Elizabeth Getto, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
Mechanical & Nuclear Engineering Department
United States Naval Academy
590 Holloway Road
Annapolis, MD 21402-5042
(410) 293-6506
getto@usna.edu

• Department of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences
• Doctor of Philosophy, Nuclear Engineering
• Dissertation: "The Co-Evolution of Microstructure Features in Self-Ion Irradiated HT9 at Very High Damage Levels"

• Master of Science, Nuclear Engineering

• Bachelor of Science, Nuclear Engineering

• Radiation effects in materials
• Microstructural characterization of metals
• Ion irradiation as a surrogate for reactor irradiations
• Additive manufacturing

• R.C. Sundberg, E. Getto, B. Baker, M. J. Swenson, “Laser welding effects on microstructure, mechanical properties, and irradiation resistance in oxide dispersion strengthened steel MA956,” Journal of Nuclear Materials 629 (2026) 156649 E. Getto, L.C.
• Schoffstall, Sidney Hall-Smith, C. Kinneman, J. Harnage, J. Slager, B. Baker, P.J. Joyce, D.P. Durkin, “Impact of Gamma Radiation on the Thermal and Mechanical Properties of Additively Manufactured PA12 Composites,” International Journal of Applied Manufacturing Technology, 140 (2025) 6107-6121, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-025-16483-x.
• E. Getto, L.C. Schoffstall , Sidney Hall-Smith, B. Baker, J. Slager, P.J. Joyce, D.P. Durkin, “Effect of Gamma Radiation on Selective Laser Sintered Nylon-12,” Journal of Materials Engineering and Processing, 33 (2023) 1129-1140.
• E. Getto, R.J. Santucci, Jr., J. Gibbs, R. Link, E. Retzlaff, B. Baker, M. Koul, B. Croom, T. Montalbano, S. Storck, E. Cimpoiasu, E. Farnan, “Powder Plasma Spheroidization Treatment and the Characterization of Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of SS 316L Powder and L-PBF Builds” Heliyon 9 (2023) e16583.
• E. Getto, N. Nathan, J. McMahan, B. Baker, S. Taller, “Contextualizing dispersoid evolution within the microstructure of MA956 using ion irradiation,” Nuclear Materials and Energy 28 (2021) 101024.
• R.J. Warzoha, A.A. Wilson, B.F. Donovan, A.N. Smith, N. Vu, T. Perry, L. Li, N. Milijkovic, E. Getto, “A Numerical Fitting Routine for Frequency-domain Thermoreflectance Measurements of Nanoscale Material Systems having Arbitrary Geometries” Journal of Applied Physics 129 (2021) 035103.
• E. Getto, B. Baker, B. Tobie, S. Briggs, K. Hattar, K. Knipling, “Effect of friction stir welding and self-ion irradiation on dispersoid evolution in oxide dispersion strengthened steel MA956 up to 25 dpa,” Journal of Nuclear Materials 515 (2019) 407-419.
• E. Getto, B. Tobie, E. Bautista, A.L. Bullens, Z. T. Kroll, M. J. Pavel, K. S. Mao, D.W. Gandy, J. P. Wharry, “Thermal Aging and the Hall–Petch Relationship of PM-HIP and Wrought Alloy 625,” JOM (2019). 1-9.https://doi.org/10.1007/s11837-019-03532-6

• First Place, 2016 Innovations in Fuel Cycle Research Award: Advanced Fuels
• National Science Foundation Graduate Fellow
• Society of Women Engineers' Clare Booth Luce Fellow
• Tau Beta Pi Fellow
• Civilian Service Commendation Medal, 2024

• The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS)
• Institute for Nuclear Materials Management
• Tau Beta Pi (TBP)
• Alpha Nu Sigma
• American Nuclear Society (ANS)