Ken Gall

Ken Gall is a Professor in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science at Duke University. His research focuses on materials science, mechanical properties, metals, and polymers, with specialties in shape memory materials, biomaterials, and 3D printing. His work explores the relationship between processing, structure, and mechanical properties of materials, including shape memory metals and polymers, and the discovery of a new phase transformation in metal nanowires. Gall's current research interests include 3D printed metals and polymers, soft synthetic biomaterials, and biopolymers with structured surface porous networks. He has consulted for industry, the US Military, and the US Intelligence Community and has served as an expert witness in patent and product litigation. He is also an entrepreneur who has founded two medical device start-up companies, MedShape and Vertera, which have commercialized university-based technologies in the orthopedic medical device space.

Ken Gall is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science at Duke University, specializing in the mechanics of materials, biomaterials, and advanced materials such as shape memory alloys and polymers. His research explores the thermomechanical behavior of shape memory polymers, their applications in biomedical contexts, and the deformation mechanisms in metallic and polymeric nanomaterials. Gall's work also includes the development of 3D printing techniques for biomedical scaffolds and the investigation of microstructure-based fatigue modeling in alloys. His research integrates experimental and computational methods to understand the mechanical response of materials under various conditions.