Research Interests
The underlying theme of our research is to enable innovation and design of
high-performance nanostructured and biomaterials by exploiting the fundamental
connection between material or tissue structure and resulting function over a
range of sub-micron length-scales. We are particularly interested in the
relationship between the chemistry and nanostructure of materials in bulk form
or thin films and their thermommechanical behavior, adhesive and cohesive
fracture properties, and behavior under complex loading and environmental
conditions.
Research in our group involves three Thrust Areas: Our thrust on Nanostructured
Materials and Devices focuses on nanomaterials design and integration for
thin-film structures in nanoscience and energy technologies. Our Advanced
Structural Materials thrust focuses on high-performance laminates for civil
structures and aerospace. Finally, our thrust on Biomaterials and Regenerative
Medicine explores biomaterials and the biological response of living tissues
during regeneration and wound healing.
Materials of interest include thin-film and layered structures containing
materials engineered at the nanometer length scale for nanoscience and energy
technologies; high-performance metal laminates involving hierarchical interphase
regions which effectively couple reinforced polymer layers to thin metal foils;
bulk metallic glasses; biomaterials; and regeneration processes in cutaneous
wounds. Dauskardt and his group have worked extensively on integrating new
nanomaterials into emerging technologies and pioneered quantitative methods for
characterizing adhesion and cohesion in thin-film structures which are now used
extensively in thin-film device technologies. Experimental studies are
complimented with a range of multiscale computational activities involving
finite element and molecular dynamics simulations.
Our research includes interaction with a wide range researchers nationally and
internationally in academia, industry, and clinical practice.
Awards
2008:
Elected Fellow of the American Ceramics Society.
2008:
VLSI/ULSI Multilevel Interconnection (VMIC) International Conference Award for
“Optimized Curing and CMP of Nanostructured Ultra-low-k Films.”
2008:
American Vacuum Society Thin-Film User Group Special Award for contributions to
the Northern California Chapter AVS.
2006: 2006
Distinguished Speaker, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Penn
State, State College, PA.
2006: IBM
Faculty Award, Yorktown Heights, NY.
2003: ASM
International Silver Medal for important contributions on the mechanical and
fracture behavior of materials and interfaces.
2002:
Alexander von Humboldt Research Award, Germany.
1994:
Dana Adams Griffin Award for innovative research, Stanford University.
1989:
U.S. Department of Energy Outstanding Scientific Accomplishment Award in
Ceramics and Metallurgy.
1982:
Adolph Wagner Scholarship for distinguished graduates.
1981:
Henning-Jennings Scholarship for distinguished M.Sc. graduates.
1980: Diamond Research Laboratories Gold Medal for outstanding performance in
the Physical Sciences (B.Sc.).
