Michael J Demkowicz

Educational Background

Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology – 2005
S.M., Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology – 2004
B.S., Aerospace Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin – 2000
B.S., Physics, The University of Texas at Austin – 2000
B.A., Plan II Liberal Arts Honors Program, The University of Texas at Austin – 2000

- Fundamental mechanisms of damage and deformation in solids
- Bridging experiments, simulations, and theory in materials science

Brimacombe Medal, The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society (TMS) – 2022
Outstanding Teaching Award, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Graduate Materials Council – 2014, 2015
Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award, National Science Foundation – 2012
Early Career Faculty Fellow Award, The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society (TMS) – 2012
Postdoctoral Distinguished Performance Award, Los Alamos – 2007

Demkowicz, M.J., et al. 2025. “Temperature dependence of vacancy/self-interstitial recombination volumes in copper,” Physical Review Materials 9, 023601
Demkowicz, M.J., et al. 2024. “Role of slip in hydrogen-assisted crack initiation in Ni-base alloy 725,” Science Advances 10, eado2118
Demkowicz, M.J. 2020. “A threshold density of helium bubbles induces a ductile-to-brittle transition at a grain boundary in nickel,” Journal of Nuclear Materials 533, 152118
Demkowicz, M.J., et al. 2013. “Healing of nanocracks by disclinations,” Physical Review Letters 111, 145501
Demkowicz, M.J., et al. 2008. “Interface structure and radiation damage resistance in Cu-Nb multilayer nanocomposites,” Physical Review Letters 100, 136102