Dr. Mica Grujicic

Wilfred P. and Helen S. Tiencken Professor of Mechanical Engineering

Department of Mechanical Engineering
241 Engineering Innovation Building
Clemson University
Clemson, SC 29634-0921

Phone: 864-656-5639
Fax: 864-656-4435
Email: mica@ces.clemson.edu
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Education
Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering, M. I. T., 1983
M. Eng., Materials Engineering, Belgrade University, Yugoslavia, 1978
B. Eng., Metallurgy, Belgrade University, Yugoslavia, 1975

Professional Experience
Clemson University, 1997 - present, Professor of Materials Engineering
and Mechanical Engineering
Clemson University, 1992 - 1997, Associate Professor of Materials
Engineering and Mechanical Engineering
Clemson University, 1988 - 1992, Assistant Professor of Materials
Engineering and Mechanical Engineering
M.I.T. Dept. MS&E, 1984 - 1988, Research Scientist
M.I.T. Dept. MS&E, 1983 - 1984, Postdoctoral Research Associate
M.I.T. Dept. MS&E, 1980 - 1983, Research Assistant
Vinca Inst. Belgrade, 1976 - 1980, Research Associate

Awards and Honors
Four times winner of the "Panta Tutundzic Award" as the Best Undergraduate Student at Belgrade University, 1971-1975

Research Interests
Multi-length Scale Modeling of Metallic and Polymeric Materials Properties
First-principles Ab-initio Calculations (Density Functional Theory)
Atomic Scale (Molecular Statics and Dynamics, Monte Carlo, Cluster Variational Method)
Meso Scale (Discrete Dislocation Mechanics)
Microstructural Scale (Voronoi Cell FEM, Cellular Automaton)
Continuum Scale (Finite Element and Finite Difference Methods)
Design Optimization (Cascade Targeting, Genetic Algorithm)

Multi-length Scale Modeling of Chemical and Physical Vapor Deposition Processes
Reactor Scale (Reactive-gas Computational Fluid Dynamics)
Atomic Scale (Kinetic Monte Carlo Simulations)
Grain Scale (van der Drift Microstructure Evolution, Phase Field methods)

Physically-based Materials Constitutive Relations for Deformation and Fracture
Non-local Crystal Plasticity
Decohesion Potentials

Teaching Interests
Materials Engineering - A System Level Approach
Materials Selection in Engineering Design
Computational Materials Engineering

Memberships
Member, The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society, TMS-AIME, (1983- )
Member, The American Carbon Society, (1999- )

Professional Reviews
Reviewed the Manuscripts for the Following Journals
Metallurgical Transactions A
Acta Materialia
Scripta Materialia
Calphad
Journal of Materials Science
Materials Science and Engineering A and B
Journal of Materials Synthesis and Procesing
Reviewed the Research Proposals for the Following Funding Agencies
Department of Defense,Department of Energy (DOE)
The National Science Foundation (NSF)
The Israel Science Foundation (ISF)

Research Sponsors
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Department of Energy (DOE)
Department of Defense (DoD)
ANSYS Inc.


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