Ashlie Martini

Ashlie Martini is a tribologist and professor of mechanical engineering^[1][2][3] at University of California, Merced.^[4]

Biography

Education

Martini received her Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering in 1998 from Northwestern University,^[5] in Evanston, Illinois. She later completed her Doctor of Philosophy in the same field, at the same school, in 2007.^[4]

Career

She was an assistant professor^[6] at Purdue University^[7] in West Lafayette, Indiana before becoming a full professor at University of California, Merced.

Research

The topics of study at "Martini Research Group: Fundamental Tribology Lab" at UC Merced include:^[4]

• Solid and liquid lubricants
• Tribochemistry
• Nanoscale contact and sliding^[8]

Martini's lab helps test dry lubricants for the Mars rover.^[9] "The Martini research group is performing some very critical and important data gathering for us and presenting that data in a way that helps us make critical, mission-sensitive decisions for Mars," said Duval Johnson of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.^[10][11]

Awards and honors

• American Society of Mechanical Engineers - ASME Burt L. Newkirk Award (2012)^[12]
• Air Force Office of Scientific Research - AFOSR Young Investigator Award^[13]

Distinctions

• Tribology Letters - Editor^[4]
• Tribology Transactions - Associate Editor^[4]
• Tribology International - Editorial Board Member^[4]
• Computational Materials Science - Editorial Board Member^[4]
• Lubricants - Editorial Board Member^[4]
• Gordon Research Conference on Tribology (International Conference) - Chair^[13][14]
• Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers Tribology Frontiers Conference^[15] (International Conference) - Chair^[13]

Publications

Martini has over 250 publications. Her most cited work has been cited over 4400 times:^[16]

• Moon, Robert J.; Martini, Ashlie; Nairn, John; Simonsen, John; Youngblood, Jeff (20 June 2011). "Cellulose nanomaterials review: Structure, properties and nanocomposites". Chemical Society Reviews. 40 (7): 3941–3994. doi:10.1039/C0CS00108B. PMID 21566801. Retrieved 26 March 2021.

Her second most cited work has been cited over 400 times:^[16]

• Song, Jianwei; Chen, Chaoji; Zhu, Shuze; Zhu, Mingwei; Dai, Jiaqi; Ray, Upamanyu; Li, Yiju; Kuang, Yudi; Li, Yongfeng; Quispe, Nelson; Yao, Yonggang; Gong, Amy; Leiste, Ulrich H.; Bruck, Hugh A.; Zhu, J. Y.; Vellore, Azhar; Li, Heng; Minus, Marilyn L.; Jia, Zheng; Martini, Ashlie; Li, Teng; Hu, Liangbing (2018). "Processing bulk natural wood into a high-performance structural material". Nature. 554 (7691): 224–228. Bibcode:2018Natur.554..224S. doi:10.1038/nature25476. PMID 29420466. S2CID 4469909. Retrieved 26 March 2021.

See also

• Tribology
• Mechanical engineering
• ASME Burt L. Newkirk Award
• Stick-slip phenomenon^[8]

References

1. "School of Engineering: Ashlie Martini". engineering.ucmerced.edu. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
2. "Electric vehicle greases- an unclear future". www.fuelsandlubes.com. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
3. "University of California Merced: Ashlie Martini". www.ucmerced.edu. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
4. "Martini Research Group: Fundamental Tribology". faculty.ucmerced.edu. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
5. "Tribochemistry: Shear-Induced Reaction Pathways Explored via Reactive Atomistic Simulation". Argonne National Laboratory. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
6. "Ashlie Martini Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering". engineering.purdue.edu. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
7. "The Gentle Way". engineering.purdue.edu. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
8. Martini, Ashlie; Wu, Jianguo (2014). "Atomic Stick-Slip". Nanohub. doi:10.4231/D3QJ77Z9M. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
9. "UC Merced grad student, alumnus play significant role in Mars 2020 mission". www.universityofcalifornia.edu. 30 July 2020. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
10. "UC Merced Grad Student, Alumnus Play Significant Role in Mars 2020 Mission". news.ucmerced.edu. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
11. "List of NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory employees". SignalHire. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
12. "Burt L. Newkirk Award". American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
13. "Prof. Ashlie Martini". wesstribo.com. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
14. "Tribology Gordon Research Conference: Progress in Tribology at the Interface Between Disciplines". www.grc.org. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
15. "2018 STLE Tribology Frontiers Conference". Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
16. "Ashlie Martini: University of California Merced". Google Scholar. Retrieved 26 March 2021.

External links

• Ashlie Martini publications indexed by Google Scholar