Daniel Eakins
Professor of Engineering Science @University of Oxford, Department of Engineering Science
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WORK HISTORY
Professor of Engineering Science @University of Oxford, Department of Engineering Science
Oxfordshire, GB
EDUCATION
Georgia Institute of Technology
Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering
Washington State University
M.S., Materials Science and Engineering
Washington State University
B.S., Materials Science and Engineering
SKILLS
ABOUT DANIEL EAKINS
An experimental physicist working at the interface of \"extreme\" materials science, shock physics and dynamic measurement science. He received his PhD in Materials Science and Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 2007, after which he was awarded a Director’s Postdoctoral Fellowship at Los Alamos National Laboratory. He was appointed Lecturer at Imperial College in January 2010, and is currently the Deputy Director of the Institute of Shock Physics.Dr. Eakins conducts research on the ultrafast behaviour of materials under extreme loading conditions, using a combination of gas-guns and high-power lasers to study key physical processes from their lattice-level origins to the bulk scale. His work encompasses the dynamic strength and failure of both metals and ceramics, with particular emphasis on temperature effects. He is also an expert in the shock response of porous/cellular materials, having focused on dynamic energy absorption in additive manufactured lattices, and tuning of shock-induced reactions in granular mixtures. Since arriving at Imperial College, Dr. Eakins has been actively exploring novel X-ray diagnostics for probing highly-transient sub-surface phenomena. Of special note are his recent achievements towards high-resolution single-bunch X-ray imaging at the Diamond Light Source and European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, and championing the establishment of new high-rate loading platforms at ESRF for the UK/EU high-rate and shock physics communities.
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