Frank W. Delrio

Frank W. DelRio received the B.S. degree in mechanical engineering from Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, in 1998, the M.S. degree in mechanical engineering from Boise State University, Boise, ID, in 2002, and the Ph.D. degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Colorado, Boulder, in 2006. After receiving the B.S. degree, he worked as a Product Support Engineer with C&D Aerospace (now C&D Zodiac), first in Huntington Beach, CA, and later in São José dos Campos, Brazil. In 2001, he returned to academia. During his tenure at the University of Colorado, he served as a Microsystems and Engineering Sciences Applications Institute Fellow with Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, NM, and as an Engineering Sciences Summer Institute Fellow with Sandia National Laboratories in Livermore, CA. After working as a Postdoctoral Researcher with the Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, he joined the Materials Science and Engineering Laboratory (now the Material Measurement Laboratory), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, as the Leader for the Nanoscale Strength Measurements and Standards project. In all, he has authored or coauthored close to 30 peer-reviewed papers and five book chapters on topics related to the fabrication of micro- and nanoscale ceramic; metallic, polymeric, and composite thin films; and small-scale structures and the characterization of their elastic, plastic, fracture, interfacial, and charge transport properties. Dr. DelRio has been recognized with several awards and honors, including the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Orr Early Career Award; the Minerals, Metals & Materials Society Young Leader Professional Development Award; the Department of Commerce Bronze Medal Award; the Adhesion Society Outstanding Young Adhesion Scientist Award; and the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers.