Dr. Jonathan Stolk joined Olin College from Bucknell University, where he served as a Visiting Assistant Professor.

Dr. Stolk holds M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Texas at Arlington. Before joining Bucknell, Dr. Stolk was an Assistant Instructor and Graduate Teaching Assistant in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at UT Austin, where he taught the Materials Engineering lecture and laboratory courses. He received several teaching awards at UT Austin, including the Materials Science Department Exemplary Teaching Award, the Lockheed Martin Teaching Excellence Award for Exemplary Performance in Engineering Teaching, and the H. Grady Rylander Award for Excellence in Engineering Teaching.

Dr. Stolk's Ph.D. research involved the development of new chemical synthesis techniques for nanocrystalline metallic and composite materials with low thermal expansion and high conductivity. Dr. Stolk has research experience in corrosion fatigue behavior of carbon fiber-epoxy composites in high-pressure seawater, and he has many years of industrial experience in the area of testing and failure analysis of materials and components. Dr. Stolk also worked as a Research Scientist at the Institute for Advanced Technology, where he evaluated the performance of materials for use in electromagnetic launcher rail conductor applications. His current research is focused on the synthesis, processing, and characterization of novel nanocomposite alloys and ionic polymer-metal composite (IPMC) artificial muscle materials.

Dr. Stolk is passionate about engineering teaching and the development of new course approaches, and he greatly enjoys working with undergraduate students on independent or group research projects. In two years at Bucknell, Dr. Stolk supervised a dozen student projects. Several of his research students have presented their work at national conferences, and he recently published the results of one student research project in a leading materials science journal. Dr. Stolk developed and taught a new Advanced Materials lecture and laboratory course at Bucknell, and was recently voted "Bucknell's Favorite Professor" by first- and second-year students.