Education:
B.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Delaware, 1989M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Cornell University, 1991
Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Cornell University, 1994
Also:
Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Mechanical, Biomedical and Materials Science and Engineering; Director, Energy Systems Engineering Program; Director, Engaged Academic Lives InitiativeResearch Interests:
Percolation phenomena in multiphase materials; assembly and self-assembly in biomaterials; damage progression in diabetic nerves; modeling of intracellular transport; design of porous structures for energy devices.Awards and Professional Service:
Arthur F. Thurnau Professor, The University of Michigan, 2008.Gustus L. Larson Memorial Award, of the ASME and Pi Tau Sigma, 2007.
Fellow, Committee on Institutional Cooperation Academic Leadership Program (CIC-ALP), 2006-2007.
Faculty Recognition Award, The University of Michigan, 2005.
Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2004.
Presidential Citation for Outstanding Achievement, University of Delaware, 2004.
Faculty/Graduate Student Achievement Award (with Ph.D. Student Bradley E. Layton), Caddell Memorial, 2001.
1938E Award, College of Engineering, University of Michigan, 1999-2000.
Henry Russel Award, The University of Michigan, 1999.
Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, National Science Foundation, 1997.