Open Ph.D. Position in the area of mesoscale microstructure modeling and vapor deposition. Please send resume and brief statement of interest to dspearot@uark.edu.

Douglas Spearot is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Arkansas. His research focuses on nanoscale material behavior and multiscale structure-property relationships. One current objective is to use atomistic calculations to identify the mechanisms associated with dislocation emission in nanocrystalline metallic materials and to relate the plastic behavior of interfaces on the nanoscale to mechanical properties at higher length scales. Additional research interests include the behavior of defects in non-metallic materials and modeling of polymers. Doug was awarded the 2010 NSF CAREER Award to elucidate the nanoscale mechanisms associated with phase selected during vapor deposition and the 2007 Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award to study plasticity in nanostructured materials.

Originally from Bloomfield Hills, Michigan (in the north Detroit suburbs), Doug received his Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Michigan. He completed his M.S. and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology under the direction of Dr. David McDowell and Dr. Karl Jacob.