Addis A. Kidane

Addis Kidane is associate professor of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics at Columbia Engineering. Kidane studies experimental solid mechanics, focusing on the mechanics of materials such as composites, nanocomposites, functionally graded materials, cellular materials, polycrystalline, and energetic materials at high strain rates loading and temperature. Kidane’s current research centers on three main themes of materials mechanics: understanding the failure mechanisms in heterogeneous materials, such as rigid foams, composites, and energetic materials subjected to impact loading; damage mechanisms in functionally graded materials, polycrystalline metals, and composite VI local in-site DIC; and the effect of nanoparticles on the thermal and mechanical properties of nanocomposites and fiber-based composites.

Kidane obtained his PhD in mechanical engineering and applied mechanics from the University of Rhode Island, and he spent two years at the California Institute of Technology as a postdoctoral scholar. Prior to joining Columbia University in January 2022, Kidane was an assistant professor and an associate professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of South Carolina.