Thomas A. Berfield, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
445 Lutz Hall
502-852-7173
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Education

Ph.D. in theoretical/applied mechanics, University of Illinois/Urbana-Champaign, 2008.
M.Sc. in theoretical/applied mechanics, University of Illinois/Urbana-Champaign, 2003.
B.Sc. in engineering mechanics, University of Illinois/Urbana-Champaign, 2001.

Appointment Information

Original appointment as assistant professor - 2008.
Portion of time committed to teaching- 50 percent.
Portion of time committed to research and scholarly activities - 40 percent.
Portion of time committed to institutional and professional service - 10 percent.

Professional Experience

5/01-5/08, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL. Teaching assistant and graduate research associate. Ph.D. dissertation: "Residual Stress Development and Effect on the Piezoelectric Performance of Sol-Gel Derived Lead Zirconate Titanate (PZT) Thin Films."

Consulting

Intel, Inc., "Die-Break Strength and Defect Rate," February 2009.

Professional Registration

None.

Recent Publications

Berfield, T.A., Ong, R.J., Payne, D.A. and Sottos, N.R., "Residual Stress Effects on Piezoelectric Response of Sol-Gel Derived Lead Zirconate Titanate Thin Films," Journal of Applied Physics, 101, 24102-1 – 24102-7, 2007.

Berfield, T.A., Patel, J.K., Shimmin, R.G., Braun, P.V., Lambros, J. and Sottos, N.R., "Micro- and Nanoscale Deformation Measurement of Surface and Internal Planes Via Digital Image Correlation," Experimental Mechanics, 47, 51-62, 2007.

Berfield, T.A., Patel, J.K., Shimmin, R.G., Braun, P.V., Lambros, J. and Sottos, N.R., "Fluorescent Image Correlation for Nanoscale Deformation Measurements," Small, 2, 631-635, 2006.

Ong, R.J., Berfield, T.A., Sottos, N.R. and Payne,D.A., "Sol-Gel Derived Pb(Zr,Ti)O3 Thin Films: Residual Stress and Electrical Properties," Journal of the European Ceramics Society, 25, 2247-2251, 2005.

Scientific and Professional Societies

• American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
• Society for Experimental Mechanics (SEM)
• Society for Engineering Science (SES)
• Material Research Society (MRS)

Honors and Awards

• Thomas J. Dolan Graduate Award

Institutional and Professional Service

• Faculty Advisor, ASME Student Chapter
• Micro- and Nanotechnology Graduate Certificate Program Committee
• Served on PhD committee for mechanical engineering student (Yunlong Guo)
• Advising 1 PhD student (Jubin Chen) and 2 master's graduate students (Daniel Porter and Alex James)

Professional Development Activities

• Conference presentations at meetings of AMSE (International Congress 2005, 2006), SES (annual meeting 2008), and SEM (annual meeting 2005, 2006, 2007)
• Manuscript reviews for Experimental Mechanics and Journal of Optical Technology
• Teaching with Technology Classes at University of Louisville
• Attended 2008 Annual Kentucky EPSCoR Conference