Dongare, Avinash

avinash dongare

Professor and Department Head, Materials Science & Engineering

Email dongare@uconn.edu
Phone (860) 486-2592
Mailing Address Materials Science and Engineering 25 King Hill Road, Unit 3136 University of Connecticut Storrs, CT 06269-3136
Campus Storrs
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Brief Bio

Dr. Avinash M. Dongare is a Professor and Department Head for Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Connecticut. He received his Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Virginia in December 2007. He carried out postdoctoral research through the National Research Council (NRC) Research Associateship Award from the US Army Research Office and as a Senior Research Associate at North Carolina State University. He joined the University of Connecticut as an Assistant Professor in August 2012. Avinash has been the recipient of the 2015 Young Leaders Professional Development Award from The Minerals, Metals, and Materials Society (TMS) and the 2015 National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award. He was elected as a Fellow of ASME (2024) and as a member of the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering (2024).

To develop and apply state-of-the-art computational and experimental techniques to understand, predict, and characterize the properties and behavior of materials under extreme environments.

  • Multiscale Modeling Methods — density functional theory, molecular dynamics, and Monte Carlo at the atomic scale; quasi-coarse-grained dynamics and kinetic Monte Carlo at the mesoscale; and machine learning to link atomic structure and chemistry to macroscale properties.
  • Digital twins of experiments — microstructure evolution under extremes and simulated diagnostics (X-ray diffraction, EBSD)
  • Materials Discovery/Design — AI/ML methods to design microstructures that render targeted properties and performance.
  • High-Rate and High-Pressure Experiments — laser shock, diamond anvil compression, and in situ diffraction to test materials behavior and validate our models.

 

  • P. Tsurkan, M. J. Echeverria, A. Mishra, and A. M. Dongare, Influence of Nanoscale Interfaces on the Dynamic Deformation and Spall Failure of Cu-Fe Alloy Microstructures, J. Appl. Physics, 138 (2025). [Link]
  • D. Vizoso, P. Tsurkan, K. Ma, A. M. Dongare, R. Dingreville, Exploring the transferability of machine-learning models for analyzing XRD data of shocked microstructures: from single crystal to polycrystals, Digital Discovery 4, 1457 (2025). [Link]
  • M. J. Echeverria, Saryu J Fensin, Avinash M Dongare, Shock-induced twinning/detwinning and spall failure in Cu–Ta nanolaminates at atomic scales, Model. and Simul. Mater. Sci. Eng. 32, 085014 (2024). [Link]
  • S. Parida, A. Mishra, Q. Yang, A. Dobley, C. B. Carter, and A. M. Dongare, Phase engineering of layered anode materials during ion-intercalation in Van der Waal heterostructures, J. Mater. Sci. 59, 932 (2024). [Link]
  • S. Parida, A. Dobley, C. B. Carter, and A. M. Dongare, Phase engineering of layered anode materials during ion-intercalation in Van der Waal heterostructures, Sci. Rep. 13, 5408 (2023). [Link]
  • C. Chen, S. Galitskiy, A. Mishra, and A. M. Dongare, Modeling laser interactions with aluminum and tantalum targets using a hybrid atomistic-continuum model, J. Appl. Phys. 133, 105901 (2023). [Link]
  • S. Galitskiy, A. Mishra, and A. M. Dongare, Modeling Shock-induced Void Collapse in Single-crystal Ta Systems at the Mesoscales, Int. J. Plasticity. 164, 103596 (2023). [Link]
  • K. Ma and A. M. Dongare, Role of α-ε-α Phase Transformation on the Spall behavior of Iron at Atomic Scales, J. Mater. Sci. 57, 12556 (2022). [Link]
  • A. Mishra, K. Ma, and A.M. Dongare, Virtual diffraction simulations using the quasi-coarse-grained dynamics method to understand and interpret plasticity contributions during in situ shock experiments, J. Mater. Sci. 57, 12782 (2022). [Link]
  • A. Mishra, M. J Echeverria, K. Ma, S. Parida, C. Chen, S. Galitskiy, and A. M. Dongare, Virtual texture analysis to investigate the deformation mechanisms in metal microstructures at the atomic scale, J. Mater. Sci. 57, 10549 (2022). [Link]
  • A. Mishra, J. Lind, M. Kumar, and A. M. Dongare, Understanding the Phase Transformation Mechanisms that affect the Dynamic Response of Fe-based Microstructures at the Atomic Scales, J. Appl. Phys. 130, 215902 (2021). [Link]
  • C. Ghosh, M. K. Singh, S. Parida, A. Dobley, A. M. Dongare, C. B. Carter, Characterizing Li in partially lithiated layer materials using atomic-resolution imaging, modeling, and simulation, J. Am. Ceram. Soc. 105, 1581 (2021). [Link]
  • J. Echeverria, S. Galitskiy, A. Mishra, R Dingreville, A. M. Dongare, Understanding the plasticity contributions during laser-shock loading and spall failure of Cu microstructures at the atomic scales, Comp. Mater. Sci. 198, 110668 (2021). [Link]
  • A. Mishra, C. Kunka, M. J. Echeverria, R. Dingreville, A. M. Dongare, Fingerprinting shock-induced deformations via diffraction, Scientific Reports 11, 9872 (2021). [Link]
  • K. Ma, J. Chen, A. M. Dongare, Role of pre-existing dislocations on the shock compression and spall behavior in single-crystal copper at atomic scales, J. Appl. Phys. 129, 175901 (2021). [Link]
  • S. Galitskiy, and A. M. Dongare, Modeling the damage evolution and recompression behavior during laser shock loading of aluminum microstructures at the mesoscales, J. Mater. Sci. 56, 4446 (2021). [Link]
  • C. Ghosh, M. K. Singh, S. Parida, M. T Janish, A. Dobley, A. M. Dongare, C B. Carter, Phase evolution and structural modulation during in situ lithiation of MoS 2, WS 2 and graphite in TEM, Scientific Reports 11, 9014 (2021). [Link]
  • S. Parida, A. Mishra, J. Chen, J. Wang, A. Dobley, C. B. Carter, A. M. Dongare, Vertically Stacked 2H‐1T Dual‐Phase MoS2 Microstructures during Lithium Intercalation: A First Principles Study, J. Am. Ceram. Soc., 103, 6603 (2020). [Link]
  • G. Agarwal, R. R. Valisetty, and A. M. Dongare, Shock Wave Compression Behavior and Dislocation Density Evolution in Al Microstructures at the Atomic Scales and the Mesoscales, Int. J. Plasticity 128, 102678 (2020). [Link]
  • J Flanagan, S. Vijayan, S. Galitskiy, J. Davis, B. A Bedard, C.L Williams, A. M. Dongare, M.Aindow, and S.-W. Lee, Shock-induced deformation twinning and softening in magnesium single crystals, Materials & Design 194, 108884 (2020). [Link]
  • C. Chen, S. Mathaudhu, N. Thadhani, and A. M. Dongare, Unravelling the Role of Interfaces on the Spall Failure of Cu/Ta Multilayered Systems, Sci. Rep. 10, 208 (2020). [Link]
  • A. M. Dongare, Viewpoint: Challenges to model the role of heterogeneities on the shock response and spall failure of metallic materials at the mesoscales, J. Mater. Sci. 55, 3157 (2020). [Link] [Cover Feature, Vol 55, Issue 8 (2020)]
  • Suresh, S-W Lee, M. Aindow, H. Brody, V. R. Champagne, and A. M. Dongare, Mesoscale modeling of jet initiation behavior and microstructural evolution during cold spray single particle impact, Acta Mater. 182, 197 (2020). [Link]
  • C. Chen, E. Han, A. M. Dongare, and S. Fensin, Understanding and Predicting Damage and Failure at Grain Boundaries in BCC Ta, J. Appl. Phys. 126, 165902 (2019). [Link] [Cover Feature, Vol 126, Issue 16 (2019)]
  • S. Galitskiy, D. S. Ivanov and A. M. Dongare, Dynamic evolution of microstructure during laser shock loading and spall, J. Appl. Phys. 124, 205901 (2018). [Link] [Cover Feature, Vol 124, Issue 20 (2018)]
  • A. McCreary, R. Ghosh, M. Amani, J. Wang, K.-A. N. Duerloo, A. Sharma, K. Jarvis, E. Reed, A. M. Dongare, S. K. Banerjee, M. Terrones, R. R. Namburu and M. Dubey, Effects of uniaxial and biaxial strain on CVD-grown few-layered terrace structures of MoS2, ACS Nano 10, 3186 (2016). [Link]
  • A. M. Dongare, Quasi-coarse-grained dynamics: modeling of metallic materials at mesoscales, Phil. Mag. 94, 3877 (2014). [Link]
  • A. M. Dongare, A. M. Rajendran, B. LaMattina, M. A. Zikry, and D. W. Brenner, Atomic scale studies of spall behavior in nanocrystalline Cu, J. Appl. Phys. 108, 113518 (2010). [Link]
  • A. M. Dongare, A. M. Rajendran, B. LaMattina, M. A. Zikry, and D. W. Brenner, Atomic scale simulations of ductile failure micromechanisms in nanocrystalline Cu at high strain rates, Phys. Rev. B 80, 104108 (2009). [Link]
  • A. M. Dongare, A. M. Rajendran, B. LaMattina, M. A. Zikry, and D. W. Brenner, Atomic scale studies of spall behavior in nanocrystalline Cu, J. Appl. Phys. 108, 113518 (2010). [Link]
  • 2024 — Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
  • 2024 — Member, Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering