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Department of Mechanical Engineering

Martin L. Dunn

National Science Foundation – Mechanics of Materials Program Director (on leave from CU)
mldunn@nsf.gov
Victor Schelke Professor and Associate Dean for Research
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
  • College of Engineering Faculty Research Award, University of Colorado
  • Victor Schelke Endowed Chair, College of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Colorado
  • Woodward Outstanding Mechanical Engineering Faculty Award
  • Numerous best paper awards with students
  • Numerous keynote 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
  • Adhesion and fracture
  • 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., Maute, K., and Dunn, M. L., 2012, “Multi-Scale Design Optimization of Lithium Batteries using Adjoint Sensitivity Analysis” International Journal of Numerical Methods in Engineering, in press.
  • Koenig, S. P., Boddeti, N. G., Dunn, M. L., and Bunch, J. S., 2011, “Ultrastrong Adhesion of Graphene Membranes,” Nature Nanotechnology, DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2011.123.
  • Ryu, J., D’Amato, M., Cui, X., Long, K. N., Qi, H. J., and Dunn, M. L., 2012, “Photo-Origami – Bending and Folding Polymers With Light,” Applied Physics Letters, in press.
  • Qi, G., Luo, X., Rodriguez, E. D., Zhang, X., Mather, P. T., Dunn, M. L., and Qi. H. J., 2012, “Thermomechanical Behavior of Shape Memory Elastomeric Composites,” Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, Vol. 60, pp. 67–83.
  • Long, K. N., Scott, T. F., Dunn, M. L., and Qi, H. J., 2011, “Photoinduced Deformation of Active Polymer Films: Single Spot Irradiation,” International Journal of Solids and Structures, Vol. 48, pp. 2089-2101, DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2011.02.027.
  • Westbrook, K. K., Mather, P. T., Parakh, V., Dunn, M. L., Lee, B. M., and Qi. H. J., 2011, “Two-Way Reversible Shape Memory Effects in a Free-Standing Polymer Composite,” Smart Materials and Structures, Vol. 20, Paper No. 065010 (9 pages).
  • Van Der Geest, A. G., Lu, Z., Lusk, M. T., and Dunn, M. L., 2011, “A Molecular Dynamics and ab initio Analysis of the Electronic Structure of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Adhered to a Substrate,” Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 109, pp. 084316-084316-4.
  • Dai, S., Park, H. S., and Dunn, M. L., 2011, “Piezoelectric Constants for ZnO Calculated Using Classical Polarizable Core-Shell Potentials,” Nanotechnology, Vol. 21, Paper No. 445707 doi:10.1088/0957-4484/21/44/445707.
  • Aifantis, K., Maute, K., Dunn, M.L., and Hackney S., “Mechanical Considerations in Li-ion Batteries,“ Chapter 8 in Materials Engineering for Energy Density Power Sources, Wiley and Sons, 2010.
  • Dunn, M. L. and Cunningham, S. J., 2010, Thermo- and Electromechanical Behavior of Thin-Film Micro and Nanostructures, a chapter in the Handbook of Nanotechnology, B. Bhushan, Ed., Springer-Verlag.
  • Golmon, S., Maute, K., Lee, Se-Hee, and Dunn, M. L., 2010, “Stress Generation in Silicon Particles During Lithium Insertion,” Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 97, Paper No. 033111.
  • Miller, D. C., Foster, R. R., Jen, S.-H., Bertrand, J. A., Cunningham, S. J., Morris, A. S., Lee, Y.-C., George, S. M., and Dunn, M. L., “Thermomechanical Properties of Alumina Films Created Using the Atomic Layer Deposition Technique,”  2010, Sensors and Actuators, Vol. 164, 2010, 58-67.