David F. Bahr - Professor

The School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering

David F. Bahr - Professor

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Contact Information:

office Dana 247C
telephone 509 335 8523
e-mail dbahr@wsu.edu
Postal mail David F. Bahr
School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering
Washington State University
PO BOX 642920
Pullman, WA 99164-2920
David F. Bahr

Joined MME in 1997
Ph.D. in Materials Science from University of Minnesota in 1997

Research Interests:

  • Mechanical properties of thin films
  • Micromechanics of fracture
  • Adhesion
  • Corrosion and environmentally assisted cracking

Recent Publications:

  • "An energy method to analyze through thickness thin film fracture during indentation," K.R. Morasch and D.F. Bahr, Thin Solid Films, vol. 515, pp. 3298-3304 (2007)
  • "Mechanical compliance of photolithographically defined vertically aligned carbon nanotube turf," C.M. McCarter, R.F. Richards, S. Mesarovic, C.D. Richards, D.F. Bahr, D. McClain, J. Jiao, Journal of Materials Science, vol. 41, pp. 7872-7878 (2006)
  • "Structural and electrical characterization of PZT on gold for micromachined piezoelectric membranes," M.C. Robinson, D.J. Morris, P.D. Hayenga, J.H. Cho, C.D. Richards, R.F. Richards, D.F. Bahr, Applied Physics A, vol. 85, pp. 135-140 (2006).
  • "Hydrogen effects on dislocation activity in austenitic stainless steel," K.A. Nibur, D.F. Bahr, and B.P. Somerday, Acta Materialia, vol. 54, pp. 2677-2684 (2006).
  • "Optimization of electromechanical coupling for a thin-film PZT membrane: I. Modeling," J. Cho, M. Anderson, R. Richards, D. Bahr and C. Richards J. Micromech. Microeng., vol. 15 pp. 1797-1803 (2005)

National & International Recognition:

  • Robert Lansing Hardy Award – TMS (2007)
  • Bradley Stoughton Award for Engineering Education – ASM International (2003)
  • Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) (2000)

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