• Director of Graduate Programs, Materials Science & Engineering
  • Professor, Materials Science & Engineering
  • Presidential Impact Fellow
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Michael J. Demkowicz

Educational Background

  • Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology - 2005
  • S.M., Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology - 2004
  • B.S., Aerospace Engineering, University of Texas at Austin - 2000
  • B.S., Physics, University of Texas at Austin - 2000
  • B.A., Plan II Liberal Arts Honors Program, University of Texas at Austin - 2000

Research Interests

    • Fundamental physics of material behavior
    • Mechanical behavior and radiation response of materials

Awards & Honors

  • TMS Brimacombe Medal, 2022
  • MIT Graduate Materials Council outstanding teaching award, 2014 & 2015
  • NSF CAREER Award, 2012
  • TMS Early Career Faculty Fellow Award, 2012
  • Los Alamos Postdoctoral Distinguished Performance Award, 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).
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