Todd Hufnagel
Research Area 1 Lead, Principal Investigator for RA1–FA2 and CCRI
Internal (URA) Collaborators
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Todd C. Hufnagel is a professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, with a secondary appointment in Mechanical Engineering. His research focuses on structural materials, nanomaterials, X-ray scattering, 3D microstructures, and metals. He earned his bachelor’s degree in metallurgical engineering from Michigan Technological University; and his master’s and doctorate in materials science and engineering at Stanford University. He came to Johns Hopkins in 1996.
EDUCATION
- Ph.D. 1995, Stanford
- Master of Science 1991, Stanford
- Bachelor of Science 1989, Michigan Tech University
EXPERIENCE
- 2013 – Present: Professor, WSE Mechanical Engineering
- 2013 – 2014: Faculty Mentor, STEM Achievement in Baltimore Elementary Schools (SABES)
- 2004 – Present: Faculty Mentor, Unspecified
- 2004 – 2005: Mentor, Project Ingenuity (Baltimore Polytechnic High School)
- 2002 – 2006: Associate Professor, Materials Science and Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
- 1999: Advisor, Howard County School District
- 1999 – 2002: Mentor, Project Ingenuity (Baltimore Polytechnic High School)
- 1998 – 2001: Faculty Mentor, Unspecified
- 1998 – Present: Academic advisor, MSE
- 1998: Summer Intern Advisor, MRSEC
- 1996 – 2002: Assistant Professor, Materials Science and Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
- 1994 – 1996: Acting Assistant Professor, Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
RESEARCH AREAS
- Amorphous and nanocrystalline materials
- Computational materials science
- Mechanical properties of materials
- Metallic glasses synthesis
- Phase transformations in solids
- Physical metallurgy
- Synchroton radiation
- Transmission electron microscopy (TEM)
- X-Ray Diffraction
AWARDS
- 2017: Visiting Professor, Institute of Physics, University of Amsterdam
- 2012: NAE Frontiers of Engineering Education Workshop
- 2010: Visiting Fellow, Sidney Sussex College, University of Cambridge
- 2005: Capers and Marion MacDonald Award for Excellence in Mentoring and Advising
- 1999: NSF CAREER Award
- 1999: NSF New Century Scholars Workshop
- 1998: US Army Research Office Young Investigator Award
- 1989: National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellow
- 1989: Engineering Society of Detroit (Scholarship)
- 1988: Tau Beta Pi National Engineering Honor Society
- 1984: Michigan Tech Scholar Award (Scholarship)
Focus Areas
- Research Area 1 – Focus Area 1: Material Properties for Reducing Uncertainty
- Research Area 1 – Focus Area 2: Materials Constitutive Models
- Research Area 1 – Focus Area 3: Materials Properties of Energetic Materials (EM) and Additively Manufactured Energetics Materials (AMEM)
- Cross Cutting Research Initiative