Daniel S. Gianola

Associate Professor, Materials
Phone: 
(805) 893-8143
Email: 
gianola@engineering.ucsb.edu
Office: 
1361B Engineering II

Education

  • Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University
  • M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University
  • B.S. in Engineering Mechanics, University of Wisconsin - Madison

Awards & Honors

  • The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society (TMS) Early Career
  • Faculty Fellow Award
  • Department of Energy (DOE) Early Career Award
  • National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award

Research Area

Nanomechanical behavior and deformation mechanisms in ultra-strong materials | Mechanics of disordered materials | Elastic strain engineering of transport phenomena | Tunable and efficient solid state energy conversion | Interface engineering of nanocrystalline materials for mechanical stability and damage tolerance | Quantitative in situ electron, X-ray, and light microscopy | Experimental materials science and instrument development

Research Areas