Ahmed Amine Benzerga

Education

1989–1992 Preparatory School (Elite College), Physics and Mathematics, Lycee Massena, Nice, France

1995 Ingenieur Diploma, Aerospace Engineering, SUPAERO, Toulouse, France

1995 M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Universite Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France

2000 Ph.D., Materials Science & Engineering, Ecole des Mines de Paris, France

Positions Held

2014– Director, Center for intelligent Multifuctional Materials and Structures (CiMMS)Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES)

2014– Associate Professor (joint), Department of Materials Science and EngineeringTexas A&M University

2010– Associate Professor, Department of Aerospace EngineeringTexas A&M University

2011–2012 Senior Visiting Scientist, Department of Metallic Materials and StructuresONERA (The French Aerospace Lab), Chatillon, France

2004 Visiting Assistant Professor, Cambridge University, UK

January 2004–2010 Assistant Professor, Department of Aerospace EngineeringTexas A&M University

2000–2003 Research Associate, Division of Engineering, Brown University

2000–2001 Research Engineer, Gaz de France, R&D Center, Paris (on leave at Brown)

Honors and Distinctions

2015 William O. and Montine P. Head Faculty Fellow Award

2014 Texas Engineering Experiment Station (TEES) Faculty Fellow

2011–2013 Holder of the Edward “Pete” Aldridge Career Development Professorship I

2009 Texas Engineering Experiment Station (TEES) Select Young Faculty Award

2008 National Science Foundation CAREER Award Recipient

2004 Visiting Scholar, Pembroke College, Cambridge, UK

2000 Highest Honors for Ph.D. Dissertation Work, Ecole des Mines de Paris, France

1992 Ranked 2nd among foreign students (> 500),“Grandes Ecoles” National Entry Exam, Concours Mines–SupAero, France

1989–1995 Government Fellowship, Classes Preparatoires (Prep School) & Engineering

1989 Ranked 7th (among > 30,000) at the Baccalaureate National Exam,Math Major, Algeria

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Activities and Leadership

• Organizer, Summer School on Computational Materials Science Across Scales, to be held in CollegeStation, July 20-31 2015.

• Organizer (with Alan Needleman), Architectured Materials: Challenges and Opportunities, to be heldin College Station, May 6–8, 2015.

• Chair, Fracture and Failure Mechanics Technical Committee (FFMTC), Applied Mechanics Division,American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2015–.

• Guest Editor, Journal of Applied Mechanics, Special Issue on the occasion of Alan Needleman’s 70thBirthday. To appear in 2015.

• Member and Lead Reviewer, Proposal Review Panel, National Science Foundation, Early CAREERAward Panel, Program Officer: Thomas Siegmund, November 2014.

• Principal organizer (with E. van der Giessen, V. Deshpande and S. Forest), Alan Needleman Sympo-sium: New Frontiers in the Mechanics of Materials, Paris, France, August 5–8, 2014.http://engineering.tamu.edu/aerospace/news/needleman-symposium

• Principal organizer (with D.L. McDowell, E. Busso and T. Pardoen), MRS 2013 Fall Meeting Sympo-sium on Materials Fundamentals of Fatigue and Fracture, Boston, MA, December 2013. Proceedingspublished as a Volume to appear in Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings, 2014.

• Co-founder and Lecturer, IIMEC Winter School on Computational Materials Science Across Scales,College Station, January 2012 (1st edition) and January 2013 (2nd edition). Video-taped lecturesavailable online at:http://www.iimecwinterschool.org.

• Vice-chair, Fracture and Failure Mechanics Technical Committee (FFMTC), Applied Mechanics Di-vision, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2012–2015.

• Secretary, Fracture and Failure Mechanics Technical Committee (FFMTC), Applied Mechanics Di-vision, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2009–2012.

• Chair, Materials & Structures Faculty Search Committee, Department of Aerospace Engineering,Fall 2010 – Spring 2011.

• Organizer, 1st Annual TXMMN Meeting, College Station, TX, April 2009.

• Founding Member (with A. Needleman, C. Landis, J. Lou, L. Gelb and P. Sharma), TeXas MaterialsModeling Network (TXMMN), 2009.

• Co-organizer (with K. Saanouni and T. Pardoen), Symposium on Damage and Micromechanics,International Congress on Fracture (ICF12), Ottawa, Canada, July 2009. Proceedings published onCDROM and online athttp://www.icfweb.org/documents/proceedings/icf12-canada-2009, 2009.

• Organizer, Symposium on Multiscale Studies in Plasticity, Society of Engineering Sciences (SES)44th Annual Meeting, College Station, October 2007.

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Other Activities

• Member, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), AIAA, American Academy of Mechan-ics, TMS, Materials Research Society (MRS), and the Society of Engineering Sciences (SES).

• Technical Program co-Chair and Member, Organization Committee, Society of Engineering Sciences(SES) 51st Annual Meeting, College Station, to be held in College Station, 2015.

• Reviewer, Nature Materials (Impact Factor ∼ 36), 2014.

• Member, International Advisory Board, 24th International Workshop on Computational Mechanicsof Materials, Madrid, Spain, October 2014.

• Member, International Organization Committee, 23rd International Workshop on ComputationalMechanics of Materials (IWCMM23), Singapore, October 2013.

• Editorial Board, International Journal of Theoretical and Applied Multiscale Mechanics, 2009–2012.

• Proposal Reviewer, Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Program Officer: Victor Giurgiutiu, July2008.

• Proposal Reviewer, Office of Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR), Applied MathematicsProgram, Department of Energy (DOE), February–April 2008.

• Member, Center for LArge Scale Scientific Simulations (CLASS), Texas A&M University, TX, 2008–.

• Proposal Reviewer, ACS Petroleum Research Fund, American Chemical Society, November 2007.

• Reviewer, Science (Impact Factor ∼ 31), 2007.

• Member, Proposal Review Panel, National Science Foundation, Program Officer: Ken Chong, De-cember 2006.

• Participant (with NSF Fellowship), Short Course on Science Fundamentals for Nano-and Bio-Mechanicsof Materials, NSF Summer Institute on Nano Mechanics and Materials, Northwestern University,Evanston, IL, July–August 2006.

• Regular Reviewer, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids (JMPS), International Journalof Solids and Structures (IJSS), International Journal of Plasticity (IJP), European Journal of Me-chanics (EJM), International Journal of Fracture (IJF) in mechanics; and Acta Materialia, Modellingand Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A inmaterials science; and various other journals in the subject areas of: Mechanics, Materials Science,Applied Physics and Metallurgy, classified according to Thomson Reuters Scientific.

Publications

Journal Papers in Review

3. Selvarajou, B., Kondori∗, B., Benzerga, A. A., and Joshi, S. P. (2015), “A Micromechanics Investigationof Plastic Anisotropy and Stress Triaxiality in Hexagonal Close Packed Materials: Application to SingleCrystal Magnesium,” Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, submitted.

2. Soare, S. and Benzerga, A. A. (2015), “On the modeling of asymmetric yield functions,” InternationalJournal of Solids and Structures, Revised.

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1. Morin, L., Leblond, J.-B., Benzerga, A. A., and Kondo, D. (2015), “A unified criterion for the growthand coalescence of microvoids,” Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, Revised.

Archival Refereed Journal Papers

50. Pineau, A., Benzerga, A. A., and Pardoen, T. (2015), “Overview paper: Failure of metals III. Fractureand fatigue of nanostructured metallic materials,” Acta Materialia, in press.

49. Pineau, A., Pardoen, T., and Benzerga, A. A. (2015), “Overview paper: Failure of metals I. Brittleand Ductile Fracture,” Acta Materialia, to Appear in January 2016.

48. Kondori∗, B. and Benzerga, A. A. (2015), “On the notch ductility of a magnesium-rare earth alloy,”Materials Science and Engineering: A, in press.

47. Basu∗, S. and Benzerga, A. A. (2015), “On the path-dependence of the fracture locus in ductilematerials – Experiments,” International Journal of Solids and Structures, 71, 79–90.

46. Keralavarma∗, S. M. and Benzerga, A. A. (2015), “High-Temperature Discrete Dislocation Plasticity,”Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 82, 1–22.

45. Molinari, A., Jacques, N., Mercier, S., , Leblond, J.-B., and Benzerga, A. A. (2015), “A micromechan-ical model for the dynamic behaviour of porous media in the void coalescence stage,” InternationalJournal of Solids and Structures, 71, 1–18.

44. Keralavarma∗, S. M. and Benzerga, A. A. (2015), “Numerical assessment of an anisotropic porousmetal plasticity model,” Mechanics of Materials, 90, 212–228.

43. Benzerga, A. A., Deshpande, V. S., and van der Giessen, E. (2015), “Special Issue: Alan NeedlemanSymposium: New Frontiers in the Mechanics of Materials Biographical Sketch of Alan Needleman(2015),” Journal of Applied Mechanics, 82(7), 071001.

42. Torki∗, M. E., Benzerga, A. A., and Leblond, J.-B. (2015), “On Void Coalescence under CombinedTension and Shear,” Journal of Applied Mechanics, 82(7), 071005.

41. Benzerga, A. A. (2015), Handbook of Damage Mechanics, Springer, New York, chap. Micromechanicalmodels of ductile damage and fracture, 939–962.

40. Morin, L., Leblond, J.-B., and Benzerga, A. A. (2015), “Coalescence of voids by internal necking:theoretical estimates and numerical results,” Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 75,140–158.

39. Shekhawat, S. K., Chakrabarty, R., Basavaraj, V., Hiwarkar, V. D., Mani, K. V., Guruprasad∗, P. J.,Benzerga, A. A., Suresh, K. G., and Samajdar, I. (2015), “Orientation-dependent plastic deformation intransformer steel: Experiments and dislocation dynamics simulations,” Acta Materialia, 84, 256–264.

38. Poulain∗, X., Benzerga, A. A., and Goldberg, R. K. (2014), “Finite-strain elasto-viscoplastic behaviorof an epoxy resin: Experiments and modeling in the glassy regime,” International Journal of Plasticity ,62, 138–161.

37. Kondori∗, B. and Benzerga, A. A. (2014), “Effect of Stress Triaxiality on the Flow and Fracture of MgAlloy AZ31,” Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A., 45, 3292–3307.

36. Kondori∗, B. and Benzerga, A. A. (2014), “Fracture strains, damage mechanisms and anisotropy in amagnesium alloy across a range of stress triaxialities,” 54, 493–499.

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35. Benzerga, A. A. and Leblond, J.-B. (2014), “Effective Yield Criterion Accounting for Microvoid Coa-lescence,” Journal of Applied Mechanics, 81, 031009.

34. Poulain∗, X., Kohlman, L. W., Binienda, W., Roberts, G. D., Goldberg, R. K., and Benzerga, A. A.(2013), “Determination of the intrinsic behavior of polymers using digital image correlation combinedwith video-monitored testing,” International Journal of Solids and Structures, 50, 1869–1878.

33. Kweon, S. and Benzerga, A. A. (2013), “On the localization of plastic flow in glassy polymers,”European Journal of Mechanics, 39, 251–267.

32. Kweon, S. and Benzerga, A. A. (2013), “Finite element implementation of a macromolecular viscoplas-tic polymer model,” International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering , 94, 895–919.

31. Keralavarma∗, S. M., Cagin, T., Arsenlis, A., and Benzerga, A. A. (2012), “Power-Law Creep FromDiscrete Dislocation Dynamics,” Physical Review Letters, 109, 265504.

30. Benzerga, A. A., Surovik∗∗, D., and Keralavarma∗, S. M. (2012), “On the path-dependence of thefracture locus in ductile materials – Analysis,” International Journal of Plasticity , 37, 157–170.

29. Keralavarma∗, S. M., Hoelscher∗∗, S., and Benzerga, A. A. (2011), “Void growth and coalescence inanisotropic plastic solids,” International Journal of Solids and Structures, 48, 1696–1710.

28. Kiener, D., Guruprasad∗, P. J., Keralavarma∗, S. M., Dehm, G., and Benzerga, A. A. (2011), “WorkHardening in Micropillar Compression: In situ Experiments and Modeling,” Acta Materialia, 59,3825–3840.

27. Benzerga, A. A. and Leblond, J.-B. (2010), “Ductile fracture by void growth to coalescence,” Advancesin Applied Mechanics, 44, 169–305.

26. Keralavarma∗, S. M. and Benzerga, A. A. (2010), “A constitutive model for plastically anisotropicsolids with non-spherical voids,” Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 58, 874–901.

25. Wang, Q. G., Praud, M., Needleman, A., Kim, K.-S., Griffiths, J. R., Davidson, C. J., Caceres, C. H.,and Benzerga, A. A. (2010), “Size effects in aluminium alloy castings,” Acta Materialia, 58, 3006–3013.

24. Benzerga, A. A., Poulain∗, X., Chowdhury∗, K. A., and Talreja, R. (2009), “A computational method-ology for modeling fracture in fiber-reinforced polymer composites,” Journal of Aerospace Engineering ,22, 296–303.

23. Guruprasad∗, P. J. and Benzerga, A. A. (2009), “Evolution of geometrically necessary dislocationdensity from computational dislocation dynamics,” IOP Conference Series: Materials Science andEngineering , 3, 012008.

22. Benzerga, A. A. (2009), “Micro-Pillar Plasticity: 2.5D Mesoscopic Simulations,” Journal of the Me-chanics and Physics of Solids, 57, 1459–1469.

21. Benzerga, A. A. (2008), “An analysis of exhaustion hardening in micron-scale plasticity,” InternationalJournal of Plasticity , 24, 1128–1157.

20. Keralavarma∗, S. M. and Benzerga, A. A. (2008), “An approximate yield criterion for anisotropicporous media,” Comptes Rendus Mecanique, 336, 685–692.

19. Guruprasad∗, P. J. and Benzerga, A. A. (2008), “A phenomenological model of size-dependent hard-ening in crystal plasticity,” The Philosophical Magazine, 88, 3585–3601.

18. Guruprasad∗, P. J., Carter∗∗, J. W., and Benzerga, A. A. (2008), “A mechanism-based discrete dislo-cation analysis of the Bauschinger effect in micro-crystals,” Acta Materialia, 56, 5477–5491.

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17. Guruprasad∗, P. J. and Benzerga, A. A. (2008), “Size effects under homogeneous deformation of singlecrystals: A discrete dislocation analysis,” Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 56, 132–156.

16. Chowdhury∗, K. A., Benzerga, A. A., and Talreja, R. (2008), “A computational framework for analyzingthe dynamic response of glassy polymers,” Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering ,197, 4485–4502.

15. Chowdhury∗, K. A., Benzerga, A. A., and Talreja, R. (2008), “An analysis of impact-induced de-formation and fracture modes in amorphous glassy polymers,” Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 75,3328–3342.

14. Chowdhury∗, K. A., Talreja, R., and Benzerga, A. A. (2008), “Effects of manufacturing-induced voidson local failure in polymer-based composites,” Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology , 130,Art. No. 021010.

13. Keralavarma∗, S. M. and Benzerga, A. A. (2007), “A discrete dislocation analysis of strengthening inbilayer thin films,” Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering , 15, S239–S254.

12. Benzerga, A. A. and Shaver∗∗, N. F. (2006), “Scale dependence of mechanical properties of singlecrystals under uniform deformation,” Scripta Materialia, 54, 1937–1941.

11. Benzerga, A. A., Brechet, Y., Needleman, A., and Van der Giessen, E. (2005), “The stored energy ofcold work: predictions from discrete dislocation plasticity,” Acta Materialia, 53, 4765–4779.

10. Benzerga, A. A., Brechet, Y., Needleman, A., and Van der Giessen, E. (2004), “Incorporating three-dimensional mechanisms into two-dimensional dislocation dynamics,” Modelling and Simulation inMaterials Science and Engineering , 12, 159–196.

9. DeSandre, D. A., Benzerga, A. A., Tvergaard, V., and Needleman, A. (2004), “Material inertia andsize effects in the Charpy V-notch test,” European Journal of Mechanics, 23A, 373–386.

8. Benzerga, A. A., Besson, J., and Pineau, A. (2004), “Anisotropic ductile fracture. Part I: experiments,”Acta Materialia, 52, 4623–4638.

7. Benzerga, A. A., Besson, J., and Pineau, A. (2004), “Anisotropic ductile fracture. Part II: theory,”Acta Materialia, 52, 4639–4650.

6. Benzerga, A. A., Tvergaard, V., and Needleman, A. (2002), “Size effects in the Charpy V-notch test,”International Journal of Fracture, 116, 275–296.

5. Benzerga, A. A., Besson, J., Batisse, R., and Pineau, A. (2002), “Synergistic effects of plastic anisotropyand void coalescence on fracture mode in plane strain,” Modelling and Simulation in Materials Scienceand Engineering , 10, 73–102.

4. Benzerga, A. A. (2002), “Micromechanics of Coalescence in Ductile Fracture,” Journal of the Mechanicsand Physics of Solids, 50, 1331–1362.

3. Benzerga, A. A., Hong, S. S., Kim, K.-S., Needleman, A., and Van der Giessen, E. (2001), “Smalleris Softer: A Discrete Dislocation Analysis of an Inverse Size Effect in a Cast Aluminum Alloy,” ActaMaterialia, 49, 3071–3083.

2. Benzerga, A. A. and Besson, J. (2001), “Plastic potentials for anisotropic porous solids,” EuropeanJournal of Mechanics, 20A, 397–434.

1. Benzerga, A. A., Besson, J., and Pineau, A. (1999), “Coalescence–Controlled Anisotropic DuctileFracture,” Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology , 121, 221–229.

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Monographs and Book Chapters

4. A. A. Benzerga. Micromechanical Models of Ductile Damage and Fracture, pages 939–962. In Handbookof Damage Mechanics, Volume 9: Damage Mechanics in Metal Forming, Springer, New York, 2015.(same as Paper # 41).

3. A. A. Benzerga and J.-B. Leblond. Ductile fracture by void growth to coalescence. Bookseries: Advancesin Applied Mechanics, Volume 44, Academic Press, Elsevier Inc., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2010.136 pages.(same as Paper # 27).

2. A. A. Benzerga. A computational methodology for modeling ductile fracture. In B. D. Reddy, editor,IUTAM Symposium on Theoretical, Computational and Modelling Aspects of Inelastic Media, pages67–77. Springer, 2008.(same as Refereed Conference Paper # 15).

1. A. A. Benzerga, A. Needleman, Y. Brechet, and E. Van der Giessen. Discrete dislocation predictions forsingle crystal hardening: tension vs bending. In S. Ahzi, M. Cherkaoui, M. A. Khaleel, H. M. Zbib, andM. A. Zikry, editors, Proceedings of IUTAM Symposium on Multiscale Modeling and Characterizationof Elastic-Inelastic Behavior of Engineering Materials, pages 235–242. Kluwer Academic Press, 2004.(same as Conference Paper # 7).

Refereed Conference Proceedings Papers

24. A. K. Rodriguez∗, G. A. Ayoub, and A. A. Benzerga. Damage mechanisms at various strain ratesand temperatures in AZ31B magnesium alloy. In I. Karaman, R. Arroyave, and E. Masad, editors,TMS Middle East – Mediterranean Materials Congress on Energy and Infrastructure Systems (MEMA2015), pages 243–247, Doha, Qatar, 2015. Wiley.

23. B. Kondori∗ and A.A. Benzerga. Discrete dislocation simulations of taper effects in micropillar com-pression. In TMS Annual Meeting, pages 703–709, Warrendale, PA, 2013. TMS.

22. A. A. Benzerga. On the effects of dislocation density on micropillar strength. Materials ResearchSociety Symposium Proceedings, 1185:51–62, 2009.

21. A. A. Benzerga and S. M. Keralavarma∗. Finite–element analyses of combined void shape and plasticanisotropy effects in ductile fracture. In 12th International Conference on Fracture, pages 10 in CD–ROM. National Research Council of Canada, 2009.

20. S. M. Keralavarma∗ and A. A. Benzerga. A micromechanics-based ductile damage model incorporatingplastic anisotropy and void shape effects. In 12th International Conference on Fracture, pages 10 inCD–ROM. National Research Council of Canada, 2009.

19. X. Poulain∗, R. K. Goldberg, R. Talreja, and A. A. Benzerga. A multiscale modeling methodology fordamage progression in polymer-based composites. In 12th International Conference on Fracture, pages10 in CD–ROM. National Research Council of Canada, 2009.

18. P. J. Guruprasad∗ and A. A. Benzerga. Evolution of geometrically necessary dislocation density fromcomputational dislocation dynamics. In A. H. Ngan and W. Cai, editors, IOP Conference Series:Materials Science and Engineering, volume 3, page 012008. Institue of Physics Publishing, 2009.

17. S. M. Keralavarma∗ and A. A. Benzerga. A constitutive model of cavitation-induced damage in tialloys. In E. Cerreta, V. Venkatesh, and D. Evans, editors, TMS Annual Meeting, Mechanical Behavior,

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Microstructure, and Modeling of Ti and its Alloys, volume 1, pages 429–434, Warrendale, PA, 2008.TMS.

16. P. J. Guruprasad∗ and A. A. Benzerga. An analysis of geometrically necessary dislocation evolutionand plasticity size effects in micro-crystals. In K. J. Hsia et al., editor, TMS Annual Meeting, The HaelMughrabi Honorary Symposium: Plasticity, Failure and Fatigue in Structural Materials - from Macroto Nano, pages 135–140, Warrendale, PA, 2008. TMS.

15. A. A. Benzerga. A computational methodology for modeling ductile fracture. In B. D. Reddy, editor,IUTAM Symposium on Theoretical, Computational and Modelling Aspects of Inelastic Media, pages67–77. Springer, 2008.

14. A. A. Benzerga, K. A. Chowdhury∗, and R. Talreja. A computational framework for analyzing thedynamic behavior and failure of polymeric glasses. In R. B. Hall et al., editor, 6th InternationalConference on Mechanics of Time Dependent Materials, pages 3 in CD–ROM, 2008.

13. A. A. Benzerga and R. Talreja. A computational framework for analyzing the dynamic behavior andfailure of amorphous polymers. In W. Binienda, editor, ASCE Earth & Space Conference 2008, pages8 in CD–ROM. American Society of Civil Engineers, 2008.

12. J.-P. Doan∗, R. L. McPherson∗∗, and A. A. Benzerga. Ductile fracture of a high-strength steel: experi-ments and modeling. In J. Besson, D. Moinereau, and D. Steglich, editors, Local Approach to Fracture,9th European Mechanics of Materials Conference, pages 235–240, Paris, 2006. Les Presses.

11. K. Chowdhury∗, A. A. Benzerga, and R. Talreja. A numerical study of impact-induced deformationmodes in amorphous glassy polymers. In J. Besson, D. Moinereau, and D. Steglich, editors, LocalApproach to Fracture, 9th European Mechanics of Materials Conference, pages 421–426, Paris, 2006.Les Presses.

10. D. C. Lagoudas, P. Thakre, and A. A. Benzerga. Nanoindentation of cnt reinforced epoxy nanocom-posites. In Gdoutos et al., editor, 16th European Conference on Fracture, pages 6 in CD–ROM. ESIS,European Group on Fracture Publication, 2006.

9. A. A. Benzerga, J. Besson, and A. Pineau. How much input is needed from the microstructure tomodel ductile fracture? In A. Carpinteri, Y.-M. Mai, and R. O. Ritchie, editors, 11th InternationalConference on Fracture, pages 10 in CD–ROM, Turin, Italy, 2005. International Group on Fracture.

8. A. A. Benzerga, J. Besson, and A. Pineau. Recent advances in modeling ductile rupture. In A. Carpin-teri, Y.-M. Mai, and R. O. Ritchie, editors, 11th International Conference on Fracture, pages 10 inCD–ROM, Turin, Italy, 2005. International Group on Fracture.

7. A. A. Benzerga, A. Needleman, Y. Brechet, and E. Van der Giessen. Discrete dislocation predictions forsingle crystal hardening: tension vs bending. In S. Ahzi, M. Cherkaoui, M. A. Khaleel, H. M. Zbib, andM. A. Zikry, editors, Proceedings of IUTAM Symposium on Multiscale Modeling and Characterizationof Elastic-Inelastic Behavior of Engineering Materials, pages 235–242. Kluwer Academic Press, 2004.

6. A. A. Benzerga, Y. Brechet, A. Needleman, and E. Van der Giessen. Discrete dislocation calculationsof the stored energy of cold work. In W. Gutkowski and T. A. Kowalewski, editors, Mechanics of the21st Century: Proceedings of the 21st International Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics,pages 3 in CD–ROM. Springer Verlag, 2004.

5. A. A. Benzerga, Y. Brechet, A. Needleman, and E. Van der Giessen. A 2D dislocation dynamicsmodel incorporating 3D mechanisms. In A. S. Khan, editor, Proceedings of Plasticity’03: Dislocations,Plasticity and Metal Forming, pages 259–261. NEAT Press, 2003.

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4. A. A. Benzerga, J. Besson, and A. Pineau. On Anisotropy Effects in Ductile Fracture: Theory andApplications. In K. Ravi-Chandar, B. L. Karihaloo, T. Kishi, R. O. Ritchie, and A. T. Jr. Yokobori,editors, 10th International Conference on Fracture, pages 10 in CD–ROM. Elsevier, 2001.

3. A. A. Benzerga, R. Batisse, A. Needleman, and V. Tvergaard. Analyses of size effects in the CharpyV-notch test. In K. Ravi-Chandar, B. L. Karihaloo, T. Kishi, R. O. Ritchie, and A. T. Jr. Yokobori,editors, 10th International Conference on Fracture, pages 10 in CD–ROM. Elsevier, 2001.

2. A. A. Benzerga, J. Besson, R. Batisse, and A. Pineau. Anisotropic Ductile Rupture. In M. W. Brown,E. R. de los Rios, and K. J. Miller, editors, 12th European Conference on Fracture, pages 715–720.ESIS, European Group on Fracture Publication, September 1998.

1. A. A. Benzerga, J. Besson, and A. Pineau. Modele couple comportement–endommagement ductile

de toles anisotropes. In B. Peseux, D. Aubry, J. P. Pelle, and M. Touratier, editors, Actes du 3eme

Colloque National en Calcul des Structures, pages 673–678. Presses Academiques de l’Ouest, 20–23May 1997.

Grants and Contracts

13. ‘DMREF: Accelerating the Development of Phase Transforming Heterogeneous Materials: Applica-tion to High Temperature Shape Memory Alloys’;National Science Foundation.PI: R. Arroyave (MSEN).Co-PIs: A.A. Benzerga, D.C. Lagoudas, I. Karaman (MSEN), E. Dougherty (ECEN).Support for 1 GRA.Sep 1, 2015–Aug 31, 2018.$1,467,133.Responsible for $265,000.

12. ‘Stress State, Strain History and Microstructural Effects in Ductile Fracture’;National Science Foundation.PI: A.A. Benzerga.Support for 2 GRAs.Sep 1, 2014–Aug 31, 2017.$286,251.

11. “Durability of Semicrystalline Polymers under Extreme Environments: Characterization and Mod-eling”;Qatar National Research Fund.PI: A.A. Benzerga;Co-PIs: Bilal Mansoor (TAMU-Q) and Moussa Nait (Lille University).Support for 2 GRAs (1 at TAMU; 1 between TAMU and TAMUQ).Feb 1, 2015–Jan 31, 2018.$899,959.Responsible for totality as PI; share is $227,538.

10. ‘Support of Stockpile Stewardship Program (WCI): Master Agreement No. C13-00284 With LawrenceLivermore National Laboratory’;Lawrence Livermore National Security.PI: J. Morel (TAMU/NUEN);Co-PIs: A.A. Benzerga, R. Arroyave, T. Cagin, M. Adams et al. (TAMU).

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Support for 1 GRA.Nov 19, 2012–Sep 30, 2015.$1,267,707;Responsible for $195,000.

9. “Toward Low Temperature Formability of Damage-Tolerant High Specific Strength Magnesium Al-loys: Experiments and Modeling”;Qatar National Research Fund.PI: A.A. Benzerga;Co-PIs: Georges Ayoub (TAMU-Q) and I. Karaman (TAMU).Support for 2 GRAs (1 at TAMU; 1 between TAMU and TAMUQ).Feb 1, 2012–Mar 15, 2015.$1,044,641.Responsible for totality as PI; share is $362,922.

8. ‘IMI: International Institute on Multifunctional Materials for Energy’;National Science Foundation.PI: D.C. Lagoudas;Co-PIs: A.A. Benzerga, Z. Ounaies (PSU), I. Karaman, T. Cagin, R. Arroyave, Y. Efendiev, R.Griffin, P. Sharma (UH).Support for 1 GRA.Nov 1, 2009–Aug 31, 2015.$4,000,000;Responsible for $250,000.

7. ‘Characterization of Rotor Blade Sand Erosion, Test Procedures and Erosion Model Definition forPolymer Coatings’;Wyle Laboratories.PI: R. Talreja;Co-PIs: A.A. Benzerga, Z. Ounaies, T. Kalmar-Nagy.Support for 1 GRA.Oct 1, 2008–Dec 31, 2010.$1,309,058;Responsible for ∼ $160,000.

6. ‘Support of Stockpile Stewardship Program: Master Agreement No. C08-00353 With LawrenceLivermore National Laboratory’;Lawrence Livermore National Security.PI: J. Morel (TAMU/NUEN);Co-PIs: A.A. Benzerga, R. Arroyave, T. Cagin, M. Adams et al. (TAMU).Support for 1 GRA.Sep 9, 2008–Sep 30, 2011.$2,936,677;Responsible for $255,000.

5. ‘Supplement to: Multiscale Computational Framework for Ballistic Impact Performance of Jet EngineBlade Containment Systems’;National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).PI: A.A. Benzerga.Support for 1 GRA.Jun 1, 2008–Sep 30, 2009.$20,631.

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4. ‘CAREER: Bridging Experiments and Multiscale Modeling of Size- and Temperature-DependentPhenomena in Polycrystalline Plasticity’;National Science Foundation.PI: A.A. Benzerga.Support for 3 GRAs.Feb 1, 2008–Jul 31, 2013.$402,320.

3. ‘Development and Refinement of Rotor Blade Sand Erosion Test Standards and Models’;Wyle Laboratories.PI: R. Talreja;Co-PIs: A.A. Benzerga, Z. Ounaies, T. Kalmar-Nagy.Support for 1 GRA.Oct 1, 2007–Sep 30, 2008.$620,260;Responsible for $75,000.

2. ‘Multiscale Computational Framework for Ballistic Impact Performance of Jet Engine Blade Con-tainment Systems’;National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).PI: A.A. Benzerga;Co-PI: R. Talreja.Support for 1 GRA.Sep 26, 2007–Sep 25, 2009.$179,077.

1. ‘Spalling, Fretting, and Galling Characteristics’;U.S. Department of the Air Force through University of Dayton Research Institute.PI: A.A. Benzerga.Support for 1 GRA.Dec 1, 2003–Nov 30, 2005;$125,000.

Research Advising

Post-Docs

1. Babak Kondori, 2015–Ph.D. Materials Science and Engineering, TAMU, Awarded May 2015.Publications: 3 journal articles, 1 conference proceedings article, 5 conference presentations.

2. Stefan Soare, 2014Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, Univ. Florida, Awarded August 2007.Publications: 1 journal article.

3. Xavier Poulain, 2011–2013Ph.D. Aerospace Engineering, TAMU, Awarded December 2010.Current affiliation: Post-doc at UT Austin, Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics.Publications: 3 journal articles, 2 conference proceedings articles, 9 conference presentations.

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4. Soondo Kweon, 2009–2011Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, UIUC, Awarded May 2009.Current affiliation: Assistant Professor at U. of Southern Illinois since Fall’11.Publications: 2 journal articles, 3 conference presentations.

Doctoral Students

1. Khairul A. Chowdhury, Ph.D. Aerospace Engineering. Thesis title: “Effect of manufacturing-induceddefects on the response, damage initiation and failure of polymer-based composites”. Co-advised withTalreja. Graduated in May 2007.Current affiliation: Technip, Houston TX.Publications: 4 journal articles, 1 conference proceedings article, 2 conference presentations.Distinctions: Won 1st prize of the United States Association for Computational Mechanics (USACM)Student Presentation Competition at the 7th World Congress on Computational Mechanics in LosAngeles, CA,16–22July, 2006.

2. P. J. Guruprasad, Ph.D. Aerospace Engineering. Thesis title: “Scale Effects in Crystal Plasticity”.Graduated in May 2010.Post-Doc at Ecole des Mines, Paris, France.Current affiliation: Assistant Professor at IIT Mumbai (Bombay) since Fall’11.Publications: 5 journal articles, 2 conference proceedings articles, 7 conference presentations.

3. Xavier Poulain, Ph.D. Aerospace Engineering. Thesis Title: “On the Thermomechanical Behaviorof Epoxy Polymers: Experiments and Modeling”. Graduated in December 2010.Current affiliation: Post-doc at UT Austin, Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics.Publications: 3 journal articles, 2 conference proceedings articles, 9 conference presentations.

4. Shyam Keralavarma, Ph.D. Aerospace Engineering. Thesis Title: “Contribution to the MultiscaleModeling of Plasticity and Fracture”. Graduated in December 2011.Post-Doc at Brown University and EPFL,Current affiliation: Assistant Professor at IIT Madras (Chennai) since Summer’13.Publications: 7 journal articles, 3 conference proceedings articles, 12 conference presentations.

5. Babak Kondori, Ph.D. Materials Science and Engineering. Thesis Topic: “Ductile Fracture of Mag-nesium Alloys: Experiments and Modeling”. Defended 2/19/15. Graduated: May 2015.Current affiliation: Post-doc at TAMU with Prof. Needleman.Publications: 3 journal articles, 1 conference proceedings article, 5 conference presentations.

6. Sangil Lee, Ph.D. Materials Science and Engineering. Thesis Topic: “Microstructure-sensitive mod-eling of dynamic fracture in high-strength steels”. Started in Fall of 2009. Passed MSEN qualifiersin 2011 and prelims in July 2013. Expected graduation: December 2015.

7. Shamik Basu, Ph.D. Materials Science and Engineering: Thesis Topic: “On the Effects of Textureand Strain-Path Changes on the Ductile Fracture of Mg Alloys”. Started in Fall of 2010, PassedMSEN qualifiers in February 2012 and prelims in October 2014. Expected graduation: December2015.Publications: 1 journal article, 2 conference presentations.Distinctions: Won 1st poster prize of the ASME wide Micro and Nano Forum at the 2012 Interna-tional Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE), Houston, TX, November, 2012.Presentation title: “The influence of micron-scale voids on the path-dependence of steel fracture”.

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8. Nithin Thomas, Ph.D. Aerospace Engineering. Thesis Topic: “Modeling and Simulation of StrainHistory and Stress State Effects in Ductile Fracture” Started in Fall 2011, Passed AFQE in May 2012and prelims in March 2015. Expected graduation: December 2015.Publications: 1 journal article, 2 conference presentations.

9. Mohammad Torki, Ph.D. Aerospace Engineering. Thesis Topic: “Ductile Fracture at Low StressTriaxiality: Modeling and Simulation”. Started in Fall 2013. Passed AFQE in 2014. Expectedgraduation: December 2016.

10. Ana Rodriguez, Ph.D. Materials Science and Engineering. Thesis Topic: “Durability of Semi-Crystalline Polymers: Effects of UV Radiation and Hygrothermal Aging”. Started in Spring of2015. Defended M.S. thesis on 3/6/15.

11. Josh Herrington, Ph.D. Aerospace Engineering. Thesis Topic: “Computational Ductile Fracture”,Started in Fall of 2015.

Masters Students

1. Jean-Pierre Doan, M.Eng. Aerospace Engineering, Project topic: “Experimental Damage Charac-terization in High Strength Steels”. Graduated in December 2006.

2. Shyam M. Keralavarma, M.S. Aerospace Engineering, Thesis title: “A Micromechanics Based DuctileDamage Model for Anisotropic Titanium Alloys”. Graduated in May 2008.

3. Nisrin R. Abdel-Al, M.S. Aerospace Engineering, Thesis topic: “An Experimental Study of Defor-mation and Fracture in a Nanostructured Metallic Material”. Graduated in December 2009.

4. Sourav Banerjee, M.S. Aerospace Engineering, Thesis topic: “Modeling and Simulation of SolidParticle Erosion of Protective Films”. Graduated in December 2010.

5. Anthony DeCastro, M.S. Aerospace Engineering, Thesis topic: “Contribution to the Study of Fracturein Amorphous Polymers: Experiments and Modeling”. Graduated in December 2010.

6. Krishna Bharadwaj, M.Eng. Aerospace Engineering, “Multiscale Modeling of Ductile to BrittleTransition in BCC Metals” Started in Fall’09. Passed AFQE in Spring’11. Transfered to M.Eng.due to health issues. Graduated Spring 2014.

7. Chris Greer, M.S. Aerospace Engineering. Thesis Topic: “Discrete Dislocation Modeling of High-Temperature Plasticity” Started in Fall 2011. Failed AFQE in Summer 2013. Expected graduation:Summer 2015.

8. Ana Rodriguez, M.S Materials Science and Engineering. Thesis Topic: “Strain-rate and temperatureeffects on the fracture of twin-rolled cast Magnesium alloy AZ31B”. Started in Fall of 2013. Defendedon 3/6/15. Expected graduation: May 2015.

9. Ken Cundiff, M.S. Aerospace Engineering. Thesis Topic: “Mechanical Behavior of ThermoplasticPolymers: Experiments and FE Simulations”. Started in Fall of 2014.

10. William Ochoa, M.S. Aerospace Engineering. Thesis Topic: “Notch Effects in Polymer Nanocom-posites”. Started in Fall of 2015.

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Undergraduate Students

1. Nicholas F. Shaver: B.S. Aerospace Engineering TAMU (2006). Admitted to NSF–REU Site on“Nanotechnology and Materials Systems” in Summer’05.Publication # 12 (over 60 citations in ISI Citation Index).Distinctions: 1st Place in Student Poster Competition, TAMU Undergraduate Summer ResearchProgram, 2005.

2. Ronald L. McPherson: B.S. Aerospace Engineering TAMU (2006), M.S. Ocean Engineering TAMU(2007). Admitted to USRG summer research program in Summer’05, then AY 2005-2006. Refereedconference paper # 12.

3. Grant Whittington: B.S. Aerospace Engineering TAMU (2008). Ph.D. Aerospace Engineering Geor-gia Tech. (2013). Admitted to NSF–REU Site on “Nanotechnology and Materials Systems” inSummer’06.

4. Will Carter: B.S. Aerospace Engineering TAMU (2007). Ph.D. Aerospace Engineering TAMU (2012).Admitted to the REU Site on “Nanotechnology and Materials Systems” in Summer’06. Publication# 18.

5. Michael Kim: Admitted to USRG summer research program in Summer’08, then AY 2008-2009.

6. Brad Burgess: B.S. Aerospace Engineering TAMU (2009). Admitted to NASA Glenn SummerResearch Program (2008). Undergraduate Research Scholar Thesis (2009).

7. Stephanie Hoelscher: B.S. Aerospace Engineering TAMU (2011). Admitted to NSF–REU Site on“Granular Materials” in Summer’09. Publication # 29.

8. Tommy Kennedy: B.S. Aerospace Engineering TAMU (2011). Admitted to NSF–REU Site on “Nan-otechnology and Materials Systems” in Summer’09.

9. Tim Woodbury: B.S. Aerospace Engineering TAMU (2011). Admitted to NASA Glenn SummerResearch Program (2009).

10. David Surovik: B.S. Aerospace Engineering TAMU (2011). Admitted to NSF–REU Site on “GranularMaterials” in Summer’10. Publication # 30.

11. Yevgeniy Urusov: B.S. Civil Engineering U Conn (2011). Admitted to NSF–REU Site on “GranularMaterials” in Summer’10.

12. Amine Meziou: B.S. Ecole Polytechnique of Tunis (2011). Admitted as NSF–IIMEC exchange studentin Spring and Summer’11. Thesis Title: “Anisotropy in Magnesium Alloys”.

13. Meredith Davis: B.S. Aerospace Engineering TAMU (expected 2015). Funded through NSF–IIMECactivities. Spring 2014–Fall 2014.

14. William Ochoa: B.S. Aerospace Engineering TAMU (expected 2015). Admitted to NSF–REU Sitein Summer’14.

15. Joshua Herrington: B.S. Aerospace Engineering TAMU (expected 2015). Funded through NSFproject. Spring 2015–.

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Invited Lectures and Seminars

International

40. Invited Speaker, ‘Investigation of Damage and Fracture in Two Magnesium Alloys’, The TMS MiddleEast–Mediterranean Materials Congress on Energy and Infrastructure Systems (MEMA 2015), Doha,Qatar, January 11–14, 2015.

39. Invited Lecturer, ‘Thermodynamic Formulation of High-Temperature Discrete Dislocation Plasticity’,International Workshop on Dislocation Dynamics Simulations, Trends and Challenges in DD, Saclay,France, December 10–12, 2014.

38. Invited Lecturer, ‘A porous material plasticity model for anisotropic solids with nonspherical voids’,IUTAM Symposium on Micromechanics of Defects in Solids, Sevilla, Spain, June 9–13, 2014.

37. Invited Lecturer, ‘Modeling of void coalescence as a microscale localization process’, Instabilitiesacross the scales, Cachan, France, June 4–6, 2014.

36. Discussion Leader, ‘Discussion on Dislocation Plasticity’, Modeling Metal Failure Across MultipleScales, Lausanne, Switzerland, May 26–27, 2014.

35. Invited Speaker, ‘On the notion of fracture locus of a ductile material’, 13th International Congresson Fracture, the premier quadrennial conference on fracture. Beijing, China, June 16–21, 2013.

34. Invited Speaker, ‘On coalescence-controlled ductile fracture’, Viggo Tvergaard Symposium: New Hori-zons in Materials Mechanics, Copenhagen, Denmark, June 5–7, 2013.

33. Seminar, ‘Fracture of Structural Materials: A Top-Down Approach’, Department of Mechanical En-gineering, Texas A & M University Qatar, Doha, February 20, 2013; Host: Prof. Masad.

32. Invited Talk, S.M. Keralavarma and A.A. Benzerga, ‘Discrete dislocation dynamics at creep temper-atures’, Dislocations 2012, the premier quadrennial conference on dislocations. Budapest, Hungary,August 27–31, 2012.

31. Invited Lecturer, ‘Discrete Dislocation Analyses of Size Effects in Plasticity’, International Congresson Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (ICTAM), the premier quadrennial conference in mechanics.Beijing, China, August 19–24, 2012.

30. Seminar, ‘On the Path-dependence of the Fracture Locus of Ductile Materials’, Universite Paris 13,Department of Mechanical Engineering, Paris, June 21, 2012; Host: Prof. Mohamed Haboussi.

29. Invited Lecturer, ‘High-Temperature Discrete Dislocation Plasticity’, Federation Francilienne deMecanique (federation of a dozen schools and universities in the Paris area), Paris, June 14, 2012;Host: Prof. Samuel Forest.

28. Seminar, ‘High-Temperature Discrete Dislocation Dynamics’, Universite Catholique de Louvain, In-stitute of Mechanics, Materials and Civil Engineering, Louvain, Belgium, May 23, 2012; Host: Prof.Thomas Pardoen.

27. Invited Lecturer, ‘Power-law creep from discrete dislocation dynamics simulations’, IUTAM Sympo-sium on Advanced Materials Modelling for Structures, Paris, France, April 23–27, 2012.

26. Seminar, ‘High-Temperature Discrete Dislocation Plasticity’, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lau-sanne (EPFL) Lausanne, Switzerland, April 3, 2012; Host: Prof. Bill Curtin.

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25. Seminar, ‘High-Temperature Discrete Dislocation Plasticity’, Atomic Energy and Alternative En-ergies Commission, Nuclear Research Centre, Department of Applied Metallurgy (SRMA), Saclay,France, March 22, 2012; Host: Dr. Laurent Dupuy.

24. Seminar, ‘Discrete dislocation plasticity at finite temperatures’, Royal Institute of Technology, KTHSolid Mechanics Division, Stockholm, Sweden, November 30, 2011; Host: Prof. Jonas Faleskog.

23. Invited Speaker, ‘Ductile Fracture: Effects of Anisotropy, Localization and Non-Proportional Load-ing’, 2nd International Conference on Material Modelling, Paris, France, August 31 – September 2,2011.

22. Invited Speaker, ‘Finite Temperature Effects and Thermodynamic Limit in Dislocation DynamicsSimulation of Crystal Plasticity’, 2nd International Conference on Material Modelling, Paris, France,August 31 – September 2, 2011.

21. Invited Speaker, ‘On the Thermodynamic Limit in Dislocation Dynamics Simulations of Plasticity’,5th International Symposium on Defect and Material Mechanics, Sevilla, Spain, June 27 – July 1,2011.

20. Invited Speaker, ‘Anisotropy, Localization and Non-Proportional Loading Effects in Ductile Frac-ture’, International Conference on Computational Modeling of Fracture and Failure of Materials andStructures (CFRAC 2011), an IACM (International Association of Computational Mechanics) SpecialInterest Conference. Barcelona, Spain, June 6–8, 2011.

19. Invited Lecturer, ‘Lecture One – Anisotropy in Ductile Fracture (June 17)’, ‘Lecture Two – Dila-tant Plasticity: A Perspective From Homogenization Theory (June 18)’, NSF International SummerSchool on Fracture, The Cargese Institute of Scientific Studies, Cargese, Corsica, France, June 14–19,2010. Organizers: Ravi-Chandar (UT Austin, USA) and Elisabeth Bouchaud (CEA, France).

18. Invited Speaker, ‘Dimensional and Microstructural Size Effects in Crystal Plasticity by means ofComputational Dislocation Dynamics’, IV European Conference on Computational Mechanics, Paris,France, May 19, 2010.

17. Seminar, ‘A Micromechanics-based model for ductile fracture in structural materials’, Departmentof Mechanical Engineering, University of Science and Technology Houari Boumediene (USTHB),Algiers, March 16, 2010; Host: Prof. Boukharouba.

16. Invited Lecturer, ‘An extended model for ductile fracture in structural materials’ 3rd US–FranceICACM (International Center for Applied Computational Mechanics) Symposium, Shalimar, FL,April 24, 2009.

15. Participant and Speaker at Dislocations 2008, the premier conference on dislocations, held every 4years. ‘Micro-Pillar Plasticity: 2.5D Dislocation Dynamics Simulations’, Hong Kong, October 12–17,2008.

14. Invited Lecturer, ‘Three-dimensional Microstructural Aspects of Ductile Fracture: Experiments &Modeling’, IUTAM Symposium on Theoretical, Computational and Modelling Aspects of InelasticMedia, Cape Town, South Africa, January 14–19, 2008.

13. Seminar, ‘Anisotropy in Ductile Fracture’, Universite de Technologie de Troyes, France, November12, 2007; Hosts: Prof. K. Saanouni & Prof. J.-L. Chaboche.

12. Invited Lecturer, ‘Modeling micropillar deformation using mechanism-based discrete dislocation plas-ticity’, IUTAM Symposium on Multi-scale plasticity of crystalline materials, Eindhoven, The Nether-lands, November 5–9, 2007.

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11. Invited Lecturer, ‘Discrete dislocation predictions of size effects in plasticity’, IUTAM symposium onPlasticity at the Micron Scale, Copenhagen, Denmark, May 24, 2006.

10. Invited Speaker, ‘Ductile fracture of a high-strength steel: experiments and modeling’, 9th EuropeanMechanics of Materials Conference, Moret-sur-Loing, France, May 11, 2006.

9. Keynote Lecturer, ‘Discrete Dislocation Predictions of Size effects in Plasticity: Role of DislocationGeneration, Patterning and Interfaces’, 4th International Congress on Materials Science & Engineer-ing, Tlemcen, Algeria, May 3, 2006.

8. Invited Speaker, ‘A framework for modeling ductile fracture by void growth to coalescence’, Workshopon Ductile Fracture, Madrid, Spain, Sep. 17, 2005

7. Invited Speaker, ‘Size effects under homogeneous deformation of single crystals: A discrete disloca-tion analysis’, International Conference on Micromechanics & Microstructure Evolution: Modeling,Simulation & Experiments, Madrid, Spain, Sep. 13, 2005

6. Invited Speaker, ‘Incorporating 3D Mechanisms in 2D Dislocation Dynamics: Implications for theStored Energy of Cold Work’, Workshop on Discrete Dislocation Plasticity, Cambridge, UK, July1–2, 2004.

5. Invited Speaker, ‘Discrete Dislocation Analyses of Work Hardening in Model Single Crystals’, 5th

Euromech Solid Mechanics Conference, Thessaloniki, Greece, Aug. 17–22, 2003.

4. Invited Lecturer, ‘Discrete dislocation predictions for single crystal hardening: tension vs. bending’,IUTAM Symposium on Multiscale Modeling and Characterization of Elastic-Inelastic Behavior ofEngineering Materials, Marrakech, Morocco, October 20–25, 2002.

3. Seminar (while PhD Candidate), ‘Anisotropic Ductile Fracture’, North-Carolina State University,Department of Mechanical Engineering, (Research Group of Prof. Zikry), Raleigh, NC, Oct. 27,1998; Host: Prof. M. A. Zikry.

2. Seminar (while PhD Candidate), ‘On the Effects of Inclusion Spacing in Ductile Fracture’, CarnegieMellon University, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, (Research Group of Prof.Garrison), Pittsburgh, PA, Oct. 20, 1998; Host: Prof. W. A. Garrison.

1. Seminar (while PhD Candidate), ‘Anisotropic Ductile Fracture’, the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, (Research Group of Prof. Dodds),Urbana, IL, Oct. 13, 1998; Host: Prof. R. H. Dodds.

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63. Invited Talk, ‘Modeling of Damage and Fracture in Two Magnesium Alloys’, 2015 MACH Conference,The Hopkins Extreme Materials Institute, Annapolis, MD, April 9, 2015.

62. Invited Speaker, ‘General Properties and Upper Bound Estimates for the Plastic Flow in PorousContinua’, Annual Meeting on Computational Fluid Dynamics, College Station, TX, April 8, 2015.

61. Invited Speaker, ‘High-Temperature Discrete Dislocation Plasticity’, TMS Annual Meeting, Orlando,FL, March 17, 2015.

60. Invited Talk (delivered by B. Kondori), ‘Effect of Stress Triaxiality on the Flow and Fracture of MgAlloy AZ31’, AmeriMech Symposium: Material Property Identification, UT Austin, TX, December10–12, 2014.

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59. Invited Speaker, ‘High-Temperature Discrete Dislocation Plasticity’, U.S. National Congress on The-oretical and Applied Mechanics, Symposium in honor of Prof. Lallit Anand, East Lansing, MI, June18, 2014.

58. Invited Lecturer, ‘High-Temperature Discrete Dislocation Plasticity’, TeXas Materials Modeling Net-work (TXMMN), 3rd Annual Meeting, Austin, TX, December 14, 2013.

57. Invited Speaker, ‘High-Temperature Discrete Dislocation Plasticity’, Materials Research Society (MRS)Fall Meeting, Symposium KK: Dislocation Plasticity, Boston, MA, December 5, 2013.

56. Invited Speaker ‘A multiscale framework coupling dislocation dynamics with vacancy diffusion the-ory’, 50th Annual SES Technical Meeting, From Atomistics to Reality: Spanning Scales in Simulationsand Experiments, Providence, RI, July 30, 2013.

55. Invited Speaker ‘Effect of Nonproportional Loadings on Ductile Fracture’, 50th Annual SES Tech-nical Meeting, Symposium on Crack Initiation and Growth: Methods, Applications and Challenges,Providence, RI, July 31, 2013.

54. Invited Speaker, ‘High-Temperature Discrete Dislocation Plasticity’, 13th Pan-American Congressof Applied Mechanics (PACAM XIII), Computational Plasticity and Fracture Symposium, Houston,TX, May 22, 2013.

53. Invited Speaker, ‘On Path-dependent Ductile Fracture’, Plasticity 2013, Nassau, The Bahamas, Jan-uary 5, 2013.

52. Invited Speaker, ‘High-Temperature Discrete Dislocation Plasticity’, Plasticity 2013, Nassau, TheBahamas, January 6, 2013.

51. Invited Speaker, ‘Power-law creep from discrete dislocation dynamics simulations’, 2012 ASME In-ternational Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition (IMECE), Houston, TX, November 14,2012.

50. Invited Speaker, ‘High-Temperature Discrete Dislocation Dynamics’, 23rd International Workshopon Computational Mechanics of Materials (IWCMM22), Baltimore, MD, September 25, 2012.

49. Keynote Lecture, ‘Macroscopic versus Microscopic Approaches to Fracture in Ductile Materials’, 49thAnnual SES Technical Meeting, Atlanta, GA, October 12, 2012.

48. Invited Speaker, ‘High-Temperature Discrete Dislocation Dynamics’, 49th Annual SES TechnicalMeeting, Atlanta, GA, October 12, 2012.

47. Invited Speaker, ‘On the Path-dependence of the Fracture Locus of Ductile Materials’, 23rd Interna-tional Workshop on Computational Mechanics of Materials (IWCMM22), Baltimore, MD, September26, 2012.

46. Seminar, ‘Fracture of Structural Metallic Materials: A Top-Down Approach’, Department of AerospaceEngineering and Engineering Mechanics, University of Texas, Austin, April 21, 2011; Host: Prof.Ravi-Chandar.

45. Seminar, ‘Fracture of Structural Metallic Materials: A Top-Down Approach’, Department of Me-chanical Engineering, University of California (UCSB), Santa Barbara, March 7, 2011; Host: Prof.Robert Odette.

44. Invited Speaker, ‘Recent Advances in the Local Approach to Fracture of Structural Materials’, Ma-terial Science and Technology MS&T Conference, Houston, TX, October 19, 2010.

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43. Invited Talk: P. J. Guruprasad, D. Kiener, S. M. Keralavarma∗, G. Dehm, and A. A. Benzerga.‘Strain Hardening in Cu Micropillars: Experiments and Modeling’, 16th US National Congress ofTheoretical and Applied Mechanics, State College, PA, June 27 – July 2, 2010.

42. Invited Speaker, ‘Microstructural aspects of material strength in small volumes’, TMS Annual Meet-ing, Seattle, WA, February 16, 2010.

41. Invited Speaker, ‘Size and Scale Effects in Crystal Plasticity’, Symposium on Multi-Scale DislocationDynamics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, Jan. 16, 2010.Host: X. Markenscoff

40. Invited Speaker, ‘Plasticity Size Effects: Experiments and Modeling’, Plasticity’10, St-Kitts, Jan. 5,2010.

39. Keynote Lecturer, ‘An extended model for ductile fracture in structural materials’, Plasticity’10,Symposium on Predictive Ductile Fracture: Experiment and Modeling, St-Kitts, Jan. 5, 2010.

38. Invited Speaker, ‘Nano- and Micro-Pillar Plasticity: 2.5D Dislocation Dynamics Simulations’, ASMEInternational Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Orlando, FL, November 17, 2009.

37. Seminar, ‘Size and Scale Effects in Crystal Plasticity’, Department of Material Science and Engi-neering, University of North Texas, Denton, TX, October 16, 2009; Host: Prof. A. Needleman.

36. Invited Speaker, ‘Micro- and Nano-Pillar Plasticity: 2.5D Mesoscopic Simulations’, Symposium II:Probing Mechanics at Nanoscale Dimensions, MRS Spring Meeting, San Fransisco, CA, April 15,2009.

35. Seminar, ‘Size and Scale Effects in Crystal Plasticity’, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Mas-sachussets Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA, March 17, 2009; Host: Prof. LallitAnand.

34. Participant and Speaker at The John Hutchinson Symposium, 2008 ASME International MechanicalEngineering Congress, Boston, MA, November 4, 2008.

33. Invited Speaker, ‘A Computational investigation of damage accumulation in polymer composites’,2008 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress, Boston, MA, November 6, 2008.

32. Invited Speaker, TMS Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, March, 2008.

31. Invited Speaker, NASA Aviation Safety Technical Conference, Denver, CO, October 21–23, 2008.

30. Invited Speaker, NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, OH, August 12, 2008.

29. Invited Speaker, ‘An Internal-State Variable Theory of Strain-Gradient Plasticity Based on Ho-mogenization’, 1st American Academy of Mechanics Conference, Symposium on Modeling InelasticDeformation at Varying Length Scales, New Orleans, LA, June 17–20, 2008.

28. Invited Speaker, 6th International Conference on Mechanics of Time Dependent Materials, Monterey,CA, March 30 – April 4, 2008.

27. Invited Speaker, Ballistic Impact and Crashworthiness Response of Aerospace Structures Symposium,ASCE Earth & Space Conference 2008, Long Beach, CA, April 2008.

26. Invited Lecturer, National Science Foundation Symposium on Dislocation Dynamics, University ofCalifornia, San Diego, CA, January 19–21, 2008.

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25. Seminar, ‘Mechanism-based Discrete Dislocation Plasticity’, Department of Mechanical Engineering,Columbia University, New York, NY, December 13, 2007; Host: Prof. J. Kysar.

24. Invited Talk, ‘Multiscale Computational Framework for Ballistic Impact Performance of Jet EngineBlade Containment Systems: Overview of Planned Research Program at Texas A&M’, NASA GlennResearch Center, Cleveland, OH, December 7, 2007; Host: Dr. R. K. Goldberg,

23. Seminar, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, TX, October 11,2007; Host: Prof. P. Sharma.

22. Seminar, ‘Mechanism-based Discrete Dislocation Plasticity’, Naval Research Laboratory, Center ofComputational Material Science, Washington, DC, July 18, 2007; Host: Dr. J. G. Michopoulos.

21. Seminar, ‘Micromechanics-based Modeling of Ductile Fracture with Experimental Integration’, NavalResearch Laboratory, Washington, DC, July 18, 2007; Host: Dr. A. Geltmacher.

20. Invited Speaker, ‘On the Effect of Manufacturing Induced Defects in Polymer-Based Composites’,The 5th International Conference on Materials Processing Defects (MPD-5), Ithaca, NY, July 18–20,2007.

19. Invited Speaker, ‘On the structure of constitutive relations in strain-gradient plasticity’, ASME Ap-plied Mechanics and Materials Conference (McMat), Paper No. 30382, Austin, TX, June 4–7, 2007.

18. Invited Speaker, ‘Mechanism-based discrete dislocation predictions of intrinsic size effects in singlecrystal plasticity’, TMS Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, February 25 - March 1, 2007.

17. Invited Speaker, ‘Mechanism-based Discrete Dislocation Plasticity (M-DDP)’, Final Review for theMURI Program: Virtual Design and Testing of Materials: A Multiscale Approach, AFOSR, Wash-ington, DC, November 2, 2006.

16. Invited Speaker, ‘An analysis of the plasticity size effect under macroscopically homogeneous de-formation’, The Needleman–Tvergaard Symposium, Brown University, Providence, RI, August 17,2006.

15. Invited Speaker, ‘On the structure of constitutive relations in strain-gradient plasticity’, The 43rd

Annual Technical Meeting of the Society of Engineering Science, Alan Needleman Prager MedalSymposium: Multiscale Modeling of Plastic Deformation, Penn State, State College, PA, August 14,2006.

14. Invited Speaker, ‘Micromechanics-based Modeling of Ductile Fracture with Experimental Integra-tion’, 7th World Congress on Computational Mechanics, Los Angeles, CA, July 17, 2006.

13. Seminar, ‘Mechanism-based Discrete Dislocation Plasticity’, Department of Aerospace Engineering& Engineering Mechanics, University of Texas, Austin, TX, April 27, 2006; Host: Prof. K. Liechti.

12. Keynote Lecturer, ‘Calculations of the Stored Energy of Cold Work’, Plasticity’05, Kauai, HI, Jan.3–8, 2005.

11. Invited Speaker, ‘Incorporating 3D Mechanisms in 2D Discrete Dislocation Plasticity’, 7th U.S. Na-tional Congress on Computational Mechanics, Albuquerque, NM, Jul. 27–31, 2003.

10. Seminar, ‘Recent Progress in Ductile Fracture: Analyses and Future Challenges’, Department ofAerospace Engineering, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, May, 2003; Host: Prof. R.Kline.

9. Seminar, ‘Dislocation Dynamics’, The Mississippi State University, Department of Mechanical Engi-neering, Starkville, MS, May, 2003; Host: Prof. M. F. Horstemeyer.

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8. Seminar, ‘Ductile Fracture: Modeling and Experiments’, Texas A&M University, Department ofAerospace Engineering, College Station, TX, Apr, 2003; Host: Prof. D. C. Lagoudas.

7. Seminar, ‘Recent Progress in Ductile Fracture: Analyses and Future Challenges’, The Ohio StateUniversity, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Columbus, OH, Mar, 2003; Host: Prof. S. Ghosh.

6. Invited Speaker and Participant, ’An Enhanced Discrete Dislocation Plasticity Framework for Model-ing Plastic Flow and Work Hardening’, Program Review of the MURI on Virtual Design and Testingof Materials: A Multi-scale Approach., Waltham, MA, May, 2002.

5. Seminar, ‘Recent Progress in Ductile Fracture: Analyses and Future Challenges’, Penn State, De-partment of Materials Science and Engineering, University Park, PA, May 5, 2002; Host: Prof. D. AKoss.

4. Seminar, ‘Materials Studies for Structural Integrity across Multiple Length Scales’, M.I.T., Depart-ment of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Cambridge, MA, Apr. 26, 2002; Host: Prof. M. Spearing.

3. Seminar, ‘Mesoscopic Simulations of Plastic Flow and Work Hardening’, Brown University, Provi-dence, RI, Apr., 2002; Host: Prof. L. B. Freund.

2. Invited Speaker, ‘A Discrete Dislocation Analysis of an Inverse Size Effect in a Cast Aluminum Alloy’,ASME IMECE Winter Annual Meeting, New York, NY, Nov. 11–16, 2001.

1. Invited Speaker (while PhD Candidate), ‘A Gurson-like model incorporating plastic anisotropy ef-fects’, Atomic Energy Commission (CEA), Nuclear Research Centre SRMA, Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette,France, April 1997.

Other Presentations (representative)

1. ‘Theoretical & Experimental Study of the Ductile Fracture of Hot-Worked Plates’, European Con-ference on Materials, Euromat, Lausanne, Switzerland, Sep. 7–11, 1998.

2. ‘Coalescence-Controlled Anisotropic Ductile Fracture’, 35th Meeting of the Society of EngineeringSciences, Pullman, WA, Sep. 27–30, 1998.

3. ‘An analysis of shear-banding in a C–Mn pipe steel’, Materials Research Society, Spring Meeting,San Francisco, CA, Apr. 18, 2001.

4. ‘Smaller is Softer: An Inverse Size Effect in a Cast Aluminum Alloy’, Materials Research Society,Spring Meeting, San Francisco, CA, Apr. 18, 2001.

5. ‘Approximate Models For Ductile Sheets with Anisotropic Plasticity’, ASME Mechanics and Mate-rials Conference, San Diego, CA, Jun. 27–29, 2001.

6. ‘On the Validity of Regular Void Distribution in Coalescence Modeling’, ASME Mechanics and Ma-terials Conference, San Diego, CA, Jun. 27–29, 2001.

7. ‘Damage Characterization in CH-47 Dynamic Components’, Joint NASA/FAA/DoD Conference onAging Aircraft, Palm Springs, CA, Feb. 1, 2005.

8. ‘Spalling, Fretting and Galling Characteristics’, Review Meeting for ACAA project, Huntsville, AL,Apr. 22, 2005.

9. ‘On the Relationship between Geometrically Necessary Dislocations and Stored Energy’, The JointASME/ASCE/SES Conference on Mechanics and Materials, Baton-Rouge, LA, Jun. 1, 2005.

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10. ‘An enhanced model of ductile fracture by void growth to coalescence’, The Joint ASME/ASCE/SESConference on Mechanics and Materials, Baton-Rouge, LA, Jun. 1, 2005.

11. ‘Discrete Dislocation Simulations of Size Effects in Nanorod Compression’, ASME international Me-chanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, Orlando, FL, Nov. 9, 2005

12. ‘A numerical study of impact-induced failure modes in amorphous glassy polymers’, 9th EuropeanMechanics of Materials Conference, Moret-sur-Loing, France, May 12, 2006.

13. ‘An investigation of the plasticity size effect using mechanism-based discrete dislocation plasticity’,7th World Congress on Computational Mechanics, Los Angeles, USA, July 17, 2006.

14. ‘An analysis of strain-rate effects in micron-scale crystal plasticity’, 7th World Congress on Compu-tational Mechanics, Los Angeles, USA, July 10, 2006.

15. ‘Micromechanics-based Modeling of Ductile Fracture with Experimental Integration’, TMS AnnualMeeting, Orlando, FL, February 25 - March 1, 2007.

16. ‘An analysis of microstructure evolution and the Bauschinger effect at the micron scale’, TMS AnnualMeeting, Orlando, FL, February 25 - March 1, 2007.

17. ‘An Internal-State Variable Theory of Strain-Gradient Plasticity Based on Homogenization’, SES44th Annual Meeting, Paper No. 160304, College Station, TX, October 22–24, 2007.

18. ‘Micromechanics-based Modeling of Ductile Fracture with Experimental Integration of 3-D Mi-crostructural Data’, TMS Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, March, 2008.

19. ‘Micro-Pillar Plasticity: 2.5D Dislocation Dynamics Simulations’, Dislocations 2008, Hong Kong,October 12–17, 2008.

20. ‘Micromechanisms and Micromechanics of Ductile Fracture: An Appraisal’, John Hutchinson Sympo-sium, 2008 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress, Boston, MA, November 4, 2008.

21. Benzerga∗, A. A., ‘Close-Range Dislocation Interactions and Plasticity in Small Volumes’, Sympo-sium Z: Computational Nanoscience–How to Exploit Synergy between Predictive Simulations andExperiments, MRS Spring Meeting, San Fransisco, April 16, 2009.

22. Keralavarma, S. M. and Benzerga∗, A. A. ‘A Micromechanics-based Ductile Damage Model Incorpo-rating Plastic Anisotropy and Void Shape Effects’, 12th International Conference on Fracture, PaperNo. 1132 Ottawa, Canada, July 15, 2009.

23. Benzerga∗, A. A. and Keralavarma, S. M. ‘Finite–Element Analyses of Combined Void Shape andPlastic Anisotropy Effects in Ductile Fracture’, 12th International Conference on Fracture, Paper No.1130 Ottawa, Canada, July 13, 2009.

24. X. Poulain∗, R. K. Goldberg, R. Talreja and A. A. Benzerga ‘A multiscale modeling methodologyfor damage progression in PMCs’, 12th International Conference on Fracture, Paper No. ?? Ottawa,Canada, July 12–17, 2009.

25. Keralavarma, S. M. and Benzerga∗, A. A. ‘A New Micromechanics-based Model for AnisotropicDuctile Materials’, 10th US National Congress on Computational Mechanics, Paper No. 160134Columbus, OH, July 16–19, 2009.

26. Guruprasad, P. J. and Benzerga, A. A.∗, ‘Size dependent work hardening model for crystals by coarsegraining of discrete dislocations’, 10th US National Congress on Computational Mechanics, Paper No.157936, Columbus, OH, July 16–19, 2009.

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27. Guruprasad, P. J.∗ and Benzerga, A. A., ‘Characterization of scale dependent geometrically neces-sary dislocation density from computational dislocation dynamics ’, 10th US National Congress onComputational Mechanics, Paper No. 160365, Columbus, OH, July 16–19, 2009.

28. Guruprasad, P. J., Keralavarma, S. and Benzerga, A. A., ‘Short-Range Dislocation Interactions andPlasticity in Small Volumes’, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition,Orlando, FL, November 19, 2009.

29. A. Amine Benzerga and P.J. Guruprasad, ‘Dislocation Dynamics, Static Shocks and Size Effects’,TMS Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, February 16, 2010.

30. S. M. Keralavarma∗, and A. A. Benzerga. ‘Homogenization-based Constitutive Models for PorousDuctile Solids: Theory and FiniteElement Simulations’, 16th US National Congress of Theoreticaland Applied Mechanics, State College, PA, June 27 – July 2, 2010.

31. A. A. Benzerga and S. M. Keralavarma. ‘High-Temperature Discrete Dislocation Plasticity’, MMM2014 7th International Conference of Multiscale Materials Modeling, Berkeley, CA, October 8, 2014.

32. A. A. Benzerga. ‘Towards Physics-based Large-Scale Simulations of Ductile Fracture’, Support ofStockpile Stewardship Program Workshop, College Station, TX, December 2, 2014.

University Committees and Service

Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Member of Faculty Search Committee (ComputationalMechanics of Materials position; Chair: Prof. Needleman), Fall 2014 – Spring 2015.

Texas A&M Energy Institute, Reviewer of 2014 Energy Institute Fellowships.

Department of Aerospace Engineering, Member of Faculty Search Committee, (Multidisciplinary search,Chair: Prof. Hurtado), Fall 2013 – Spring 2014.

Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Member of Faculty Search Committee (ComputationalMaterials Science position, Chair: Prof. Arroyave), Fall 2013 – Spring 2014.

Aerospace Engineering Department Strategic Aerospace Research (StAR) Committee, 2013–.

Multiple Doctoral and Masters Thesis Committees in AERO and MSEN, and others in ETID, MEEN,PETE, CHEN, 2004–.

College of Engineering, Committee on Advanced Materials for Energy Applications (CAMEA), January–March 2014. Contributed to the final white paper submitted to the Dean.

Department of Aerospace Engineering, Chair of Materials & Structures Faculty Search Committee, Fall2010 – Spring 2011.

Aerospace Engineering Department Graduate Affairs Committee, 2009–2011

Materials Science and Engineering Program, Graduate Admissions Committee, 2010–2011

Aerospace Engineering Department Aerospace Vision Committee (AVC), 2010–2011

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Materials Science & Engineering Program (MSEN) Graduate Admissions Committee, 2008–2011

Aerospace Engineering Seminar Series (AESS) Coordinator, Fall 2008–Fall 2010

Member of half a dozen M.S. and Ph.D. thesis committees per academic year in AERO, MSEN, MEENand PETE.

Aerospace Engineering Department Computing Environment Committee, 2007–2009

Department of Aerospace Engineering, Member of Faculty Search Committee, (Aerodynamics and Pro-puslion position, Chair: S. Girimaji). Fall 2008 – Spring 2009.

College of Engineering Status of MSEN Program Junior Faculty Committee, 2007.

AERO 220 Computer Programming Class Committee, Member, Department Committee, Spring 2007.

International Service and Outreach

Main Reviewer (Rapporteur), Doctoral Thesis of Philippe Burlot (Advisor: J. Besson), Ecole des Minesde Paris, France, December 2014 – January 2015.

Member, Doctoral Thesis Examination Committee of Alexander Illtchev (Advisor: S. Forest), Ecole desMines de Paris, France, December 2014.

Main Reviewer (Rapporteur), Doctoral Thesis of Komlanvi Madou (Advisor: J.-B. Leblond), UniversitePierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France, July–September 2012.

Member, Ph.D Thesis Examination Committee of Carl Dahlberg (Advisor: J. Faleskog), Royal Instituteof Technology (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden, November 2011.

Lecturer, Summer school on Fracture, The Cargese Institute of Scientific Studies, Corsica, France, June2010.

Rapporteur (Main Reviewer), Doctoral Thesis of Koffi Enakoutsa (Advisor: J.-B. Leblond), UniversitePierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France, November 2006 – January 2007.

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The Curriculum Vita being submitted is the most current and is correct as of April 2, 2015.

A. Amine Benzerga

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