Horacio Dante Espinosa

Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Professor, Biomedical Engineering
James & Nancy Farley Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Mechanical Engineering PhD Program
Theoretical and Applied Mechanics PhD Program

Phone847/467-5989
Emailespinosa@northwestern.edu

11512 Citations

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Education/Academic qualification

Solid Mechanics, PhD, Brown University

… → 1992

Applied Mathematics, MSc, Brown University

… → 1990

Solid Mechanics, MSc, Brown University

… → 1989

Structural Engineering, MSc, Polytechnic of Milan, Italy

… → 1987

Civil Engineering, Magna Cum Laude, six-year professional degree, Northeastern National University, Argentina

… → 1981

Research interests

Dynamic failure of advanced materials
Mechanics of biomaterials
Micro-electro-mechanical systems
Nano-electro-mechanical systems
Thin films and MEMS materials

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Grants 2001 2023

7 Active
33 Finished

Rate Effects in the Deformation of Microscale Metallic Samples – Experiments and Simulations

Espinosa, H. D.

Johns Hopkins University, U.S. Army Research Laboratory

10/1/18 → 9/30/19

Project: Research project

microbalances

strain rate

mechanical properties

loading rate

simulation

Disordered Tissue Biomechanics as a Driver of Esophageal Disease

Budinger, G. S., Carlson, D. A., Ciolino, J. D., Espinosa, H. D., Gonsalves, N. P., Hinchcliff, M. E., Hirano, I., Kahrilas, P. J., Pandolfino, J. E., Passman, R. S., Patankar, N. A., Taft, T. N., Tetreault, M. & Yang, G.

National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases

7/15/18 → 6/30/23

Project: Research project

Esophageal Diseases

Deglutition Disorders

Biomechanical Phenomena

Esophagus

Mechanical Phenomena

NNCI: Soft and Hybrid Nanotechnology Experimental (SHyNE) Resource

Dravid, V. P., Espinosa, H. D., Mirkin, C. A. & Stupp, S.

National Science Foundation

9/15/15 → 8/31/20

Project: Research project

nanotechnology

resource

food

agrochemical

caterpillar

Nucleic Acid-Based Nanoconstructs for the Treatment of Cancer

Bagheri, N., Catalona, W. J., Espinosa, H. D., James, C. D., Lee, A., Mirkin, C. A., Mrksich, M., Nguyen, S., Odom, T. W., Platanias, L. C., Stegh, A. H., Woloschak, G. E. & Zhang, B.

National Cancer Institute

9/1/15 → 7/31/20

Project: Research project

Nucleic Acids

Nanostructures

Neoplasms

Therapeutics

Nanotechnology

CCNE Project #1: Design Rules for Spherical Nucleic Acids that Target Cancer (Espinosa)

Espinosa, H. D.

National Cancer Institute

9/1/15 → 7/31/20

Project: Research project

Nucleic Acids

Nanostructures

Neoplasms

Therapeutics

Nanotechnology

Research Output 1991 2019

11512 Citations
184 Article
36 Conference contribution
15 Chapter
15 Review article
34 More

1 Citation (Scopus)

Advanced microelectromechanical systems-based nanomechanical testing: Beyond stress and strain measurements

Bhowmick, S., Espinosa, H. D., Jungjohann, K., Pardoen, T. & Pierron, O., Jun 1 2019, In : MRS Bulletin. 44, 6, p. 487-493 7 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

stress measurement

strain measurement

Strain measurement

Stress measurement

microelectromechanical systems

A Novel In Situ Experiment to Investigate Wear Mechanisms in Biomaterials

Alderete, N., Zaheri, A. & Espinosa, H. D., Jan 1 2019, In : Experimental Mechanics.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Biomaterials

Wear of materials

Mechanics

Animals

Experiments

1 Citation (Scopus)

How Water Can Affect Keratin: Hydration-Driven Recovery of Bighorn Sheep (Ovis Canadensis) Horns

Huang, W., Zaheri, A., Yang, W., Kisailus, D., Ritchie, R. O., Espinosa, H. D. & McKittrick, J., Jul 4 2019, In : Advanced Functional Materials. 29, 27, 1901077.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

keratins

sheep

Keratin

Keratins

Hydration

Identification of deformation mechanisms in biomaterials through AFM and digital image correlation

Espinosa, H. D., Jan 1 2019, Advancement of Optical Methods and DigitalImage Correlation in Experimental Mechanics - Proceedings of the 2018 Annual Conference on Experimentaland Applied Mechanics. Sciammarella, C., Sutton, M. A., Lin, M-T., Furlong, C., Lamberti, L. & Reu, P. L. (eds.). Springer New York LLC, p. 89-93 5 p. (Conference Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics Series; vol. 12).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Biomaterials

Fracture testing

Toughening

Biological materials

Toughness

3 Citations (Scopus)

Lessons from the Ocean: Whale Baleen Fracture Resistance

Wang, B., Sullivan, T. N., Pissarenko, A., Zaheri, A., Espinosa, H. D. & Meyers, M. A., Jan 18 2019, In : Advanced Materials. 31, 3, 1804574.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Fracture toughness

Keratin

Impact resistance

Keratins

Delamination