Intellex Acquires Expert by Big Village

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Expert Details

Materials Science and Mechanical Engineering

ID: 738368 Massachusetts, USA

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Expert J. Expert is the McAfee Professor of Engineering at Employer, a member of the Center for Materials Science and Engineering, and the Center for Computational Science and Engineering at the Schwarzman College of Computing. In his research, Expert pursues new modeling, design and manufacturing approaches for advanced biomaterials that offer greater resilience and a wide range of controllable properties from the nano- to the macroscale. His interests include a variety of functional material properties including mechanical, optical and biological, linking chemical features, hierarchical and multiscale structures, to assessments of material performance in the context of physiological, pathological and other extreme conditions. His methods include molecular and multiscale modeling, AI and ML, as well as experimental synthesis and characterization. His particular interest lies in the mechanics of complex hierarchical materials with features across scales (e.g. nanotubes, graphene and natural biomaterial nanostructures, especially protein materials).

His research has had broad impact, and resulted in a new paradigm for the analysis of bio-inspired materials and structures to devise new biomaterial platforms, and using a mathematical categorization approach that connects insights from disparate fields such as materials, structures to music and language. His research has been seminal in the introduction of AI methods in materials modeling of mechanical properties, especially fracture mechanics, composites and 3D printing, featuring a novel perspective to connect datasets form experiment and simulation to develop multiscale models of mechanical systems. He has applied these methods to wide ranging areas of application including protein folding, fracture, and composite design, and coupled the de novo design methods with additive manufacturing approaches. He is well-known for his research on mechanically relevant proteins, especially silk, elastin, intermediate filaments, and collagen.

Expert has authored more than 450 peer-reviewed publications (H-index=102), which have been cited more than 30,000 times, and authored two monographs (as well as several edited books). He has given more than 400 invited, keynote and plenary talks around the world, and given several highly-praised TED talks. His technical innovations have resulted in several patents.

He is successful Editor of two academic journals, and is active on the editorial board of many other peer-reviewed journals. Expert is an elected member of the Board of Directors of the Society of Engineering Science (SES), and served a three-year term as President-elect, President and Past President of SES. He served as the chair of several conferences, various societal committees in professional organizations, and is actively involved in public outreach (including an annual materials research camp at Employer with local middle and high schools). He was recently elected as MRS Fall 202X Meeting Chair, one of the largest materials research conferences. For 7 years, he served as the Head of the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at Employer. During his tenure he led renewal of the department with a new vision at the nexus of environment and infrastructure that resulted in renewal of around one third of the department’s faculty, substantial increases in the national and global rankings, a significant increase of faculty diversity, and space renovations.

He is the recipient of many distinguished awards including the Harold E. Edgerton Faculty Achievement Award, the Alfred Noble Prize, the Feynman Prize in Nanotechnology, the JR Rice Medal, the Leonardo da Vinci Award, and the Thomas J.R. Hughes Young Investigator Award, and others. He recently received one of the most senior ASME awards, the Daniel C. Drucker Medal. Further, Expert is a recipient of the National Science Foundation CAREER award, the United States Air Force Young Investigator Award, the Navy Young Investigator Award, and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Young Faculty Award, as well as the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). He was awarded the Foresight Institute Feynman Prize for his advances in nanotechnology. He was named highly cited researcher by the Royal Society of Chemistry, and awarded the Materials Horizons - Outstanding Paper Prize. He was selected as a Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher, for his sustained high-impact contributions to scholarship recognizing exceptional research performance demonstrated by production of multiple highly cited papers that rank in the top 1% by citations. He was also named as one of the global top 0.09% of all researchers, worldwide, in the nanoscience/materials category in a study from Stanford University.

In addition to his regular undergraduate and graduate teaching at Employer, Expert offers annual Professional Education courses in “Predictive Multiscale Materials Design” and "Machine Learning for Materials Informatics". Based on his record in the translation of basic research into practice through entrepreneurship, he is heavily involved with startups and innovation, such as through his role on the Board of Directors of Sweetwater Energy, Inc. and as a member of the Scientific Advisor Board of Safar Partners (A Technology Venture Fund with Private Equity Vision). He has extensive experience in scientific and engineering consulting for industry and practice. As an active composer of classical and experimental music, he is also deeply involved in scientific outreach and the intersection of art and science, and a member of the Executive Committee of Employer’s Center for Art, Science and Technology (CAST).

Education

Year Degree Subject Institution
Year: 2004 Degree: PhD Subject: Chemistry/Materials Science Institution: Max Planck Institute for Metals Research/University of Stuttgart
Year: 2001 Degree: MS Subject: Engineering Mechanics Institution: Michigan Technological University
Year: 2000 Degree: BS Subject: Process and Chemical Engineering Institution: University of Stuttgart

Work History

Years Employer Title Department
Years: 2006 to Present Employer: Undisclosed Title: McAfee Professor of Engineering Department: Mechanical Engineering and Civil and Environmental Engineering
Responsibilities:
Professor in Engineering teaching undergraduate and graduate students
Role includes: advanced research, fundraising, leadership, industry collaborations, consulting, scientific outreach, public speaking, publications, including technical and general audience literature

Career Accomplishments

Professional Appointments
2021 – present Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Employer
201X President, Society for Engineering Science (SES)
2018-present Safar Partners Equity Fund, Scientific Advisory Board
2017-present Member of the Board of Directors, Sweetwater Energy, Inc.
2015-present McAfee Professor of Engineering (Institute-wide Endowed Chair Professorship), Employer
(7 years) Head of Department, Dept. Civil and Environmental Engineering, Employer
2013-present Professor (with tenure), Dept. Civil and Environmental Engineering, Employer
(2 years) Co-Director, Employer Computation for Design and Optimization Program
2011-2013 Associate Professor with Tenure, Dept. Civil and Environmental Engineering, Employer
2010-2013 Group Leader, Mechanics and Materials Division in Civil & Environmental Engineering,
(12+ years) Director, Employer-Germany Program, Employer
2009-2010 Esther and Harold Edgerton Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Employer 2007-2009 Esther and Harold Edgerton Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Employer 2006-2007 Assistant Professor, Dept. Civil and Environmental Engineering, Employer
2005-2006 Lecturer and Postdoctoral Associate, Employer
2004-2005 Director of Multiscale Modeling and Software Integration, Materials and Process Simulation
Center, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
2004-2005 Postdoctoral Scholar, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
2004 Postdoctoral Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Metals Research, Stuttgart, Germany
2001-2004 Research Assistant, Max Planck Institute for Metals Research, Stuttgart, Germany
2001 Internship at Robert Bosch GmbH, Plastics Engineering. Waiblingen, Germany
2000-2001 Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics,
Michigan Technological University
Awards / Recognition
• Society of Engineering Science (SES) James R. Rice Medal, 202X
• International Association for Computational Mechanics (IACM) Fellows Award, 202X
• ASME Drucker Medal, 202X
• Royal Society of Chemistry Materials Horizons Outstanding Paper Prize, 201X
• Employer Distinguished Service and Leadership Award, 202X
• Clarivate Analytics Highly Cited Researcher Award, 201X (recognized for exceptional research performance demonstrated by production of multiple highly cited papers that rank in the top 1% by citations for field and year in Web of Science)
• Feynman Prize (Foresight Institute), Theory, 201X
• Outstanding Young Scientist Award, NANOSMAT Society, 201X
• Fellow, NANOSMAT Society, 201X
• International Journal of Applied Mechanics (IJAM) Most Cited Paper Award (7 years)
• Fellow, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE), 201X
• ASME Journal of Applied Mechanics Award 201X (with student Zhao Qin)
• The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS) Robert Lansing Hardy Award, 201X
• NAE Frontiers of Engineering: Plenary Speaker, 2008 and 2013; Invited Participant, 200X
• TMS Structural Materials Division Best Paper Award 201X
• Materials Research Society (MRS) Outstanding Young Investigator Award, 201X
• IEEE Holm Conference Morton Antler Lecture Award, 201X
• SES Young Investigator Medal, 201X
• Alfred Noble Prize, 201X
• ASME Thomas J.R. Hughes Young Investigator Award, 201X
• ASCE Leonardo Da Vinci Award, 201X
• Stephen Brunauer Award, 201X (American Ceramic Society)
• AIME Rossiter W. Raymond Memorial Award, 201X
• ASME Sia Nemat Nasser Award, 201X
• Employer Harold E. Edgerton Faculty Achievement Award, 201X
• Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), 200X (the award was presented by President Barack Obama at the White House)
• United States Navy Young Investigator Award, 200X
• DARPA Young Faculty Award, 200X
• Air Force Office of Scientific Research Young Investigator Award, 200X
• National Science Foundation CAREER Award, 200X
• Materials Research Society Gold Graduate Student Award, 200X
Medical / Professional
University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany: Pre-Diploma (B.S. eq.), 2000

Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan: M.S., 2001

Max Planck Institute for Metals Research, University of Stuttgart Stuttgart, Germany: Dr. rer. nat. (Ph.D.), 2004

California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California: Postdoctoral Scholar, 2004-2005

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Postdoctoral Associate, 2005-2006
Publications and Patents Summary
Total: 500+ peer reviewed articles, several books and book chapters

-H-index 105 (Google Scholar)
-Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher.

Additional Experience

Expert Witness Experience
Broad experience as expert witness

Details available upon request
Training / Seminars
Invited, Keynote and Plenary Talks:

More than 400 invited talks, including many plenary and keynote lectures given around the world, at major conferences, workshops, and various research institutions and industry. His set of presentations also includes several TED talks and broad-impact general audience lectures.
Vendor Selection
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Marketing Experience
Broad experience in marketing developed during his role as Department Head in the School of Engineering at Employer
Other Relevant Experience
Editor-in-Chief, J. Mech. Behav. Biomed. Mat. (Elsevier); Section Editor, MRS Bulletin Impact; Editor-in- Chief, BioNanoScience (Springer); Cell Matter, Member of the Editorial Advisory Board (Cell Press); Editorial Advisory Board, ACS Biomaterials Science and Engineering (American Chemical Society); Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), Handling Editor; Editorial Board Member, Extreme Mechanics Letters (Elsevier); Editor Board Member, Scientific Reports (Nature Publishing Group); Editorial Board, Computational Materials Science (Elsevier); Academic Editor, PLoS ONE (Public Library of Science); Associate Editorial Board, Frontiers in Mechanics of Materials (Frontiers); Guest Editor, MRS Bulletin (MRS); Executive Editor, International Journal of Applied Mechanics (Imperial College Press); Associate Editor, Journal of Engineering Mechanics (ASCE); Editorial Board, Journal of Nanomechanics and Micromechanics (ASCE); Associate Editor,
J. Comp. Theor. Nanosci. (Amer. Sci. Publ.); Editor, Acta Mech. Sinica (Springer Nature); Guest Editor of J. Mater. Res. (Springer Nature).

Expert has served in numerous leadership roles, including as an elected member of the Board of Directors of the Society of Engineering Science (SES) (2 years) and for two years served as President-elect, President and Past President of the SES. He served as the chair of several conferences (including the ASME Global Congress on NanoEngineering for Medicine and Biology meeting in 201X, several times as Chair/Co-Chair of the International Conference on Mechanics of Biomaterials & Tissues). He served as the inaugural chair of the ASCE Biomechanics Committee and on the Executive Committee of the ASME Materials Division (3 years). In addition to various other committees in professional organizations, Expert is actively involved in public outreach. He offers an annual mechanics and materials research camp at Employer with local middle and high schools, funded by the U.S. Army Educational Outreach Program (AEOP) and UNITE program. The program featured 46 students in 2022, with a 45% female and/or URM participation. He served as MRS Fall 202X Meeting Chair, one of the largest materials research conferences and has organized many other workshops and symposia.

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