Jamie J. Kruzic
Lawrence
Berkeley National Lab
1 Cyclotron Road BLDG 62R0100-8255
Berkeley, CA 94720
Phone: 510-486-5544
email: jjkruzic@lbl.gov
EDUCATION:
RESEARCH AREA:
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Mechanical properties of advanced materials, specifically in the area
of fatigue and fracture.
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Current projects include:
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Past projects include:
EXPERIENCE:
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November 2001 - Present: Postdoctoral Fellow:
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
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August 1996 - November 2001: Graduate Research
Assistant:
Department of Materials Science and Mineral Engineering,
University of California, Berkeley.
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August - December 1998: Graduate Student Instructor:
MSE
113--Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Department of Materials Science
and Mineral Engineering, University of California, Berkeley.
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January - May 1996: Undergraduate Research Aide:
Department
of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
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April 1994 - July 1995: Core Member: University
of Illinois "Sunchief" solar vehicle team.
HONORS:
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John G. Maurer Fellowship awarded for 2000-2001 academic
year
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Regents of the University of California Fellowship
awarded for spring semester 1998
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John H. Wheeler and Elliott H. Wheeler Fellowship
awarded for fall semester 1996
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Inducted into Tau Beta Pi Honor Society in 1995
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Inducted into Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society in 1995
AFFILIATIONS:
ACTIVITIES AND SERVICE:
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Key Reader and Member of the Board of Review for Metallurgical and Materials
Transactions A (2004-present)
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Technical Reviewer for various international materials science and mechanics
journals
SKILLS:
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Mechanical Testing
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Experienced with Instron and MTS servo-hydraulic
mechanical testing machines for conducting stress-strain, strength, fracture
toughness, cyclic fatigue crack propagation, and stress corrosion crack
propagation experiments.
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Materials Characterization
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Experienced with metallography, optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy
(SEM), energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS), transmission electron microscopy
(TEM), atomic force microscopy (AFM), Auger electron spectroscopy (AES).
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Computer Systems
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Windows, UNIX, and Macintosh operating systems.
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The C programming language.
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VEE visual programming for data acquisition
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Familiar with Mathematica, Microsoft Office Suite, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe
Illustrator, etc.
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Others
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BET method for surface area determination of porous materials.
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Photovoltaic solar array design and construction.
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Design and construction of fiber reinforced polymer matrix composite structures
by wet lay-up and prepreg autoclave techniques.
JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS:
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J. J. Kruzic, J. A. Scott, R. K. Nalla, R. O. Ritchie,” Fatigue-Crack Growth
of Microcracks in Human Cortical Bone,” Journal of Biomechanics,
2004, in review.
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R. K. Nalla, M. Balooch, J. W. Ager, J. J. Kruzic, J. H. Kinney, R. O.
Ritchie, “Effects of polar solvents on the fracture resistance of dentin:
Role of water hydration,” Acta Biomaterialia, 2004, in review.
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J. H. Schneibel, R. O. Ritchie, J. J. Kruzic, P. R. Tortorelli, “Optimization
of Mo-Si-B Intermetallics,” Metallurgical and Materials Transactions
A, 2004, in review.
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R. O. Ritchie, J. H. Kinney, J. J. Kruzic, R. K. Nalla, "A fracture mechanics
and mechanistic approach to the failure of cortical bone," Fatigue and
Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures, 2004, in review.
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R. K. Nalla, J. J. Kruzic, J. H. Kinney, R. O. Ritchie, “Effect of aging
on the toughness of human cortical bone: Evaluation by R-curves,” Bone,
2004, in press.
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R. K. Nalla, J. J. Kruzic, J. H. Kinney, R. O. Ritchie, “Aspects of In
Vitro Fatigue in Human Cortical Bone: Time- and Cycle-Dependent Crack
Growth,” Biomaterials, 2004, in press.
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J. J. Kruzic, R. K. Nalla, J. H. Kinney, R. O. Ritchie, “Mechanistic Aspects
of In Vitro Fatigue-Crack Growth in Dentin,” Biomaterials,
2004, in press.
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R.O. Ritchie, C.L. Muhlstein, J.J. Kruzic, R.K. Nalla, E.A. Stach, “Characteristic
dimensions and micro-mechanisms of fracture and fatigue in ‘nano’ and ‘bio’
materials”, International Journal of Fracture, 2004. in press.
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R. K. Nalla, J. J. Kruzic, J. H. Kinney, R. O. Ritchie, “Mechanistic
Aspects of Fracture and R-Curve Behavior of Human Cortical Bone,” Biomaterials,
2005, 26 (2), 217-231.
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R. K. Nalla, J. J. Kruzic, R. O. Ritchie, “On
the Origin of the Toughness of Mineralized Tissue: Microcracking or Crack
Bridging?” Bone, 2004,
34 (5), 790-798.
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J. J. Kruzic, J. H. Schneibel, R. O. Ritchie, “Fracture
and Fatigue Resistance of Mo-Si-B Alloys for Ultrahigh-Temperature Structural
Applications,” Scripta Materialia, 2004, 50 (4), 459-464.
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J. J. Kruzic, R. M. Cannon, R. O. Ritchie, “Crack-Size
Effects on Cyclic and Monotonic Crack Growth in Polycrystalline Alumina:
Quantification of the Role of Grain Bridging,” Journal of the American
Ceramic Society, 2004, 87 (1), 93-103.
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J. J. Kruzic, J. M. McNaney, R. M. Cannon, and R. O. Ritchie, "Effects
of Plastic Constraint on the Cyclic and Static Fatigue Behavior of Metal/Ceramic
Layered Structures," Mechanics of Materials, 2004, 36
(1-2), 57-72.
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R Yuan, J. J. Kruzic, X. F. Zhang, L. C. De Jonghe, R. O. Ritchie, “Ambient
to High-Temperature Fracture Toughness and Cyclic Fatigue Behavior in Al-Containing
Silicon Carbide Ceramics,” Acta Materialia, 2003, 51
(20), 6477-6491.
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J. J. Kruzic, R. K. Nalla, J. H. Kinney, R. O. Ritchie, “Crack
Blunting, Crack Bridging and Resistance-Curve Fracture Mechanics in Dentin:
Effect of Hydration,” Biomaterials, 2003, 24 (28), 5209-5221.
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J. J. Kruzic and R. O. Ritchie, “Determining
the Toughness of Ceramics from Vickers Indentations using the Crack-Opening
Displacements: An Experimental Study,” Journal of the American Ceramic
Society, 2003, 86 (8), 1433-1436.
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J. J. Kruzic, R. A. Marks, M. Yoshiya, A. M. Glaeser, R. M. Cannon, and
R. O. Ritchie, "Fracture
and Fatigue Behavior at Ambient and Elevated Temperatures of Alumina Bonded
with Copper/Niobium/Copper Interlayers," Journal of the American
Ceramic Society, 2002, 85 (10), 2531-2541.
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J. J. Kruzic, J. P. Campbell, and
R.
O. Ritchie, "On
the Fatigue Behavior of Gamma-Based Titanium Aluminides: Role of Small
Cracks,"
Acta Materialia, 1999, 47 (3), 801-816.
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J. P. Campbell, J. J. Kruzic, S. Lillibridge, K. T. Venkateswara Rao, and
R. O. Ritchie, "On
the Growth of Small Fatigue Cracks in g-based
Titanium Aluminides,"
Scripta Materialia, 1997, 37 (5),
707-712.
CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS PUBLICATIONS:
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J. H. Schneibel, J. J. Kruzic, R. O. Ritchie, “Mo-Si-B Alloy Development,”
in Proceedings of the 18th Annual Conference on Fossil Energy Materials,
2004.
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J. J. Kruzic, R. K. Nalla, J. H. Kinney, R. O. Ritchie, “Fracture Properties
of Cortical Bone and Dentin,” in Bioceramics: Materials and Applications,
Rich Rusin, ed., Ceramic Transactions, vol. 164, The American Ceramic
Society, Westerville, OH, 2004, in press.
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R. K. Nalla, J. J. Kruzic, J. H. Kinney, R. O. Ritchie, “Mechanistic Aspects
of Fracture of Human Cortical Bone,” in Biological and Bio-Inspired
Materials and Devices, R. Wang, ed., MRS Symposium Proceedings,
Materials Research Society, Warrendale, PA, 2004. pp. W8.2.1-6.
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J. J. Kruzic and R. O. Ritchie, “An Experimental Assessment of Using Crack-Opening
Displacements to Determine Indentation Toughness from Vickers Indents,”
in
Indentation Techniques in Ceramic Materials Characterization,
Ahmad Solomah, ed., Ceramic Transactions, vol. 156, The American
Ceramic Society, Westerville, OH, 2004. pp. 83-91.
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J. H. Schneibel, J. J. Kruzic, R. O. Ritchie, “Mo-Si-B
Alloy Development,” in Proceedings of the 17th Annual Conference
on Fossil Energy Materials, 2003.
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J. H. Schneibel, P. F. Tortorelli, M. J. Kramer, A. J. Thom, J. J. Kruzic,
and R. O. Ritchie, “Optimization of Mo-Si-B Intermetallics,” in Defect
Properties and Related Phenomena in Intermetallic Alloys, E. P. George,
M. J. Mills, H. Inui, G. Eggeler, eds., MRS Symposium Proceedings,
vol. 753, Materials Research Society, Warrendale, PA, 2003. pp. 53-58.
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J. J. Kruzic, R. Yuan, R. M. Cannon, and R. O. Ritchie, “Determining Worst-Case
Fatigue Thresholds in Grain-Bridging Ceramics,” in Materials Lifetime
and Engineering, P.K. Liaw, R.A. Buchanan, D.L. Klarstrom, R.P. Wei,
and D.G. Harlow, eds., TMS, Warrendale, PA, 2003. 61-68.
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J. J. Kruzic, J. M. McNaney, R. M. Cannon, and R. O. Ritchie, "Time
Dependent Debonding of Aluminum/Alumina Interfaces Under Cyclic and Static
Loading," in Structure-Property Relationships of Oxide Surfaces
and Interfaces, C. B. Carter, X. Pan, K. Sickafus, H. L. Tuller, and
T. Wood, eds., MRS Symposium Proceedings, vol. 654, Materials Research
Society, Warrendale, PA, 2001. pp. AA4.10.1-6.
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J. J. Kruzic, J. P. Campbell, A. L. McKelvey, H. Choe, and R. O. Ritchie,
"The Contrasting Role of Microstructure in Influencing Fracture and Fatigue-Crack
Growth in g-Based Titanium Aluminides and Large
and Small Crack Sizes," in Gamma Titanium Aluminides 1999,
Y-W. Kim, D. M. Dimiduk, and M. H. Loretto, eds., TMS, Warrendale, PA,
1999. pp. 495-507.
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J. J. Kruzic, J. P. Campbell, and
R.
O. Ritchie, "Fatigue-Crack
Propagation in Gamma-Based Titanium Aluminide Alloys at Large and Small
Crack Sizes," in High-Temperature Ordered Intermetallics VIII,
E. P. George, M. J. Mills and M. Yamaguchi, eds., MRS Symposium Proceedings,
vol. 552, Materials Research Society, Warrendale, PA, 1999. pp. KK2.3.1-6.
BOOK SECTIONS:
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R. O. Ritchie, J. H. Kinney, J. J. Kruzic, and R.
K. Nalla “Micromechanistic Aspects of Cortical Bone Fracture,” Encyclopedia
of Biomedical Engineering, J. L. Katz, ed. 2004, in press.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS:
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J. J. Kruzic, R. K. Nalla, J. H. Kinney, R. O. Ritchie, “Fracture Properties
of Cortical Bone and Dentin,”106th Annual Meeting of the American Ceramic
Society, Indianapolis, IN, April 2004.
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J. J. Kruzic, R. M. Cannon, R. O. Ritchie, “Understanding Reliability in
Bridging Ceramics Under Cyclic Loading Conditions,” 106th Annual Meeting
of the American Ceramic Society, Indianapolis, IN, April 2004.
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J. J. Kruzic, ”SiC as a parallel to Si3N4,” 2004 MIT NANOAM Meeting, Boston,
MA, March 2004.
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J. J. Kruzic, R. M. Cannon, R. O. Ritchie, “Predicting Cyclic Fatigue Thresholds
and Reliability in Bridging Ceramics,” 55th Pacific Coast Regional and
Basic Science Division Meeting of the American Ceramic Society, Oakland,
CA, October 2003.
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J. J. Kruzic, R. M. Cannon, R. O. Ritchie, “Understanding the Effects of
Crack Size on Fatigue Thresholds in Bridging Ceramics,” presented at Mechanics
and Materials 2003, Scottsdale, AZ, June 2003.
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J. J. Kruzic, R. O. Ritchie, “An Experimental Assessment of Using Crack
Opening Displacements to Determine Indentation Toughness from Vickers Indents,”
presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Ceramic Society, Nashville,
TN, April 2003.
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J. J. Kruzic, R. M. Cannon, M. Yoshiya, A. M. Glaeser, R. M. Cannon, and
R. O. Ritchie, "“Ambient and Elevated Temperature Fracture and Fatigue
Behavior of Partial Transient-Liquid Phase Bonded Joints,” presented at
the Annual Meeting of the American Ceramic Society, Nashville, TN, April
2003.
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J. J. Kruzic, R. Yuan, R. M. Cannon, R. O. Ritchie, “Determining Worst-Case
Fatigue Thresholds in Grain-Bridging Ceramics,” presented at the TMS Annual
Meeting, San Diego, CA, March 2003
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J. J. Kruzic, R. O. Ritchie, H. Choe, J. H. Schneibel, “Damage Tolerance
in Refractory Mo-Mo3Si-Mo5SiB2 Silicides
at Temperatures up to 1300ºC,” presented at the TMS Annual Meeting,
San Diego, CA, March 2003
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J. J. Kruzic, J. M. McNaney, R. M. Cannon, R. O. Ritchie, "Effects of Plastic
Constraint on the Cyclic and Static Fatigue Behavior of Metal/Ceramic Layered
Structures," presented at Mechanics and Materials 2001, San Diego, CA,
June 2001.
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J. J. Kruzic, J. M. McNaney, R. M. Cannon, R. O. Ritchie, "Cyclic Fatigue
and Moisture Assisted Crack Growth at/near Al2O3/Al
Interfaces," presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Ceramic Society,
Indianapolis, IN, April 2001.
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J. J. Kruzic, J. M. McNaney, R. M. Cannon, R. O. Ritchie, "Time Dependent
Debonding of Aluminum/Alumina Interfaces Under Cyclic and Static Loading,"
presented at the Fall Meeting of the Materials Research Society, Boston,
MA, November 2000.
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J. J. Kruzic, J. M. McNaney, R. M. Cannon, R. O. Ritchie, "Fracture and
Fatigue of Al2O3/Metal Interfaces," presented at
the Pacific Coast Regional and Basic Science Division Meeting of the American
Ceramic Society, San Francisco, CA, September 2000.
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J. J. Kruzic, J. M. McNaney, R. M. Cannon, R. O. Ritchie, "Sub-critical
Crack Growth in Al2O3/Al/Al2O3
Sandwich Specimens During Cyclic and Static Fatigue," presented at the
Annual Meeting of the American Ceramic Society, St. Louis, MO, May 2000.
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J. J. Kruzic, J. P. Campbell and
R.
O. Ritchie, "Fatigue-Crack Propagation in Gamma-Based
Titanium Aluminide Alloys at Large and Small Crack Sizes," presented at
the Fall Meeting of the Materials Research Society, Boston, MA, November
1998.
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