Current UIUC Principal Investigators

sehitogluHuseyin Sehitoglu

Huseyin Sehitoglu, John, Alice, and Sarah Nyquist Endowed Chair Professor of Mechanical Science and Engineering and Director of the Fracture Control Program; e-mail huseyin@illinois.edu, telephone 217-333-4112. Research interests: phase transformations in metals, fatigue crack growth and closure; thermo-mechanical fatigue; slip and twin deformation in metals.

PhD 1983, Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, University of Illinois, J. Morrow, adviser.

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socieDarrell F. Socie

Darrell F. Socie, Professor of Mechanical Science and Engineering; telephone 217-333-7630, e-mail dsocie@illinois.edu. Research interests: fatigue life prediction methods applied to design of structures; deformation of porous coatings; multiaxial fatigue.

PhD 1977, Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, University of Illinois, J. Morrow, adviser.

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lawrenceFrederick V. Lawrence, Jr.

Frederick V. Lawrence, Jr., Professor of Civil Engineering and of Materials Science and Engineering; telephone 217-333-6928, e-mail flawrenc@illinois.edu. Research interests: fatigue of welds; probabilistic methods in fatigue.

Sc.D, 1968, Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, A. Argon, adviser.

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downingStephen Downing

Stephen Downing, Lecturer and Adjunct Associate Professor, Mechanical Science and Engineering, telephone 217-333-6350, e-mail sdd@illinois.edu. Research interests: development and use of wireless sensor technology for evaluating the health of structures.

BSME 1970; MS, Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, 1971; PhD. Mechanical Engineering, 1983, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, D. Socie, advisor.

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In addition to these four principal investigators, other faculty members from several departments have been funded by the program. Dr. Peter Kurath , Director of Advanced Testing and Materials Evaluation Laboratory plays an active role in our research and education programs.