Huajian Gao - Researchers @ Brown

Research Sponsored by U.S. Federal Agencies Title: Research Initiation Award: Perturbation Studies on Cracks, Interfaces and Surfaces. Funding agency: National Science Foundation Role: Principal Investigator. co-PI: None. Funding Period: July 1, 1990 –- December 31, 1992. Amount: $70,000. Title: Stability and Stress Analysis of Surface Morphology of Elastic and Piezoelectric Materials Funding agency: Department of Energy Role: Principal Investigator co-PI: George Herrmann before April 30, 1995; David Barnett after May 1, 1995. Funding Period: August 1, 1991 –- April 30, 2001 Amount: $1,155,235. Title: NSF Young Investigator Award: Micromechanics of Advanced Materials Funding source: National Science Foundation Role: Principal Investigator. co-PI: None. Funding Period: October 1, 1993 –- September 30, 1999. Amount: $312,000. Title: Mechanics and Mechanical Properties of Heteroepitaxial Thin Film Structures. Funding source: Office of Naval Research Role: Principal Investigator. co-PI: William D. Nix. Funding Period: September 30, 1992 –- September 30, 1996 Amount: $464,625. Title: Mechanics in Material Space and Analysis of Defects. Funding source: Air Force Office of Scientific Research Role: co-PI (PI is George Herrmann). Funding Period: July 30, 1995 –- September 30, 1998 Amount: $464,625. Title: A Virtual Internal Bond Approach to Fracture Simulation Funding source: National Science Foundation Role: Principal Investigator. co-PI: None. Funding Period: June 1, 1999 – May 31, 2000 Amount: $51,315. Title: Computational Methods for Mechanism-Based Higher Order Continuum Theories Funding source: National Science Foundation Role: Principal Investigator. co-PI: None. Funding Period: October 1, 1999 – September 30, 2002 Amount: $211,087. Title: Computational Nano-Engineering of Patterned Magnetic Nanostructures Funding source: National Science Foundation Role: Principal Investigator. co-PI: William Nix, Bruce Clemens, Kyeongjae Cho, Daryl Chrzan Funding Period: October 1, 2000 – September 30, 2005 Amount: $1,600,000 Title: Mechanism-based theories of strengthening and hardening for alloy design and processing Funding source: National Science Foundation Role: co-Investigator (PI is Yonggang Huang) Funding Period: October 1, 2000 – September 30, 2003 Amount: $400,000 Title: Mechanism-based modeling and simulation in nanomechanics, Funding source: National Science Foundation (Nirt) Role: co-Investigator (PI is Guanshui Xu) Funding Period: October 1, 2001 – September 30, 2005 Amount: $1,100,000

Title: Competing Grain-Interior and Grain-Boundary Deformation Mechanisms in Nanocrystalline Materials and Thin FilmsEffects of Elasticity and Geometry on Cellular Uptake of Nanoparticles Funding source: National Science Foundation                                             Role: PI                             co-PI: None Funding Period: March 1, 2008 - Febrary 28, 2012 Award:  $352,164

Title: MRSEC: Micro- and Nano- Mechanics of Materials Funding source: National Science Foundation                                             Role: PI                             co-PI: 19 other faculty members Funding Period: October 1, 2005 -July 31, 2014 Award:  $10,420,821

Title: Effects of Elasticity and Geometry on Cellular Uptake of Nanoparticles Funding source: National Science Foundation                                             Role: PI                             co-PI: None Funding Period: Septermber 1, 2010 - August 31, 2014 Award:  $380,924

Title: Size Effects, Deformation, Strength and Fracture Funding source: National Science Foundation                                             Role: PI                             co-PI: None Funding Period: February 1, 2012 - January 31, 2015 Award:  $391,871

Title: Fundamental Investigations of Mechanical and Chemical Degradtion Mechanisms in Lithium Ion Battery Materials Funding source: DOE                                            Role: co-PI  (PI is Pradeep Guduru)                        Funding Period: September 15, 2011 - September 14, 2014 Award:  $434,658

Title: A combined experimental and modeling approach for the design of high current efficiency Si electrodes Funding source: DOE/BATT                                        Role: co-PI  (PI is Yue Qi/Xingcheng Xiao)                        Funding Period: April 1, 2013 -March 31, 2017 Award:  $116,000

Title: INSPIRE Track 1: Computational Design for the Safe Development of High-Aspect-Ration Nanomaterials Funding source: National Science Foundation                                             Role: co-PI  (PI is Robert H. Hurt)                          Funding Period: November 1, 2013 - October 31, 2016 Award:   $799,999

Title: Multiscale Mechanics of Cell lnteractions With Flexible Nanofilaments Funding source: National Science Foundation                                             Role: PI                      Funding Period: September 1, 2016 - August 31, 2019 Award:   $459,087

Title: Topological Design of Tough Multi-functional 2D Materials Funding source: National Science Foundation                                             Role: PI                    Funding Period: September 1, 2016 - August 31, 2019 Award:   $400,000

Research Sponsored by Stanford University (1988-2002) Title: Ductile Versus Brittle Crack Tip Responses. Funding agency: NSF-MRL through CMR seed grant. Role: Principal Investigator. co-PI: None. Funding Period: January 1, 1989 – June 30, 1991. Amount: $78,400. Title: Mechanics of Interface Cracks. Funding source: Office of Technology License Research Grant, Stanford University. Role: Principal Investigator. co-PI: None. Funding Period: October 1, 1991 - September 30, 1992. Amount: $25,000. Title: Mechanics of Heteroepitaxial Thin Films. Funding source: Office of Technology License Research Grant, Stanford University. Role: Principal Investigator. co-PI: William D. Nix. Funding Period: October 1, 1996 - September 30, 1997. Amount: $35,000. Research Sponsored by U.S. National Laboratories Title: Cohesive Models of Fracture Funding source: Sandia National Laboratories Role: Principal Investigator. co-PI: None. Funding Period: November 7, 1997 – September 30, 1999. Amount: $109,995. Research Sponsored by Industry Title: Mechanics of Micro- and Nano- indentation Testing of Thin Film Coating. Funding agency: IBM Almaden Research Center. Amount: $147,000 Role: Principal Investigator co-PI: None. Funding Period: 9/1/90 -8/31/94. Title: Alcoa Science Award: Micromechanics of Plasticity and Fracture. Funding agency: Alcoa Inc. Amount: $7,500 Role: Principal Investigator co-PI: None. Funding Period: October 1, 1996 - September 30, 1997. Title: Failure Based Design of Metal-Composite Structures. Funding agency: U.S. Windpower. Amount: $70,000 Role: Principal Investigator co-PI: None. Funding Period: October 1, 1994 - September 30, 1996. Title: Thermomechanical Fracture in Microelectronic Devices. Funding agency: Intel Corp. Amount: $90,000 Role: Principal Investigator co-PI: None. Funding Period: October 1, 1997 - September 30, 2000

Title: Brown-GM/CRLThermomechanical Fracture in Microelectronic Devices. Funding agency: General Motors (GM) Amount: $400,000 Role: co-PI (PI is Allan Bower) Funding Period: October 1, 2006- September 30, 2016 Research Sponsored by Federal Government of German (2001-2006) Title: Dynamic Properties of Piezoelectric Materials. Funding Source: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), Role: Principal Investigator co-PI: None Funding Period: June 1, 2002-May 30, 2005 Amount: 200,000 Euros

Title: Theory of Mesoscopic Phenomena of Materials. Funding Source: Max Planck Society Role: Director co-PI: None Funding Period: January 1, 2001-June 30, 2006 Amount: 3,000,000 Euros

Research Sponsored by Korean Government

Title:  Nano and Micromechanics for Disaster Mitigation and Technological Reability Funding Source: Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials - KIMM  Role: co-PI (PI is Kyung-Suk Kim) Funding Period: July 1, 2010-June 30, 2012 Amount: $196,908

Research Sponsored by Singapore Government

Title:  Size effects in Small Scale Materials Funding Source: A-Star Visiting Investigator Programme (VIP) Role: PI co-PI: None Funding Period: April 1, 2007 -March 31, 2012 Amount: $2,366,910