Ahmed Amine Benzerga

April 18, 2014

Personal Data

Date of Birth: Feb 27, 1972Place of Birth: Algiers, AlgeriaCitizenship: Algeria and FranceU.S. Permanent Resident: as of May 11, 2009

Education

1989–1992 Classes Preparatoires, Physics and Mathematics, Lycee Massena, Nice, France

1995 Ingenieur Diploma “B.S.”, Aerospace Engineering, SUPAERO, Toulouse, France

1995 M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Universite Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France

2000 Ph.D., Materials Science & Engineering, Ecole des Mines de Paris, France

Positions Held

2014– Associate Professor, Department of Materials Science and EngineeringTexas A&M University

2010– Associate Professor, Department of Aerospace EngineeringTexas A&M University

2011–2012 Senior Visiting Scientist, Department of Metallic Materials and StructuresONERA (The French Aerospace Lab), Chatillon, France

January 2004–2010 Assistant Professor, Department of Aerospace EngineeringTexas A&M University

2004 Visiting Assistant Professor, Cambridge University, UK

2000–2003 Research Associate, Division of Engineering, Brown University

2000–2001 Research Engineer, Gaz de France, R&D Center, Paris (on leave at Brown)

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Honors and Distinctions

2014 Texas Engineering Experiment Station (TEES) Faculty Fellow

2011–2013 Holder of the Edward “Pete” Aldridge Career Development Professorship I

2009 Texas Engineering Experiment Station (TEES) Select Young Faculty Award

2008 National Science Foundation CAREER Award Recipient

2004 Visiting Scholar, Pembroke College, Cambridge, UK

2000 Highest Honors for Ph.D. Dissertation Work, Ecole des Mines de Paris, France

1992 Ranked 2nd among foreign students (> 500),“Grandes Ecoles” National Entry Exam, Concours Mines–Ponts, France

1989–1995 Government Scholarship, Classes Preparatoires & Engineering

Areas of Teaching and Research

Teaching: Structural Analysis; Finite Elements; Continuum Mechanics; Theory of Elasticity;Nanomechanics; Plasticity Theory.Research: Mechanics of Materials; Nonlinear Homogenization; Micromechanics; Ductile Fracture;Crystal Plasticity; Viscoplasticity and Fracture of Polymers.Numerical Methods: Implicit and Explicit Finite Element Methods; Integration Algorithms forNonlinear Constitutive Relations; Dislocation Dynamics; Computational Micromechanics.Materials: Structural Metals and Alloys; Nanomaterials; Polymer Composites; MultifunctionalMaterials.

Activities

• Vice-Chair, Fracture and Failure Mechanics Technical Committee (FFMTC), Applied Me-chanics Division, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2012–.

• Member, Organization Committee, Society of Engineering Sciences (SES) 51st Annual Meet-ing, College Station, to be held in College Station, 2015.

• Member, International Advisory Board, 24th International Workshop on Computational Me-chanics of Materials, to be held in Madrid, Spain, October 2014.

• Organizer, Alan Needleman Symposium: New Frontiers in the Mechanics of Solids, to beheld in Paris, France, August 5–8, 2014. Invited to edit special issue for Journal of AppliedMechanics.

• Co-organizer (with D.L. McDowell, E. Busso and T. Pardoen), MRS 2013 Fall MeetingSymposium on Materials Fundamentals of Fatigue and Fracture, Boston, MA, December2013. Proceedings published as a Volume to appear in Materials Research Society SymposiumProceedings, 2014.

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• Member, International Organization Committee, 23rd International Workshop on Computa-tional Mechanics of Materials (IWCMM23), Singapore, October 2013.

• Lecturer, IIMEC Winter School on Computational Materials Science Across Scales, CollegeStation, January 2013. Video-taped lectures available online at:http://www.iimecwinterschool.org.

• Secretary, Fracture and Failure Mechanics Technical Committee (FFMTC), Applied Mechan-ics Division, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2009–2012.

• Editorial Board, International Journal of Theoretical and Applied Multiscale Mechanics,2009–2012.

• Rapporteur (Main Reviewer), Doctoral Thesis of Komlanvi Madou (Advisor: J.-B. Leblond),Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France, July–September 2012.

• Co-organizer and Lecturer, IIMEC Winter School on Computational Materials Science AcrossScales, College Station, January 2012. Video-taped lectures available online at:http://www.iimecwinterschool.org.

• Member, Ph.D Thesis Examination Committee of Carl Dahlberg (Advisor: J. Faleskog),Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden, November 2011.

• Lecturer, Summer school on Fracture, The Cargese Institute of Scientific Studies, Corsica,France, June 2010.

• Founding Member (with A. Needleman, C. Landis, J. Lou, L. Gelb and P. Sharma), TeXasMaterials Modeling Network (TXMMN), 2009.

• Organizer, 1st Annual TXMMN Meeting, College Station, TX, April 2009.

• Co-organizer (with K. Saanouni and T. Pardoen), Symposium on Damage and Micromechan-ics, International Congress on Fracture (ICF12), Ottawa, Canada, July 2009. Proceedingspublished on CDROM and online athttp://www.icfweb.org/documents/proceedings/icf12-canada-2009, 2009.

• Proposal Reviewer, Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Program Officer: Victor Giurgiu-tiu, July 2008.

• Proposal Reviewer, Office of Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR), Applied Math-ematics Program, Department of Energy (DOE), February–April 2008.

• Member, Center for LArge Scale-Scale Scientific Simulations (CLASS), Texas A&M Univer-sity, TX, 2008–.

• Proposal Reviewer, ACS Petroleum Research Fund, American Chemical Society, November2007.

• Organizer, Symposium on Multiscale Studies in Plasticity, Society of Engineering Sciences(SES) 44th Annual Meeting, College Station, October 2007.

• Reviewer, Science (Impact Factor ∼ 30), 2007.

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• Rapporteur (Main Reviewer), Doctoral Thesis of Koffi Enakoutsa (Advisor: J.-B. Leblond),Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France, November 2006 – January 2007.

• Member, Proposal Review Panel, National Science Foundation, Program Officer: Ken Chong,December 2006.

• Participant (with NSF Fellowship), Short Course on Science Fundamentals for Nano-and Bio-Mechanics of Materials, NSF Summer Institute on Nano Mechanics and Materials, North-western University, Evanston, IL, July–August 2006.

• Member, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), American Academy of Me-chanics, TMS, Materials Research Society (MRS), AIAA and the Society of EngineeringSciences (SES).

• Regular Reviewer, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids (JMPS), InternationalJournal of Solids and Structures (IJSS), International Journal of Plasticity (IJP), EuropeanJournal of Mechanics (EJM), International Journal of Fracture (IJF) in mechanics; and ActaMaterialia, Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering, Metallurgicaland Materials Transactions A in materials science; and various other journals in the subjectareas of: Mechanics, Materials Science, Applied Physics and Metallurgy, classified accordingto Thomson Reuters Scientific.

Publications

Archival Refereed Journal Papers

39. Morin, L., Leblond, J.-B., and Benzerga, A. A. (2014), “Coalescence of voids by internalnecking: theoretical estimates and numerical results,” Journal of the Mechanics and Physicsof Solids, In Review.

38. Poulain, X., Benzerga, A. A., and Goldberg, R. K. (2013), “Finite-strain elasto-viscoplasticbehavior of an epoxy resin: Experiments and modeling in the glassy regime,” InternationalJournal of Plasticity , Revised.

37. Kondori, B. and Benzerga, A. A. (2014), “Effect of Stress Triaxiality on the Flow and Fractureof Mg Alloy AZ31,” Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A., In Press.

36. Kondori, B. and Benzerga, A. A. (2014), “Fracture strains, damage mechanisms and anisotropyin a magnesium alloy across a range of stress triaxialities,” Experimental Mechanics, 54, 493–499.

35. Benzerga, A. A. and Leblond, J.-B. (2014), “Effective Yield Criterion Accounting for MicrovoidCoalescence,” Journal of Applied Mechanics, 81, 031009.

34. Poulain, X., Kohlman, L. W., Binienda, W., Roberts, G. D., Goldberg, R. K., and Benzerga,A. A. (2013), “Determination of the intrinsic behavior of polymers using digital image correla-tion combined with video-monitored testing,” International Journal of Solids and Structures,50, 1869–1878.

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33. Kweon, S. and Benzerga, A. A. (2013), “On the localization of plastic flow in glassy polymers,”European Journal of Mechanics, 39, 251–267.

32. Kweon, S. and Benzerga, A. A. (2013), “Finite element implementation of a macromolecularviscoplastic polymer model,” International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering , 94,895–919.

31. Keralavarma, S. M., Cagin, T., Arsenlis, A., and Benzerga, A. A. (2012), “Power-Law CreepFrom Discrete Dislocation Dynamics,” Physical Review Letters, 109, 265504.

30. Benzerga, A. A., Surovik, D., and Keralavarma, S. M. (2012), “On the path-dependence ofthe fracture locus in ductile materials – Analysis,” International Journal of Plasticity , 37,157–170.

29. Keralavarma, S. M., Hoelscher, S., and Benzerga, A. A. (2011), “Void growth and coalescencein anisotropic plastic solids,” International Journal of Solids and Structures, 48, 1696–1710.

28. Kiener, D., Guruprasad, P. J., Keralavarma, S. M., Dehm, G., and Benzerga, A. A. (2011),“Work Hardening in Micropillar Compression: In situ Experiments and Modeling,” Acta Ma-terialia, 59, 3825–3840.

27. Benzerga, A. A. and Leblond, J.-B. (2010), “Ductile fracture by void growth to coalescence,”Advances in Applied Mechanics, 44, 169–305.

26. Keralavarma, S. M. and Benzerga, A. A. (2010), “A constitutive model for plasticallyanisotropic solids with non-spherical voids,” Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids,58, 874–901.

25. Wang, Q. G., Praud, M., Needleman, A., Kim, K.-S., Griffiths, J. R., Davidson, C. J., Caceres,C. H., and Benzerga, A. A. (2010), “Size effects in aluminium alloy castings,” Acta Materialia,58, 3006–3013.

24. Benzerga, A. A., Poulain, X., Chowdhury, K. A., and Talreja, R. (2009), “A computa-tional methodology for modeling fracture in fiber-reinforced polymer composites,” Journalof Aerospace Engineering , 22, 296–303.

23. Guruprasad, P. J. and Benzerga, A. A. (2009), “Evolution of geometrically necessary dislo-cation density from computational dislocation dynamics,” IOP Conference Series: MaterialsScience and Engineering , 3, 012008.

22. Benzerga, A. A. (2009), “Micro-Pillar Plasticity: 2.5D Mesoscopic Simulations,” Journal ofthe Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 57, 1459–1469.

21. Benzerga, A. A. (2008), “An analysis of exhaustion hardening in micron-scale plasticity,”International Journal of Plasticity , 24, 1128–1157.

20. Guruprasad, P. J. and Benzerga, A. A. (2008), “A phenomenological model of size-dependenthardening in crystal plasticity,” The Philosophical Magazine, 88, 3585–3601.

19. Guruprasad, P. J., Carter, J. W., and Benzerga, A. A. (2008), “A mechanism-based discretedislocation analysis of the Bauschinger effect in micro-crystals,” Acta Materialia, 56, 5477–5491.

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18. Guruprasad, P. J. and Benzerga, A. A. (2008), “Size effects under homogeneous deformationof single crystals: A discrete dislocation analysis,” Journal of the Mechanics and Physics ofSolids, 56, 132–156.

17. Keralavarma, S. M. and Benzerga, A. A. (2008), “An approximate yield criterion for anisotropicporous media,” Comptes Rendus Mecanique, 336, 685–692.

16. Chowdhury, K. A., Benzerga, A. A., and Talreja, R. (2008), “A computational framework foranalyzing the dynamic response of glassy polymers,” Computer Methods in Applied Mechanicsand Engineering , 197, 4485–4502.

15. Chowdhury, K. A., Benzerga, A. A., and Talreja, R. (2008), “An analysis of impact-induceddeformation and fracture modes in amorphous glassy polymers,” Engineering Fracture Me-chanics, 75, 3328–3342.

14. Chowdhury, K. A., Talreja, R., and Benzerga, A. A. (2008), “Effects of manufacturing-inducedvoids on local failure in polymer-based composites,” Journal of Engineering Materials andTechnology , 130, Art. No. 021010.

13. Keralavarma, S. M. and Benzerga, A. A. (2007), “A discrete dislocation analysis of strength-ening in bilayer thin films,” Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering ,15, S239–S254.

12. Benzerga, A. A. and Shaver, N. F. (2006), “Scale dependence of mechanical properties of singlecrystals under uniform deformation,” Scripta Materialia, 54, 1937–1941.

11. Benzerga, A. A., Brechet, Y., Needleman, A., and Van der Giessen, E. (2005), “The storedenergy of cold work: predictions from discrete dislocation plasticity,” Acta Materialia, 53,4765–4779.

10. Benzerga, A. A., Brechet, Y., Needleman, A., and Van der Giessen, E. (2004), “Incorporat-ing three-dimensional mechanisms into two-dimensional dislocation dynamics,” Modelling andSimulation in Materials Science and Engineering , 12, 159–196.

9. DeSandre, D. A., Benzerga, A. A., Tvergaard, V., and Needleman, A. (2004), “Material inertiaand size effects in the Charpy V-notch test,” European Journal of Mechanics, 23A, 373–386.

8. Benzerga, A. A., Besson, J., and Pineau, A. (2004), “Anisotropic ductile fracture. Part I:experiments,” Acta Materialia, 52, 4623–4638.

7. Benzerga, A. A., Besson, J., and Pineau, A. (2004), “Anisotropic ductile fracture. Part II:theory,” Acta Materialia, 52, 4639–4650.

6. Benzerga, A. A., Tvergaard, V., and Needleman, A. (2002), “Size effects in the Charpy V-notchtest,” International Journal of Fracture, 116, 275–296.

5. Benzerga, A. A., Besson, J., Batisse, R., and Pineau, A. (2002), “Synergistic effects of plasticanisotropy and void coalescence on fracture mode in plane strain,” Modelling and Simulationin Materials Science and Engineering , 10, 73–102.

4. Benzerga, A. A. (2002), “Micromechanics of Coalescence in Ductile Fracture,” Journal of theMechanics and Physics of Solids, 50, 1331–1362.

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3. Benzerga, A. A., Hong, S. S., Kim, K.-S., Needleman, A., and Van der Giessen, E. (2001),“Smaller is Softer: A Discrete Dislocation Analysis of an Inverse Size Effect in a Cast AluminumAlloy,” Acta Materialia, 49, 3071–3083.

2. Benzerga, A. A. and Besson, J. (2001), “Plastic potentials for anisotropic porous solids,”European Journal of Mechanics, 20A, 397–434.

1. Benzerga, A. A., Besson, J., and Pineau, A. (1999), “Coalescence–Controlled AnisotropicDuctile Fracture,” Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology , 121, 221–229.

Monographs and Book Chapters

4. A. A. Benzerga. Damage Mechanics in Metal Forming, chapter Micromechanical models ofductile damage and fracture, In Press. In Handbook of Damage Mechanics, Springer, 2014.24 pages.

3. A. A. Benzerga and J.-B. Leblond. Ductile fracture by void growth to coalescence. Bookseries:Advances in Applied Mechanics, Volume 44, Academic Press, Elsevier Inc., Amsterdam, TheNetherlands, 2010.136 pages.(same as Paper # 27).

2. A. A. Benzerga. A computational methodology for modeling ductile fracture. In B. D. Reddy,editor, IUTAM Symposium on Theoretical, Computational and Modelling Aspects of InelasticMedia, pages 67–77. Springer, 2008.(same as Conference Paper # 15).

1. A. A. Benzerga, A. Needleman, Y. Brechet, and E. Van der Giessen. Discrete dislocationpredictions for single crystal hardening: tension vs bending. In S. Ahzi, M. Cherkaoui, M. A.Khaleel, H. M. Zbib, and M. A. Zikry, editors, Proceedings of IUTAM Symposium on MultiscaleModeling and Characterization of Elastic-Inelastic Behavior of Engineering Materials, pages235–242. Kluwer Academic Press, 2004.(same as Conference Paper # 7).

Refereed Conference Proceedings Papers

23. B. Kondori and A.A. Benzerga. Discrete dislocation simulations of taper effects in micropillarcompression. In TMS Annual Meeting, pages 703–709, Warrendale, PA, 2013. TMS.

22. A. A. Benzerga. On the effects of dislocation density on micropillar strength. MaterialsResearch Society Symposium Proceedings, 1185:51–62, 2009.

21. A. A. Benzerga and S. M. Keralavarma. Finite–element analyses of combined void shape andplastic anisotropy effects in ductile fracture. In 12th International Conference on Fracture,pages 10 in CD–ROM. National Research Council of Canada, 2009.

20. S. M. Keralavarma and A. A. Benzerga. A micromechanics-based ductile damage model in-corporating plastic anisotropy and void shape effects. In 12th International Conference onFracture, pages 10 in CD–ROM. National Research Council of Canada, 2009.

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19. X. Poulain, R. K. Goldberg, R. Talreja, and A. A. Benzerga. A multiscale modeling method-ology for damage progression in polymer-based composites. In 12th International Conferenceon Fracture, pages 10 in CD–ROM. National Research Council of Canada, 2009.

18. P. J. Guruprasad and A. A. Benzerga. Evolution of geometrically necessary dislocation densityfrom computational dislocation dynamics. In A. H. Ngan and W. Cai, editors, IOP Confer-ence Series: Materials Science and Engineering, volume 3, page 012008. Institue of PhysicsPublishing, 2009.

17. S. M. Keralavarma and A. A. Benzerga. A constitutive model of cavitation-induced damage inti alloys. In E. Cerreta, V. Venkatesh, and D. Evans, editors, TMS Annual Meeting, Mechan-ical Behavior, Microstructure, and Modeling of Ti and its Alloys, volume 1, pages 429–434,Warrendale, PA, 2008. TMS.

16. P. J. Guruprasad and A. A. Benzerga. An analysis of geometrically necessary dislocationevolution and plasticity size effects in micro-crystals. In K. J. Hsia et al., editor, TMS An-nual Meeting, The Hael Mughrabi Honorary Symposium: Plasticity, Failure and Fatigue inStructural Materials - from Macro to Nano, pages 135–140, Warrendale, PA, 2008. TMS.

15. A. A. Benzerga. A computational methodology for modeling ductile fracture. In B. D. Reddy,editor, IUTAM Symposium on Theoretical, Computational and Modelling Aspects of InelasticMedia, pages 67–77. Springer, 2008.

14. A. A. Benzerga, K. A. Chowdhury, and R. Talreja. A computational framework for analyz-ing the dynamic behavior and failure of polymeric glasses. In R. B. Hall et al., editor, 6thInternational Conference on Mechanics of Time Dependent Materials, pages 3 in CD–ROM,2008.

13. A. A. Benzerga and R. Talreja. A computational framework for analyzing the dynamic behaviorand failure of amorphous polymers. In W. Binienda, editor, ASCE Earth & Space Conference2008, pages 8 in CD–ROM. American Society of Civil Engineers, 2008.

12. J.-P. Doan, R. L. McPherson, and A. A. Benzerga. Ductile fracture of a high-strength steel:experiments and modeling. In J. Besson, D. Moinereau, and D. Steglich, editors, Local Ap-proach to Fracture, 9th European Mechanics of Materials Conference, pages 235–240, Paris,2006. Les Presses.

11. K. Chowdhury, A. A. Benzerga, and R. Talreja. A numerical study of impact-induced defor-mation modes in amorphous glassy polymers. In J. Besson, D. Moinereau, and D. Steglich,editors, Local Approach to Fracture, 9th European Mechanics of Materials Conference, pages421–426, Paris, 2006. Les Presses.

10. D. C. Lagoudas, P. Thakre, and A. A. Benzerga. Nanoindentation of cnt reinforced epoxynanocomposites. In Gdoutos et al., editor, 16th European Conference on Fracture, pages 6 inCD–ROM. ESIS, European Group on Fracture Publication, 2006.

9. A. A. Benzerga, J. Besson, and A. Pineau. How much input is needed from the microstructureto model ductile fracture? In A. Carpinteri, Y.-M. Mai, and R. O. Ritchie, editors, 11th

International Conference on Fracture, pages 10 in CD–ROM, Turin, Italy, 2005. InternationalGroup on Fracture.

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8. A. A. Benzerga, J. Besson, and A. Pineau. Recent advances in modeling ductile rupture.In A. Carpinteri, Y.-M. Mai, and R. O. Ritchie, editors, 11th International Conference onFracture, pages 10 in CD–ROM, Turin, Italy, 2005. International Group on Fracture.

7. A. A. Benzerga, A. Needleman, Y. Brechet, and E. Van der Giessen. Discrete dislocationpredictions for single crystal hardening: tension vs bending. In S. Ahzi, M. Cherkaoui, M. A.Khaleel, H. M. Zbib, and M. A. Zikry, editors, Proceedings of IUTAM Symposium on MultiscaleModeling and Characterization of Elastic-Inelastic Behavior of Engineering Materials, pages235–242. Kluwer Academic Press, 2004.

6. A. A. Benzerga, Y. Brechet, A. Needleman, and E. Van der Giessen. Discrete dislocationcalculations of the stored energy of cold work. In W. Gutkowski and T. A. Kowalewski, editors,Mechanics of the 21st Century: Proceedings of the 21st International Congress of Theoreticaland Applied Mechanics, pages 3 in CD–ROM. Springer Verlag, 2004.

5. A. A. Benzerga, Y. Brechet, A. Needleman, and E. Van der Giessen. A 2D dislocation dynamicsmodel incorporating 3D mechanisms. In A. S. Khan, editor, Proceedings of Plasticity’03:Dislocations, Plasticity and Metal Forming, pages 259–261. NEAT Press, 2003.

4. A. A. Benzerga, J. Besson, and A. Pineau. On Anisotropy Effects in Ductile Fracture: Theoryand Applications. In K. Ravi-Chandar, B. L. Karihaloo, T. Kishi, R. O. Ritchie, and A. T. Jr.Yokobori, editors, 10th International Conference on Fracture, pages 10 in CD–ROM. Elsevier,2001.

3. A. A. Benzerga, R. Batisse, A. Needleman, and V. Tvergaard. Analyses of size effects in theCharpy V-notch test. In K. Ravi-Chandar, B. L. Karihaloo, T. Kishi, R. O. Ritchie, andA. T. Jr. Yokobori, editors, 10th International Conference on Fracture, pages 10 in CD–ROM.Elsevier, 2001.

2. A. A. Benzerga, J. Besson, R. Batisse, and A. Pineau. Anisotropic Ductile Rupture. In M. W.Brown, E. R. de los Rios, and K. J. Miller, editors, 12th European Conference on Fracture,pages 715–720. ESIS, European Group on Fracture Publication, September 1998.

1. A. A. Benzerga, J. Besson, and A. Pineau. Modele couple comportement–endommagementductile de toles anisotropes. In B. Peseux, D. Aubry, J. P. Pelle, and M. Touratier, editors, Actes

du 3eme Colloque National en Calcul des Structures, pages 673–678. Presses Academiques del’Ouest, 20–23 May 1997.

Invited Lectures and Seminars

International

32. Invited Speaker, ‘On the notion of fracture locus of a ductile material’, 13th InternationalCongress on Fracture, the premier conference on fracture; held every four years. Beijing,China, June 16–21, 2013.

31. Invited Speaker, ‘On coalescence-controlled ductile fracture’, Viggo Tvergaard Symposium:New Horizons in Materials Mechanics, Copenhagen, Denmark, June 5–7, 2013.

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30. Seminar, ‘Fracture of Structural Materials: A Top-Down Approach’, Department of Mechan-ical Engineering, Texas A & M University Qatar, Doha, February 20, 2013; Host: Prof.Masad.

29. Invited Talk, S.M. Keralavarma and A.A. Benzerga, ‘Discrete dislocation dynamics at creeptemperatures’, Dislocations 2012, the premier conference on dislocations, held every fouryears. Budapest, Hungary, August 27–31, 2012.

28. Invited Lecturer, ‘Discrete Dislocation Analyses of Size Effects in Plasticity’, InternationalCongress on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (ICTAM), the premier conference on theo-retical and applied mechanics; held every four years. Beijing, China, August 19–24, 2012.

27. Seminar, ‘On the Path-dependence of the Fracture Locus of Ductile Materials’, UniversiteParis 13, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Paris, June 21, 2012; Host: Prof. MohamedHaboussi.

26. Invited Lecturer, ‘High-Temperature Discrete Dislocation Plasticity’, Federation Francili-enne de Mecanique (federation of a dozen schools and universities in the Paris area), Paris,June 14, 2012; Host: Prof. Samuel Forest.

25. Seminar, ‘High-Temperature Discrete Dislocation Dynamics’, Universite Catholique de Lou-vain, Institute of Mechanics, Materials and Civil Engineering, Louvain, Belgium, May 23,2012; Host: Prof. Thomas Pardoen.

24. Invited Lecturer, ‘Power-law creep from discrete dislocation dynamics simulations’, IUTAMSymposium on Advanced Materials Modelling for Structures, Paris, France, April 23–27, 2012.

23. Seminar, ‘High-Temperature Discrete Dislocation Plasticity’, Ecole Polytechnique Federalede Lausanne (EPFL) Lausanne, Switzerland, April 3, 2012; Host: Prof. Bill Curtin.

22. Seminar, ‘High-Temperature Discrete Dislocation Plasticity’, Atomic Energy and AlternativeEnergies Commission, Nuclear Research Centre, Department of Applied Metallurgy (SRMA),Saclay, France, March 22, 2012; Host: Dr. Laurent Dupuy.

21. Seminar, ‘Discrete dislocation plasticity at finite temperatures’, Royal Institute of Technology,KTH Solid Mechanics Division, Stockholm, Sweden, November 30, 2011; Host: Prof. JonasFaleskog.

20. Invited Speaker, ‘Ductile Fracture: Effects of Anisotropy, Localization and Non-ProportionalLoading’, 2nd International Conference on Material Modelling, Paris, France, August 31 –September 2, 2011.

19. Invited Speaker, ‘Finite Temperature Effects and Thermodynamic Limit in Dislocation Dy-namics Simulation of Crystal Plasticity’, 2nd International Conference on Material Modelling,Paris, France, August 31 – September 2, 2011.

18. Invited Speaker, ‘On the Thermodynamic Limit in Dislocation Dynamics Simulations ofPlasticity’, 5th International Symposium on Defect and Material Mechanics, Sevilla, Spain,June 27 – July 1, 2011.

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17. Invited Speaker, ‘Anisotropy, Localization and Non-Proportional Loading Effects in DuctileFracture’, International Conference on Computational Modeling of Fracture and Failure ofMaterials and Structures (CFRAC 2011), an IACM (International Association of Computa-tional Mechanics) Special Interest Conference. Barcelona, Spain, June 6–8, 2011.

16. Invited Lecturer, ‘Lecture One – Anisotropy in Ductile Fracture (June 17)’, ‘Lecture Two– Dilatant Plasticity: A Perspective From Homogenization Theory (June 18)’, NSF Inter-national Summer School on Fracture, The Cargese Institute of Scientific Studies, Cargese,Corsica, France, June 14–19, 2010. Organizers: Ravi-Chandar (UT Austin, USA) and Elisa-beth Bouchaud (CEA, France).

15. Invited Speaker, ‘Dimensional and Microstructural Size Effects in Crystal Plasticity by meansof Computational Dislocation Dynamics’, IV European Conference on Computational Me-chanics, Paris, France, May 19, 2010.

14. Seminar, ‘A Micromechanics-based model for ductile fracture in structural materials’, Depart-ment of Mechanical Engineering, University of Science and Technology Houari Boumediene(USTHB), Algiers, March 16, 2010; Host: Prof. Boukharouba.

13. Invited Lecturer, ‘An extended model for ductile fracture in structural materials’ 3rd US–France ICACM (International Center for Applied Computational Mechanics) Symposium,Shalimar, FL, April 24, 2009.

12. Participant and Speaker at Dislocations 2008, the premier conference on dislocations, heldevery 4 years. ‘Micro-Pillar Plasticity: 2.5D Dislocation Dynamics Simulations’, Hong Kong,October 12–17, 2008.

11. Invited Lecturer, ‘Three-dimensional Microstructural Aspects of Ductile Fracture: Experi-ments & Modeling’, IUTAM Symposium on Theoretical, Computational and Modelling As-pects of Inelastic Media, Cape Town, South Africa, January 14–19, 2008.

10. Seminar, ‘Anisotropy in Ductile Fracture’, Universite de Technologie de Troyes, France,November 12, 2007; Hosts: Prof. K. Saanouni & Prof. J.-L. Chaboche.

9. Invited Lecturer, ‘Modeling micropillar deformation using mechanism-based discrete disloca-tion plasticity’, IUTAM Symposium on Multi-scale plasticity of crystalline materials, Eind-hoven, The Netherlands, November 5–9, 2007.

8. Invited Lecturer, ‘Discrete dislocation predictions of size effects in plasticity’, IUTAM sym-posium on Plasticity at the Micron Scale, Copenhagen, Denmark, May 24, 2006.

7. Invited Speaker, ‘Ductile fracture of a high-strength steel: experiments and modeling’, 9th

European Mechanics of Materials Conference, Moret-sur-Loing, France, May 11, 2006.

6. Keynote Lecturer, ‘Discrete Dislocation Predictions of Size effects in Plasticity: Role ofDislocation Generation, Patterning and Interfaces’, 4th International Congress on MaterialsScience & Engineering, Tlemcen, Algeria, May 3, 2006.

5. Invited Speaker, ‘A framework for modeling ductile fracture by void growth to coalescence’,Workshop on Ductile Fracture, Madrid, Spain, Sep. 17, 2005

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4. Invited Speaker, ‘Size effects under homogeneous deformation of single crystals: A discretedislocation analysis’, International Conference on Micromechanics & Microstructure Evolu-tion: Modeling, Simulation & Experiments, Madrid, Spain, Sep. 13, 2005

3. Invited Speaker, ‘Incorporating 3D Mechanisms in 2D Dislocation Dynamics: Implications forthe Stored Energy of Cold Work’, Workshop on Discrete Dislocation Plasticity, Cambridge,UK, July 1–2, 2004.

2. Invited Speaker, ‘Discrete Dislocation Analyses of Work Hardening in Model Single Crystals’,5th Euromech Solid Mechanics Conference, Thessaloniki, Greece, Aug. 17–22, 2003.

1. Invited Speaker (while PhD Candidate), ‘A Gurson-like model incorporating plastic anisotropyeffects’, Atomic Energy Commission (CEA), Nuclear Research Centre SRMA, Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France, April 1997.

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59. Invited Speaker, ‘High-Temperature Discrete Dislocation Plasticity’, Materials Research So-ciety (MRS) Fall Meeting, Symposium KK: Dislocation Plasticity, Boston, MA, December 5,2013.

58. Invited Speaker ‘A multiscale framework coupling dislocation dynamics with vacancy dif-fusion theory’, 50th Annual SES Technical Meeting, From Atomistics to Reality: SpanningScales in Simulations and Experiments, Providence, RI, July 30, 2013.

57. Invited Speaker ‘Effect of Nonproportional Loadings on Ductile Fracture’, 50th Annual SESTechnical Meeting, Symposium on Crack Initiation and Growth: Methods, Applications andChallenges, Providence, RI, July 31, 2013.

56. Invited Speaker, ‘High-Temperature Discrete Dislocation Plasticity’, 13th Pan-AmericanCongress of Applied Mechanics (PACAM XIII), Computational Plasticity and Fracture Sym-posium, Houston, TX, May 22, 2013.

55. Invited Speaker, ‘On Path-dependent Ductile Fracture’, Plasticity 2013, Nassau, The Ba-hamas, January 5, 2013.

54. Invited Speaker, ‘High-Temperature Discrete Dislocation Plasticity’, Plasticity 2013, Nassau,The Bahamas, January 6, 2013.

53. Invited Speaker, ‘Power-law creep from discrete dislocation dynamics simulations’, 2012ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition (IMECE), Houston,TX, November 14, 2012.

52. Invited Speaker, ‘High-Temperature Discrete Dislocation Dynamics’, 23rd International Work-shop on Computational Mechanics of Materials (IWCMM22), Baltimore, MD, September 25,2012.

51. Keynote Lecture, ‘Macroscopic versus Microscopic Approaches to Fracture in Ductile Mate-rials’, 49th Annual SES Technical Meeting, Atlanta, GA, October 12, 2012.

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50. Invited Speaker, ‘High-Temperature Discrete Dislocation Dynamics’, 49th Annual SES Tech-nical Meeting, Atlanta, GA, October 12, 2012.

49. Invited Speaker, ‘On the Path-dependence of the Fracture Locus of Ductile Materials’, 23rdInternational Workshop on Computational Mechanics of Materials (IWCMM22), Baltimore,MD, September 26, 2012.

48. Seminar, ‘Fracture of Structural Metallic Materials: A Top-Down Approach’, Department ofAerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, University of Texas, Austin, April 21,2011; Host: Prof. Ravi-Chandar.

47. Seminar, ‘Fracture of Structural Metallic Materials: A Top-Down Approach’, Department ofMechanical Engineering, University of California (UCSB), Santa Barbara, March 7, 2011;Host: Prof. Robert Odette.

46. Invited Speaker, ‘Recent Advances in the Local Approach to Fracture of Structural Materials’,Material Science and Technology MS&T Conference, Houston, TX, October 19, 2010.

45. Invited Talk: P. J. Guruprasad, D. Kiener, S. M. Keralavarma∗, G. Dehm, and A. A. Benz-erga. ‘Strain Hardening in Cu Micropillars: Experiments and Modeling’, 16th US NationalCongress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, State College, PA, June 27 – July 2, 2010.

44. Invited Speaker, ‘Microstructural aspects of material strength in small volumes’, TMS AnnualMeeting, Seattle, WA, February 16, 2010.

43. Invited Speaker, ‘Size and Scale Effects in Crystal Plasticity’, Symposium on Multi-ScaleDislocation Dynamics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, Jan. 16, 2010.Host: X. Markenscoff

42. Invited Speaker, ‘Plasticity Size Effects: Experiments and Modeling’, Plasticity’10, St-Kitts,Jan. 5, 2010.

41. Keynote Lecturer, ‘An extended model for ductile fracture in structural materials’, Plastic-ity’10, Symposium on Predictive Ductile Fracture: Experiment and Modeling, St-Kitts, Jan.5, 2010.

40. Invited Speaker, ‘Nano- and Micro-Pillar Plasticity: 2.5D Dislocation Dynamics Simula-tions’, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Orlando, FL,November 17, 2009.

39. Seminar, ‘Size and Scale Effects in Crystal Plasticity’, Department of Material Science andEngineering, University of North Texas, Denton, TX, October 16, 2009; Host: Prof. A.Needleman.

38. Invited Speaker, ‘Micro- and Nano-Pillar Plasticity: 2.5D Mesoscopic Simulations’, Sympo-sium II: Probing Mechanics at Nanoscale Dimensions, MRS Spring Meeting, San Fransisco,CA, April 15, 2009.

37. Seminar, ‘Size and Scale Effects in Crystal Plasticity’, Department of Mechanical Engineering,Massachussets Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA, March 17, 2009; Host: Prof.Lallit Anand.

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36. Participant and Speaker at The John Hutchinson Symposium, 2008 ASME InternationalMechanical Engineering Congress, Boston, MA, November 4, 2008.

35. Invited Speaker, ‘A Computational investigation of damage accumulation in polymer compos-ites’, 2008 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress, Boston, MA, November6, 2008.

34. Invited Speaker, TMS Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, March, 2008.

33. Invited Speaker, NASA Aviation Safety Technical Conference, Denver, CO, October 21–23,2008.

32. Invited Speaker, NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, OH, August 12, 2008.

31. Invited Speaker, ‘An Internal-State Variable Theory of Strain-Gradient Plasticity Based onHomogenization’, 1st American Academy of Mechanics Conference, Symposium on ModelingInelastic Deformation at Varying Length Scales, New Orleans, LA, June 17–20, 2008.

30. Invited Speaker, 6th International Conference on Mechanics of Time Dependent Materials,Monterey, CA, March 30 – April 4, 2008.

29. Invited Speaker, Ballistic Impact and Crashworthiness Response of Aerospace StructuresSymposium, ASCE Earth & Space Conference 2008, Long Beach, CA, April 2008.

28. Invited Lecturer, National Science Foundation Symposium on Dislocation Dynamics, Univer-sity of California, San Diego, CA, January 19–21, 2008.

27. Seminar, ‘Mechanism-based Discrete Dislocation Plasticity’, Department of Mechanical En-gineering, Columbia University, New York, NY, December 13, 2007; Host: Prof. J. Kysar.

26. Invited Talk, ‘Multiscale Computational Framework for Ballistic Impact Performance of JetEngine Blade Containment Systems: Overview of Planned Research Program at Texas A&M’,NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, OH, December 7, 2007; Host: Dr. R. K. Goldberg,

25. Seminar, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, TX, Oc-tober 11, 2007; Host: Prof. P. Sharma.

24. Seminar, ‘Mechanism-based Discrete Dislocation Plasticity’, Naval Research Laboratory, Cen-ter of Computational Material Science, Washington, DC, July 18, 2007; Host: Dr. J. G.Michopoulos.

23. Seminar, ‘Micromechanics-based Modeling of Ductile Fracture with Experimental Integra-tion’, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC, July 18, 2007; Host: Dr. A. Geltmacher.

22. Invited Speaker, ‘On the Effect of Manufacturing Induced Defects in Polymer-Based Com-posites’, The 5th International Conference on Materials Processing Defects (MPD-5), Ithaca,NY, July 18–20, 2007.

21. Invited Speaker, ‘On the structure of constitutive relations in strain-gradient plasticity’,ASME Applied Mechanics and Materials Conference (McMat), Paper No. 30382, Austin,TX, June 4–7, 2007.

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20. Invited Speaker, ‘Mechanism-based discrete dislocation predictions of intrinsic size effects insingle crystal plasticity’, TMS Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, February 25 - March 1, 2007.

19. Invited Speaker, ‘Mechanism-based Discrete Dislocation Plasticity (M-DDP)’, Final Reviewfor the MURI Program: Virtual Design and Testing of Materials: A Multiscale Approach,AFOSR, Washington, DC, November 2, 2006.

18. Invited Speaker, ‘An analysis of the plasticity size effect under macroscopically homogeneousdeformation’, The Needleman–Tvergaard Symposium, Brown University, Providence, RI, Au-gust 17, 2006.

17. Invited Speaker, ‘On the structure of constitutive relations in strain-gradient plasticity’, The43rd Annual Technical Meeting of the Society of Engineering Science, Alan Needleman PragerMedal Symposium: Multiscale Modeling of Plastic Deformation, Penn State, State College,PA, August 14, 2006.

16. Invited Speaker, ‘Micromechanics-based Modeling of Ductile Fracture with ExperimentalIntegration’, 7th World Congress on Computational Mechanics, Los Angeles, CA, July 17,2006.

15. Seminar, ‘Mechanism-based Discrete Dislocation Plasticity’, Department of Aerospace Engi-neering & Engineering Mechanics, University of Texas, Austin, TX, April 27, 2006; Host:Prof. K. Liechti.

14. Keynote Lecturer, ‘Calculations of the Stored Energy of Cold Work’, Plasticity’05, Kauai,HI, Jan. 3–8, 2005.

13. Invited Speaker, ‘Incorporating 3D Mechanisms in 2D Discrete Dislocation Plasticity’, 7th

U.S. National Congress on Computational Mechanics, Albuquerque, NM, Jul. 27–31, 2003.

12. Seminar, ‘Recent Progress in Ductile Fracture: Analyses and Future Challenges’, Departmentof Aerospace Engineering, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, May, 2003; Host: Prof.R. Kline.

11. Seminar, ‘Dislocation Dynamics’, The Mississippi State University, Department of Mechan-ical Engineering, Starkville, MS, May, 2003; Host: Prof. M. F. Horstemeyer.

10. Seminar, ‘Ductile Fracture: Modeling and Experiments’, Texas A&M University, Departmentof Aerospace Engineering, College Station, TX, Apr, 2003; Host: Prof. D. C. Lagoudas.

9. Seminar, ‘Recent Progress in Ductile Fracture: Analyses and Future Challenges’, The OhioState University, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Columbus, OH, Mar, 2003; Host:Prof. S. Ghosh.

8. Invited Speaker and Participant, ’An Enhanced Discrete Dislocation Plasticity Frameworkfor Modeling Plastic Flow and Work Hardening’, Program Review of the MURI on VirtualDesign and Testing of Materials: A Multi-scale Approach., Waltham, MA, May, 2002.

7. Seminar, ‘Recent Progress in Ductile Fracture: Analyses and Future Challenges’, Penn State,Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University Park, PA, May 5, 2002; Host:Prof. D. A Koss.

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6. Seminar, ‘Materials Studies for Structural Integrity across Multiple Length Scales’, M.I.T.,Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Cambridge, MA, Apr. 26, 2002; Host: Prof.M. Spearing.

5. Seminar, ‘Mesoscopic Simulations of Plastic Flow and Work Hardening’, Brown University,Providence, RI, Apr., 2002; Host: Prof. L. B. Freund.

4. Invited Speaker, ‘A Discrete Dislocation Analysis of an Inverse Size Effect in a Cast Alu-minum Alloy’, ASME IMECE Winter Annual Meeting, New York, NY, Nov. 11–16, 2001.

3. Seminar (while PhD Candidate), ‘Anisotropic Ductile Fracture’, North-Carolina State Uni-versity, Department of Mechanical Engineering, (Research Group of Prof. Zikry), Raleigh,NC, Oct. 27, 1998; Host: Prof. M. A. Zikry.

2. Seminar (while PhD Candidate), ‘On the Effects of Inclusion Spacing in Ductile Fracture’,Carnegie Mellon University, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, (ResearchGroup of Prof. Garrison), Pittsburgh, PA, Oct. 20, 1998; Host: Prof. W. A. Garrison.

1. Seminar (while PhD Candidate), ‘Anisotropic Ductile Fracture’, the University of Illinois atUrbana–Champaign, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, (Research Groupof Prof. Dodds), Urbana, IL, Oct. 13, 1998; Host: Prof. R. H. Dodds.

Other Presentations (representative)

1. ‘Theoretical & Experimental Study of the Ductile Fracture of Hot-Worked Plates’, EuropeanConference on Materials, Euromat, Lausanne, Switzerland, Sep. 7–11, 1998.

2. ‘Coalescence-Controlled Anisotropic Ductile Fracture’, 35th Meeting of the Society of Engi-neering Sciences, Pullman, WA, Sep. 27–30, 1998.

3. ‘An analysis of shear-banding in a C–Mn pipe steel’, Materials Research Society, SpringMeeting, San Francisco, CA, Apr. 18, 2001.

4. ‘Smaller is Softer: An Inverse Size Effect in a Cast Aluminum Alloy’, Materials ResearchSociety, Spring Meeting, San Francisco, CA, Apr. 18, 2001.

5. ‘Approximate Models For Ductile Sheets with Anisotropic Plasticity’, ASME Mechanics andMaterials Conference, San Diego, CA, Jun. 27–29, 2001.

6. ‘On the Validity of Regular Void Distribution in Coalescence Modeling’, ASME Mechanicsand Materials Conference, San Diego, CA, Jun. 27–29, 2001.

7. ‘Damage Characterization in CH-47 Dynamic Components’, Joint NASA/FAA/DoD Con-ference on Aging Aircraft, Palm Springs, CA, Feb. 1, 2005.

8. ‘Spalling, Fretting and Galling Characteristics’, Review Meeting for ACAA project, Huntsville,AL, Apr. 22, 2005.

9. ‘On the Relationship between Geometrically Necessary Dislocations and Stored Energy’, TheJoint ASME/ASCE/SES Conference on Mechanics and Materials, Baton-Rouge, LA, Jun.1, 2005.

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10. ‘An enhanced model of ductile fracture by void growth to coalescence’, The Joint ASME/ASCE/SESConference on Mechanics and Materials, Baton-Rouge, LA, Jun. 1, 2005.

11. ‘Discrete Dislocation Simulations of Size Effects in Nanorod Compression’, ASME interna-tional Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, Orlando, FL, Nov. 9, 2005

12. ‘A numerical study of impact-induced failure modes in amorphous glassy polymers’, 9th

European Mechanics of Materials Conference, Moret-sur-Loing, France, May 12, 2006.

13. ‘An investigation of the plasticity size effect using mechanism-based discrete dislocation plas-ticity’, 7th World Congress on Computational Mechanics, Los Angeles, USA, July 17, 2006.

14. ‘An analysis of strain-rate effects in micron-scale crystal plasticity’, 7th World Congress onComputational Mechanics, Los Angeles, USA, July 10, 2006.

15. ‘Micromechanics-based Modeling of Ductile Fracture with Experimental Integration’, TMSAnnual Meeting, Orlando, FL, February 25 - March 1, 2007.

16. ‘An analysis of microstructure evolution and the Bauschinger effect at the micron scale’, TMSAnnual Meeting, Orlando, FL, February 25 - March 1, 2007.

17. ‘An Internal-State Variable Theory of Strain-Gradient Plasticity Based on Homogenization’,SES 44th Annual Meeting, Paper No. 160304, College Station, TX, October 22–24, 2007.

18. ‘Micromechanics-based Modeling of Ductile Fracture with Experimental Integration of 3-DMicrostructural Data’, TMS Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, March, 2008.

19. ‘Micro-Pillar Plasticity: 2.5D Dislocation Dynamics Simulations’, Dislocations 2008, HongKong, October 12–17, 2008.

20. ‘Micromechanisms and Micromechanics of Ductile Fracture: An Appraisal’, John Hutchin-son Symposium, 2008 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress, Boston, MA,November 4, 2008.

21. Benzerga∗, A. A., ‘Close-Range Dislocation Interactions and Plasticity in Small Volumes’,Symposium Z: Computational Nanoscience–How to Exploit Synergy between Predictive Sim-ulations and Experiments, MRS Spring Meeting, San Fransisco, April 16, 2009.

22. Keralavarma, S. M. and Benzerga∗, A. A. ‘A Micromechanics-based Ductile Damage ModelIncorporating Plastic Anisotropy and Void Shape Effects’, 12th International Conference onFracture, Paper No. 1132 Ottawa, Canada, July 15, 2009.

23. Benzerga∗, A. A. and Keralavarma, S. M. ‘Finite–Element Analyses of Combined Void Shapeand Plastic Anisotropy Effects in Ductile Fracture’, 12th International Conference on Frac-ture, Paper No. 1130 Ottawa, Canada, July 13, 2009.

24. X. Poulain∗, R. K. Goldberg, R. Talreja and A. A. Benzerga ‘A multiscale modeling method-ology for damage progression in PMCs’, 12th International Conference on Fracture, PaperNo. ?? Ottawa, Canada, July 12–17, 2009.

25. Keralavarma, S. M. and Benzerga∗, A. A. ‘A New Micromechanics-based Model for AnisotropicDuctile Materials’, 10th US National Congress on Computational Mechanics, Paper No.160134 Columbus, OH, July 16–19, 2009.

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26. Guruprasad, P. J. and Benzerga, A. A.∗, ‘Size dependent work hardening model for crystalsby coarse graining of discrete dislocations’, 10th US National Congress on ComputationalMechanics, Paper No. 157936, Columbus, OH, July 16–19, 2009.

27. Guruprasad, P. J.∗ and Benzerga, A. A., ‘Characterization of scale dependent geometricallynecessary dislocation density from computational dislocation dynamics ’, 10th US NationalCongress on Computational Mechanics, Paper No. 160365, Columbus, OH, July 16–19, 2009.

28. Guruprasad, P. J., Keralavarma, S. and Benzerga, A. A., ‘Short-Range Dislocation In-teractions and Plasticity in Small Volumes’, ASME International Mechanical EngineeringCongress and Exposition, Orlando, FL, November 19, 2009.

29. A. Amine Benzerga and P.J. Guruprasad, ‘Dislocation Dynamics, Static Shocks and SizeEffects’, TMS Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, February 16, 2010.

30. S. M. Keralavarma∗, and A. A. Benzerga. ‘Homogenization-based Constitutive Models forPorous Ductile Solids: Theory and FiniteElement Simulations’, 16th US National Congressof Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, State College, PA, June 27 – July 2, 2010.

Grants and Contracts (Total Share to Date: > $2.5M)

10. ‘Support of Stockpile Stewardship Program (WCI): Master Agreement No. C13-00284 WithLawrence Livermore National Laboratory’; Lawrence Livermore National Security. PI: J.Morel (TAMU/NUEN); Co-PIs: A.A. Benzerga, R. Arroyave, T. Cagin, M. Adams et al.(TAMU). Support for 1 GRA. Nov 19, 2012–Sep 30, 2015. $1,267,707; Responsible for$195,000.

9. “Toward Low Temperature Formability of Damage-Tolerant High Specific Strength Magne-sium Alloys: Experiments and Modeling”; Qatar National Research Fund. PI: A.A. Benzerga;Co-PIs: Georges Ayoub (TAMU-Q) and I. Karaman (TAMU). Support for 2 GRAs. Feb 1,2012–Jan 31, 2015. $1,044,641.

8. ‘IMI: International Institute on Multifunctional Materials for Energy’; National ScienceFoundation. PI: D.C. Lagoudas; Co-PIs: A.A. Benzerga, Z. Ounaies (PSU), I. Karaman,T. Cagin, R. Arroyave, Y. Efendiev, R. Griffin, P. Sharma (UH). Support for 1 GRA. Nov1, 2009–Oct 31, 2014. $4,000,000; Responsible for $250,000.

7. ‘Characterization of Rotor Blade Sand Erosion, Test Procedures and Erosion Model Defi-nition for Polymer Coatings’; Wyle Laboratories. PI: R. Talreja; Co-PIs: A.A. Benzerga,Z. Ounaies, T. Kalmar-Nagy. Support for 1 GRA. Oct 1, 2008–Dec 31, 2010. $1,309,058;Responsible for ∼ $160,000.

6. ‘Support of Stockpile Stewardship Program: Master Agreement No. C08-00353 With LawrenceLivermore National Laboratory’; Lawrence Livermore National Security. PI: J. Morel (TAMU/NUEN);Co-PIs: A.A. Benzerga, R. Arroyave, T. Cagin, M. Adams et al. (TAMU). Support for 1GRA. Sep 9, 2008–Sep 30, 2011. $2,936,677; Responsible for $255,000.

5. ‘Supplement to: Multiscale Computational Framework for Ballistic Impact Performance ofJet Engine Blade Containment Systems’; National Aeronautics and Space Administration(NASA). PI: A.A. Benzerga. Support for 1 GRA. Jun 1, 2008–Sep 30, 2009. $20,631.

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4. ‘CAREER: Bridging Experiments and Multiscale Modeling of Size- and Temperature-DependentPhenomena in Polycrystalline Plasticity’; National Science Foundation. PI: A.A. Benzerga.Support for 3 GRAs. Feb 1, 2008–Jul 31, 2013. $402,320.

3. ‘Development and Refinement of Rotor Blade Sand Erosion Test Standards and Models’;Wyle Laboratories. PI: R. Talreja; Co-PIs: A.A. Benzerga, Z. Ounaies, T. Kalmar-Nagy.Support for 1 GRA. Oct 1, 2007–Sep 30, 2008. $620,260; Responsible for $75,000.

2. ‘Multiscale Computational Framework for Ballistic Impact Performance of Jet Engine BladeContainment Systems’; National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). PI: A.A.Benzerga; Co-PI: R. Talreja. Support for 1 GRA. Sep 26, 2007–Sep 25, 2009. $179,077.

1. ‘Spalling, Fretting, and Galling Characteristics’; U.S. Department of the Air Force throughUniversity of Dayton Research Institute. PI: A.A. Benzerga. Support for 1 GRA. Dec 1,2003–Nov 30, 2005; $125,000.

Student Research Advising

Doctoral Students

1. Khairul A. Chowdhury, Ph.D. Aerospace Engineering. Thesis title: “Effect of manufacturing-induced defects on the response, damage initiation and failure of polymer-based composites”.Co-advised with Talreja. Graduated in May 2007.Current affiliation: Technip, Houston TX.Publications: 4 journal articles, 1 conference proceedings article, 2 conference presentations.Distinctions: Won 1st prize of the United States Association for Computational Mechanics(USACM) Student Presentation Competition at the 7th World Congress on ComputationalMechanics in Los Angeles, CA,16–22July, 2006.

2. P. J. Guruprasad, Ph.D. Aerospace Engineering. Thesis title: “Scale Effects in CrystalPlasticity”. Graduated in May 2010.Post-Doc at Ecole des Mines, Paris, France.Current affiliation: Assistant Professor at IIT Mumbai (Bombay) since Fall’11.Publications: 5 journal articles, 2 conference proceedings articles, 7 conference presentations.

3. Xavier Poulain, Ph.D. Aerospace Engineering. Thesis Title: “On the ThermomechanicalBehavior of Epoxy Polymers: Experiments and Modeling”. Graduated in December 2010.Current affiliation: Post-doc at UT Austin, Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechan-ics.Publications: 3 journal articles, 2 conference proceedings articles, 9 conference presentations.

4. Shyam Keralavarma, Ph.D. Aerospace Engineering. Thesis Title: “Contribution to the Mul-tiscale Modeling of Plasticity and Fracture”. Graduated in December 2011.Post-Doc at Brown University and EPFL,Current affiliation: Assistant Professor at IIT Madras (Chennai) since Summer’13.Publications: 7 journal articles, 3 conference proceedings articles, 12 conference presenta-tions.

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5. Soondo Kweon, Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, UIUC Awarded May 2009, Post-Doc AerospaceEngineering, TAMU, 2009-2011.Current affiliation: Assistant Professor at U. of Southern Illinois since Fall’11.Publications: 2 journal articles, 3 conference presentations.

6. Babak Kondori, Ph.D. Materials Science and Engineering. Thesis Topic: “Anisotropy ofDeformation and Fracture in Mg Alloys: Experiments and Modeling”. Started in Fall of2009. Passed MSEN qualifiers in January 2011 and prelims in January 2014. Expectedgraduation: December 2014.Publications: 2 journal articles, 1 conference proceedings article, 4 conference presentations.

7. Sangil Lee, Ph.D. Materials Science and Engineering. Thesis Topic: “Microstructure-sensitivemodeling of dynamic fracture in high-strength steels”. Started in Fall of 2009. Passed MSENqualifiers in 2011 and prelims in July 2013. Expected graduation: December 2014.

8. Shamik Basu, Ph.D. Materials Science and Engineering: Thesis Topic: “Experimental In-vestigation of Strain History and Stress State Effects in Ductile Fracture” Started in Fall of2010, Passed MSEN qualifiers in February 2012. Expected graduation: December 2015.Publications: 2 conference presentations.Distinctions: Won 1st poster prize of the ASME wide Micro and Nano Forum at the 2012International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE), Houston, TX,November, 2012. Presentation title: “The influence of micron-scale voids on the path-dependence of steel fracture”.

9. Nithin Thomas, Ph.D. Aerospace Engineering. Thesis Topic: “Modeling and Simulation ofDuctile Damage in Lightweight Alloys” Started in Fall 2011, Passed AFQE in May 2012.Expected graduation: December 2015.Publications: 1 conference presentation.

10. Mohammad Torki, Ph.D. Aerospace Engineering. Thesis Topic: “Micromechanics-basedModeling of Void Coalescence in Cavitating Solids”. Started in Fall 2013. Expected gradu-ation: December 2017.

11. Ana Rodriguez, Ph.D. Materials Science and Engineering. Thesis Topic: “Strain-rate andtemperature effects on the fracture of twin-rolled cast Magnesium alloy AZ31B”. Started inFall of 2013.

Masters Students

1. Jean-Pierre Doan, M.Eng. Aerospace Engineering, Project topic: “Experimental DamageCharacterization in High Strength Steels”. Graduated in December 2006.

2. Shyam M. Keralavarma, M.S. Aerospace Engineering, Thesis title: “A Micromechanics BasedDuctile Damage Model for Anisotropic Titanium Alloys”. Graduated in May 2008.

3. Nisrin R. Abdel-Al, M.S. Aerospace Engineering, Thesis topic: “An Experimental Study ofDeformation and Fracture in a Nanostructured Metallic Material”. Graduated in December2009.

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4. Sourav Banerjee, M.S. Aerospace Engineering, Thesis topic: “Modeling and Simulation ofSolid Particle Erosion of Protective Films”. Graduated in December 2010.

5. Anthony DeCastro, M.S. Aerospace Engineering, Thesis topic: “Contribution to the Studyof Fracture in Amorphous Polymers: Experiments and Modeling”. Graduated in December2010.

6. Krishna Bharadwaj, M.Eng. Aerospace Engineering, “Multiscale Modeling of Ductile toBrittle Transition in BCC Metals” Started in Fall’09. Passed AFQE in Spring’11. Transferedto M.Eng. due to health issues. Graduated Spring 2014.

7. Chris Greer, M.S. Aerospace Engineering. Thesis Topic: “Discrete Dislocation Modeling ofHigh-Temperature Plasticity” Started in Fall 2011. Failed AFQE in Summer 2013. Expectedgraduation: December 2014.

Undergraduate Students

1. Nicholas F. Shaver: B.S. Aerospace Engineering TAMU (2006). Admitted to NSF–REU Siteon “Nanotechnology and Materials Systems” in Summer’05.Publication # 12 (over 60 citations in ISI Citation Index).Distinctions: 1st Place in Student Poster Competition, TAMU Undergraduate Summer Re-search Program, 2005.

2. Ronald L. McPherson: B.S. Aerospace Engineering TAMU (2006), M.S. Ocean EngineeringTAMU (2007). Admitted to USRG summer research program in Summer’05, then AY 2005-2006. Refereed conference paper # 10.

3. Grant Whittington: B.S. Aerospace Engineering TAMU (2008). Ph.D. Aerospace Engineer-ing Georgia Tech. (2013). Admitted to NSF–REU Site on “Nanotechnology and MaterialsSystems” in Summer’06.

4. Will Carter: B.S. Aerospace Engineering TAMU (2007). Ph.D. Aerospace EngineeringTAMU (2012). Admitted to the REU Site on “Nanotechnology and Materials Systems”in Summer’06. Publication # 19.

5. Michael Kim: Admitted to USRG summer research program in Summer’08, then AY 2008-2009.

6. Brad Burgess: B.S. Aerospace Engineering TAMU (2009). Admitted to NASA Glenn Sum-mer Research Program (2008). Undergraduate Research Scholar Thesis (2009).

7. Stephanie Hoelscher: B.S. Aerospace Engineering TAMU (2011). Admitted to NSF–REUSite on “Granular Materials” in Summer’09. Publication # 28.

8. Tommy Kennedy: B.S. Aerospace Engineering TAMU (2011). Admitted to NSF–REU Siteon “Nanotechnology and Materials Systems” in Summer’09.

9. Tim Woodbury: B.S. Aerospace Engineering TAMU (2011). Admitted to NASA GlennSummer Research Program (2009).

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10. David Surovik: B.S. Aerospace Engineering TAMU (2011). Admitted to NSF–REU Site on“Granular Materials” in Summer’10. Publication # 30.

11. Yevgeniy Urusov: B.S. Civil Engineering U Conn (2011). Admitted to NSF–REU Site on“Granular Materials” in Summer’10.

12. Amine Meziou: B.S. Ecole Polytechnique of Tunis (2011). Admitted as NSF–IIMEC ex-change student in Spring and Summer’11. Thesis Title: “Anisotropy in Magnesium Alloys”.

13. Meredith Davis: B.S. Aerospace Engineering TAMU (expected 2015). Funded through NSF–IIMEC activities. Spring 2014–.

14. William Ochoa: B.S. Aerospace Engineering TAMU (expected 2015). Admitted to NSF–REU Site in Summer’14.

University Committees and Service

Department of Aerospace Engineering, Member of Faculty Search Committee, Fall 2013 – Spring2014.

Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Member of Faculty Search Committee (Com-putational Materials Science position), Fall 2013 – Spring 2014.

Aerospace Engineering Department Strategic Aerospace Research (StAR) Committee, 2013–.

College of Engineering, Committee on Advanced Materials for Energy Applications (CAMEA),January–March 2014. Contributed to the final white paper submitted to the Dean.

Department of Aerospace Engineering, Chair of Materials & Structures Faculty Search Committee,Fall 2010 – Spring 2011.

Aerospace Engineering Department Graduate Affairs Committee, 2009–2011

Aerospace Engineering Department Aerospace Vision Committee (AVC), 2010–2011

Materials Science & Engineering Program (MSEN) Graduate Admissions Committee, 2008–2011

Aerospace Engineering Seminar Series (AESS) Coordinator, Fall 2008–Fall 2010

Member of half a dozen M.S. and Ph.D. thesis committees per academic year in AERO, MSEN,MEEN and PETE.

Aerospace Engineering Department Computing Environment Committee, 2007–2009

A&P Faculty Search Committee, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Fall 2008 – Spring 2009.

College of Engineering Status of MSEN Program Junior Faculty Committee, 2007.

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AERO 220 Computer Programming Class Committee, Member, Department Committee, Spring2007.

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