SEE ALSO Books by Faculty

Blanchard, James P. - Professor

nuclear microbatteries -- radiation damage -- fusion technology -- laser-induced stresses -- surface property characterization -- reactor vessel embrittlement
Fusion Technology Institute, Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics, Wisconsin Institute of Nuclear Systems

Bonazza, Riccardo - Professor

Also Mechanical Engineering
experimental fluid mechanics and heat transfer -- impulsive unsteady phenomena -- shock tube applications -- laser and X-ray imaging & measuring techniques
Fusion Technology Institute, Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics

Crone, Wendy C. - Associate Professor

Also Biomedical Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering
experimental mechanics of materials -- characterization of materials such as shape memory alloys, hydrogels, and biomaterials -- therapeutic medical devices
Biomedical Engineering Center for Translational Research, Materials Research Science and Engineering Center, Materials Science Program, Materials and Mechanics Research Group, Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center

Drugan, Walter J. - Professor

continuum mechanics analyses of behavior of modern materials -- nonlinear fracture mechanics of ductile materials (single- and poly-crystalline) and interfaces -- nonlocal constitutive models of composite materials -- dynamic fragmentation -- nanoscale fracture -- nanoscale shape-memory alloys -- discontinuities and shock waves in solids -- applied mathematics
Center for Mathematical Sciences, Materials Science Program, Mechanics and Materials Research Group

Kammer, Daniel C. - Professor

dynamics and vibrations -- stability and control of flexible structures -- system identification and damage detection -- nonlinear systems
Center for Mathematical Sciences, Fusion Technology Institute

Lakes, Roderic S. - Wisconsin Distinguished Professor

Also Biomedical Engineering
Viscoelasticity, Fibrous composites, cellular solids, biomaterials; bone and ligament; Cosserat solids.., development of novel foams including materials with a negative Poisson's ratio, called anti-rubber, auxetic, or dilational. Follow-on work Holographic and other optical experimental methods.......
Biomedical Engineering Center for Translational Research, Materials Science Program, Mechanics and Materials Research Group, Rheology Research Center

Plesha, Michael E. - Professor

finite element analysis -- discrete element analysis -- dynamics of geologic media -- constitutive modeling of geologic discontinuity behavior -- soil structure interaction modeling -- continuum modeling of jointed saturated rock masses
Geological Engineering Program

Vanderby, Ray, Jr. - Professor

Also Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering
tissue mechanics (bone, ligament, tendon, and cartilage) -- tissue engineering -- connective tissue healing -- orthopedic biomechanics
Biomedical Engineering Center for Translational Research, Materials Science Program, Orthopedics and Rehabilitation

Waleffe, Fabian - Professor

Also Mathematics
fluid dynamics -- bifurcations and turbulence -- scientific computing
Center for Mathematical Sciences

Witt, Robert J. - Associate Professor

computational methods in fluid and solid mechanics
Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics

Closely Affiliated Faculty

Dickey, R. Wayne - Professor

Also Mathematics
nonlinear elastic structures, in particular, nonlinear strings, rods and beams, membranes, plates and shells

Edil, Tuncer B. - Professor

Also Civil and Environmental Engineering
behavior of soils and wastes -- behavior of peats and organic soils -- geotechnics of soft ground and wastes -- geotechnics of industrial by-products -- filtration and interface friction of geosynthetics -- friction piles and anchors -- soil-structure interface friction -- coastal erosion and slope stability
Consortium for Fly Ash Use in Geotechnical Applications, Geological Engineering Program

Giacomin, A. Jeffrey - Professor

Also Mechanical Engineering
polymer processing -- rheology -- linear and nonlinear viscoelasticity -- thermoforming -- polymer hardness and durometry -- plastic pipe extrusion -- injection molding -- rheological property measurements -- die lip build-up -- melt fracture -- die lines -- extrusion coating (wire, cable, sheet) -- roll coating -- cheese rheology -- dough rheology -- cellulose fiber filled plastics -- sliding plate rheometry -- rotational rheometry -- oscillatory shear -- shear stress transduction
Center for Dairy Research, Manufacturing Systems Engineering Program, Materials Science Program, Polymer Engineering Center, Rheology Research Center

Milewski, Paul A. - Associate Professor

Also Mathematics
numerical and asymptotic methods for nonlinear waves and fluid mechanics -- geophysical flows and waves

Slemrod, Marshall - Professor

Also Mathematics
continuim mechanics -- Boltzmann equation -- shock waves -- nonlinear partial differential equations

Stone, Donald S. - Associate Professor, MSP Associate Director

Also Materials Science and Engineering
mechanical properties: creep, plasticity, fracture, scale effects -- kinetics, thermodynamics -- metals and alloys, ceramics, polymers, composites, amorphous alloys, biological materials, thin films, microscopic specimens
Materials Science Program, Mechanics and Materials Research Group

Tzavaras, Athanasios E. - Professor

Also Mathematics
mathematical theory of compressible flow, shock waves -- kinetic theory of gases -- mechanics of high strain-rates, shear bands

Emeritus Faculty

Cook, Robert D. - Professor Emeritus

finite element methods -- structural mechanics -- stress analysis

Huang, Tzu Chuen - Professor Emeritus

astrodynamics -- nonlinear and random vibrations -- structural dynamics/modal analysis -- wave propogration -- fluid-structure interaction

Lodge, Arthur S. - Professor Emeritus

elastic liquids -- rheometry -- viscoelastic property measurement
Engine Research Center, Rheology Research Center

Malkus, David S. - Professor Emeritus

applied mathematics -- numerical methods in mechanics -- computational fluid dynamics -- rheology
Center for Mathematical Sciences, Rheology Research Center

Sandor, Bela I. - Professor Emeritus

stress-strain in materials -- infrared thermographic stress analysis, fatigue damage mechanisms -- fracture control; damage alleviation -- fatigue damage analysis of joint systems; micromechanics of solder joints -- composite materials -- chariots: comprehensive mechanics analysis and humanistic aspects
Manufacturing Systems Engineering Program, Wisconsin Structures and Materials Testing Laboratory

Schlack, Alois L., Jr. - Professor Emeritus

dynamics, vibrations -- astrodynamic -- dynamic stability analysis -- rotating shaft-disc systems -- elastic spacecraft dynamics

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