Participating Faculty
- K. Gall, School of Materials Science and Engineering/ME*
- Development and characterization of advanced material systems for implementation into emerging technologies; experimental and computational studies emphasizing the mechanica behavior of materials at multiple-length scales.
- H. Garmestani, School of Materials Science and Engineering
- Microstructure-property relationships in advanced materials, including composites, superplastic, magnetic and thin film layered structures; texture/residual stress/crystallography measurements using x-ray and other microscopy techniques.
- A. Gokhale, School of Materials Science and Engineering
- Quantitative fractography and microscopy (stereology), modeling of microstructures, quantitative relationships between microstructure and mechanical behavior of materials.
- S. Graham, George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering
- Thermophysical property measurement at small scales; nanoscale heat transfer in materials.
- W.S. Johnson, School of Materials Science and Engineering/ME*
- Experimental and analytical characterization of fatigue and fracture behavior of advanced materials, including nonlinear and temperature dependent behavior; development of life prediction methodology.
- O. Pierron, George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering
- Experimental and analytical characterization of fracture and fatigue of small scale materials (thin films, nanostructures), structural reliability of MEMS/NEMS devices, environmental effects.
- D.L. McDowell, George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering/MSE*
- Cyclic plasticity, viscoplasticity, nonlinear and time dependent fracture mechanics, fatigue and creep fatigue interaction, finite strain inelasticity, shape memory alloys, metals processing, mechanics of cellular materials, materials design.
- S. Melkote, George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering
- Characterization of the effects of machined surface integrity on fatigue life of hardened-bearing steels; constitutive models for high strain, strain rate and temperature processes, such as machining.
- R.W. Neu, George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering/MSE*
- Thermomechanical fatigue, environmental effects, composite materials, fracture mechanics, creep, fatigue life prediction methods, mechanics of phase transformations.
- J. Qu, George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering
- Micromechanics of composites; wave propagation and nondestructive evaluation of composites.
- P. Singh, School of Materials Science and Engineering
- Stress corrosion cracking, Corrosion fatigue, Corrosion, High temperature oxidation; Microstructure/Property relationships in alloys, Metallic Coatings, Damage accumulation on metal matrix composites.
- S. Sitaraman, George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering
- Thermo-mechanical modeling, reliability, and design of electronic packages.
- N. Thadhani, School of Materials Science and Engineering
- Materials aspects of dynamic deformation, including fracture and flow behavior of solid and porous materials, synthesis of intermetallics and ceramics materials utilizing effects of high-strain-rate loading.
- M. Zhou, George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering/MSE*
- High-strain-rate behavior of materials, experimental and computational studies of shear banding and deformation of heterogeneous materials.
- T. Zhu, George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering
- Atomistic modeling of defect nucleation in materials; transition states and defect kinetics; coupled multiphysics problems at nanoscales.
*ME denotes joint appointment in Mechanical Engineering.
*MSE denotes joint appointment in Materials Science and Engineering.