Research Interests State-of-the-art ambient, non-ambient, in-operando and in-situ mechanical behavior of materials at nanometer and micrometer length scales Development and implementation of novel small-scale mechanical testing methodologies for metals, ceramics, polymers, composites, semiconductors, biomaterials and structured devices Mechanical characterization of unique materials & systems such as but not limited to bulk materials, individual phases, thin films, coatings, modified surfaces, micro-pillars, fibers, membranes, hydrogels, MEMS, microfluidic and micromachined devices Small-scale mechanical testing in inert atmospheres and over the temperature range from -20 to 100 degrees C (to 1100 degrees C at the Joint Institute for Advanced Materials) Measuring the components of the complex modulus of small volumes of viscoelastic solids Predicting uniaxial stress-strain curves from nanoindentation data High-speed property mapping of interfaces, multi-phase alloys and heat affected zones Multi-axis contact experiments that enable manipulation of the state of stress Measuring residual stress in free-standing thin films