CURRICULUM VITA


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(Last updated March 18, 2008)


EDUCATION

GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering (2005)

• Dissertation: Atomistic Calculations of Nanoscale Interface Behavior in FCC Metals
• Advisors:
• Dr. David L. McDowell, Carter N. Paden, Jr. Distinguished Chair in Metals Processing and Regents Professor, G.W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering and the School of Materials Science and Engineering
• Dr. Karl I. Jacob, Associate Professor, G.W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering and Polymer, Textile & Fiber Engineering
• Major: Mechanics of Materials
• Minor: Computational Materials Science

GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering (2001)

UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering (1999)


PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS
Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
2005-Current

• Atomistic modeling (molecular dynamics and molecular mechanics) of nanoscale interface behavior in metallic and intermetallic materials
• Identification of dislocation nucleation and propagation phenomena in nanostructured metals; relationship to nanoscale plasticity
• Molecular dynamics simulation of metal catalyst assisted carbon nanotube nucleation and growth; role of heterogeneous interfaces on carbon nanotube structure
• Molecular dynamics simulation of metal-liquid interfaces; application to nanomanufacturing

GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Graduate Research Assistant, Mechanics of Materials Research Group
G.W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering
1999-2005

SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES / LIVERMORE, CA
Intern, Engineering Sciences Summer Institute
Mentor: Jonathan A. Zimmerman, Science-Based Mathematical Modeling
Summer 2001

SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES / ALBUQUERQUE, NM
Visiting Researcher
Mentor: Steven J. Plimpton, Parallel Computational Sciences
August 2000


SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

• Tschopp, M.A., Spearot, D.E., McDowell, D.L. (2008) "Influence of Grain Boundary Structure on Dislocation Nucleation in FCC Metals" in: Dislocations in Solids, Vol. 14, eds. Hirth, J.P., in press.
• Spearot, D.E., Capolungo, L., Qu, J., Cherkaoui, M. (2008) "On the elastic tensile deformation of <100> bicrystal interfaces in copper" Compuational Materials Science, 42, 57-67.
• Spearot, D.E., Tschopp, M.A., Jacob, K.I., McDowell, D.L. (2007) "Tensile strength of <100> and <110> tilt interfaces in copper" Acta Materialia, 55, 705-714.
• Spearot, D.E., Jacob, K.I., McDowell, D.L. (2007) "Dislocation nucleation from bicystal interfaces with dissociated structure" International Journal of Plasticity, 23, 143-160.
• Spearot, D.E., Jacob, K.I., McDowell, D.L. (2005) " Nucleation of dislocations from <001> bicrystal interfaces in aluminum" Acta Materialia, 53, 3579-3589.

HONORS AND AWARDS

• Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award, 2007
• University of Arkansas, Department of Mechanical Engineering "Outstanding Teacher" Award, 2007
• Recipient of Georgia Institute of Technology Presidential Fellowship, Fall 2001
• Recipient of AESF Graduate Scholarship, Fall 2001
• Recipient of G.W. Woodruff Fellowship, Spring 2001
• University of Michigan Engineering Dean's List, Spring 1996 - Spring 1999
• Inducted into Tau Beta Pi, Engineering Honor Society, Fall 1997
• Inducted into Pi Tau Sigma, Mechanical Engineering Honor Society, Fall 1996
• Eagle Scout, May 1990