Avinash Dongare

Associate Professor

Materials Science and Engineering

Department of Materials Science & Engineering
97 North Eagleville Road, Unit 3136
Storrs, CT 06269-3136
Office: IMS-153
Phone: (860) 486-2592
Email: dongare@uconn.edu  Web: http://dongare.group.uconn.edu/

 

EDUCATION

  • Ph.D. University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 2008

 

RESEARCH FOCUS

  • Density functional theory simulations
  • Electronic properties
  • Phase stability
  • Molecular dynamics simulations
  • Deformation behavior
  • Phase transformations
  • Mesoscale modeling
  • Quasi-corase-graining
  • Kinetic Monte Carlo

 

AWARDS

  • The Minerals, Metals, and Materials (TMS) Society Young leader Professional Development Award, 2015
  • NSF Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award, 2015
  • Outstanding Faculty Award, Materials Science and Engineering, University of Connecticut, Academic Year 2014-2015
  • UConn Junior Faculty Summer Fellowship, Summer 2014
  • ORISE/ORAU Visiting Faculty Fellow, US Army Research Laboratory, Summer 2013
  • National Research Council (NRC) Research Associateship Award, 2007
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