Principal Investigators
The University of Tulsa
Michael Keller, Ph.D.
Projects
Bio
Michael W. Keller is currently an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at The University of Tulsa. He received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from The University of Tulsa in 2001 and his Ph.D. in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2007. After completing his Ph.D. he served as a Post-doctoral researcher in the Dept. of Chemistry and Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Arizona. Dr. Keller’s research focuses on the synthesis and mechanics of polymers and composites, with a particular emphasis on materials that have autonomic functionality. His research has produced new self-healing materials and has also given greater insight into the mechanics of these materials at the macro and micro length scales. He was recently awarded a prestigious National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER grant to investigate self-sensing and sensitization strategies for the non-destructive evaluation of composite materials.