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Volker Blum

Rooney Family Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science

Awards & Honors


Outstanding Referee of the Physical Review journals

Other APS · 2016

August-Wilhelm-Scheer Visiting Professorship

Other Technical University of Munich · 2016 Awarded for the years 2016-17.

Staedtler Foundation Prize

University Staedtler Foundation · 2002 Awarded for outstanding Ph.D. thesis.

In the News


Published February 25, 2025
Three Engineering Projects to Build Greener Materials
Published January 10, 2025
How Duke Research Seeks to Make Its Impact
Published March 23, 2016
New Class of Molecular ‘Lightbulbs’ Illuminate MRI
Published April 16, 2014
Energy Initiative Provides First Round of Research Seed Funding