Research Statement |
| Prof. Daniel's research encompasses many areas of mechanics and materials with emphasis on experimental mechanics and composite materials. In the latter, he has worked on all aspects of the area including processing, micromechanics, characterization, fracture and damage mechanics, nondestructive evaluation and life prediction. He has pioneered test methods for characterization of polymer, ceramic and metal matrix composites. He is the author of a widely used textbook on Mechanics of Composites. In recent years he has been working on processing, characterization and modeling of polymer/clay and polymer/graphite nanocomposites. |
Education |
| 1964 |
Ph.D., Illinois Institute of Technology
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| 1959 |
Illinois Institute of Technology
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| 1957 |
B.S., Illinois Institute of Technology
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Positions |
| 1998- |
Walter P. Murphy Professor
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| 1997- |
Director, Center for Intelligent Processing of Composites
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| 1996- |
Chairman, Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Program
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| 1986- |
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University
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| 1984 |
Visiting Professor, University of Poitiers, France
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| 1982-1986 |
Professor and Director, Mechanics of Materials Laboratory, Illinois Institute of Technology
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| 1975-1982 |
Science Advisor of Materials and Manufacturing Technology, IIT Research Institute
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| 1965-1975 |
Manager, Experimental Stress Analysis Section, IIT Research Institute
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| 1959-1965 |
Research Engineer, Armour Research Foundation
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Selected Honors |
| 2002 |
Symposium on "Recent Advances in Experimental Mechanics" in honor of Isaac M. Daniel held in conjunction with 14th U.S. National Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Blacksburg, VA
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| 1999 |
Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers
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| 1998 |
William M. Murray Medal and Lecture, Society for Experimental Mechanics
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| 1996 |
Distinguished Research Award, American Society for Composites
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| 1995 |
Keynote speaker at 2nd International Conference on Composites Engineering
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| 1994 |
Fellow, American Academy of Mechanics
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| 1993-1999 |
Associate Editor, ASME Journal of Applied Mechanics
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| 1984 |
B. J. Lazan Award, Society for Experimental Mechanics
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| 1982 |
Keynote speaker at 7th International Conference on Experimental Stress Analysis
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| 1981 |
Fellow, Society for Experimental Mechanics
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| 1978-1980 |
National Materials Advisory Board Committee on "Characterization of Organic Matrix Composites,"
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