Horacio Dante Espinosa#
| Membership Number: | 5009 |
| Membership type: | FOREIGN |
| Section: | PHYSICS & ENGINEERING SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2019 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED STATES |
| Homepage(s): | http://clifton.mech.northwestern.edu/~espinosa |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2015 - 2018 Director, Institute for Cellular Engineering Technologies (iCET)
- 2016 - present Professor of Biomedical Engineering
- 2013 - 2015 Faculty Director of Nano/Microfabrication core facility (NUFAB), Northwestern University
- 2011 Stephen Timoshenko Visiting Professor (sabbatical), Stanford University
- 2009 - present James N. and Nancy J. Farley Professor in Manufacturing and Entrepreneurship
- 2007 - present Director, Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Program, Northwestern University
- 2004 - present Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University
- 2000 - 2004 Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University
- 1998 - 1999 Visiting Professor (sabbatical), Eng. and Appl. Sci., Harvard University
- 1997 - 1999 Associate Professor, Aeronautics and Astronautics, Purdue University
- 1992 - 1997 Assistant Professor, Aeronautics and Astronautics, Purdue University
- 1980 - 1985: Structural Engineer and consultant for various companies
Fields of Scholarship
- Bioinspired materials: Building on the strength of nature
- Single-Cell Studies: Probing life at the single-cell level
- Multiscale Experimentation and Modeling: Bridging scales from nano to macro
- Nanoelectronics: Developing tomorrow's devices
- Dynamic Failure of Materials: Maximizing blast and fragment protection
- Energy Harvesting: Knowledge for future nanowire technology
- Engineered Cell Access and Analysis: Interfacing nanoengineering and medicine
Honours and Awards
- 2019 Prager Medal, Society of Engineering Science
- 2016 Murray Medal, Society for Experimental Mechanics
- 2015 Thurston Lecture Award, American Society of Mechanical Engineers
- 2013 Fellow, American Academy for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
- 2013 - 2016 Member, National Academies Panel on Materials Science and Engineering to advise the Army Research Lab
- 2013 Sia Nemat-Nasser award, Society for Experimental Mechanics
- 2012 Elected president, Society of Engineering Science
- 2011 Foreign Member of the Russian Academy of Engineering
- 2010 Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
- 2010 Elected member, U.S. National Committee of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
- 2008 - present Elected member of the Society of Engineering Science Board of Directors
- 2008 Fellow, Society for Experimental Mechanics
- 2008 Lazan Medal, Society for Experimental Mechanics
- 2007 SES Junior Medal, Society of Engineering Science
- 2005 Hetenyi Award, Society for Experimental Mechanics
- 2004 Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers
- 2002 Junior Award, American Academy of Mechanics
- 2001 Fellow, American Academy of Mechanics
- 1997 ONR-Young Investigator Award
- 1996 NSF-CAREER Award
