Avinash M. Dongare
Avinash M. Dongare
Associate Professor
Director for Graduate Studies
Ph.D., University of Virginia, Charlottesville (2008)
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
25 King Hill Road Storrs, CT 06269-3136
Office: MZ-208
Phone: (860) 486-2592
E-mail: dongare@uconn.edu
Web: http://dongare.group.uconn.edu/
Current Research
Development and application of advanced computational methods (molecular dynamics, Monte Carlo, density functional theory, coarse-grained methods, etc.) to investigate the behavior and properties of novel materials across multiple scales. Some of the current research projects are:
- Mechanics of nanostructured materials
- Corrosion related degradation and failure in extreme environments
- Electronic properties of nanostructured materials
- Materials in extreme environments (Shock, high strain rates, high pressures, high temperatures)
- Thermodynamics and phase transformations
- Interfaces effects on mechanical behavior
Awards & Honors
| 2018-2021 | United Technologies Corporation (UTC) Professor in Engineering Innovation |
| 2018 – 2019, 2014-2015 | Outstanding Faculty Award, MSE, UConn |
| 2015 | NSF Faculty Early Career Development Award, (CAREER) |
| 2015 | Young Leader Award, TMS – Structural Materials Division |
| 2013 | ORISE/ORAU Visiting Faculty Fellow, US Army Research Laboratory |
| 2007 | National Research Council – Research Associateship Award: U. S. Army Research Office |
Recent Publications
Ma and A. M. Dongare, Role of α-ε-α Phase Transformation on the Spall behavior of Iron at Atomic Scales, J. Mater. Sci. 57, 12556 (2022). [Link]
Mishra, K. Ma, and A.M. Dongare, Virtual diffraction simulations using the quasi-coarse-grained dynamics method to understand and interpret plasticity contributions during in situ shock experiments, J. Mater. Sci. 57, 12782 (2022). [Link]
Mishra, M. J Echeverria, K. Ma, S. Parida, C. Chen, S. Galitskiy, and A. M. Dongare, Virtual texture analysis to investigate the deformation mechanisms in metal microstructures at the atomic scale, J. Mater. Sci. 57, 10549 (2022). [Link]
Mishra, J. Lind, M. Kumar, and A. M. Dongare, Understanding the Phase Transformation Mechanisms that affect the Dynamic Response of Fe-based Microstructures at the Atomic Scales, J. Appl. Phys. 130, 215902 (2021). [Link]
Ghosh, M. K. Singh, S. Parida, A. Dobley, A. M. Dongare, C. B. Carter, Characterizing Li in partially lithiated layer materials using atomic-resolution imaging, modeling, and simulation, J. Am. Ceram. Soc. 105, 1581 (2021). [Link]
J. Echeverria, S. Galitskiy, A. Mishra, R Dingreville, A. M. Dongare, Understanding the plasticity contributions during laser-shock loading and spall failure of Cu microstructures at the atomic scales, Comp. Mater. Sci. 198, 110668 (2021). [Link]
Mishra, C. Kunka, M. J. Echeverria, R. Dingreville, A. M. Dongare, Fingerprinting shock-induced deformations via diffraction, Scientific Reports 11, 9872 (2021). [Link]
Ma, J. Chen, A. M. Dongare, Role of pre-existing dislocations on the shock compression and spall behavior in single-crystal copper at atomic scales, J. Appl. Phys. 129, 175901 (2021). [Link]
Galitskiy, and A. M. Dongare, Modeling the damage evolution and recompression behavior during laser shock loading of aluminum microstructures at the mesoscales, J. Mater. Sci. 56, 4446 (2021). [Link]
Ghosh, M. K. Singh, S. Parida, M. T Janish, A. Dobley, A. M. Dongare, C B. Carter, Phase evolution and structural modulation during in situ lithiation of MoS 2, WS 2 and graphite in TEM, Scientific Reports 11, 9014 (2021). [Link]
Parida, A. Mishra, J. Chen, J. Wang, A. Dobley, C. B. Carter, A. M. Dongare, Vertically Stacked 2H‐1T Dual‐Phase MoS2 Microstructures during Lithium Intercalation: A First Principles Study, J. Am. Ceram. Soc., 103, 6603 (2020). [Link]
Agarwal, R. R. Valisetty, and A. M. Dongare, Shock Wave Compression Behavior and Dislocation Density Evolution in Al Microstructures at the Atomic Scales and the Mesoscales, Int. J. Plast., 128, 102678 (2020). [Link]
J Flanagan, S. Vijayan, S. Galitskiy, J. Davis, B. A Bedard, C.L Williams, A. M. Dongare, M.Aindow, and S.-W. Lee, Shock-induced deformation twinning and softening in magnesium single crystals, Materials & Design 194, 108884 (2020). [Link]
Chen, S. Mathaudhu, N. Thadhani, and A. M. Dongare, Unravelling the Role of Interfaces on the Spall Failure of Cu/Ta Multilayered Systems, Sci. Rep. 10, 208 (2020). [Link]
M. Dongare, Viewpoint: Challenges to model the role of heterogeneities on the shock response and spall failure of metallic materials at the mesoscales, J. Mater. Sci. 55, 3157 (2020). [Link] [Cover Feature, Vol 55, Issue 8 (2020)]
Suresh, S-W Lee, M. Aindow, H. Brody, V. R. Champagne, and A. M. Dongare, Mesoscale modeling of jet initiation behavior and microstructural evolution during cold spray single particle impact, Acta Mater. 182, 197 (2020). [Link]
Chen, E. Han, A. M. Dongare, and S. Fensin, Understanding and Predicting Damage and Failure at Grain Boundaries in BCC Ta, J. Appl. Phys. 126, 165902 (2019). [Link] [Cover Feature, Vol 126, Issue 16 (2019)]
Galitskiy, D. S. Ivanov and A. M. Dongare, Dynamic evolution of microstructure during laser shock loading and spall, J. Appl. Phys. 124, 205901 (2018). [Link] [Cover Feature, Vol 124, Issue 20 (2018)]
McCreary, R. Ghosh, M. Amani, J. Wang, K.-A. N. Duerloo, A. Sharma, K. Jarvis, E. Reed, A. M. Dongare, S. K. Banerjee, M. Terrones, R. R. Namburu and M. Dubey, Effects of uniaxial and biaxial strain on CVD-grown few-layered terrace structures of MoS2, ACS Nano 10, 3186 (2016). [Link]
M. Dongare, Quasi-coarse-grained dynamics: modeling of metallic materials at mesoscales, Phil. Mag. 94, 3877 (2014). [Link]