Nanomechanics and Materials Research Lab

AE Alumni Board Funds First Endowed AE Fellowship

Aerospace Engineering at Illinois is pleased to announce that full funding has now been achieved for the department's first endowed graduate fellowship.

Prof. Scott White highlighted in 'Bloomberg Businessweek'

AE Prof. Scott R. White and his research have been featured on magazine's website.

AE Students Awarded Rockwell Collins Scholarships

Three AE students have received scholarships of $5,000 each, thanks to the philanthropy of Rockwell Collins, Inc.

AE Students Compete in NASA Lunabotics Competition

AE students are members of a University of Illinois team competing in the Third Annual Lunabotics Mining Competition, hosted by NASA.

Tanaka Wins CDC Best Student Paper Award

AE graduate student Takashi Tanaka won the 2011 Best Student Paper Award from the Conference on Decision and Control of IEEE.

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Faculty Researchers:	Location:	Phone:	Website:
Professor I. Chasiotis	Room 19 Talbot Laboratory	217-244-1474	www.ae.illinois.edu/NMRL

Description of Research:

Directed by Professor I. Chasiotis. At NMRL we investigate the mechanics of micro\nanoscale devices, structures, and materials with nanoscale components whose effective mechanical behavior deviates from that of bulk materials. Materials of interest are polycrystalline silicon, diamond-like carbon, and metal thin films for Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS), polymer matrix nanocomposites, nanofibers, and nanowires. In such systems the local deformation and failure mechanisms are strongly influenced by the material micro\nanostructure, interphase properties, and characteristic length scale defined by the size and geometry of the material constituents. Physical processes occurring at the nano- and mesoscales are responsible for novel and technologically desirable macroscale material behavior. NMRL specializes in development of direct experimental methods for the investigation of local material behavior using high-resolution Scanning Probe Microscopy. Research at NMRL is supported by NSF, NSF-NIRT, AFOSR, NASA, and ARO, and through collaborations with Sandia National Laboratories, AFRL, and NASA.