BIO

J. Pablo Escobedo-Diaz is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Engineering and Information Technology (SEIT) at UNSW Canberra. He obtained his doctoral degree in Mechanical Engineering at Washington State University.  Prior to taking up this academic appointment he held research positions at the Institute for Shock Physics (Washington State University) and Los Alamos National Laboratory.  

His main research interests centre on the dynamic behaviour of materials under extreme conditions, in particular high pressure and high strain rate. His focus has been on investigating the effects of microstructural features on the dynamic fracture behaviour of metals and metallic alloys. He has published primarily in the fields of Shock Physics and Materials Science; his most recent publications can be found by clicking the link below.

He is a member of The Metals, Minerals and Materials Society (TMS), the American Physical Society (APS), the Society for Experimental Mechanics (SEM) and the Materials Research Society (MRS). He has served as a regular reviewer of a number of journals including the Journal of Applied Physics, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions, the Intertnational Journal of Solids and Structures, Materials Characterization, among others.

 PhD Projects available focused on mechanical behavior of materials (Experimental and Modelling). Please contact me for details.
 

Current Research group

Research Associate 
Dr. Hongxu Wang 

PhD students
Mr. Md. Ashraful Islam 
Mr. Md. Abdul Kader
Mr. Ali A.H. Ameri
Mr. Jianshen Wang

Undergrad Honours students  

John S. Lauria

Former members of Research group 

Research Associates
Dr. Andrew D. Brown 
Dr. Jiao-Jiao Yi 

PhD students

Dr. Yuguo Yu

Supervised Honors dissertations  

Mr. Simon Higgs              (Honours 2018)
Mr. Raymond Miller         (Honours 2018)
Ms. Tayla Nankivell         (Honours 2018)
Mr. Adam Gregg             (Honours, University Medal 2017)   
Mr. Chris Rees-Jones     (Honours 2017)
Mr. Dylan Taylor              (Honours 2017)
Ms.Danielle Austin          (Honours, 2016)
Mr. Matt Bevan                (Honours, 2016)
Mr. Eugene Luo               (Honours, 2016)
Mr. Richard Blessington  (Honours, 2015)
Mr. Luke Brown               (Honours, 2015)
Ms. Andrea CH Lock       (Honours, 2015)
Mr. Zac Major                  (Honours, 2015)
Mr. Brenton Chapman     (Honours, 2015)
Ms. Alison Cranston        (Honours, 2014) 

Current teaching

Semester 1

ZEIT 2501 Electronic and Mechanical Design
ZINT 2501 Engineering Materials and Chemistry
CTMC Firepower and Protection - Materials
ZEIT 4500 Senior thesis panel chair - Impact
ZEIT 4014 Impact Dynamics

Semester 2

ZEIT 3700 Mechanical Design
ZEIT 4500 Senior thesis panel chair - Impact