Mechanical, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

Research in the Micro/Nano-mechanics Laboratory

Nanoindentation Approach

A commonplace tool for the measurement of fundamentals including

Materials mechanics:

• Hardness and elastic modulus
• Surface friction coefficient
• Creep parameters
• Residual stresses
• Bone tissue properties

Materials physics:

• Defect nucleation (i.e. Dislocations)
• Activation energy
• Size effect

Current research projects

• location-specific mechanical properties in metal additive manufacturing
• Indentation strain rate sensitivity of additive manufactured aluminum, copper, and shape memory alloys
• Indentation creep of Mg nanocomposites

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