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Hello,My name is Shawn Chen, and I am a fifth year graduate student in the Kenneth R. Shull research group in the Materials Science and Engineering Department at Northwestern University. I graduated in 2013 with a B.S. in Nanoengineering with a Materials Science focus from the University of California, San Diego. I am currently focused characterizing the mechanical properties of ductile polymeric thin films supported on soft substrates using a combined wrinkling-cracking (WC) methodology. Supported structures in the form of a hard coating layer supported by a compliant substrate is becoming more prevalent in the field of flexible electronics, wearable devices, and protective coatings. With the miniaturization of technology, accurate and reliable mechanical testing of materials at the nanoscale becomes a primary challenge. To further engineer materials that are mechanically strong and fracture-resistant at these ever-shrinking dimensions, direct knowledge of the key mechanical properties such as stiffness, strength, and ductility is a necessity. Click below for more details about: |
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Cook Hall 2081 |
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Cook Hall 2036 |
Email:
shawnc1211 [at] u.northwestern.edu |
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