PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Research Scientist (Dec 2010 - Present): Consortium for Advanced Simulation of Light Water reactors (CASL), Department of Materials Science and Engineering, North Carolina State University
• Visiting Research Scientist (Aug 2009 - Aug 2010): Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Virginia
  
• National Research Council Research Associate (Dec 2007 - Dec 2010): U. S. Army Research Office/North Carolinc State University
• Graduate Research Assistant (Aug 2001 - Dec 2007): Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Virginia

PROFESSIONAL AWARDS

• National Research Council Research Associateship Award (2007)

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Development and application of atomistic (molecular dynamics, Monte Carlo, density fundtional theory), meso-scale (coarse-graining, kinetic Monte Carlo), and multi-scale modeling (heirarchical, concurrent) methods for simulating the behavior and properties of multiphase bulk materials, interfaces, and surfaces across multiple scales. These methods are currently being used to: investigate the thermodynamic and mechanical behavior/properties of structural materials in extreme environments, model the growth of semiconductor nanostructures, study the mechanics of nanostructured materials, model the evolution of coolant chemistry in light water reactors, investigate the micromechanisms related to corrosion and stress corrosion cracking in extreme environments, model behavior of materials at macro-scales.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

• A. M. Dongare, B. LaMattina, A. M. Rajendran, M. A. Zikry, and D. W. Brenner, Atomic scale studies of spall behavior in nanocrystalline copper, J. Appl. Phys. 108, 113518 (2010).
• A. M. Dongare, A. M. Rajendran, B. LaMattina, M. A. Zikry, and D. W. Brenner, Atomic scale study of plastic-yield criterion in nanocrystalline metals using molecular dynamics simulations, Metall. Mater. Trans. A 41A, 513-531 (2010).
• A. M. Dongare, M. Neurock and L. V. Zhigilei, A new Angular-dependent Embedded Atom Method potential for atomistic simulations of metal-covalent systems, Phys. Rev. B 80, 184106 (2009).
• A. M. Dongare, L. V. Zhigilei, A. M. Rajendran, and B. LaMattina, Atomic scale modeling of multi-component interactions in nanocomposites, Compos. Part B - Eng. 40, 461-469 (2009).
• A. M. Dongare, A. M. Rajendran, B. LaMattina, M. A. Zikry, and D. W. Brenner, Atomic scale simulations of the micro-mechanisms related to nucleation, growth, and coalescence of voids in nanocrystalline Cu at ultra-high strain rates, Phys. Rev. B 80, 104108 (2009).

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