Samantha (Sam) Hayes Daly is an American mechanical engineer whose research topics include the

failure analysis Failure analysis is the process of collecting and analyzing data to determine the cause of a failure, often with the goal of determining corrective actions or liability. According to Bloch and Geitner, ”machinery failures reveal a reaction chain ...

of novel materials including

shape-memory alloy In metallurgy, a shape-memory alloy (SMA) is an alloy that can be deformed when cold but returns to its pre-deformed ("remembered") shape when heated. It is also known in other names such as memory metal, memory alloy, smart metal, smart alloy, ...

s and

ceramic matrix composite In materials science ceramic matrix composites (CMCs) are a subgroup of composite materials and a subgroup of ceramics. They consist of ceramic fibers embedded in a ceramic Matrix (composite), matrix. The fibers and the matrix both can consist o ...

s, and the calibration of the

scanning electron microscope A scanning electron microscope (SEM) is a type of electron microscope that produces images of a sample by scanning the surface with a focused beam of electrons. The electrons interact with atoms in the sample, producing various signals that ...

s used in this analysis. She is a professor of mechanical engineering at the

University of California, Santa Barbara The University of California, Santa Barbara (UC Santa Barbara or UCSB) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Santa Barbara County, California, United States. Tracing its roots back to 1891 as an ...

Education and career

Daly was an undergraduate at

Dartmouth College Dartmouth College ( ) is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Hanover, New Hampshire, United States. Established in 1769 by Eleazar Wheelock, Dartmouth is one of the nine colonial colleges chartered before the America ...

, where she earned a double bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering and mathematics in 2001. She went to the

California Institute of Technology The California Institute of Technology (branded as Caltech) is a private research university in Pasadena, California, United States. The university is responsible for many modern scientific advancements and is among a small group of institutes ...

for graduate study in mechanical engineering, earning a master's degree in 2002 and completing her Ph.D. in 2007, under the joint supervision of Kaushik Bhattacharya and Guruswami Ravichandran. She became an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at the

University of Michigan The University of Michigan (U-M, U of M, or Michigan) is a public university, public research university in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States. Founded in 1817, it is the oldest institution of higher education in the state. The University of Mi ...

in 2008, and in 2011 added a courtesy appointment in Michigan's Department of Materials Science and Engineering. She was promoted to associate professor there in 2014. In 2016, she moved to the University of California, Santa Barbara as an associate professor, and in 2020 she was promoted to full professor.

Recognition

Daly was the 2011 recipient of the Orr Early Career Award of the

American Society of Mechanical Engineers The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) is an American professional association that, in its own words, "promotes the art, science, and practice of multidisciplinary engineering and allied sciences around the globe" via "continuing edu ...

(ASME), the 2015 recipient of the Eshelby Mechanics Award for Young Faculty, the 2016 recipient of the James W. Dally Award of the

Society for Experimental Mechanics Society for Experimental Mechanics (SEM) is a professional organization for engineers and scientists studying the design and implementation of experiments to characterize materials, structures, and systems. Formed in 1943 as the Society for Experim ...

, and the 2022 recipient of the Materials Division Centennial Mid-Career Award of the ASME. She was named as an

ASME Fellow The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) is an American professional association that, in its own words, "promotes the art, science, and practice of multidisciplinary engineering and allied sciences around the globe" via "continuing edu ...

in 2021.

References

External links

Samantha Daly LabAlumna Profile: Samantha (Sam) Daly (MS '02, PhD '07)
Caltech Engineering and Applied Science * {{DEFAULTSORT:Daly, Samantha Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American mechanical engineers 21st-century American women engineers 21st-century American engineers Dartmouth College alumni California Institute of Technology alumni University of California, Santa Barbara faculty Fellows of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers