David L. McDowell Regents’ Professor and Carter N. Paden, Jr. Distinguished Chair in Metals Processing Georgia Institute of Technology Mechanical Engineering 801 Ferst Dr., N.W. Atlanta, GA 30332-0405 Office:  MRDC, Room 4105 Phone: 404.894.5128  | Fax: 404.894.4106 david.mcdowell@me.gatech.edu Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1983 M.S., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1981 B.S., University of Nebraska, 1979 Began at Tech In Fall 1983 as an Assistant Professor Research Interests Multiscale Modeling Plasticity, Fatigue and Fracture Materials Design Computational Mechanics Dr. David L. McDowell is a Regents' Professor and Carter N. Paden, Jr. Distinguished Chair in Metals Processing in the Schools of Materials Science and Engineering and Mechanical Engineering, and Director of the Mechanical Properties Research Laboratory at the Georgia Institute of Technology. His distinguished career at Georgia Tech began in 1983 after earning his M.S. (1981) and Ph.D. (1983) degrees from the University of Illinois. Dr. McDowell's research focuses on the synthesis of experiment and computation to develop physically-based internal state variable constitutive models for nonlinear and time-dependent behavior of materials, with emphasis on wrought and cast metals. Specialty areas include fatigue and fracture. Dr. McDowell has been awarded many distinctions and honors throughout his career most recently Georgia Tech 2000 Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Advisor. He is a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and is a recipient of the 1997 ASME Materials Division Nadai Award for career achievement. He also serves as a member of the M&IE Alumni Board at the University of Illinois. Distinctions ASME Materials Division Senior Orr Award (for the best fatigue and fracture paper to appear within the twelve-month period July 2005 through June 2006 in the ASME Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology). Elected Fellow of the Society of Engineering Science (SES). Member, College of Engineering Advisory Board, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2004-present. Jack M. Zeigler Woodruff School Outstanding Educator Award, 2004. ASTM Annual Fatigue Lecturer, Miami Beach, FL, Nov. 5, 2002. President, Society of Engineering Science, 2002 Georgia Tech Outstanding Interdisciplinary Activity Award, 2001 Georgia Tech Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Advisor Award, 2000 American Society of Mechanical Engineers (Fellow; Nadai Award of Materials Division, 1997; Henry Hess Award, 1988; ASME-Pi Tau Sigma Gold Medal Award, 1987; Alfred Noble Prize, 1986) Member of the M&IE Alumni Board for 1999-2002, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Defense Science Board Task Group on Underground Facilities, 1997-1998 Georgia Tech Institute Fellow, 1994-present American Society for Testing and Materials Representative to the U. S. National Committee on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, 1995-2002 Medaille d’Honneur from the Societé Francaise de Metallurgie et de Materiaux, 1994 Georgia Tech Outstanding Faculty Research Author Award Co-Recipient, 1993 WoodruffSchool Faculty Fellow, 1991-1996 American Society for Engineering Education Dow Outstanding Young Faculty Award, 1990 National Science Foundation Presidential Young Investigator Award, 1986 Society of Automotive Engineers Ralph R. Teetor Award, 1986 Editor,Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology, 1997-2002 Regional Editor, International Journal of Fracture Editorial Board, International Journal of Plasticity, International Journal of Damage Mechanics, Journal of Multiscale Computational Engineering, Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures Representative Recent Publications McDowell, D.L., “Internal State Variable Theory,” Handbook of Materials Modeling, Part A: Methods, eds. Sidney Yip and M.F. Horstemeyer, Springer, the Netherlands, 2005, pp. 1151-1170. McDowell, D.L., “Microstructure-Sensitive Computational Fatigue Analysis,” Handbook of Materials Modeling, Part A: Methods, eds. Sidney Yip and M.F. Horstemeyer, Springer, the Netherlands, 2005, pp. 1193-1214. Shenoy, M.S., Gordon, A.P., Neu, R.W., and McDowell, D.L., “Thermomechanical Fatigue Behavior of a Directionally Solidified Ni-Base Superalloy,” ASME Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology, Vol. 27, 2005, pp. 325-336. Clayton, J.D., McDowell, D.L., and Bammann, D.J., “Modeling Dislocations and Disclinations with Finite Micropolar Elastoplasticity,” International Journal of Plasticity, Vol. 22, No. 2, 2006, pp. 210-256. Clayton, J.D., Bammann, D.J. and McDowell, D.L., “A Geometric Framework for the Kinematics of Crystals with Defects,” Philosophical Magazine, Vol. 85, Nos. 33–35, 2005, pp. 3983–4010. Wang, A.-J., Kumar, R.S., and McDowell, D.L., “Mechanical Behavior of Extruded Prismatic Cellular Metals,” Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures, Vol. 12, No. 3, 2005, pp. 185-200. Kumar, R.S., Wang, A.-J., and McDowell, D.L., “Effects of Microstructure Variability on Intrinsic Fatigue Resistance of Nickel-Base Superalloys – A Computational Micromechanics Approach,” International Journal of Fracture, Vol. 137, No. 1-4, 2006, pp. 173 - 210. Choi, H.-J., Austin, R., Shepherd, J., Allen, J.K., McDowell, D.L., Mistree, F. and Benson, D.J., “An Approach for Robust Design of Reactive Powder Metal Mixtures Based on Non-deterministic Micro-scale Shock Simulation,” Journal of Computer-Aided Materials Design, Vol. 12, No. 1, 2005, pp. 57–85. Goh, C.-H., McDowell, D.L., and Neu, R.W., “Plasticity in Polycrystalline Fretting Contacts,” Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, Vol. 54, No. 2, 2006, pp. 340-367. Spearot, D., Jacob, K.I., and McDowell, D.L., “Nucleation of Dislocations from [001] Bicrystal Interfaces in Aluminum,” Acta Materialia, Vol. 53, 2005, pp. 3579-3589. Wilde, T.P., McDowell, D.L. and Jacob, K.I., “A Modified Mullins Model for Compressive Behavior of Goose Down Fiber Assemblies,” Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures, Vol. 13, 2006, pp. 83-93. McGinty, R.D. and McDowell, D.L., “A Semi-Implicit Integration Scheme for Rate Independent Finite Crystal Plasticity, International Journal of Plasticity, Vol. 22, No. 6, 2006, pp. 965-1170. Shepherd, J.E., McDowell, D.L., and Jacob, K.I., “Modeling Morphology Evolution and Mechanical Behavior During Thermomechanical Processing of Semi-Crystalline Polymers,” Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, Vol. 54, No. 3, 2006, pp. 467-489. Seepersad, C.C., Allen, J.K., McDowell, D.L., and Mistree, F., “Robust Design of Cellular Materials with Topological and Dimensional Imperfections,” ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, Vol. 128, No. 6, 2006, pp. 1285-1297. Spearot, D.J., Jacob, K.I., and McDowell, D.L., “Dislocation Nucleation from Bicrystal Interfaces with Dissociated Structure,” International Journal of Plasticity, Vol. 23, No. 1, 2007, pp. 143-160. Austin, R.A., McDowell, D.L., and Benson, D.J., “Numerical simulation of shock wave propagation in spatially-resolved reactive particle systems,” Modeling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering, 14, 2006, pp. 537-561. Shenoy, M.M., McDowell, D.L., and Neu, R.W., “Transversely Isotropic Viscoplasticity Model for a Directionally Solidified Ni-Base Superalloy”, International Journal of Plasticity, Vol. 22, No. 12, 2006, pp. 2301-2326. McDowell, D.L., “Simulation-Based Strategies for Microstructure-Sensitive Fatigue Modeling,” Materials Science and Engineering A, in press, doi:10.1016/j.msea.2006. 08.129 . Spearot, D.E., Tschopp, M.A., Jacob, K.I., and McDowell, D.L., “Tensile Strength of <100> and <110> Tilt Bicrystal Copper Interfaces,” Acta Materialia, Vol. 55, No. 2, 2007, pp. 705-714. Goh, C.-H., McDowell, D.L., and Neu, R.W., “Influence of Microstructure in Partial-Slip Fretting Contacts Based upon Two-Dimensional Crystal Plasticity Simulations,” Journal of Tribology, Vol. 128, October 2006, pp. 735-744. Xue Y, Horstemeyer MF, McDowell DL, El Kadiri H, Fan J, “Microstructure-based multistage fatigue modeling of a cast AE44 magnesium alloy,” Int. J. Fatigue, Vol. 29, No. 4, 2007, pp. 666-676. Mayeur, J. and McDowell, D.L., “A Three-Dimensional Crystal Plasticity Model for Duplex Ti -6Al-4V,” International Journal of Plasticity, doi:10.1016/j.ijplas.2006.11.006. Tschopp, M.A. and McDowell, D.L., “Structures and Energies of Sigma 3 Asymmetric Tilt Grain Boundaries,” Philosophical Magazine, 2007, doi: 10.1080/14786430701255895. Tschopp, M.A. and McDowell, D.L., "Tension-Compression Asymmetry in Homogeneous Dislocation Nucleation in Single Crystal Copper," Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 90, 121916, 2007. Tschopp, M.A. and McDowell, D.L., “Dislocation Nucleation in Sigma 3 Asymmetric Tilt Grain Boundaries,” International Journal of Plasticity, 2007, doi:10.1016/j.ijplas.2007.02.010. For more information, visit: www.me.gatech.edu/me/people/academic.faculty/McDowell_David.html mprl.me.gatech.edu/index.php www.me.gatech.edu/paden/index.php   Return to top