Wendy C. Crone

Wendy C. Crone is a Professor in the Department of Engineering Physics at the University of Wisconsin - Madison. Her research is in the area of solid mechanics and she has applied her technical expertise to improving mechanical response of materials, enhancing material behavior through surface modification and nanostructuring, exploring the interplay between cells and the mechanics of their surroundings, and developing new material applications and medical devices. She has worked in the medical device industry and has publications and patents pending on medical devices and biomaterials. Prof. Crone was granted a CAREER Award by the National Science Foundation in 2002, received the top Hot Talk/Cool Paper Award from the Materials Research Society in 2007, honored with the WEPAN Educator Award and the Doris Slesinger Award for Excellence in Mentoring in 2011, and received a Career Enhancement Award for Stem Cell Research (K18) from the National Institutes of Health in 2011. In addition to more than 50 peer reviewed journal publications, she is the author of the book Survive and Thrive: A Guide for Untenured Faculty (Morgan & Claypool Publishers, 2010). Prof. Crone has previously served as Faculty Co-Director of the Women in Science and Women in Science and Engineering Residential Program (1999-2001); Director of Education and Outreach for the Materials Science Research and Engineering Center (MRSEC) on Nanostructured Materials and Interfaces (2001-2007); the Director of the Women Faculty Mentoring Program (2007-2011); Interim Associate Dean for Physical Sciences, Associate Dean for Graduate Education, and Interim Dean in the Graduate School (2011-2015) at the University of Wisconsin - Madison.