AMIT MISRA
Professor and Department Chair
Materials Science and Engineering
University of Michigan
"Designing Metallic Nanocomposites for High Strength and DamageTolerance"
Nanolayered composites such as Cu-Nb and Cu-Mo are used as model systems to explore the interaction of interphase boundaries with defects introduced via plastic deformation or ion irradiation. The results of these experimental studies are integrated with atomistic modeling and dislocation theory to provide insight into the unprecedented combination of properties achieved in certain nanolayered composites such as ultra-high flow strengths, high plastic flow stability, high fatigue strength, high thermal stability, high sink strength for radiation-induced point defects and trapping of helium in the form of stable clusters at interfaces. A quantification of the defect-interface interactions as well as the processing-interface structure relationship allows the development of materials design concepts with controlled interface structures in nanocomposites to achieve tailored response in engineering applications.
BIO
EDUCATION:
B.S. (May 1989), Metallurgical Engineering, Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University (now IIT-Varanasi), India
M.S. (Aug.1991), Materials Science and Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Ph.D. (Sept.1994), Materials Science and Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
ALSO:
http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=bMNusccAAAAJ&hl=en
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Research focuses on light-weight structural materials, radiation-damage tolerant materials, high strength and high electrical conductivity materials and other metal-based multiphase and composite materials, with emphasis on designing materials with enhanced functionality through understanding and control of interface and defect phenomena.
PRIOR EXPERIENCE:
Nov’96 – May ‘14 Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL).
LANL Fellow / Scientist Level 5 and Director, Energy Frontier Research Center (EFRC): Center for Materials at Irradiation and Mechanical Extremes
AWARDS AND SERVICE:
Fellow, AAAS (American Association for the Advancement of Science), 2018
Brimacombe Medalist, The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society (TMS), 2017
Fellow, Materials Research Society (MRS), Class of 2016
2016 DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD, The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society (TMS), Materials Processing and Manufacturing Division.
Fellow, Los Alamos National Laboratory, class of 2011.
Fellow, American Society of Metals (ASM), International: class of 2011.
2011 DISTINGUISHED SCIENTIST/ENGINEER AWARD, The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society (TMS), Materials Processing and Manufacturing Division.
2008 LANL Fellows’ Prize for outstanding research in nanomechanics.
2013 LANL Distinguished Postdoctoral Mentor award.
Selected by National Academy of Engineering for Frontiers of Engineering Symposium 2011.
Selected for the 11th Annual National Academies Keck Futures Initiative conference, Future of Advanced Nuclear Technologies: Building a Healthier and Safer Planet, (November 2013).
Materials Research Society (MRS):
Chair, Editorial Board, MRS Bulletin, 2019 - current.
Meeting Chair, Fall 2012;