- Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
- J. Mike Walker ‘66 Faculty Fellow I
- Affiliated Faculty, Materials Science and Engineering
- Phone: 979-458-3114
- Email: mpharr85@tamu.edu
- Office: MEOB 221
- Website: Research Webpage
Educational Background
- Ph.D., Engineering Sciences, Harvard University – 2014
- S.M., Engineering Sciences, Harvard University – 2010
- B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Rice University – 2008
- B.A., Materials Science, Rice University – 2008
Research Interests
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- Chemo-mechanics and electro-chemo-mechanics
- Deformation and fracture of soft materials
- Materials for energy storage and conversion
- Biomechanics of plants, e.g., for bioenergy production
- Mechanics of irradiated materials, e.g., for medical devices
- Lithium-ion batteries
- Mechanics of microelectronics, flexible/wearable electronics, and materials for neuromorphic computing
Awards & Honors
- 2022 College of Engineering TEES Young Faculty Fellow
- 2021 The Minerals, Metals, and Materials Society Light Metals Division- Young Leaders Professional Development Award
- 2021 The Association of Former Students Distinguished Achievement Award in Teaching
- 2020 Montague-Center for Teaching Excellence Scholars Award
- 2020 NSF CAREER Award
- 2019 Kaneka Junior Faculty Award
- 2019 Peggy L. & Charles Brittan ’65 Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award
- 2017 Haythornthwaite Research Initiation Grant Award through ASME AMD
- 2013 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship
- 2010 & 2011Harvard University Distinction in Teaching Award
- 2010 National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship
- 2008 Alan J. Chapman Award in Mechanical Engineering
Selected Publications
- Cole D. Fincher, Daniela Ojeda, Yuwei Zhang, George Pharr, and Matt Pharr. “Mechanical Properties of Metallic Lithium: from Nano to Bulk Scales.” Acta Materialia 186, 215-222 (2020).
- Seunghyun Lee, Omid Zargar, Carl Reiser, Qing Li, Anastasia Muliana, Scott A. Finlayson, Francisco E. Gomez, and Matt Pharr. “Time-dependent Mechanical Behavior of Sweet Sorghum Stems.” Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials 106, 103731 (2020).
- Seunghyun Lee and Matt Pharr. “ ‘Sideways’ and stable crack propagation in a silicone elastomer.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 116 (19), 9251-9256 (2019).
- Yuwei Zhang, Yuting Luo, Coleman Fincher, Scott McProuty, Garrett Swenson, Sarbajit Banerjee, and Matt Pharr. “In-Situ Measurements of Stress Evolution in Composite Sulfur Cathodes.” Energy Storage Materials 16, 491-497 (2019).
- Yuhao Liu, Matt Pharr, and Giovanni Salvatore. “Lab-on-Skin: A Review of Flexible and Stretchable Electronics for Wearable Health Monitoring.” ACS Nano 11 (10), 9614-9635 (2017).