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Ph.D.
Solid Mechanics, Brown University, December 1991
"Micromechanics of the Dynamic Response of Ceramics and Ceramic
Composites" Advisors: Professors R.J. Clifton and M. Ortiz
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M.Sc. Applied Mathematics, Brown University, 1990
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M.Sc. Solid Mechanics, Brown University, 1989
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M.Sc. Structural Engineering, Polytechnic of Milan, Italy, 1987
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Sc.B. Magna Cum Laude, six-year professional degree,
Northeast National University, Argentina, 1981
Professor Espinosa received his Civil Engineering degree in December of 1981.
From 1982 to 1985 he practiced the profession by designing foundations of
multi-story buildings, reinforced concrete plates, beams, columns used in
multi-story buildings, and shells used in elevated reservoirs. Another
activity he pursued was the design of city pavement and draining systems.
In September of 1985 he started graduate studies at the Polytechnic of Milan
until completion of a Master Degree in Structural Engineering. In August of
1987 he moved to the USA and started graduate studies at Brown University.
In January of 1992 he joined the faculty at Purdue University in the School
of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Since September of 2004, he has been a
professor of Mechanical Engineering at Northwestern University.
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Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University,
Evanston, IL. September, 2004 - present.
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Associate Professor with tenure, Mechanical Engineering,
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL. January, 2000 - August, 2004.
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Sabbatical leave at Harvard University, Division of Engineering
and Applied Sciences, September 1998 - August, 1999, Cambridge, MA.
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Associate Professor with tenure, School of Aeronautics and
Astronautics, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 1997-1999.
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Assistant Professor, School of Aeronautics and Astronautics,
Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 1992-1997.
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Teaching Assistant, Div. of Engineering, Brown University,
Providence, RI. Materials Science, fall 1989; Introduction to
Mechanics and Electricity, Fall 1990.
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Assistant Professor, Northeast National University,
Division of Engineering, Argentina, 1985.
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Teaching Assistant, Northeast National University,
Division of Engineering, Argentina, 1980-1984.
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Society for Experimental Mechanics,
Fellow, 2008.
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Society for Experimental Mechanics,
LAZAN Medal, 2008.
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Society of Engineering Science,
SES Junior Medal, 2007.
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Society of Experimental Mechanics,
Hetenyi Award, 2005.
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ASME,
Fellow, 2004.
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AAM,
Junior Award, American Academy of Mechanics, 2002.
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AAM,
Fellow, American Academy of Mechanics, 2001.
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ASME,
Electronic and Photonic Packaging Division, Appreciation Award, 2001.
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ONR,
Young Investigator Award, 1997.
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NSF,
CAREER Award, 1996.
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ASME,
Materials Division, Appreciation Award, 1996.
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NSF
Research Inititation/Instrumentation Award, 1993.
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Summer employee, Hibbitt Karlsson & Sorensen Inc., "Modeling of
foam materials considering softening and finite deformations" (1989).
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Design of multi-story buildings, elevated reservoirs, pavement and
draining systems in reinforced concrete, Resistencia City, Argentina, (1981-1985).
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Consultant, "Planta Tamet," Argentina, (1984-1985).
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Consultant, "State Housing & Urban Development," Argentina, (1983-1985).
- Size scale plasticity and fracture of thin films and nanowires
- In-situ TEM/SEM/AFM/STM electro-mechanical testing
- Identification of failure mechanisms in bio-materials such as nacre and abalone shells
- Design of synthetic materials mimicking bioceramics
- Development of probes for AFM applications
- Multi-probe nanolithography of molecular inks
- Design and fabrication of NEMS for electronics and sensor applications
- Directed self-assembly
- BioMEMS for the study of single biomolecules and cell pathways
- Manufacturing of protein arrays for disease identification through biomarkers
- Multiscale computational methods
- Editor of the Wiley Series in Micro and Nano Technologies, 2008-present.
- Editor-in-chief of the Journal of Experimental Mechanics, 2006-present.
- Associate Editor of the Journal of Applied Mechanics, 2003-present.
- Member of the Board of Directors of the Society of Engineering Science, 2008-present.
- Member of the Editorial Board of The Journal of Nanotechnology, 2008-present.
- Member of the Editorial Board of Research Letters in Nanotechnology, 2007-present.
- Member of the Editorial Board of International Review of Mechanical Engineering, 2007-present.
- Member of the Editorial Board of The Open Electrical and Electronic Engineering Journal, 2007-present.
- Member of the Editorial Board of The Open Mechanics Journal, 2007-present.
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Editor of Mechanics: a publication of the American Academy
of Mechanics, 1998-present (http://www.AAMech.org/).
- Associate Editor of the Journal of Applied Mechanics, 2004-present.
- Editor of the Journal of Experimental Mechanics, 2006-present.
- Associate Editor of the Journal of Experimental Mechanics, 2002-2006.
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Special issue of Experimental Mechanics dedicated to "MEMS and
Nanotechnology - Experimental and Computational Mechanics Aspects,"
edited by H.D. Espinosa, 2003.
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Special issue of Mechanics of Materials dedicated to "Deformation,
Fracture and Failure of Advanced Materials" honoring Professor
Sia Nemat-Nasser, edited by H.D. Espinosa and G. Subhash, 2002.
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Special issue of Mechanics of Materials dedicated to "Failure
Mechanisms in Brittle Materials," edited by H.D. Espinosa and
R.J. Clifton, Vol. 29, 1998.
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"Advances in Failure Mechanisms in Brittle Materials," edited
by R.J. Clifton and H.D. Espinosa, ASME/AMD219-MD75 publication, November 1996.
- NSF-Panels, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007.
- NSF-Nanotechnology Exploratory Research (NER), 2002.
- NSF-Committee of Visitors, 2001.
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NSF-Advisory Panelist 1995 and 1996 for the Individual Investigator
Award proposals in the Mechanics and Materials Program in the
Division of Civil and Mechanical Systems.
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NSF-CAREER 1997 Advisory panelist in the Surface Science and Tribology
Program in the Division of Civil and Mechanical Systems.
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NSF-CAREER 1998 Advisory panelist in the Mechanics and Materials Program
in the Division of Civil and Mechanical Systems.
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APS-Shock Compression of Condensed Matter Conference, Utah,
1999 Technical Committee, Constitutive Modeling, Program Coordinator.
- AIAA Journal of Aircraft
- Journal of Experimental Mechanics (SEM)
- Int. Journal of Solids and Structures
- Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids
- Journal of Composite Materials
- Acta Materialia
- Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology, ASME
- Journal of Applied Mechanics, ASME
- Journal of Nanotechnology
- Science
- Nature Materials
- Journal of MEMS
- PNAS
- Small
- Nano Letters
- Physical Review Letters
- IUTAM Symposium, with Francois Hild, Paris, France, 2009.
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"A Symposium on Linking Theory and Computations to
Experiments - Selected Topics in Bio and Nano," with
R. McMeeking from UCSB, SEM XI International Congress
and Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, June 2-5, 2008.
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"Micro and Nano Devices with Applications to Biology and Nanoelectronics,"
Course organizer and main instructor, August 7-August 11, 2006, 16 lectures and 9 lab
sessions, NSF Summer Institute on Nano Mechanics and Materials.
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Pan-American Advanced Studies Institute Program (PASI) on Nano
and Biotechnology - Argentina, Nov. 13-22, 2006, main organizer with
G. Paulino and G. Buscaglia, 22 lectures and 1 full day hands-on
experiments at the Balseiro Institute.
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"Fracture and Fatigue and Micro and Nano
Scales," co-organized with Dieter Wolf, Argonne National
Laboratory, USA, Leslie Banks-Sills, Tel Aviv University, Israel, and
Roberto Ballarini, CWRU, USA; ICF11 in Turin, Italy on March 20-25, 2005.
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"Nanotechnology and MEMS - Experiments and Modeling,"
co-organized with H. Van Swygenhoven of Paul Scherrer Institute,
Switzerland, and E. Riedo of Georgia Tech, ICEM12 in Bari,
Italy on August 29 – September 2, 2004.
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"Symposium on Nanotechnology and MEMS: Experiments and Modeling,"
co-organized with R. Ballarini and W. Knauss, the 14th US National Congress
of Applied Mechanics in Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, June 23-28, 2002.
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"Sessions on Nanoscale Measurements in Fracture and Fatigue,"
co-organized with Paul Labossière, the US Society for Experimental
Mechanics 2002 Annual Conference, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, June 10-12, 2002.
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"Symposium on Modeling and Simulation of Micro and Nano Systems,"
co-organized with Ted Belytschko, Wing-Kam Liu, Mark Horstemeyer, and Helena
Van Swygenhoven, the 6th U.S. National Congress on Computational Mechanics,
Dearborn, Michigan, August 1-4, 2001.
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"Symposium on Experiment and Modeling of Failure of Modern Materials,"
co-organized with Mohammed Zikry and Ghatu Subhash, the 2001 Applied Mechanics
and Materials Summer Conference, La Jolla, California, June 27-29, 2001.
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"Symposium on Advances in Failure Mechanisms in Brittle Materials,"
co-organized with R.J. Clifton, 1996-ASME Winter Annual Meeting, Atlanta,
Georgia, November 1996.
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Regional Advisory Committee: the Microfabrication Applications Laboratory of the
University of Illinois at Chicago has recently established a Regional Advisory
Board to discuss policy issues regarding microfabrication facilities in the
Chicago area. Professor Espinosa joined this committee together with scientists
from UIC, NU and ANL.
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Committee of Visitors: this committee of 12 scientists from university, industry,
and national labs was asked to review the Civil and Mechanical Systems (CMS)
Division at the National Science Foundation. Proposal review process, award
procedures, impact of supported research, and the involvement of the CMS division
in new NSF-wide initiatives were examined and a report with recommendations was
prepared and submitted to the NSF director.
- Fracture and Fatigue, Society of Experimental Mechanics (SEM)
- Ceramic Materials, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
- Fracture, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
- Electronic and Photonic Packaging, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
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