Applications have been to contact fatigue in gears, bearings and other machine components. Also in the area of interconnects have developed theories for life prediction of various types of solders.
Current research is concerned with life predictions for novel coatings.
Such coatings can be used in many of the surface engineered components used in transportation systems. Some of these might be nanolayered coatings, functionally graded and high temperature coatings. Most research currently being done of engineered surfaces involve the asperity scale which requires investigation of failure at the nanolevel.