Education

• Ph.D. in Materials Science, Univ. of California at San Diego (USA), 1994
• M.S. in Materials Science, Univ. of California at San Diego (USA), 1991
• B.S. in Engineering Mechanics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (China), 1989

Experiences

• Director & Principal Investigator, Nanomechanics Lab, MIT, 2010 - present
• Principal Research Scientist/Senior Research Scientist, Dept of Materials Sci & Eng, MIT, 2011 - present
• Visiting Professor, Nanyang Technological University, 2018 - 2024
• Adjunct Professor, Xi'an Jiaotong University, 2011 - 2020
• Principal Investigator, Infectious Diseases (ID) IRG, SMART Center, 2010 - 2018
• Visiting Professor, French National Blood Transfusion Institute (INTS), Paris, France, 2016 - 2017
• Singapore Research Chair/Professor of Bioengineering and Infectious Diseases, MIT, 2012
• Executive Director, Lab for Micro- & Nano-Mechanics (Nanomechanics Lab), MIT, 2007 - 2010
• Research Scientist, Dept of Materials Sci & Eng, MIT, 2000 - 2011
• Consultant and Visiting Scientist, Alcoa Technical Center, Pennsylvania, 2000 - 2004
• Review Engineer/Senior Support Engineer, ABAQUS, Inc., 1998 - 2000
• Project Scientist and Lecturer, Univ of California at San Diego, Dept of Structural Eng., 1998
• Engineering Consultant, Trans Science Corporation, San Diego, California, 1996 - 1998
• Reviewer for Science, Nature Materials, Progress in Materials Science, PNAS, Science Advances, Nature Communications, Blood, Small, Physical Review Letters, Physical Review E, Advanced Functional Materials, Biophysical J, Microsystems & Nanoengineering, J Mech Phys Solids, Acta Mater, Acta Biomater, Scientific Reports, Scripta Mater, Phil Mag, Phil Mag Lett, J Appl Phys, Int'l J Solids Structures, J Mater Res, J Mater Sci, Composites Sci & Tech, Mech Mater, Int J Plasticity, Mat Sci & Eng A, J Metastable & Nanocrystalline Mater
• Reviewer/Panelist for Research Proposals submitted to US National Science Foundation (NSF), US National Institutes of Health (NIH), US Department of Energy (DOE), European Research Council (ERC), German Research Foundation (DFG), French National Research Agency (ANR), Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF), Israel Science Foundation (ISF), Science Foundation Ireland (SFI), The Foundation for Polish Science (FNP), Singapore Ministry of Education (MOE), Hong Kong University Grants Committee (UGC), and Georgian Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation (SRNSF)

Honors and Awards

• Inaugural Highly Ranked Scholar - Lifetime, ScholarGPS, 2024
• Visiting Professor, School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 2018-2024
• Lecturer, Mechanics: Modeling, Experimentation, Computation (MMEC) Seminar, Dept of Mechanical Engineering, MIT, May 14, 2024
• Lecturer, Henry L. Pierce Seminar, Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering, MIT, March 20, 2024
• Lecturer, Mechanical Engineering Colloquium, Univ of Connecticut, April 14, 2023
• Top 2% Scientists, Ioannidis/Stanford University, Single Year 2019-2023 & Career 2020-2023
• Lecturer, Intelligent Systems Engineering Colloquium, Indiana University, April 29, 2022
• Adjunct Professor, Xi'an Jiaotong University (XJTU), Xi'an, China, 2011-2020
• Public Lecturer, MIT Museum Teen Science Cafe, December 2, 2017
• Lecturer, Mechanical Engineering Colloquium, Tufts University, October 19, 2017
• Visiting Professor, French National Blood Transfusion Institute (INTS), Paris, France, 2016-2017
• ASME Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2016
• Public Lecturer, MIT Museum Second Friday, July 10, 2015
• Lecturer, Harvard Squishy Physics Talk, Harvard University, March 4, 2015
• Best Paper Award, Materials Transaction, Japan Institute of Metals and Materials, 2013
• Singapore Research Chair/Professor of Bioengineering and Infectious Diseases, MIT, 2012
• Best Paper Award, Materials Transaction, Japan Institute of Metals, 2006
• Best Poster Award, MRS Symposium on High Temperature Ordered Intermetallics Boston, Massachusetts, 1994

Current Research Interests

• Biomechanics and Biophysics of the Cell
• Malaria & Sickle Cell Disease
• Nanoscale Properties of Biological Materials
• Nanostructured or Amorphous Materials
• Nano-Indentation and Micro-Indentation
• Surfaces and Thin Films
• Functionally Graded Materials

Selected Publications

Y. Qiang, M. Xu, M. P. Pochron, M. Jupelli and M. Dao*, "A framework of computer vision-enhanced microfluidic approach for automated assessment of the transient sickling kinetics in sickle red blood cells," Frontiers in Physics, 12 (2024) 1331047.

S. Wang, S. Ma, H. Li, M. Dao, X. Li and G. E. Karniadakis, "Two-component macrophage model for active phagocytosis with pseudopod formation," Biophysical Journal, 123 (2024) 1069-1084. (See BPS Blog)

Z. Shi¹, E. Tsymbalov¹, W. Shi, A. Barr, Q. Li, J. Li, X.-Q. Chen, M. Dao, S. Suresh, J. Li, "Phonon stability boundary and deep elastic strain engineering of lattice thermal conductivity," Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 121 (2024) e2313840121. (See MIT News Report, and TechXplore)

S. Y. Leong, W. W. Lok, K. Y. Goh, H. B. Ong, H. M. Tay, C. Su, F. Kong, M. Upadya, W. Wang, E. Radnaa, R. Menon, M. Dao, R. Dalan, S. Suresh, D. W.-T. Lim, H. W. Hou, "High-Throughput Microfluidic Extraction of Platelet-free Plasma for MicroRNA and Extracellular Vesicle Analysis," ACS Nano, 18 (2024) 6623-6637.

F. Kong*, M. Upadya, A.S.W. Wong, R. Dalan, M. Dao*, "Isolating Small Extracellular Vesicles from Small Volumes of Blood Plasma using size exclusion chromatography and density gradient ultracentrifugation: A Comparative Study," eLife, 13 (2024) RP92796.

Y. Zhang¹, Y. Qiang¹, H. Li, G. Li, L. Lu, M. Dao, G.E. Karniadakis, A.S. Popel, C. Zhao, "Signaling-biophysical modeling unravels mechanistic control of red blood cell phagocytosis by macrophages in sickle cell disease," PNAS Nexus, 3 (2024) pgae031.

Q. Wei, Y. Xiong, Y. Ma, D. Liu, Y. Lu, S. Zhang, X. Wang, H. Huang, Y. Liu, M. Dao*, X. Gong*, "High-throughput single-cell assay for precise measurement of the intrinsic mechanical properties and shape characteristics of red blood cells," Lab on a Chip, 24 (2024) 305.

G. Li¹, Y. Qiang¹, H Li, X Li, M Dao*, GE Karniadakis*, "In silico and in vitro study of the adhesion dynamics of erythrophagocytosis in sickle cell disease," Biophysical Journal, 122 (2023) 2590.

Q. Wei, X. Wang, C. Zhang, M. Dao, X, Gong,"Evolution of surface area and membrane shear modulus of matured human red blood cells during mechanical fatigue," Scientific Reports, 13 (2023) 8563.

T. Yang, T.A. Venkatesh and M. Dao*, "Modeling Fretting Wear Resistance and Shakedown of Metallic Materials with Graded Nanostructured Surfaces," Nanomaterials, 13 (2023) 1584.

M. Carucci, J. Duez, J. Tarning, I. García-Barbazán, A. Fricot-Monsinjon, A. Sissoko, L. Dumas, P. Gamallo, B. Beher, P. Amireault, M. Dussiot, M. Dao, M.V. Hull, C.W. McNamara, C. Roussel, P.A. Ndour, L.M. Sanz, F.J. Gamo, P. Buffet, "Safe drugs with high potential to block malaria transmission revealed by a spleen-mimetic screening," Nature Communications, 14 (2023) 1951.

Y. Qiang, A. Sissoko, Z.L. Liu, T. Dong, F. Zheng, F. Kong, J.M. Higgins, G.E. Karniadakis, P.A. Buffet*, S. Suresh*, M. Dao*, "Microfluidic study of retention and elimination of abnormal red blood cells by human spleen with implications for sickle cell disease," Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 120 (2023) e2217607120. (See MIT News Report, NTU News Report, and Technology Networks)

S.Y. Chang, Y.C. Huang, S.Y. Lin, C.L. Lu, C. Chen, M. Dao, "In Situ Study of Twin Boundary Stability in Nanotwinned Copper Pillars under Different Strain Rates," Nanomaterials, 13 (2023) 190.

Z. Ao¹, H. Cai¹, Z. Wu, L. Hu, A. Nunez, Z. Zhou, H. Liu, M. Bondesson, X. Lu, X Lu, M. Dao*, F. Guo*, "Microfluidics guided by deep learning for cancer immunotherapy screening," Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 119 (2022) e2214569119. (See Medical Xpress, and News at IU)

E. Zhang M. Dao*, G.E. Karniadakis*, S. Suresh*, "Analyses of internal structures and defects in materials using physics-informed neural networks," Science Advances, 8 (2022) eabk0644.

S.Y. Leong, H.B. Ong, H.M. Tay, F. Kong, M. Upadya, L. Gong, M. Dao, R. Dalan, H.W. Hou*, "Microfluidic Size Exclusion Chromatography (μSEC) for Extracellular Vesicles and Plasma Protein Separation," Small, 18 (2022) 2104470. (Cover Article Volume 18, Issue 6; Februrary 10, 2022)

F. Zheng*, Y. Xiao, H. Liu, Y. Fan*, M. Dao*, "Patient-Specific Organoid and Organ-on-a-Chip: 3D Cell-Culture Meets 3D Printing and Numerical Simulation," Advanced Biology, 5 (2021) 2000024. (Cover Article June 2021)

H.M. Tay, S.Y. Leong, X. Xu, F. Kong, M. Upadya, R. Dalan, C.Y. Tay, M. Dao, S. Suresh*, H.W. Hou*, "Direct isolation of circulating extracellular vesicles from blood for vascular risk profiling in type 2 diabetes mellitus," Lab on a Chip, 21 (2021) 2511-2523. (Back-cover Article & Lab on a Chip HOT Articles 2021)

M. Dao, I. MacDonald, R.J. Asaro, "Erythrocyte flow through the interendothelial slits of the splenic venous sinus," Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology, 20 (2021) 2227-2245. (See SI Movie 1 & SI Movie 2)

Y. Qiang, J. Liu, M. Dao*, E Du*, "In Vitro Assay for Single-cell Characterization of Impaired Deformability in Red Blood Cells under Recurrent Episodes of Hypoxia," Lab on a Chip, 21 (2021) 3458-3470.

Z.L. Liu¹*, H. Li¹*, Y. Qiang, P. Buffet, M. Dao, G.E Karniadakis*, "Computational modeling of biomechanics and biorheology of heated red blood cells," Biophysical Journal, 120 (2021) 4663-4671.
¹These authors contributed equally to this work.

H.M. Tay, S.Y. Leong, X. Xu, F. Kong, M. Upadya, R. Dalan, C.Y. Tay, M. Dao, S. Suresh*, H.W. Hou*, "Direct isolation of circulating extracellular vesicles from blood for vascular risk profiling in type 2 diabetes mellitus," Lab on a Chip, 21 (2021) 2511-2523. (Back-cover Article & Lab on a Chip HOT Articles 2021)

E. Tsymbalov¹, Z. Shi¹, M. Dao, S. Suresh*, J. Li*, A. Shapeev*, "Machine learning for deep elastic strain engineering of semiconductor electronic band structure and effective mass," NPJ Computational Materials, 7 (2021) 1-10.
¹These authors contributed equally to this work.

S. Cai¹, H. Li¹, F. Zheng¹, F. Kong, M. Dao*, G.E. Karniadakis*, S. Suresh*, "Artificial intelligence velocimetry and microaneurysm-on-a-chip for three-dimensional analysis of blood flow in physiology and disease," Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 118 (2021) e2100697118. (See SI Movie 1, SI Movie 2 & News EurekAlert!, AlphaGalileo)
¹These authors contributed equally to this work.

A.M. Esfahani, J. Rosenbohm, B.T. Safa, N.V. Lavrik*, G. Minnick, Q. Zhou, F. Kong, X. Jin, E. Kim, Y. Liu, Y. Lu, J.Y. Lim, J.K. Wahl, M. Dao*, C. Huang*, R. Yang*, "Characterization of the strain-rate–dependent mechanical response of single cell–cell junctions," Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 118 (2021) e2019347118. (See SI Movie 1, SI Movie 2, SI Movie 3, SI Movie 4 & News Phys.Org)

K. Zolotovsky¹, S. Varshney¹, S. Reichert, E.M. Arndt, M. Dao, M.C. Boyce, C. Ortiz*, "Investigation on non-equilibrium phase transition in wave rotor," Communications Materials, 3 (2021) 35.
¹These authors contributed equally to this work.

P. Liu, X. Li, X. Liu, M. Feng, Y. Yu, D. Hu*, M. Dao*, "Investigation on non-equilibrium phase transition in wave rotor," Int. J. Refrig., 124 (2021) 96-104.

A. Moridi*, E.J. Stewart, A. Wakai, H. Assadi, F. Gartner, M. Guagliano, T. Klassen, M. Dao*, "Solid-state additive manufacturing of porous Ti-6Al-4V by supersonic impact," Applied Materials Today, 21 (2020) 100865. (See DigitalTrends, and TECH NEWS)

Z. Shi¹, M. Dao^1,*, E. Tsymbalov, A. Shapeev, J. Li*, S. Suresh*, "Metallization of Diamond," Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 117 (2020) 24634-24639. (See MIT News Report, NTU News Report, Phys.Org, Science Daily, and Materials Today)
¹These authors contributed equally to this work.

L. Lu¹, M. Dao^1,*, Punit Kumar, Upadrasta Ramamurty, G.E. Karniadakis*, S. Suresh*, "Extraction of mechanical properties of materials through deep learning from instrumented indentation," Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 117 (2020) 7052-7062. (See MIT News Report, Futurity, and Eureka Alert)
¹These authors contributed equally to this work.

Y. Deng¹, D.P. Papageorgiou¹, X. Li, N. Perakakis, C.S. Mantzoros, M. Dao, G.E. Karniadakis, "Quantifying Fibrinogen-Dependent Aggregation of Red Blood Cells in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus," Biophysical Journal, 119 (2020) 900-912.
¹These authors contributed equally to this work.

Y.B. Lim, J. Thingna, F. Kong, M. Dao, J. Cao, C.T. Lim, "Temperature-Induced Catch-Slip to Slip Bond Transit in Plasmodium falciparum-Infected Erythrocytes," Biophysical Journal, 118 (2020) 105-116.

Y. Qiang, J. Liu, M. Dao*, S. Suresh*, E. Du*, "Mechanical fatigue of human red blood cells," Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 116 (2019) 19828-19834.

E Du, M. Dao*, "Faster Sickling Kinetics and Sickle Cell Shape Evolution during Repeated Deoxygenation and Oxygenation Cycles," Experimental Mechanics, 59 (2019) 319-325.

Z. Zhi¹, E. Tsymbalov¹, M. Dao, S. Suresh*, A. Shapeev*, J. Li*, "Deep elastic strain engineering of bandgap through machine learning," Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 116 (2019) 4117-4122. (See Supporting Information) (See MIT News Report, NTU News Report, Science Daily, and Market Business News)
¹These authors contributed equally to this work.

J. Long¹, Q. Pan¹, N. Tao, M. Dao, S. Suresh*, L. Lu*, "Improved fatigue resistance of gradient nanograined Cu," Acta Materialia, 166 (2019) 56-66. (See Supporting Information)
¹These authors contributed equally to this work.

Y. Deng¹, D.P. Papageorgiou¹, H.-Y. Chang, S.Z. Abidi, X. Li*, M. Dao, G.E. Karniadakis*, "Quantifying Shear-Induced Deformation and Detachment of Individual Adherent Sickle Red Blood Cells," Biophysical Journal, 116 (2019) 360-371.
¹These authors contributed equally to this work.

D.P. Papageorgiou¹, S.Z. Abidi¹, H.-Y. Chang, X.J. Li, G.J. Kato, G.E. Karniadakis, S. Suresh*, M. Dao*, "Simultaneous polymerization and adhesion under hypoxia in sickle cell disease," Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 115 (2018) 9473-9478. (See Supporting Information and SI Videos and Figures) (See MIT News Report, The Bioscientist, Xinhua News, and Tech Times)
¹These authors contributed equally to this work.

H. Li¹, L. Lu¹, X. Li, P.A. Buffet, M. Dao*, G.E. Karniadakis*, S. Suresh*, "Mechanics of diseased red blood cells in human spleen and consequences for hereditary blood disorders," Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 115 (2018) 9574-9579. (See Supporting Information and SI Videos and Figures)
¹These authors contributed equally to this work.

A. Banerjee¹, D. Bernoulli¹, H. Zhang¹, M.-F. Yuen, J. Liu, J. Dong, F. Ding, J. Lu, M. Dao*, W.J. Zhang*, Y. Lu*, S. Suresh*, "Ultralarge elastic deformation of nanoscale diamond," Science, 360 (2018) 300-302. (See Supporting Information and Science Perspective) (See MIT News Report, NTU News, Phys.Org, Xinhua News, Gizmodo and New Scientist)
¹These authors contributed equally to this work.

M.X. Wu, P.H. Huang, R. Zhang, Z.M. Mao, C.Y. Chen, G. Kemeny, P. Li, A.V. Lee, R. Gyanchandani, A.J. Armstrong, M. Dao*, S. Suresh, T.J. Huang*, "Circulating Tumor Cell Phenotyping via High-Throughput Acoustic Separation," Small (Featured Cover Article), 14 (2018) 1801131. (See Supporting Information and Cover Picture)

R. Zhang, R. Chandramohanadas*, C.T. Lim*, M. Dao*, "Febrile Temperature Elevates the Expression of Phosphatidylserine on Plasmodium falciparum (FCR3CSA) Infected Red Blood Cell Surface Leading to Increased Cytoadhesion," Scientific Reports, 8 (2018) 15022. (See Supporting Information)

R.L. Narayan, L. Tian, D.L. Zhang, M. Dao*, Z.W. Shan*, K.J. Hsia*, "Effects of notches on the deformation behavior of submicron sized metallic glasses: Insights from in situ experiments," Acta Materialia, 154 (2018) 172-181. (See Supporting Information and SI Videos)

H. Li¹, J. Yang¹, T.T. Chu¹, R. Naidu, L. Lu, R. Chandramohanadas, M. Dao, G.E. Karniadakis, "Cytoskeleton Remodeling Induces Membrane Stiffness and Stability Changes of Maturing Reticulocytes," Biophysical Journal, 114 (2018) 2014-2023.
¹These authors contributed equally to this work.

D. Bernoulli, S.C. Cao, J. Lu* and M. Dao*, "Enhanced repeated frictional sliding properties in 304 stainless steel with a gradient nanostructured surface," Surface & Coatings Technology, 339 (2018) 14-19.

S.C. Cao, J. Liu, L. Zhu, L. Li, M. Dao, J. Lu, R.O. Ritchie, "Nature-Inspired Hierarchical Steels," Scientific Reports, 8 (2018) 5088. (See Supporting Information)

Z.-J. Wang, Q.-J. Li, Y. Li, L.-C. Huang, L. Lu, M. Dao*, J. Li, E. Ma*, S. Suresh and Z.-W. Shan*, "Sliding of coherent twin boundaries," Nature Communications, 8 (2017) 1108. (See MIT News Report, NTU News, Phys.Org, SpinoNews and TechExplorist)

M. Wu, Y. Ouyang, Z. Wang, R. Zhang, P.-H. Huang, C. Chen, H. Li, P. Li, D. Quinn, M. Dao*, S. Suresh*, Y. Sadovsky* and T.J. Huang*, "Isolation of exosomes from whole blood by integrating acoustics and microfluidics," Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 114 (2017) 10584-10589. (See MIT News Report and Video)

M. Xu, D.P. Papageorgiou, S.Z. Abidi, M. Dao, H. Zhao and G.E. Karniadakis, "Automated, high-throughput, ex-vivo sickle red blood cell screening assay based on deep convolutional neural networks," PLoS Comput Biol, 13 (2017) e1005746. (See Supporting Information)

W. Xi, F. Kong, J.C. Yeo, L. Yu, S. Sonam, M. Dao, X. Gong and C.T. Lim, "Soft tubular microfluidics for 2D and 3D applications," Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 114 (2017) 10590-10595.

X. Li, E Du, M. Dao*, S. Suresh and G.E. Karniadakis*, "Patient-specific modeling of individual sickle cell behavior under transient hypoxia," PLoS Comput Biol, 13 (2017) e1005426. (See Supporting Information)

X. Li, M. Dao, G. Lykotrafitis and G.E. Karniadakis, "Biomechanics and biorheology of red blood cells in sickle cell anemia," Journal of Biomechanics, 50 (2017) 34-41.

Y.W. Dong, X.L. Lia, Q. Zhao, J. Yang and M. Dao, "Modeling of shrinkage during investment casting of thin-walled hollow turbine blades," Journal of Materials Processing Technology, 244 (2017) 190-203.

S. Saito*, T. Ochiai, F. Yoshizawa and M. Dao*, "Rolling behavior of a micro-cylinder in adhesional contact," Scientific Reports, 6 (2016) 34063.

P. Hosseini, S.Z. Abidi, E Du, D.P. Papageorgiou, Y. Choi, Y.-K. Park, J. Higgins, G.J. Kato, S. Suresh*, M. Dao*, Z. Yaqoob* and P.T.C. So, "Cellular Normoxic Biophysical Markers of Hydroxyurea Treatment in Sickle Cell Disease," Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 113 (2016) 9527-9532. (See Medical Xpress, News Medical, ScienceDaily, and CMU News Report)

I.V. Pivkin, Z. Peng, G.E. Karniadakis, P.A. Buffet, M. Dao* and S. Suresh*, "Biomechanics of red blood cells in human spleen and consequences for physiology and disease," Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 113 (2016) 7804-7809. (See MIT News Report, CMU News Report, ScienceDaily Report, NIH Research Matters, News Medical, and Phys.org)

T. Li, S.-W. Chang, N. Rodriguez-Florez, M.J. Buehler, S. Shefelbine*, M. Dao*, K. Zeng*, "Studies of chain substitution caused sub-fibril level differences in stiffness and ultrastructure of wildtype and oim/oim collagen fibers using multifrequency-AFM and molecular modeling," Biomaterials, 107 (2016) 15-22. (See Supporting Information)

S. Muenster, A. Beloiartsev, B. Yu, E Du, S. Abidi, M. Dao, G. Fabry, J.A. Graw, M. Wepler, R. Malhotra, B.O. Fernandez, M. Feelisch, K.D. Bloch, D.B. Bloch and W.M. Zapol*, "Exposure of Stored Packed Erythrocytes to NO Prevents Transfusion-associated Pulmonary Hypertension," Anesthesiology, 125 (2016) 952-963. (See Supporting Information and This Month in Anesthesiology|November 2016)

Y. Ruan*, A. Mohajerani and M. Dao*, "Microstructural and Mechanical-Property Manipulation through Rapid Dendrite Growth and Undercooling in an Fe-based Multinary Alloy," Scientific Reports, 6 (2016) 31684.

X. Li , M. Dao , C. Eberl , A.M. Hodge and H. Gao, "Fracture, fatigue, and creep of nanotwinned metals," MRS Bulletin, 41 (2016) 298-304.

F. Guo, Z. Mao, Y. Chen, Z. Xie, J.P. Lata, P. Li, L. Ren, J. Liu, J. Yang, M. Dao*, S. Suresh* and T.J. Huang*, "Three-dimensional Manipulation of Single Cells Using Surface Acoustic Waves," Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 113 (2016) 1522-1527. (See MIT News Report, PSU News Report, CMU News Report, United Press International (UPI) News, and ScienceDaily Report)

X. Li, E. Du, H. Lei, Y.-H. Tang, M. Dao, S. Suresh and G.E. Karniadakis, "Patient-specific blood rheology in sickle-cell anaemia," Interface Focus, 6 (2016) 20150065.

R. Zhang, R. Suwanarusk, B. Malleret, B.M. Cooke, F. Nosten, Y.L. Lau, M. Dao, C.T. Lim, L. Renia, K.S. Tan and B. Russell, "A Basis for Rapid Clearance of Circulating Ring-Stage Malaria Parasites by the Spiroindolone KAE609," J. Infect. Dis., 213 (2016) 100-104.

Z.J. Wang, Q.J. Li, Y.N. Cui, Z.L. Liu, E. Ma, J. Li, J. Sun, Z. Zhuang, M. Dao*, Zhi-Wei Shan* and S. Suresh*, "Cyclic deformation leads to defect healing and strengthening of small-volume metal single crystals," Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 112 (2015) 13502-13507. (See MIT News Report, ScienceDaily Report, and Video)

Y. Ruan*, S.-Y. Chang and M. Dao*, "Comparative Effect of Rapid Dendrite Growth and Element Addition on Microhardness Enhancement of Fe-Based Alloys," Cryst. Growth Des., 15 (2015) 5661-5664.

A. Amaladoss, Q. Chen, M. Liu, S.K. Dummler, M. Dao*, S. Suresh, J. Chen and P.R. Preiser*, "De Novo Generated Human Red Blood Cells in Humanized Mice Support Plasmodium falciparum Infection," PLoS ONE, 10 (2015) e0129825.

A. Sinha¹, T.T.T. Chu¹, M. Dao* and R. Chandramohanadas*, "Single-cell evaluation of red blood cell bio-mechanical and nano-structural alterations upon chemically induced oxidative stress," Scientific Reports, 5 (2015) 9768.
¹These authors contributed equally to this work.

S. Suresh*, J. Spatz, J.P. Mills, A. Micoulet, M. Dao, C.T. Lim, M. Beil and T. Seufferlein, "Reprint of: Connections between single cell biomechanics and human disease states: gastrointestinal cancer and malaria," Acta Biomaterialia, 23 (2015) S3-S15. Access supplementary materials. (See Editor's Comment; MIT News Report & MIT Tech Talk Article.)

P. Li, Z. Mao, Z. Peng, L. Zhou, Y. Chen, P.-H. Huang, C.I. Truica, J.J. Drabick, W.S. El-Deiry, M. Dao*, S. Suresh* and T.J. Huang*, "Acoustic separation of circulating tumor cells," Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 112 (2015) 4970-4975. (See MIT News Report and Video; PNAS In This Issue April 21, 2015.)

E Du, M. Diez-Silva, G.J. Kato, M. Dao* and S. Suresh*, "Kinetics of sickle cell biorheology and implications for painful vasoocclusive crisis," Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 112 (2015) 1422-1427. (See MIT News Report and Video.)

H. Yao*, Z. Xie, C. He and M. Dao, "Fracture mode control: a bio-inspired strategy to combat catastrophic damage," Scientific Reports, 5 (2015) 8011.

E Du, M. Dao* and S. Suresh, "Quantitative Biomechanics of Healthy and Diseased Human Red Blood Cells using Dielectrophoresis in a Microfluidic System," Extreme Mechanics Letters, 1 (2014) 35-41.

R. Chandramohanadas, Basappa, B. Russell, K. Liew, Y.H. Yau, A. Chong, M. Liu, K. Gunalan, R. Raman, L. Renia, F. Nosten, S.G. Shochat, M. Dao*, R. Sasisekharan, S. Suresh and P. Preiser*, "Small Molecule Targeting Malaria Merozoite Surface Protein-1 (MSP-1) Prevents Host Invasion of Divergent Plasmodial Species," J. Infect. Dis., 210 (2014) 1616-1626.

X. Ding¹, Z. Peng¹, S.C.S. Lin, M. Geri, S. Li, P. Li, Y. Chen, M. Dao*, S. Suresh* and T.J. Huang*, "Cell separation using tilted-angle standing surface acoustic waves," Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 111 (2014) 12992-12997. (See MIT News Report and Video.)
¹These authors contributed equally to this work.

A. Moridi, S.M. Hassani-Gangaraj, M. Guagliano* and M. Dao, "Cold spray coating: review of material systems and future perspectives," Surface Engineering, 36 (2014) 369-395.

X. Li, Z. Peng, H. Lei, M. Dao and G.E. Karniadakis*, "Probing red blood cell mechanics, rheology and dynamics with a two-component multiscale model," Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A, 372 (2014) 20130389.

S. Huang, A. Amaladoss, M. Liu, H. Chen, R. Zhang, P.R. Preiser, M. Dao* and J. Han*, "In Vivo Splenic Clearance Correlates with In Vitro Deformability of Red Blood Cells from Plasmodium yoelii-Infected Mice," Infection and Immunity, 82 (2014) 2532-2541. (See supplementary materials.)

P. Gu*, M. Dao and Y.T. Zhu, "Strengthening at nanoscaled coherent twin boundary in f.c.c. metals," Philos. Mag., 94 (2014) 1249-1262.

Q. Chen, A. Amaladoss, W. Ye, F. Kong, M. Liu, S. Dummler, L.H. Wong, H.L. Loo, S.Q Tan, T.C. Tan, M. Dao*, S. Suresh*, P.R. Preiser* and J. Chen*, "Human Natural Killer Cells Control Plasmodium falciparum Infection by Eliminating Infected Red Blood Cells," Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 111 (2014) 1479-1484. (See MIT News Report.)

P. Gu, M. Dao* and S. Suresh, "Analysis of size-dependent slip transfer and inter-twin flow stress in a nanotwinned fcc metal," Acta Materialia, 67 (2014) 409-417.

D.A. Fedosov, M. Dao, G.E. Karniadakis* and S. Suresh, "Computational Biorheology of Human Blood Flow in Health and Disease," Annals of Biomedical Engineering (Review Article), 42 (2014) 368-387.

H. Takagi, M. Dao and M. Fujiwara*, "Prediction of the Constitutive Equation for Uniaxial Creep of a Power-Law Material through Instrumented Microindentation Testing and Modeling," Materials Transactions, JIM, 55 (2014) 275-284. (2013 Japan Institute of Metals and Materials Best Paper Award)

K. Kim¹, H.-O. Yoon¹, M. Diez-Silva, M. Dao, R.R. Dasari and Y.-K. Park*, "High-resolution three-dimensional imaging of red blood cells parasitized by Plasmodium falciparum and in situ hemozoin crystals using optical diffraction tomography," J. Biomed. Opt., 19 (2014) 011005.
¹These authors contributed equally to this work.

C.-C. Wang¹, Y.-W. Mao¹, Z.-W. Shan*, M. Dao*, J. Li, J. Sun, E. Ma and S. Suresh*, "Real-time, high-resolution study of nanocrystallization and fatigue cracking in a cyclically strained metallic glass," Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 110 (2013) 19725-19730.
¹These authors contributed equally to this work.

E. Du¹, S. Ha¹, M. Diez-Silva, M. Dao*, S. Suresh and A.P. Chandrakasan*, "Electric Impedance Microflow Cytometry for Characterization of Cell Disease States," Lab on a Chip, 13 (2013) 3903-3909. (See MIT News Report.)
¹These authors contributed equally to this work.

Z. Peng, X. Li, I.V. Pivkin, M. Dao, G.E. Karniadakis and S. Suresh*, "Lipid bilayer and cytoskeletal interactions in a red blood cell," Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 110 (2013) 13356-13361.

A. Jerusalem*, W. Dickson, M.J. Perez-Martin, M. Dao, J. Lu and F. Galvez, "Grain size gradient length scale in ballistic properties optimization of functionally graded nanocrystalline steel plates," Scripta Materialia, 69 (2013) 773-776.

X. Xu, A.K. Efremov, A. Li, L. Lai, M. Dao, C.T. Lim* and J. Cao*, "Probing the Cytoadherence of Malaria Infected Red Blood Cells under Flow," PLoS ONE, 8 (2013) e64763.

P.A. Carvalho, M. Diez-Silva, H. Chen, M. Dao* and S. Suresh, "Cytoadherence of erythrocytes invaded by Plasmodium falciparum: Quantitative contact-probing of a human malaria receptor," Acta Biomaterialia, 9 (2013) 6349-6359.

S. Huang¹, A. Undisz¹, M. Diez-Silva, H. Bow, M. Dao* and J. Han*, "Dynamic deformability of Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes exposed to artesunate in vitro," Integrative Biology, 5 (2013) 414-422.
¹These authors contributed equally to this work.

P. Gu* and M. Dao, "Size-Dependent Deformation in Nanograins and Nanotwins," Appl. Phys. Lett., 102 (2013) 091904.

Y. Zhang, H. Zhu, M. Fujiwara, J. Xu and M. Dao*, "Low Temperature Creep of SnPb and SnAgCu Solder Alloys and Reliability Prediction in Electronic Packaging Modules," Scripta Materialia, 68 (2013) 607-610.

P. Li, Z.S. Stratton, M. Dao, J. Ritz and T.J. Huang*, "Probing circulating tumor cells in microfluidics," Lab on a Chip, 13 (2013) 602-609. (See Lab on a Chip Blog about this article.)

D. Carnelli*, P. Vena, M. Dao, C. Ortiz and R. Contro, "Orientation and Size Dependent Mechanical Modulation within Individual Secondary Osteons in Cortical Bone Tissue," J. R. Soc. Interface, 10 (2013) 20120953.

M. Diez-Silva¹*, Y.-K. Park¹, S. Huang, H. Bow, O. Mercereau-Puijalon, G. Deplaine, C. Lavazec, S. Perrot, S. Bonnefoy, M.S. Feld, J. Han, M. Dao* and S. Suresh, "Pf155/RESA protein influences the dynamic microcirculatory behavior of ring-stage Plasmodium falciparum infected red blood cells," Scientific Reports (Nature.com/srep), 2 (2012) 614. (See MIT News Report, ScienceDaily News.)
¹These authors contributed equally to this work.

H.-S. Byun¹, T.R. Hillman¹, J.M. Higgins, M. Diez-Silva, Z. Peng, M. Dao*, R.R. Dasari, S. Suresh and Y.-K. Park*, "Optical measurement of biomechanical properties of individual erythrocytes from a sickle cell patient," Acta Biomaterialia, 8 (2012) 4130-4138. (See supplementary materials.)
¹These authors contributed equally to this work.

Y. Zhang¹, H. Yao¹*, C. Ortiz, J. Xu and M. Dao*, "Bio-inspired interfacial strengthening strategy through geometrically interlocking designs," J. Mech. Behav. Biomed. Mater., 15 (2012) 70-77.
¹These authors contributed equally to this work.

A. Jerusalem* and M. Dao*, "Continuum modeling of neuronal cell under blast loading," Acta Biomaterialia, 8 (2012) 3360-3371. (See supplementary materials.)

M. Aingaran¹, R. Zhang¹, S.K.Y. Law¹, Z. Peng¹, A. Undisz, E. Meyer, M. Diez-Silva, T.A. Burke, T. Spielmann, C.-T. Lim, S. Suresh, M. Dao* and M. Marti*, "Host cell deformability is linked to transmission in the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum," Cellular Microbiology , 14 (2012) 983-993. (July 2012 Editor's Choice) (See supplementary materials.)
¹These authors contributed equally to this work.

A. Singh, N.R. Tao, M. Dao* and S. Suresh, "Repeated frictional sliding properties of copper containing nanoscale twins," Scripta Materialia (Viewpoint Paper), 66 (2012) 849-853.

J.F. Vicente, Y. Zhang, M. Dao, J. Lu, F. Galvez and A. Jerusalem*, "Ballistic performance of nanocrystalline and nanotwinned ultrafine crystal steel," Acta Materialia, 60 (2012) 1353-1367.

P. Gu*, B.K. Kad and M. Dao, "Revisiting the intra-granular dislocation extension model for flow stress in nanocrystalline metals," Philos. Mag. Lett., 92 (2012) 111-121.

A. Singh, M. Dao*, L. Lu and S. Suresh, "Deformation, structural changes and damage evolution in nanotwinned copper under repeated frictional contact sliding," Acta Materialia, 59 (2011) 7311-7324.

P. Gu*, M. Dao*, R.J. Asaro and S. Suresh, "A unified mechanistic model for size-dependent deformation in nanocrystalline and nanotwinned metals," Acta Materialia, 59 (2011) 6861-6868.

L. Zhu, H. Ruan, X. Li, M. Dao, H. Gao and J. Lu*, "Modeling grain size dependent optimal twin spacing for achieving ultimate high strength and related high ductility in nanotwinned metals," Acta Materialia, 59 (2011) 5544-5557.

R. Chandramohanadas, Y.-K. Park, L. Lui, A. Li, D. Quinn, K. Liew, M. Diez-Silva, Y. Sung, M. Dao, C.-T. Lim, P.R. Preiser and S. Suresh*, "Biophysics of Malarial Parasite Exit from Infected Erythrocytes," PLoS ONE, 6 (2011) e20869. (See supplementary materials.)

H. Bow¹, I.V. Pivkin¹, M. Diez-Silva¹, S.J. Goldfless, M. Dao, J.C. Niles, S. Suresh and J. Han*, "A microfabricated deformability-based flow cytometer with application to malaria," Lab on a Chip, 11 (2011) 1065-1073.
¹These authors contributed equally to this work.

A. Singh¹, L. Tang¹, M. Dao*, L. Lu* and S. Suresh, "Fracture toughness and fatigue crack growth characteristics of nanotwinned copper," Acta Materialia, 59 (2011) 2437-2446.
¹These authors contributed equally to this work.

D.J. Quinn, I. Pivkin, S.Y. Wong, K.-H. Chiam, M. Dao, G.E. Karniadakis* and S. Suresh, "Combined simulation and experimental study of large deformation of red blood cells in microfluidic systems," Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 39 (2011) 1041-1050. (See supplementary materials.)

H. Yao¹, M. Dao¹, D. Carnelli, K. Tai and C. Ortiz*, "Size-dependent heterogeneity benefits the mechanical performance of bone," J. Mech. Phys. Solids, 59 (2011) 64-74.
¹These authors contributed equally to this work.

S.C. Bellemare, M. Dao and S. Suresh*, "A new method for evaluating the plastic properties of materials through instrumented frictional sliding tests," Acta Materialia, 58 (2010) 6385-6392.

M. Diez-Silva, M. Dao, J. Han, C.-T. Lim and S. Suresh*, "Shape and Biomechanical Characteristics of Human Red Blood Cells in Health and Disease," MRS Bulletin, 35 (2010) 382-388. (See =>MRS Bulletin Cover Image.)

H. Yao, M. Dao, T. Imholt, J. Huang, K. Wheeler, A. Bonilla, S. Suresh and C. Ortiz*, "Protection mechanisms of the iron-plated armor of a deep-sea hydrothermal vent gastropod," Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 107 (2010) 987-992. See supplementary materials. (See =>MIT News Report.)

P. Gu, B.K. Kad and M. Dao*, "A modified model for deformation via partial dislocations and stacking faults at the nanoscale," Scripta Materialia, 62 (2010) 361-364.

L. Lu*, T. Zhu, Y.F. Shen, M. Dao, K. Lu and S. Suresh, "Stress relaxation and the structure size-dependence of plastic deformation in nano-twinned copper," Acta Materialia, 57 (2009) 5165-5173.

P. Gu,* M. Dao and R.J. Asaro, "Structural stability of polymer matrix composite panels in fire," Marine Structures, 22 (2009) 354-372.

L. Lu*, M. Dao, T. Zhu and J. Li, "Size dependence of rate-controlling deformation mechanisms in nanotwinned copper," Scripta Materialia (Viewpoint Paper), 60 (2009) 1062-1066.

A. Prasad, M. Dao and S. Suresh*, "Steady-state frictional sliding contact on surfaces of plastically graded materials," Acta Materialia, 57 (2009) 511-524.

A. Jerusalem, M. Dao, S. Suresh and R. Radovitzky*, "Three-dimensional model of strength and ductility of polycrystalline copper containing nanoscale twins," Acta Materialia, 56 (2008) 4647-4657.

H. Takagi*, M. Dao and M. Fujiwara, "Analysis on Pseudo-Steady Indentation Creep," Acta Mechanica Solida Sinica, 21 (2008) 283-288.

T.-S. Park*, M. Dao, S. Suresh, A.J. Rosakis, D. Pantuso and S. Shankar, "Some Practical Issues of Curvature and Thermal Stress in Realistic Multilevel Metal Interconnect Structures," J. Elec. Mater., 37 (2008) 777-791.

I.S. Choi, M. Dao and S. Suresh*, "Mechanics of Indentation of Plastically Graded Materials: I. Analysis," J. Mech. Phys. Solids 56 (2008) 157-171.

I.S. Choi, A.J. Detor, R. Schwaiger, M. Dao, C.A. Schuh and S. Suresh*, "Mechanics of Indentation of Plastically Graded Materials: II. Experiments on Nanocrystalline Alloys with Grain-Size Gradients," J. Mech. Phys. Solids 56 (2008) 172-183.

S. Bellemare, M. Dao and S. Suresh*, "Effects of Mechanical Properties and Surface Friction on Elasto-Plastic Sliding Contact," Mech. Mater. 40 (2008) 206-219.

K. Tai¹, M. Dao¹, S. Suresh, A. Palazoglu and C. Ortiz*, "Nanoscale Heterogeneity Promotes Energy Dissipation in Bone," Nature Materials, 6 (2007) 454-462. See supplementary materials.
¹These authors contributed equally to this work.

M. Dao*, L. Lu, R.J. Asaro, J.T.M. De Hosson and E. Ma, "Toward a quantitative understanding of mechanical behavior of nanocrystalline metals," Acta Materialia (Overview No. 143), 55 (2007) 4041-4065.

J.P. Mills¹, M. Diez-Silva¹, D.J. Quinn, M. Dao, M.J. Lang, K.S.W. Tan, C.T. Lim, G. Milon, P.H. David, O. Mercereau-Puijalon, S. Bonnefoy and S. Suresh*, "Effect of plasmodial RESA protein on deformability of human red blood cells harboring Plasmodium falciparum," Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 104 (2007) 9213-9217. (See =>MIT News Report.)
¹These authors contributed equally to this work.

J. Li, G. Lykotrafitis, M. Dao and S. Suresh*, "Cytoskeletal dynamics of human erythrocyte," Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 104 (2007) 4937-4942. See supplementary materials. (See =>MIT News Report & =>MIT Tech Talk Article & =>MRS Materials360.)

A. Gouldstone*, N. Chollacoop, M. Dao, J. Li, A. M. Minor and Y.-L. Shen, "Indentation across size scales and disciplines: Recent developments in experimentation and modeling," Acta Materialia (Overview No. 142), 55 (2007) 4015-4039.

Y.P. Cao, M. Dao and J. Lu*, "A precise correcting method for the study of the superhard material using nanoindentation tests," J. Mater. Res., 22 (2007) 1255-1264.

S. Bellemare, M. Dao and S. Suresh*, "The frictional sliding response of elasto-plastic materials in contact with a conical indenter," International Journal of Solids and Structures, 44 (2007) 1970-1989.

M. Dao, L. Lu, Y.F. Shen and S. Suresh*, "Strength, Strain-Rate Sensitivity and Ductility of Copper with Nano-Scale Twins," Acta Materialia, 54 (2006) 5421-5432.

M. Dao, J. Li and S. Suresh*, "Molecularly Based Analysis of Deformation of Spectrin Network and Human Erythrocyte," Materials Science and Engineering C, 26 (2006) 1232-1244.

H. Takagi, M. Dao, M. Fujiwara* and M. Otsuka, "Creep Characterization of Aluminum-Magnesium Solid-Solution Alloy through Self-Similar Microindentation," Materials Transactions, JIM, 47 (2006) 2006-2014. (2006 Japan Institute of Metals Best Paper Award) (==> Access Japanese Version Here.)

Y.F. Shen, L. Lu*, M. Dao and S. Suresh, "Strain rate sensitivity of Cu with nanoscale twins," Scripta Materialia, 55 (2006) 319-322.

H. Takagi*, M. Dao and M. Fujiwara, "Experimental and computational study on the load-jump tests of Al-Mg solid-solution alloy using instrumented indentation technique," Mater. Sci. Eng. A, 423 (2006) 24-27.

J. Li, M. Dao, C.T. Lim and S. Suresh*, "Spectrin-Level Modeling of the Cytoskeleton and Optical Tweezers Stretching of the Erythrocyte," Biophysical Journal, 88 (2005) 3707-3719. See supplementary materials.

J. Mills, L. Qie, M. Dao, K. S.W. Tan, C. T. Lim and S. Suresh*, "Continuous force-displacement relationships for the human red blood cell at different erythrocytic developmental stages of Plasmodium falciparum malaria parasite," Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc., 844, Y7.8, 2005. (Outstanding Paper Award)

L. Lu, R. Schwaiger, Z.W. Shan, M. Dao, K. Lu and S. Suresh*, "Nano-sized Twins Induce High Rate Sensitivity of Flow Stress in Pure Copper," Acta Materialia, 53 (2005) 2169-2179.

S. Suresh*, J. Spatz, J.P. Mills, A. Micoulet, M. Dao, C.T. Lim, M. Beil and T. Seufferlein, "Connections between single cell biomechanics and human disease states: gastrointestinal cancer and malaria," Acta Biomaterialia, 1 (2005) 15-30. Access supplementary materials. (See MIT News Report & MIT Tech Talk Article.)

J.P. Mills, L. Qie, M. Dao, C.T. Lim and S. Suresh*, "Nonlinear elastic and viscoelastic deformation of the human red blood cell with optical tweezers," Mech Chem Biosystems, 1 (2004) 169-180.

C.T. Lim, M. Dao*, S. Suresh, C.H. Sow and K.T. Chew, "Large deformation of living cells using laser traps," Acta Materialia, 52 (2004) 1837-1845. See also the Corrigendum.

M. Dao, C.T. Lim and S. Suresh*, "Mechanics of the human red blood cell deformed by optical tweezers," J. Mech. Phys. Solids, 51 (2003) 2259-2280. See also the Erratum.

H. Takagi, M. Dao*, M. Fujiwara* and M. Otsuka, "Experimental and Computational Creep Characterization of Al-Mg Solid Solution Alloy through Instrumented Indentation," Phil. Mag., 83 (2003) 3959-3976. See also the Errata.

R. Schwaiger, B. Moser, M. Dao, N. Chollacoop and S. Suresh*, "Some Critical Experiments on the Strain-Rate Sensitivity of Nanocrystalline Nickel," Acta Materialia, 51 (2003) 5159-5172.

N. Chollacoop, M. Dao and S. Suresh*, "Depth-Sensing Instrumented Indentation with Dual Sharp Indenters," Acta Materialia, 51 (2003) 3713-3729.

M. Dao, N. Chollacoop, K.J. Van Vliet, T.A. Venkatesh and S. Suresh*, "Computational Modeling of the Forward and Reverse Problems in Instrumented Sharp Indentation," Acta Materialia, 49 (2001) 3899-3918.

R. Vaidyanathan, M. Dao, G. Ravichandran and S. Suresh*, "Study of Mechanical Deformation in Bulk Metallic Glass through Instrumented Indentation," Acta Materialia, 49 (2001) 3781-3789.

M. Dao* and M. Li, "A Micromechanics Study on Strain Localization Induced Fracture Initiation in Bending using Crystal Plasticity Models," Phil. Mag. A, 81 (2001) 1997-2020.

P. Gu*, M. Dao and R. J. Asaro, "A Simplified Method for Calculating the Crack-Tip Field of Functionally Graded Materials Using the Domain Integral," ASME J. Appl. Mech., 66 (1999) 101-108.

M. Dao* and R. J. Asaro, "A Study on Failure Prediction and Design Criteria for Fiber Composites under Fire Degradation," Comp. A, 30 (1999) 123-131.

M. Dao, R. J. Asaro* and D. Alley, "Fire Degradation and Failure Prediction of Fiber Composites Under Compressive Loading," U.S. Coast Guard position paper vis-a-vis the International Maritime Organization (IMO), 1998.

M. Dao*, R. J. Asaro and R. J. Sebring, "Interface Instability in the Bulk Processing of 2223 BSCCO Powders," Phil. Mag. A, 78 (1998) 857-877.

M. Dao*, P. Gu, A. Maewal and R. J. Asaro, "A Micromechanical Study of Residual Stresses in Functionally Graded Materials," Acta Materialia, 45 (1997) 3265-3276.

M. Dao*, B. K. Kad and R. J. Asaro, "Mechanism of Intense Shear Failure in Ni3Al Single Crystals," Phil. Mag. A, 75 (1997) 443-459.

M. Dao*, B. K. Kad and R. J. Asaro, "Deformation and Fracture under Compressive Loading in Lamellar TiAl Microstructures," Phil. Mag. A, 74 (1996) 569-591.

M. Dao*, B. J. Lee and R. J. Asaro, "Non-Schmid Effects on the Behavior of Polycrystals -- with Applications to Ni3Al," Metall. Trans. A, 27 (1996) 81-99.

M. Dao and R. J. Asaro*, "Loacalized Deformation Modes and Non-Schmid Effects in Crystalline Solids. Part I. Critical Conditions of Localization," Mech. Mater. A, 23 (1996) 71-102.

M. Dao and R. J. Asaro*, "Loacalized Deformation Modes and Non-Schmid Effects in Crystalline Solids. Part II. Deformation Patterns," Mech. Mater. A, 23 (1996) 103-132.

M. Dao* and R. J. Asaro, "On the Critical Conditions of Kink Band Formation in Fiber Composites with Ductile Matrix," Scripta Materialia, 34 (1996) 1771-1777.

B. K. Kad*, M. Dao and R. J. Asaro, "Numerical Simulations of Plastic Deformation and Fracture Effects in Two Phase gamma-TiAl + alpha2-Ti3Al Lamellar Microstructures," Phil. Mag. A, 71 (1995) 567-604.