David F. Bahr

Present Position
Assistant Professor, School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering

Education
PhD, University of Minnesota, 1997

Research Interests:
Mechanical properties of thin films
Micromechanics of fracture
Adhesion
Corrosion and environmentally assisted cracking

Recent Publications:
C.L. Woodcock and D.F. Bahr "Evolution of Plastic Zone During Nanoindentation." Scripta Materialia, in press (2000)

P.P. Bourque, D.F. Bahr, and M.G. Norton, "Effect of Thermal Treatment on Failure Modes in Tungsten Wire." Materials Science and Engineering A, in press (2000)

R.W. Fancher, C.M. Watkins, M.G. Norton, D.F. Bahr And E.W. Osborne "Grain Growth and Mechanical Properties of Bulk Polycrystalline Silicon." submitted to Journal of Materials Science (2000)

D.F. Bahr, D.E. Wilson, and D.A. Crowson, "Energy Considerations Regarding Yield Points During Indentation." Journal of Materials Research, 14, 2269-2275 (1999)

W. W. Gerberich, D. E. Kramer, N. I. Tymiak, A. A. Volinsky, D. F. Bahr and M. D. Kriese, "Nanoindentation-Induced Defect-Interface Interactions: Phenomena, Methods and Limitations." Acta Materialia, 47, 4115-4123 (1999)

D.F. Bahr, J.C. Merlino, P. Banerjee, C.M. Yip, and A. Bandyopadhyay, ""Reliability and Properties of PZT thin Films for MEMS Applications," " Proceedings of the Materials Research Society, , Materials Science of MEMS Devices, 546, 153-185, 1999

Bahr, D.F., Wilson, D.E., and Crowson, D.A., ""Energy considerations regarding yield points during indentation," " J. Mater. Res.,, 14, 2269-2275, 1999.