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Preston, Dean Laverne was born on February 4, 1953 in Oswego, New York, United States. Son of Verne Elmer and Marjorie Alma (Connors) Preston.
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Dean Laverne Preston
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Dean Laverne Preston, American Physicist. Achievements include development of constitutive model for metals and alloys that encompasses homogeneous plastic flow, the shear modulus, and melting. It is becoming the principal materials model for weapon design at Los Alamos. Member American Physical Society.
Education
Bachelor of Science, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, 1975; Doctor of Philosophy, Princeton University, 1980.
Career
Consultant, Los Alamos (New Mexico) National Laboratory, 1982-1983; assistant professor, U. N.H., Durham, 1983-1985; staff physicist, Nuclear Applications Group - LANL, Los Alamos, since 1985. Contributor articles to professional journals.
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Member American Physical Society.
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Married Marsha Ann Weselak, January 4, 1975. Children: Melissa, Christopher. Married Sally Elaine Archuleta, February 14, 1983.
Children: Daniel, Matthew.
