Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering
Spearot Research Group
Led by Douglas E. Spearot · Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
What we study
This group simulates atoms and larger structures on computers to understand how materials deform and break, especially at the boundaries between crystal grains, and how defects move through metals.
What working here is like
- Computational
- No organisms (data only)
- Coding required
- Projects
- 2
- Papers
- 5
Current projects
Machine-learning interatomic potentials for ceramics in extreme environments
Uses machine learning to build interatomic potentials, computer models of how atoms interact, for simulating ceramic materials in extreme environments.
Solute embrittlement at grain boundaries
Uses atomic-scale computer simulations to study how solute atoms at grain boundaries make metals more brittle and prone to cracking.
Summaries are written by AI in plain language from public symposium abstracts and may be imperfect.
Recent papers, explained
- Kinetics of monolayer and bilayer graphene nano-ribbon formation on 3C-SiC: Influence of substrate geometry and growth conditions
2026 · Acta Materialia
- Atomistic simulations of crystallographic anisotropy and defects in shock loading
2026 · Scientific Reports
Simulates how shock waves affect aluminum, showing differences in shock speed and melting based on direction.
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- Edge dislocation motion through a field of randomly distributed Mn-Ni precipitates in Fe
2026 · Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering
Models how dislocations move through metal with tiny particles, helping understand material strength.
- Characterization of hardening and embrittlement behavior as a function of microconstituents and grain orientation in reactor pressure vessel steel at extended life fluences
2026 · Journal of Nuclear Materials
- Reproducible capillary fluctuation analysis of solid-liquid interfaces for stiffness and anisotropy calculations
2026 · npj Computational Materials
Shows how to measure surface stiffness and directionality using liquid surface fluctuations.
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How to reach out
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