Research Interests
Mechanics of materials, with emphasis on complex hierarchical materials and polymer based systems, and merging concepts of data science into materials. Nanoscale and bulk scale experimental characterization, modeling and simulation of the behavior of materials, including physics based and machine learning approaches. Current research foci include nanostructured polymers, interfacial behavior, structural metamaterials and data platforms for material query and design.
Selected Grants
Collaborative Research: DMREF: Accelerated Discovery of Sustainable Bioplastics: Automated, Tunable, Integrated Design, Processing and Modeling
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2023 - 2027MRI: Track 2 Acquisition of the Thermo Fischer Cryogenic Helios 5 CX DualBeam for Materials Science
EquipmentCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2023 - 2026Machine Learning for Automated Composite Data Curation and Predictive Design of Hybrid Composites with Optimized Properties
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Eaton Corporation · 2024 - 2025FAIR Data and Interpretable AI Framework for Architectured Metamaterials
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Department of Energy · 2020 - 2025Collaborative Research: Disciplinary Improvements: Creating a FAIROS Materials Research Coordination Network (MaRCN) in the Materials Research Data Alliance
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2022 - 2025Local Polymer Interfacial Mechanics: Effect of Topological and Chemical NanoPatterning
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2021 - 2025NRT-HDR: Harnessing AI for Autonomous Material Design
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2020 - 2025Collaborative Research: Framework: Data: HDR: Nanocomposites to Metamaterials: A Knowledge Graph Framework
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2018 - 2024Acquisition of a VRS1250 Video-Rate Imaging Module for a Shared-Use Asylum-Cypher Atomic Force Microscope (AFM)
EquipmentMajor User · Awarded by North Carolina Biotechnology Center · 2023 - 2024DMREF/Collaborative Research: A Data-Centric Approach for Accelerating the Design of Future Nanostructured Polymers and Composites Systems
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2017 - 2023Stochastic Self-Consistent Clustering Theory for Composite Performance Prediction: From Extreme Value Microstructure Attributes to Design of Interphase for Toughness
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Air Force Office of Scientific Research · 2018 - 2023Planning Grant: Engineering Research Center for Advanced Materials Manufacturing and Discovery for Extreme Environments (CAMMDE2)
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Texas A&M University · 2018 - 2021CIF21 DIBBs: PD: Ontology-enabled Polymer Nanocomposite Open Community Data Resource
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute · 2017 - 2019External Relationships
- Research Grants Council of Hong Kong
- Springer Publishing Company
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