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L. Catherine Brinson

Brinson

Sharon C. and Harold L. Yoh, III Distinguished Professor

Appointments and Affiliations

  • Sharon C. and Harold L. Yoh, III Distinguished Professor
  • Professor in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
  • Donald M. Alstadt Chair of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science

Contact Information

  • Office Location: 3379 Fciemas Building, Duke Campus, Durham, NC 27708
  • Office Phone: (919) 660-5310
  • Email Address: cate.brinson@duke.edu
  • Websites:

Education

  • Ph.D. California Institute of Technology, 1990
  • M.S. California Institute of Technology, 1986
  • B.S. Virginia Polytech Institute and State University, 1985

Research Interests

Mechanics of materials, with emphasis on complex hierarchical materials and polymer based systems, and merging concepts of data science into materials. Nanoscale and bulk scale experimental characterization, modeling and simulation of the behavior of materials, including physics based and machine learning approaches. Her lab’s research objective is to characterize and model advanced materials systems, bridging across scales, to develop new understanding of material mechanisms and transfer knowledge into FAIR datasets towards novel material design.

Awards, Honors, and Distinctions

  • A.C. Eringen Medal. Society of Engineering Science (SES). 2022
  • Fellow. American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). 2020
  • Nadai Medal. American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). 2014
  • Fellow. American Academy of Mechanics. 2013
  • Fellow. American Society of Mechanical Engineers. 2009
  • Fellow. Society for Engineering Science. 2007
  • Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Prize. Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. 2006
  • Thomas JR Hughes Young Investigator Award. American Society of Mechanical Engineers. 2003
  • National Science Foundation CAREER Awards - Multiple Sciences. National Science Foundation (NSF). 1995

Courses Taught

  • BME 526: Elasticity (GE, BB)
  • CEE 521: Elasticity (GE, BB)
  • ME 391: Undergraduate Projects in Mechanical Engineering
  • ME 555: Advanced Topics in Mechanical Engineering
  • ME 591: Research Independent Study in Mechanical Engineering or Material Science

In the News

Representative Publications

  • Huerta, EA; Blaiszik, B; Brinson, LC; Bouchard, KE; Diaz, D; Doglioni, C; Duarte, JM; Emani, M; Foster, I; Fox, G; Harris, P; Heinrich, L; Jha, S; Katz, DS; Kindratenko, V; Kirkpatrick, CR; Lassila-Perini, K; Madduri, RK; Neubauer, MS; Psomopoulos, FE; Roy, A; Rübel, O; Zhao, Z; Zhu, R, FAIR for AI: An interdisciplinary and international community building perspective., Scientific Data, vol 10 no. 1 (2023) [10.1038/s41597-023-02298-6] [abs].
  • Ma, B; Finan, NJ; Jany, D; Deagen, ME; Schadler, LS; Brinson, LC, Machine-Learning-Assisted Understanding of Polymer Nanocomposites Composition-Property Relationship: A Case Study of NanoMine Database., Macromolecules, vol 56 no. 11 (2023), pp. 3945-3953 [10.1021/acs.macromol.2c02249] [abs].
  • Burkhart, C; Jiang, B; Papakonstantopoulos, G; Polinska, P; Xu, H; Sheridan, RJ; Brinson, LC; Chen, W, Data-Driven Multiscale Science for Tread Compounding, Tire Science and Technology, vol 51 no. 2 (2023), pp. 114-131 [10.2346/tire.22.21003] [abs].
  • Brinson, LC; Bartolo, LM; Blaiszik, B; Elbert, D; Foster, I; Strachan, A; Voorhees, PW, Community action on FAIR data will fuel a revolution in materials research, Mrs Bulletin (2023) [10.1557/s43577-023-00498-4] [abs].
  • Jablonka, KM; Ai, Q; Al-Feghali, A; Badhwar, S; Bocarsly, JD; Bran, AM; Bringuier, S; Brinson, LC; Choudhary, K; Circi, D; Cox, S; de Jong, WA; Evans, ML; Gastellu, N; Genzling, J; Gil, MV; Gupta, AK; Hong, Z; Imran, A; Kruschwitz, S; Labarre, A; Lála, J; Liu, T; Ma, S; Majumdar, S; Merz, GW; Moitessier, N; Moubarak, E; Mouriño, B; Pelkie, B; Pieler, M; Ramos, MC; Ranković, B; Rodriques, SG; Sanders, JN; Schwaller, P; Schwarting, M; Shi, J; Smit, B; Smith, BE; Van Herck, J; Völker, C; Ward, L; Warren, S; Weiser, B; Zhang, S; Zhang, X; Zia, GA; Scourtas, A; Schmidt, KJ; Foster, I; White, AD; Blaiszik, B, 14 examples of how LLMs can transform materials science and chemistry: a reflection on a large language model hackathon, Digital Discovery (2023) [10.1039/d3dd00113j] [abs].