Neil A. Armstrong Distinguished Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics Ph.D., Northwestern University 1967Awards and Major AppointmentsAIAA FellowASME FellowASC FellowResearch Award for excellence in faculty research, Schools of Engineering, Purdue University, 2004.ASTM Committee D-30 Wayne W. Stinchcomb Memorial Award Research AreasCurrent research interests include the following areas:Composite Materials and Structures Fractures Mechanics Smart Materials - Nanomaterials Zhihe Jin is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Maine. He obtained his Ph.D. in Engineering Mechanics from Tsinghua University in 1988. His research areas include fracture mechanics, thermal stresses, poromechanics, biomechanics and thermoelectricity. His research is mainly concerned with the mathematical theories and solutions of fracture, deformation, heat conduction, porous fluid flow and thermoelectric energy conversion efficiency. He has published more than 100 refereed journal papers and 6 book chapters. He also co-authored a textbook on fracture mechanics published in 2011 (Sun & Jin, Fracture Mechanics 1e, Elsevier). He has taught 11 undergraduate and graduate courses including Mechanical Engineering Analysis at the University of Maine.