Micro and Nanomechanics Lab Research Group

Left to right: Stephane, Yong, Professor Espinosa, Mike, Michele, Francois, Bei, Sungsoo, Keun-Ho, Changhong. (May, 2004)

Lab address:

Micro and Nanomechanics Lab and
Dynamic Inelasticity Lab
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Northwestern University
2145 Sheridan Rd.
Evanston, IL 60208-3111
Phone: (847) 467-5989
Fax: (847) 491-3915

Principal Investigator:

Prof. Horacio D. Espinosa
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Northwestern University
2145 Sheridan Rd.
Evanston, IL 60208-3111
Phone: (847) 467-5989
Fax: (847) 491-3915
Email: espinosa@northwestern.edu
URL: http://clifton.mech.northwestern.edu/~espinosa/

Graduate Students:

• Ravi Agrawal, "Multiscale Modeling of Plasticity and Fracture of Nanowires."
• Owen Loh, "Nanofabrication and Characterization of a NEMS Switch."
• Mark Locascio, "Quantum Mechanics and Molecular Mechanics Modeling of 1-D Nanostructures."

Alumni:

• Lapo Mori, Ph.D., "Lightweight Structures and Novel Steel Alloys Resistant to Blast and Fragments," Ph.D. completed in June 2008.
• Bei Peng, Ph.D., "Mechanical Characterization of One-Dimensional Nanomaterials," Ph.D. completed in June 2008. Currently Assistant Professor at the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China.
• Andrea Ho, M.Sc., "Direct Deposition of Bio- and Nanomaterials by Nanofountain Probe," M.Sc. completed in August 2007. Currently at MEA Forensic, British Columbia.
• Changhong Ke, Ph.D., "Feedback Controlled Carbon Nanotube based NEMS devices," Ph.D. completed in 2006. Currently at the Center for Biologically Inspired Materials and Material Systems, Duke University.
• Francois Barthelat, Ph.D., "The mechanical performance of nacre from seashells: superior toughness through microstructural design," Ph.D. completed in 2006. Currently Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, McGill University.
• Yong Zhu, Ph.D., "Development of a nanoscale material testing system and in-situ SEM/TEM study of the mechanical behavior of nanostructures," Ph.D. completed in December, 2005. Currently at the Center for Mechanics of Solids, Structures and Materials, University of Texas.
• Keun-Ho Kim, Ph.D., "Design and Fabrication of a Multi-Probe Device with Microfluidics for Massively Parallel Nanolithography." Ph.D. completed in January 2006.
• Sungsoo Lee, Ph.D., "Dynamic Testing of Blast Resistant Materials and Structures," Ph.D. completed in December 2005.
• Michele Panico, M.Sc., "Multiscale Modeling of Plasticity Size Scale Effects in Freestanding Submicron Thin Films," Master of Science completed in July 2005.
• Hernan V. Arrieta,M.Sc., "Dynamic Testing of Advanced Materials at High and Low Temperatures," Master of Science completed in July, 1999. Currently at MTU Aero Engines GmbH.
• Gordon L. Emore, M.Sc. "Computational Modeling of Geometric and Material Nonlinearities," Master of Science completed in December, 1996.
• Maximiliano Fischer, M.Sc., "MEMS Material Testing," Mater of Science completed in December 1999. Currently in the MEMS Group at Comision Nacional de Energia Atomica, Argentina.
• Hung-Cheng Lu, Ph.D., "Ballistic Penetration of Fiber Reinforced Composites," Ph.D. completed in December, 1998. Currently Senior Process Development Engineer at Corning Inc., Corning, NY.
• Alejandro Patanella, M.Sc., "Mechanics of Friction and Wear of Nano-materials," Master of Science completed in December, 1998. Currently faculty at Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina.
• Rong Wang, M.Sc., "Nanoindentations on Undoped UNCD Thin Film," Master of Science completed in June, 2003. Currently Ph.D. student at UC, Irvine.
• Yueping Xu, M.Sc., "Failure Mechanisms in Brittle Materials," Master of Science completed in May, 1997. Currently at Intelligent MEMS Design Inc., MA.
• Pablo D. Zavattieri, Ph.D., "Computational Modeling for Bridging Size Scales in the Failure of Solids," Ph.D. completed in December, 2000. Currently senior research scientist at General Motors.

Past Research Associates:

• Dr. Bin Wu, Ph.D., Pekin University, China, September 2005 - December 2006. Currently at Stanford University.
• Dr. Nicolaie A. Moldovan, Ph.D., University of Bucharest, Romania, August 2002 - August 2006. Currently at Advanced Diamond Technologies.
• Dr. Huang Tang, Ph.D., Carnegie-Mellon University, September 2004 - November 2006.
• Dr. Brian Hyde, Ph.D., Virginia Tech, October 2004 - September 2005.
• Dr. Chun-Ming Li, Ph.D., Tsinghua University, China, September 2004 - February 2006.
• Dr. Stephane Berbenni, Ph.D., Ecole Nationale d'Arts et Metiers, Metz, France, September 2003 - 2004. Currently a research scientist at CNRS.
• Dr. Sunil K. Dwivedi, Ph.D., Indian Institute of Technology, April 1997 - July 1999. Currently at Washington State University.
• Dr. Benjamin Gailly, Ph.D., August 1999 - August 2000. Currently at Atelier Industriel de L'Aeronautique de Cuers-Pierrefeu, France.
• Dr. Barton C. Prorok, Ph.D., University of Illinois at Chicago, August 2000 - August 2002. Currently at Auburn University.
• Dr. Raghuram V. Pucha, Ph.D., Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, September 1997 - December 1998. Currently at Georgia Institute of Technology.
• Dr. Zhu Wu, Ph.D., Tsinghua University, Beijing, April 2000 - August 2001. Currently at Schott Optovance.
• Dr. Yueping Xu, Ph.D., Purdue University, May-December 1997. Currently at Intelligent MEMS Design Inc.
• Dr. Gang Yuan, Ph.D., University of Science and Technology of China, January-October 1997. Currently at Intel Co.

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