Ryan Sills

Professor Sills leads the Micromechanics of Deformation (mMOD) Research Group, which focuses on applying advanced computational tools to study the mechanical behaviors of materials. Prof. Sills’ primary expertise is in the multiscale simulation of plasticity, damage, and fracture in materials, including structural metals, composites, particle-fluid systems, and ceramics. The three core goals of his research group are: (1) to reveal fundamental microscale mechanisms of deformation and damage in materials, (2) to develop physics-based theories and models suitable for making engineering predictions and (3) to develop computational tools for the materials science community.  

• Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Materials Science: Materials Theory, 2024-Present
• Finite-Element-based Methodology for Training Physics-Informed Neural Network Surrogate Models, Patent Pending
• CAREER Award, National Science Foundation, 2023
• Enhanced Composites via Heterogeneous Interfacial Modification, United States Patent #11,148,392, Issued 10/19/2021
• Young Investigator Program Award, Army Research Office, 2021
• 2021 Emerging Leader Award, Awarded by Editorial Board at Modeling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering, June 2021
• James Clerk Maxwell Writers Prize, Awarded by Philosophical Magazine, 2016

•    PhD, Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University
•    MS, Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan
•    BS, Mechanical Engineering, Cornell University