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Profile
| Academic position | Full Professor |
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| Research fields | Materials Engineering,Thermodynamics and Kinetics as well as Properties of Phases and Microstructure of Materials |
| Keywords | mechanical behaviour of materials, micromechanics, nanoidentation, nanomechanics, small scale mechanical behaviour |
| Honours and awards | 2024: Heyn Commemorative Medal of the German Society for Materials Science (DGM) 2023: Albert Easton White Distinguished Teacher Award of ASM International 2022: University Distinguished Professor - Texas A&M University202 2021: William D. Nix Award - TMS (the Minerals, Metals and Materials Society) 2020: Erle Nye '59 Chair I - Texas A&M University 2018: Nadai Medal - American Society of Mechanical Engineers 2016: Fellow - TMS (the Minerals, Metals and Materials Society) 2014: Member - National Academy of Engineering (elected spring 2014) 2012: Fellow - Materials Research Society 2010: Innovation in Materials Characterization Award - Materials Research Society 2007: Humboldt Research Award for Senior US Scientists 2007: McKamey Professor of Engineering - University of Tennessee 1995: Fellow - ASM International 1994: Amoco Teaching Award - Rice University 1984: ASM Bradley Stoughton Award for Young Teachers of Metallurgy 1977: Fannie and John Hertz Foundation Fellow |
Current contact address
| Country | United States of America |
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| City | College Station |
| Institution | Texas A&M University |
| Institute | Department of Materials Science and Engineering |
Host during sponsorship
| Prof. Dr. Oliver Kraft | Institut für Materialforschung II, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe (FZK), Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen |
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| Prof. Dr. Oliver Kraft | Institut für Materialforschung II, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT), Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen |
| Start of initial sponsorship | 01/07/2008 |
Programme(s)
| 2007 | Humboldt Research Award Programme |
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Nominator's project description
| Professor George M. Pharr (USA/1128148) from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA Professor George M. Pharr is a leading expert in the physics of deformation at small scales, in particular, the mechanisms of plasticity and fracture at micrometer and nanometer dimensions. He has developed equipment and basic methods for nanoindentation testing. His contributions to this field have been groundbreaking over the years and his publication on the analysis of nanoindentation data is considered to be the most important reference in the field. During his stay in Germany, Professor Pharr will help to develop a new experimental setup for mechanical tests studying plasticity at very small-scales. The role of different mechanisms such as nucleation, interaction or starvation of dislocations for the deformation behavior of metallic nanostructures and nanowires will be examined. Professor Pharr is hosted by Professor Oliver Kraft at the Institute for Materials Research at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. |