Amit Misra
Edward DeMille Campbell Collegiate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Faculty Director, Michigan Materials Research Institute (MMRI)
Contact Information
Email: amitmis@umich.edu
Office Phone: (734) 764-7799
Office Location: G044 Lay Auto, 1231 Beal Ave
Currently Teaching
Biography
Research focuses on light-weight structural materials, radiation-damage tolerant materials, high strength and high electrical conductivity materials and other metal-based multiphase and composite materials, with emphasis on designing materials with enhanced functionality through understanding and control of interface and defect phenomena.
Education
- B.S. (May 1989), Metallurgical Engineering, Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University (now IIT-Varanasi), India
- M.S. (Aug.1991), Materials Science and Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
- Ph.D. (Sept.1994), Materials Science and Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Awards & Service
Fellow, TMS, Class of 2022
TMS Cyril Stanley Smith Award, 2021
Fellow, AAAS (American Association for the Advancement of Science), 2018
Brimacombe Medalist, The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society (TMS), 2017
Fellow, Materials Research Society (MRS), Class of 2016
2016 DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD, The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society (TMS), Materials Processing and Manufacturing Division.
Fellow, Los Alamos National Laboratory, class of 2011.
Fellow, American Society of Metals (ASM), International: class of 2011.
2011 DISTINGUISHED SCIENTIST/ENGINEER AWARD, The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society (TMS), Materials Processing and Manufacturing Division.
2008 LANL Fellows’ Prize for outstanding research in nanomechanics.
2013 LANL Distinguished Postdoctoral Mentor award.
Selected by National Academy of Engineering for Frontiers of Engineering Symposium 2011.
Selected for the 11 th Annual National Academies Keck Futures Initiative conference, Future of Advanced Nuclear Technologies: Building a Healthier and Safer Planet, (November 2013).
Materials Research Society (MRS):
Chair, Editorial Board, MRS Bulletin , 2019 – current.
Meeting Chair, Fall 2012;
Symposium Chair: Spring Meeting 2004, Spring Meeting 2006, Fall Meeting 2006,
Fall Meeting 2008, Spring Meeting 2010.
MRS Bulletin: 2009 Volume Organizer; Editorial Board (current).
The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society (TMS):
Elected Chair (2007-2009), vice-chair (2005-2007): Nanomechanical Material Behavior technical committee;
Symposium co-Chair: TMS Annual Meetings: 2003, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2014;
Tutorial co-organizer, Nanomechanical Characterization , TMS AM-2008;
Program Grid Chair for TMS Annual Meeting 2011;
Symposium Chair, PRICM-8, 2013.
Meeting Chair, DOE, Office of Basic Energy Sciences Contractors’ Meeting on Mechanical Behavior and Radiation Effects, April 2008.
Guest edited 5 special issues in different journals in materials science and engineering.
Editor , Materials Research Letters.
Co-organizer and instructor, Summer School, 20-25 th June 2010, Atomic-level Response of Materials to Irradiation, Santa Fe, NM.
Prior Experience
Department Chair (June 2014 – December 2022), MSE, UM
Nov’96 – May ‘14     Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL).
LANL Fellow / Scientist Level 5 and Director, Energy Frontier Research Center (EFRC): Center for Materials at Irradiation and Mechanical Extremes