About me

Welcome! My name is Krzysztof (Kris) Stopka, and I am a Research Engineer and Postdoctoral Research Associate at Purdue University. I work with Dr. Michael D. Sangid in the Advanced Computational Materials and Experimental Evaluation (ACME) Laboratory and the Hypersonics Advanced Manufacturing Technology Center. I am also one of the developers of PRISMS-Fatigue, an open-source fatigue analysis tool for polycrystalline metals and alloys.

I am interested in the interface between advanced manufacturing, materials science, crystal plasticity, computational mechanics, fatigue and fracture, and high-energy x-ray diffraction microscopy. I defended my PhD dissertation entitled Integrated Computational Materials Engineering Workflows for Microstructure-sensitive Fatigue of Advanced Alloys in March 2021 under the advisement of Dr. David L. McDowell at the Georgia Institute of Technology. A strong passion of mine outside of research is mentorship, especially for younger students just getting started in their college/academic careers. My long-term goal is to pursue a career in academia.

If you would like to know more, I can be reached at kstopka {at} purdue {dot} edu or stopka {dot} kris {at} gmail {dot} com.