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- Degree: Postdoctoral Research Associate
- Year: 2014-2016
- Institution and Location
  University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL
- Major Discipline
  Materials Science and Engineering
- Degree: Ph.D.
- Year: 2014
- Institution and Location
  Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
- Major Discipline
  Engineering Sciences
- Degree: S,M.
- Year: 2010
- Institution and Location
  Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
- Major Discipline
  Engineering Sciences
- Degree: B,S,
- Year: 2008
- Institution and Location
  Rice University, Houston, TX (summa cum laude)
- Major Discipline
  Mechanical Engineering
- Degree: B.A.
- Year: 2008
- Institution and Location
  Rice University, Houston, TX (summa cum laude)
- Major Discipline
  Materials Science

Matt Pharr

Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering

Department(s): Department of Mechanical Engineering
Campus: Texas A&M University

Contact Information

Phone: 979-458-3114
E-mail: mpharr85@tamu.edu

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Experimental Solid Mechanics Laboratory (ESML)
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Research Topic(s)

Technologies for energy storage: Batteries; Design and synthesis of energy conversion systems; Multifunctional materials for energy applications; Modeling, simulation and optimization of energy systems

Research Summary

The Experimental Solid Mechanics Laboratory (ESML) investigates systems that exhibit a strong interplay between mechanics and other fields, such as electronics and chemistry. Despite the name of the lab, we also emphasize a complementary theoretical understanding of these systems. Current areas of interest include mechanics of materials for energy storage and conversion, coupled electro-chemo-mechanics, mass transport in materials, deformation and fracture of soft materials, and mechanics of flexible/wearable electronics. As a particular example, we have investigated how electrochemical driving forces lead to mass transport, large deformation, stress, and fracture in high-capacity lithium-ion battery electrodes.

Professional Background

2016-Present	Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
Aug 2014-Jul 2016	Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois
2007 Mar-Sep	Consultant, Saxonian Institute of Surface Mechanics, Eilenburg, Germany
2006 May-Aug	Research Intern, Scintillation Materials Research Center, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
2005 Jun-Aug	Intern, Department of Energy SULI Program, Materials Science and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN

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