster presentation in the ACerS Basic Science Division Ceramographic Comptetition at Materials Science and Technology 2015 Columbus, OH, USA, 5 Oct 2015.

[2] S. C. K. Rooney (presenter), W. Tan, E. J. Payton. "On Grain Size Measurements using EBSD." Poster presentation at 2014 EBSD topical conference sponsored by the Microbeam Analysis Society Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, 18 Jun 2014.

[1] W. Tan (presenter), J. M. Shultis, S. Dziaszyk, V. A. Yardley, E. J. Payton. "EBSD Investigations of Bainitic Microstructures." Poster presentation at 2014 EBSD topical conference sponsored by the Microbeam Analysis Society Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, 18 Jun 2014.