- Professor, Materials Science & Engineering
- Director of Graduate Programs, Materials Science & Engineering
- Director, Center for Research Excellence on Dynamically Deformed Solids (CREDDS)
- Presidential Impact Fellow
- Phone: 979-458-9845
- Email: demkowicz@tamu.edu
- Office: RDMC 212
- Website: Center for Research Excellence on Dynamically Deformed Solids (CREDDS)

Educational Background
- Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology - 2005
- S.M., Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology - 2004
- B.S., Aerospace Engineering, University of Texas at Austin - 2000
- B.S., Physics, University of Texas at Austin - 2000
- B.A., Plan II Liberal Arts Honors Program, University of Texas at Austin - 2000
Research Interests
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- Computational materials design
- Fundamental physics of material behavior
- Mechanical behavior and radiation response of materials
Awards & Honors
- MIT Graduate Materials Council outstanding teaching award, 2014 & 2015
- NSF CAREER Award, 2012
- TMS Early Career Faculty Fellow Award, 2012
- John C. Chipman career development chair in materials science and engineering at MIT, 2008
- Los Alamos Postdoctoral Distinguished Performance Award, 2007
Selected Publications
- Vattré A, Jourdan T, Ding H, Marinica C, Demkowicz MJ, Non-random walk diffusion enhances the sink strength of semicoherent interfaces, Nature Communications 7, 10424 (2016).
- Ding H, Demkowicz MJ, "Hydrogen reverses the clustering tendency of carbon in amorphous silicon oxycarbide," Scientific Reports 5, 13051 (2015).
- Seita M, Hanson JP, Gradecak S, Demkowicz MJ, "The dual role of coherent twins in hydrogen embrittlement", Nature Communications 6, 6164 (2015).
- Vattré AJ, Abdolrahim N, Kolluri K, Demkowicz MJ, "Computational design of patterned interfaces using reduced order models", Scientific Reports 4, 6231 (2014).
- Xu GQ, Demkowicz MJ, "Healing of nanocracks by disclinations", Physical Review Letters 111, 145501 (2013).
- Baumer RE, Demkowicz MJ, "Glass transition by gelation in a phase separating binary alloy", Physical Review Letters 110, 145502 (2013).
- Demkowicz MJ, Misra A, Caro AJ, "The role of interface structure in controlling high helium concentrations," Current Opinion in Solid State and Materials Science 16, 101 (2012).