She worked at Sandia National Laboratories for 20 years before joining the faculty of Carnegie Mellon in 2012.
[4] She is internationally known for her theory and modeling work on microstructural response, interfaces, carbon nanotubes, and additive manufacturing.
She moved to Massachusetts Institute of Technology for a Master of Science in Ceramics in 1989, before returning to the University of Michigan dual Ph.D.s in materials science and engineering and scientific computing in 1992.
[6] Holm performs research on microstructural evolution in complex polycrystals employing computational materials science tools.
Her research areas include theory and modeling of microstructural evolution in complex polycrystals, physical and mechanical response of microstructures, and machine learning to predict rare events.