Nick Calta profile

Nick Calta

Group Leader, Advanced Materials Process Science Group

PLS / Msd / Materials Science Division

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Biography

Research interests

Advanced manufacturing, process monitoring, defect detection, anomaly detection, materials discovery, alloy development, metals processing, synchrotron science, in situ characterization

Career path

Nick is a materials scientist with experience in metal additive manufacturing, process monitoring, and materials discovery. In addition to leading the AMPS group, Nick currently lead a team of scientists and engineers working to develop and deploy new process monitoring approaches for laser powder bed fusion. 

Subject Matter Expertise

Laser powder bed fusion, advanced manufacturing for metals, X-ray diffraction, high speed imaging and radiography, process monitoring.

Education

  • Ph.D. Chemistry, Northwestern University, 2015
  • B.S. Chemistry, Georgetown University, 2010

Publications

2022 1 publication

  • Templeman, J. R,; Wachtor, A. J.; Flynn, E. B.; Depond, P. J.; Forien, J.-B.; Guss, G. M.; Calta, N. P.; Matthews, M. J. Detection of keyhole pore formations in laser powder bed fusion using acoustic process monitoring measurements. Additive Manufacturing,2022, 55, 102735. DOI: 10.1016/j.addma.2022.102735

2020 3 publications

  • Forien, J.-B.; Calta, N. P.; Depond, P. J.; Guss, G. M.; Roehling, T. T.; Matthews, M. J. Detecting keyhole pores and monitoring process signatures in laser powder bed fusion: an in situ pyrometry and ex situ radiography correlation. Additive Manufacturing,2020, 35, 101336. DOI: 10.1016/j.addma.2020.101336
  • Khairallah, S; Martin, A. A.; Lee, J. R. I.; Guss, G.; Calta, N. P.; Hammons, J. A.; Nielsen, M. H.; Chaput, K.; Schwalbach, E.; Shah, M. N.; Chapman, M. G.; Willey, T. M.; Rubenchik, A. M.; Anderson, A. T.; Wang, Y. M.; Matthews, M. J.; King, W. E. Controlling interdependent meso-nanosecond dynamics and defect generation in metal 3D printing. Science, 2020, 368, 660 – 665. DOI: 10.1126/science.aay7830
  • Calta, N. P.; Martin, A. A.; Hammons, J. A.; Nielsen, M. H.; Roehling, T. T.; Fezzaa, K.; Matthews, M. J.; Jefferies, J. R.; Willey, T. M.; Lee, J. R. I. Pressure dependence of laser-material interactions under laser powder bed fusion conditions probed by in situ X-ray imaging. Additive Manufacturing, 2020, 32, 101084 DOI: 10.1016/j.addma.2020.101084

2019 1 publication

  • Martin, A. A.; Calta, N. P.; Wang, J.; Depond, P. J.; Fong, A. Y.; Thampy, V.; Kiss, A. M.; Guss, G. M.; Stone, K. H.; Tassone, C. J.; Nelson Weker, J.; Toney, M. F.; Matthews, M. J.; Van Buuren, A. W. Dynamics of pore formation during laser powder bed fusion additive manufacturing. Nature Communications, 2019, 10, 1987. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-10009-2

2018 2 publications

2016 1 publication

  • Calta, N. P.; Bud’ko, S. L.; Rodriguez, A. P.; Han, F.; Chung, D. Y.; Kanatzidis, M. G. Synthesis, Structure, and Complex Magnetism of MIr2In8 (M = Eu, Sr). Inorg. Chem. 2016, 55 (6), 3128–3135. DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.6b00059

2015 1 publication

  • Calta, N. P.; Im, J.; Rodriguez, A. P.; Fang, L.; Bugaris, D. E.; Chasapis, T. C.; Freeman, A. J.; Kanatzidis, M. G. Hybridization Gap and Dresselhaus Spin Splitting in EuIr4In2Ge4. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54 (32), 9186–9191. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201504315

Other 1 publication

Awards

  • Physical and Life Sciences Directorate Award for Mentoring, 2023

  • Physical and Life Sciences Directorate Award for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, 2022

  • Director’s Award for Excellence in Publication 2021, 2020, 2018

  • Physical and Life Sciences Directorate Award for Excellence in Publication, 2020, 2019, 2018

  • Ludo Frevel Fellowship, International Centre for Diffraction Data, 2015

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