L. Catherine Brinson is an American materials scientist who is the Sharon C. and Harold L. Yoh, III Distinguished Professor at Duke University.
[citation needed] She moved to the California Institute of Technology for her graduate studies, where she worked alongside Wolfgang Gustav Knauss on the time-temperature response of multi-phase viscoelastic solids.
[4] Here she focussed on the hierarchical structural properties of novel material systems, alongside serving as Associate Dean for Academic Initiatives and Chair of the Department of Mechanical Engineering.
[7] Upon arriving at Duke, Brinson was awarded $5 million from the National Science Foundation to create an organized, searchable data repository on next-generation materials.
[8] The nanocomposites developed by Brinson incorporate nanoparticles and nanotubes, and find application in several industries, from cars to advanced sporting equipment.