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Department of Mechanical Engineering

Martin L. Dunn

Associate Dean for Research and Victor Schelke Chair
(303) 492-6542
Martin.Dunn@Colorado.EDU
Curriculum Vitae

Education

  • Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, University of Washington, 1992
  • M.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of Washington, 1989
  • B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Montana State University, 1987

Professional Recognition

  • Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineering
  • Victor Schelke Endowed Chair, College of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Colorado
  • Numerous best paper awards with students.
  • Numerous invited lectures at professional conferences.
  • National Science Foundation, Research Initiation Award
  • University of Colorado Junior Faculty Development Award

Research Interests

  • Shape memory polymers, light-activated polymers
  • Mechanics and physics for Li ion batteries
  • Micro/nanomechanics of materials and structures
  • Mechanics and physics of heterogeneous media
  • Design of active materials and structures

Professor Dunn's research interests are broadly directed toward problems in the mechanics and physics of materials and structures, focusing on issues at small scales and how to incorporate these into the design of material and structural systems at higher length scales. Specific emphasis has been directed toward the behavior of heterogeneous multifunctional material systems, shape memory polymers, piezoelectric materials, and materials and structures for microelectromechanical systems. His research is based on a strong coupling between theoretical and experimental efforts.

Selected Publications

  • Golmon, S., Dunn, M. L., and Maute, K., 2009, “Numerical Modeling of Electrochemical-Mechanical Interactions in Lithium Polymer Batteries,” Computers and Structures, in press.
  • Miller, D. C., Foster, R. R., Jen, S.-H., Bertrand, J. A., Seghete, D., Yoon, B., Lee, Y.-C., George, S. M., and Dunn, M. L., 2009, “Thermomechanical Properties of Aluminum Alkoxide (Alucone) Films Created by Molecular Layer Deposition,” Acta Materialia, Vol. 57, pp. 5083-5092.
  • Dunn, M. L. and Maute, K., 2009, “Photomechanics of Liquid Crystal Elastomers: Flexure of Uniformly Irradiated and Patterned Films,” Mechanics of Materials, Vol.43, pp. 1083-1089.
  • Jones, K., and Dunn, M. L., 2009, “Predicting Corner Crack Fatigue Propagation from Coldworked Holes,” Engineering Fracture Mechanics, Vol. 76, pp. 2074-2090.
  • Howard, M., Pajot, J., Maute, K., and Dunn, M. L., 2009, “A Computational Design Methodology for Assembly and Actuation of Thin-Film Structures via Patterning of Eigenstrains,” Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, Vol. 18, pp. 1137-1148.
  • Rupp, C. J., Evgrafov, A., Maute, K., and Dunn, M. L., 2009, “Design of Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting Systems: A Topology Optimization Approach Based on Multilayer Plates and Shells,” Journal of Intelligent Materials and Structures, in press.
  • Zhang, Y., Zhang, Y.-Z., Miller, D. C., Bertrand, J. A., Jen, S.-H., Yang, R., Dunn, M. L., George, S. M., and Lee, Y.-C., 2009, “Fluorescent Tags to Visualize Defects in Al2O3 Thin Films Grown Using Atomic Layer Deposition,” Thin Solid Films, in press.
  • Long, K. N., Scott, T. F., Qi, H. J., Bowman, C. N., and Dunn, M. L., 2009, “Photomehcanics of Light Activated Polymers,” Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, Vol. 57, pp. 1103-1121.
  • Miller, D. C., Foster, R. R., Zhang, Y., Jen, S.-H., Bertrand, J. A., Lu, Z., Seghete, D., O’Patchen, J. L., Yang, R., Lee, Y.-C., George, S. M., and Dunn, M. L., 2009, “The Mechanical Robustness of Atomic Layer- and Molecular Layer-Deposited Coatings on Polymer Substrates,” Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 105, Paper No. 093527 (12 pages).
  • Jones, K., and Dunn, M. L., 2009, “Predicting Fatigue Crack Growth from a Preyielded Hole,” International Journal of Fatigue, Vol. 31, pp. 223-230.
  • Zhang, Y., and Dunn, M. L., 2009, “Patterned Bilayer Plate Microstructures Subjected to Thermal Loading: Deformation and Stresses,” International Journal of Solids and Structures, Vol. 46, pp. 125-134.
  • Sylves, K., Maute, K., and Dunn, M. L., 2009, “Adhesive Surface Design Using Topology Optimization,” Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, Vol. 38, pp. 455-468.
  • Evgrafov, A., Maute, K., Yang, R., and Dunn, M. L., 2009, “Topology Optimization of Nano- and Submicron-scale Heat Transfer,” International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, Vol. 77, pp. 285-300.Jones, K., and Dunn, M. L., 2008, “Fatigue Crack Growth through a Residual Stress Field Introduced by Plastic Beam Bending,” Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures, Vol. 31, pp. 863-875.
  • Evgrafov, A., Rupp, C. J., Dunn, M. L., and Maute, K., 2008, “Optimal Synthesis of Tunable Elastic Waveguides,” Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, Vol. 198, pp. 292-301.
  • DelRio, F., Dunn, M. L., and, de Boer, M. P., 2008, “Capillary Adhesion Model for Contacting Micromachined Surfaces,” Scripta Materialia, Vol. 59, Viewpoint Set No. 44, pp.916-920.
  • Evgrafov, A., Rupp, C. J., Maute, K., and Dunn, M. L., 2008, “Large-Scale Parallel Topology Optimization Using a Dual-Primal Substructuring Solver,” Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, Vol. 36, pp. 329-345.