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Assistant Professor
Engineering Science & Mechanics
Virginia Tech
222 Norris Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24060
See: http://www2.esm.vt.edu/~dpholmes/
Education & Professional Experience:
Assistant Professor, Engineering Science & Mechanics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA (2011 – 2013)
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ (2009 – 2011)
Ph.D. in Polymer Science & Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA (2009)
M.S. in Polymer Science & Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA (2005)
B.S. in Chemistry, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH (2004)
Awards & Honors:
ASEE Ferdinand P. Beer and E. Russell Johnston, Jr. Outstanding New Mechanics Educator 2013
Visiting Professor, University Pierre and Marie Curie, Paris, FR 2013
Oxford University - OCCAM Visiting Scholar, Oxford, UK 2013
NSF-PACAM 2013 Travel Fellowship 2013
Oxford University - OCCAM Visiting Scholar, Oxford, UK 2011
Best Poster Prize at the WE-Heraeus Seminar, Bad Honnef, DE 2010
ICAM Scientist Travel Award: Dynamics in Soft Condensed Matter: Dynasoft 2010, Corsica, FR 2010
NSF Fellowship - Short Course on Mechanics of Soft Materials 2010
APS Padden Award Finalist 2009
Adhesion Society Peebles Award 2009
Distinguished Best Paper at the Adhesion Society 2008
UNH College of Engineering & Physical Sciences Douglas R. Woodward Award 2004
UNH College of Engineering & Physical Sciences Wilfred F. Langelier Award 2004
Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship for Polymer Research at the University of Sydney, AU 2003
UNH Chemistry Vernon Lerch Award 2001
Research Interests:
Slender structures are ubiquitous. Commonly described by rods, plates, and shells, these thin structures are embodied by carbon nanotubes, air plane wings, blood vessels, spider silk, contact lenses, and human hair. The mechanics of these thin objects are fascinating because geometric nonlinearities will arise even as the material properties remain linear - hair will curl and tangle, skin will wrinkle, and soda cans will crumple. We are interested in understanding and controlling the mechanics, physics, and geometry of these thin structures.
Publications:
See: http://www2.esm.vt.edu/~dpholmes/ http://www2.esm.vt.edu/~dpholmes/dpholmes-CV.pdf
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