David J. Srolovitz
Joseph Bordogna Professor of Engineering and Applied Science
Materials Science and Engineering (MSE)
Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics (MEAM)
Honors and Awards: Princeton University Baetjer Lecture - 2010, Institute of Advanced Study, HKUST Distinguished Lecture - 2010, National University of Singapore Commencement Speaker - 2010, Materials Research Society Fellow - 2009, University of British Columbia Weinberg Memorial Lecture - 2009, Institute of Physics Fellow - 1999, ASM International Fellow -1998, American Institute of Chemical Engineers Outstanding Paper Award - 1997, NASA Materials Division Outstanding Paper Award - 1989, Acta Metallurgica Outstanding Paper Award - 1985
Research Expertise: Computational and Theoretical Materials Science | Defects; Growth; Evolution; and Deformation of materials
Dave conducts research in defects in materials, growth of materials, evolution of the microstructure and morphology of materials, and the mechanical deformation of materials. He does this through the development and application of analytical theory and a wide range of computational modeling techniques, ranging from the quantum mechanical to atomistic to microstructural to continuum.
Education:
PhD Materials Science 1981 - University of Pennsylvania
MS Materials Science 1980 - University of Pennsylvania
BS Physics 1978 - Rutgers University
Recent Publications 
- Nanocrystallization in driven amorphous materials, Shukla, S. | Wu, D.T. | Ramanarayan, H. | Srolovitz, D. | Ramanujan, R.V., Acta Materialia, 2013
- Nanostructure and surface effects on yield in Cu nanowires, Wu, Z.X. | Zhang, Y.W. | Jhon, M.H. | Greer, J.R. | Srolovitz, D.J., Acta Materialia, 2013
- Structure and energy of (1 1 1) low-angle twist boundaries in Al, Cu and Ni, Dai, S. | Xiang, Y. | Srolovitz, D.J., Acta Materialia, 2013
- Size-dependent deformation of nanocrystalline Pt nanopillars, Gu, X.W. | Loynachan, C.N. | Wu, Z. | Zhang, Y.-W. | Srolovitz, D.J. | Greer, J.R., Nano Letters, 2012
- Statistical topology of cellular networks in two and three dimensions, Mason, J.K. | Lazar, E.A. | MacPherson, R.D. | Srolovitz, D.J., Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics, 2012