S.D. Antolovich, School of Materials Science and Engineering/MEFatigue, deformation and degradation of materials, high-temperature behavior of materials, application of mechanics and materials to structural failures, and fracture mechanics.
A. Antoniou, G.W. Woodruff School of Mechanical EngineeringMicromechanics of deformation in cellular materials and metallic glasses, using both experimental measurements and numerical modeling; synthesis and mechanical behavior of nanostructured materials.
C.S. Deo, G.W. Woodruff School of Mechanical EngineeringAtomistic and mesoscale modeling; defects in materials; materials behavior in extreme environments including deformation and particle irradiation.
H. Garmestani, School of Materials Science and EngineeringQuantitative characterization of materials, diffraction methods, statistical continuum mechanics treatments of heterogeneous materials; materials design.
A. Gokhale, School of Materials Science and EngineeringQuantitative fractography and microscopy (stereology), modeling of microstructures, quantitative relationships between microstructure and mechanical behavior of materials.
W.S. Johnson, School of Materials Science and Engineering/MEExperiments and modeling of fatigue and fracture behavior of advanced materials, including nonlinear and temperature dependent behavior; development of life prediction methodologies.
K. Kalaitzidou, G.W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering/MSEDevelopment and characterization of advanced polymer based particles or composites with superior properties for a wide range of applications.
S. Kalidindi, G.W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering/MSEDesigning material internal structure for optimal properties and performance and identifying hybrid processing routes for its manufacture.
D.L. McDowell, G.W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering/MSECyclic viscoplasticity; microstructure-sensitive fatigue; multiscale modeling from atomistics to continuum; finite strain inelasticity, defect field mechanics; damage and deformation of metallic systems; materials design.
S. Melkote, G.W. Woodruff School of Mechanical EngineeringCharacterization 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.
C. Muhlstein, School of Materials Science and EngineeringDeformation, fatigue, fracture mechanics, degradation mechanisms, structural materials, composite materials, nanomaterials, thin films.
R.W. Neu, G.W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering/MSEThermomechanical fatigue, environmental effects, composite materials, fracture mechanics, creep, fatigue life prediction methods, mechanics of phase transformations.
O. Pierron, G.W. Woodruff School of Mechanical EngineeringExperimental and analytical characterization of fracture and fatigue of small scale materials (thin films, nanostructures), structural reliability of MEMS/NEMS devices, environmental effects.
C.J. Saldana, G.W. Woodruff School of Mechanical EngineeringUltrafine-grained and nanocrystalline materials, and surface modification and micro-scale texturing methods.
P. Singh, School of Materials Science and EngineeringDamage accumulation in metal matrix composites (MMCs), environmental sensitive fracture of Al alloys and MMCs, and high temperature oxidation of composites.
S. Sitaraman, G.W. Woodruff School of Mechanical EngineeringThermo-mechanical modeling, reliability, and design of electronic packages.
A. Stebner, G.W. Woodruff School of Mechanical EngineeringCharacterization and data analysis for deformation and manufacturing of materials; additive manufacturing; materials and process design.
L.K. Stewart, School of Civil and Environmental EngineeringCharacterization of material and structural response to high strain rates; explosive and shock effects on materials; computational mechanics for shock and vibrations.
N. Thadhani, School of Materials Science and Engineering/MEMaterials 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.
S. Xia, G.W. Woodruff School of Mechanical EngineeringExperimental solid mechanics, nano and micromechanics, mechanics of energy storage and conversion materials, mechanics of heterogeneous media, fracture and fatigue of active materials.
M. Zhou, G.W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering/MSEHigh strain rate behavior of materials, experimental and computational studies of shear banding and deformation of heterogeneous materials; atomistic simulations of functional oxides and nanowires.
T. Zhu, G.W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering/MSEAtomistic modeling of defect nucleation in materials; transition states and defect kinetics; coupled multiphysics problems at nanoscales.
* ME denotes joint appointment in the Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering
* MSE denotes joint appointment in the School of Materials Science and Engineering