ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5853-0878
Contact Information
Email: floresk@wustl.edu
MEMS Office: Jubel 133J
IMSE Office: Rudolph L52
Phone: (314) 935-3184
Appointments
Christopher I. Byrnes Professor
McKelvey School of Engineering
Washington University
October 2022 – present
Director
Institute of Materials Science and Engineering
Washington University
July 2016 – present
Professor and Associate Chair for Materials Science
Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Washington University
July 2012 – present
Interim Department Chair
Department of Energy, Environmental, and Chemical Engineering
Washington University
November 2020 – 2022
Associate Director
Institute of Materials Science and Engineering
Washington University
July 2012 – June 2016
Associate Professor
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
The Ohio State University
Oct. 2008 – June 2012
Director of Education and Outreach
The Center for Emergent Materials
NSF Materials Research Science and Engineering Center
The Ohio State University
Sept. 2008 – June 2012
Assistant Professor
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
The Ohio State University
Oct. 2002 – Sept. 2008
Project Director
Sports Materials Laboratory
Stanford University
Oct. 2000 – June 2002
Education
Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, September, 2000
Dissertation: Fracture and Deformation of a Zirconium Based Bulk Metallic Glass
M.S. in Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, June, 1997
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Washington University, May, 1995
Honors and Awards
ASM Fellow, 2023
Institute for School Partnership Faculty Fellow, Washington University, 2015
Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science Department Chair’s Award for Outstanding Teaching, Washington University, 2015
OSU President and Provost’s Leadership Institute, January 2012 – June 2013
Ohio Faculty Innovator Award (co-recipient with Peter Anderson, The Ohio State University), 2011
OSU College of Engineering Lumley Research Award, 2006
Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Program (ONR-YIP) grant recipient, 2005
National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development (NSF-CAREER) grant recipient, 2005
O. Cutler Shepard Award for the Outstanding Master of Science Graduate in Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, 1997
National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship, 1996 – 1999
Erwin C. Hoelscher/ASME Award for the Outstanding Senior in Mechanical Engineering, Washington University, 1995
Chapter President, Tau Beta Pi National Engineering Honor Society, Missouri Gamma Chapter, 1994-1995
Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering Award, 1994