Brief Biography I am the Janine Johnson Weins Professor of Engineering, and an Arthur F. Thurnau Professor, in addition to being a Professor of Mechanical Engineering and a Professor of Materials Science & Engineering at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. I was educated at King Edward's School, Birmingham, and went up to Churchill College, Cambridge to read engineering in 1978. After graduating from Cambridge in 1981, I went to the University of California, Berkeley, to do graduate work under the direction of Tony Evans in the Department of Materials Science and Mineral Engineering. After getting my PhD in 1984, I continued to work with Tony Evans, first at Berkeley, and then at the new materials program at UCSB. In 1988, I joined the Physical Sciences Department at IBM Research Division in Yorktown Heights as a Research Staff Member. In 1995 I moved to the University of Michigan. I have also held brief visiting positions in the Engineering Mechanics Department at Tsinghua University (1994), at Ford Research Laboratories in Dearborn (1995), in the Engineering Department at Cambridge University (1985, 2002,2011 and 2017-2018), and in the Wind Energy Department at the Danish Technical University (2013 and 2014). Degrees 2009Sc.D., University of Cambridge (a higher doctorate) 1984Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley 1982M.S., University of California, Berkeley 1981B.A. (1st class honours), University of Cambridge (M.A. awarded in 1985)

RESEARCH INTERESTS: The use of micro-mechanics to understand the mechanical properties of materials. Previous research has included the creep of ceramics, toughening of ceramic-matrix composites, stresses in thin films and electromigration. Current interests include toughening mechanisms in polymeric materials, and the machining of brittle materials. Understanding the mechanics of thin films, coatings, layered materials and interfaces is a second major research area. Previous work in this area has involved investigating mixed-mode fracture of interfaces, cracking of coatings, spalling and the mechanics of buckling-driven delamination. Current interests include the mechanical properties of adhesive joints. Of particular interest is the development of techniques to predict the failure of adhesive joints when there is extensive plastic deformation in the adherends. I am also interested in understanding the mechanical properties of adhesives so that tougher and stronger joints can be developed for different applications.