Lesley D. Frame

Principal Investigator

Department of Materials Science & Engineering

Lesley D. Frame is Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and Director of the Center for Materials Processing Data at University of Connecticut. Dr.Frame received her BS from the Department of Materials Science Engineering at MIT, and she received her MS and PhD from University of Arizona in the same field. Upon completion of her Ph.D. she has postdoctoral positions at The Arizona Research Institute for Solar Energy, and then at Cardiff University and the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory as a Fulbright Scholar. Dr. Frame spent five years in industry at Thermatool Corp. leading product development projects, the materials characterization lab, and process improvement efforts for the tube and pipe industry. Her current research is focused on materials processing-structure-property relationships and failure analysis related to metals manufacturing processes, residual stress formation, and corrosion.