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2026

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in United States Leader Award
  • 2007 - Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Overview

Martin L. Dunn is affiliated with the University of Colorado Denver in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Engineering, with significant contributions to several subfields including Automotive Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Building and Construction, and Organic Chemistry.

The scientist's main topics of work encompass:

  • Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies
  • Innovations in Concrete and Construction Materials
  • Advanced Materials and Mechanics
  • Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
  • Photopolymerization techniques and applications
  • Polymer composites and self-healing
  • Manufacturing Process and Optimization

Martin L. Dunn has frequently published in several venues, notably:

  • Advanced Materials Technologies
  • Additive manufacturing
  • Materials Horizons
  • Journal of Composite Materials
  • Journal of Manufacturing Processes

Some of their recent publications include:

  • "3D printing of continuous fiber-reinforced thermoset composites" (2021), published in Additive Manufacturing
  • "The status, barriers, challenges, and future in design for 4D printing" (2021), published in Materials & Design
  • "Optimal design and manufacture of variable stiffness laminated continuous fiber reinforced composites" (2020), published in Scientific Reports
  • "4D printing of liquid crystal elastomer composites with continuous fiber reinforcement" (2024), published in Nature Communications
  • "Influence of orientation on mechanical properties for high-performance fused filament fabricated ultem 9085 and electro-statically dissipative polyetherketoneketone" (2020), published in Additive Manufacturing

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Kai Yu
  • Yuchen Ding
  • H. Jerry Qi
  • Arif M. Abdullah
  • Narasimha Boddeti

In recognition of their professional work, Martin L. Dunn was awarded the title of Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in 2007.

Best Publications

  • Ultrastrong adhesion of graphene membranes

    Steven P. Koenig;Narasimha G. Boddeti;Martin L. Dunn;J. Scott Bunch

  • Multimaterial 4D Printing with Tailorable Shape Memory Polymers

    Qi Ge;Amir Hosein Sakhaei;Howon Lee;Conner K. Dunn

  • Advances in 4D Printing: Materials and Applications

    Xiao Kuang;Devin J. Roach;Jiangtao Wu;Craig M. Hamel

  • Thermomechanics of shape memory polymers: Uniaxial experiments and constitutive modeling

    Yiping Liu;Ken Gall;Martin L. Dunn;Alan R. Greenberg

  • Active materials by four-dimension printing

    Qi Ge;H. Jerry Qi;Martin L. Dunn

  • Active origami by 4D printing

    Qi Ge;Qi Ge;Qi Ge;Conner K Dunn;H Jerry Qi;H Jerry Qi;Martin L Dunn;Martin L Dunn

  • Direct 4D printing via active composite materials

    Zhen Ding;Chao Yuan;Chao Yuan;Xirui Peng;Tiejun Wang

  • Micromechanics predictions of the effective electroelastic moduli of piezoelectric composites

    M.L. Dunn;M. Taya

  • Surface-stress-induced phase transformation in metal nanowires.

    Jiankuai Diao;Ken Gall;Martin L. Dunn

  • The role of van der Waals forces in adhesion of micromachined surfaces

    Frank W. DelRio;Frank W. DelRio;Maarten P. de Boer;James A. Knapp;E. David Reedy

  • Shape memory polymer nanocomposites

    Ken Gall;Martin L. Dunn;Yiping Liu;Dudley Finch

  • Strain effects on the thermal conductivity of nanostructures

    Xiaobo Li;Kurt Maute;Martin L. Dunn;Ronggui Yang

  • Sequential Self-Folding Structures by 3D Printed Digital Shape Memory Polymers

    Yiqi Mao;Kai Yu;Michael S. Isakov;Jiangtao Wu

  • Carbon Fiber Reinforced Thermoset Composite with Near 100% Recyclability

    Kai Yu;Qian Shi;Martin L. Dunn;Tiejun Wang

  • Recyclable 3D printing of vitrimer epoxy

    Qian Shi;Kai Yu;Kai Yu;Xiao Kuang;Xiaoming Mu

  • Micromechanics of Magnetoelectroelastic Composite Materials: Average Fields and Effective Behavior:

    Jiang Yu Li;Martin L. Dunn

  • Atomistic simulation of the structure and elastic properties of gold nanowires

    Jiankuai Diao;Ken Gall;Martin L. Dunn

  • Multi-shape active composites by 3D printing of digital shape memory polymers.

    Jiangtao Wu;Chao Yuan;Zhen Ding;Michael Isakov

  • Bending rigidity and Gaussian bending stiffness of single-layered graphene

    Yujie Wei;Baoling Wang;Jiangtao Wu;Ronggui Yang

  • Reprocessable thermosets for sustainable three-dimensional printing.

    Biao Zhang;Kavin Kowsari;Ahmad Serjouei;Martin L. Dunn;Martin L. Dunn

  • The Strength of Gold Nanowires

    Ken Gall;Jiankuai Diao;Martin L. Dunn

Frequent Co-Authors

H. Jerry Qi
H. Jerry Qi Georgia Institute of Technology
Hassel Ledbetter
Hassel Ledbetter University of Colorado Boulder
Kurt Maute
Kurt Maute University of Colorado Boulder
Victor M. Bright
Victor M. Bright University of Colorado Boulder
Ken Gall
Ken Gall Duke University
Tiejun Wang
Tiejun Wang Xi'an Jiaotong University
Kai Yu
Kai Yu University of Colorado Denver
Steven M. George
Steven M. George University of Colorado Boulder
Rishi Raj
Rishi Raj University of Colorado Boulder
Yung-Cheng Lee
Yung-Cheng Lee University of Colorado Boulder

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