- Director of Graduate Programs, Materials Science & Engineering
- Professor, Materials Science & Engineering
- Presidential Impact Fellow
- Phone: 979-458-9845
- Email: demkowicz@tamu.edu
- Office: RDMC 212
- Website: Research Website

Educational Background
- Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology – 2005
- S.M., Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology – 2004
- B.S., Aerospace Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin – 2000
- B.S., Physics, The University of Texas at Austin – 2000
- B.A., Plan II Liberal Arts Honors Program, The University of Texas at Austin – 2000
Research Interests
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- Fundamental mechanisms of damage and deformation in solids
- Bridging experiments, simulations, and theory in materials science
Awards & Honors
- Brimacombe Medal, The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society (TMS) – 2022
- Outstanding Teaching Award, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Graduate Materials Council – 2014, 2015
- Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award, National Science Foundation – 2012
- Early Career Faculty Fellow Award, The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society (TMS) – 2012
- Postdoctoral Distinguished Performance Award, Los Alamos – 2007
Selected Publications
- Sheu E, Liu TY, Williams DJ, Baldwin JK, Demkowicz MJ, "Permeation of niobium through grain boundaries in copper," Acta Materialia 274, 120002 (2024)
- Duong T, Demkowicz MJ, "Resonance with surface waves induces forbidden velocity bands in dislocation glide," Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 180, 105422 (2023)
- Demkowicz MJ, "A threshold density of helium bubbles induces a ductile- to-brittle transition at a grain boundary in nickel," Journal of Nuclear Materials 533, 152118 (2020)
- Vattré A, Jourdan T, Ding H, Marinica C, Demkowicz MJ, Non-random walk diffusion enhances the sink strength of semicoherent interfaces, Nature Communications 7, 10424 (2016).
- Seita M, Hanson JP, Gradecak S, Demkowicz MJ, "The dual role of coherent twins in hydrogen embrittlement", Nature Communications 6, 6164 (2015).
- Xu GQ, Demkowicz MJ, "Healing of nanocracks by disclinations", Physical Review Letters 111, 145501 (2013).
- Baumer RE, Demkowicz MJ, "Glass transition by gelation in a phase separating binary alloy", Physical Review Letters 110, 145502 (2013).