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

Sheu E, Liu TY, Williams DJ, Baldwin JK, Demkowicz MJ, "Permeation of niobium through grain boundaries in copper," Acta Materialia 274, 120002 (2024)
Duong T, Demkowicz MJ, "Resonance with surface waves induces forbidden velocity bands in dislocation glide," Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 180, 105422 (2023)
Demkowicz MJ, "A threshold density of helium bubbles induces a ductile- to-brittle transition at a grain boundary in nickel," Journal of Nuclear Materials 533, 152118 (2020)
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).
Seita M, Hanson JP, Gradecak S, Demkowicz MJ, "The dual role of coherent twins in hydrogen embrittlement", Nature Communications 6, 6164 (2015).
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).