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Rodrigo Bernal

Rodrigo Bernal

Associate Professor - Mechanical Engineering

Please see labs.utdallas.edu/nml

972-883-4709
ECSW 4.355E
Nanomechanical Multiphysics Lab
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Currently accepting undergraduate and graduate students

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Professional Preparation

Postdoctoral Fellow - Mechanical Engineering
University of Pennsylvania - 2016
Ph.D. - Mechanical Engineering
Northwestern University - 2014

Research Areas

Mechanical properties of nanomaterials
Multiphysics phenomena at the nanoscale
MEMS and NEMS
Electron Microscopy

Publications

Low thermal conductivity and thermal boundary conductance in BiOI crystals and films grown at low temperature 2026 - Journal Article
Fracture toughness of multi-layer graphene oxide 2026 - Journal Article
Fracture Toughness of Multi-layer Graphene Oxide 2025 - Other
Nanoscale Adhesion and Material Transfer at 2D MoS2-MoS2 Interfaces Elucidated by In Situ Transmission Electron Microscopy and Atomistic Simulations 2024 - Journal Article
Nanoscale Adhesion and Material Transfer at 2D MoS2–MoS2 Interfaces Elucidated by In Situ Transmission Electron Microscopy and Atomistic Simulations 2024 - Journal Article
Adhesive contact mechanics of penta-twinned nanowires 2024 - Journal Article
Electromigration Lifetime of Penta-Twinned Gold Nanowires: Implications for Flexible Electronics 2024 - Journal Article
Electrical property-microstructure of copper interconnects printed by localized pulsed electrodeposition (L-PED) 2023 - Journal Article