Presidential Young Investigators Award: Computational Micromechanics of Solids

目前有三个领域的研究兴趣， 主要研究人员将使用NSF总统的资金 青年研究员奖。 这些区域可以在 “固体计算微观力学”，特别强调 新型陶瓷、光学和电子材料。 第一个课题是陶瓷相变增韧的研究 材料作为显著增加断裂的机制 脆性固体的韧性。 第二个主题是研究 光电薄膜力学性能 应用程序，第三个主题是缺陷的产生， 从电子用成形晶体的熔体中生长晶体 例如砷化镓的应用。 上面列出的三个领域包括相当大的计算 成分 计算技术将被用来关联 微观结构变量到宏观和控制参数。

There are three areas of current research interest towards which the principle investigator will use the funds from the NSF Presidential Young Investigator Award. These areas can be listed under "computational micromechanics of solids" with special emphasis on novel ceramic, optical and electronic materials. The first topic is the study of transformation toughening in ceramic materials as a mechanism for considerably increasing the fracture toughness of brittle solids. The second topic is the study of the mechanical properties of thin films for optical and electronic applications, and the third topic is the generation of defects during the crystal growth from the melt of shaped crystals for electronic applications such as gallium arsenide. The three areas listed above include a considerable computational component. The computational techniques will be used to correlate microstructural variables to macroscopic and control parameters.