Lakes, Roderic S.

Engineering Physics : Faculty :
Roderic S. Lakes

Roderic S. Lakes
Wisconsin Distinguished Professor

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541 Engineering Research Building
1500 Engineering Drive
Madison, WI 53706-1687

Tel: 608/265-8697
Fax: 608/263-7451
E-mail: email~lakes-at-engr.wisc.edu

Program Affiliations

Education

B.S., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Ph.D., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Fields of Interest

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.. .. . .

Publications

Lakes, R. S. and Saha, S., "Cement line motion in bone," Science, 204, 501-503 (1979). Lakes, R.S. "Foam structures with a <A HREF="http://silver.neep.wisc.edu/~lakes/Poisson.html">negative Poisson's ratio</A>", Science, 235 1038-1040 (1987). Chen, C.P. and Lakes, R.S., "Design of <A HREF="http://silver.neep.wisc.edu/~lakes/VE.html">viscoelastic</A> impact absorbers: optimal material properties", International Journal of Solids and Structures, 26, 1313-1328 (1990). Chen, C.P. and Lakes, R.S., "<A HREF="http://silver.neep.wisc.edu/~lakes/Holo.html">Holographic</A> study of conventional and negative Poisson's ratio metallic foams: elasticity, yield, and micro- deformation", J. Materials Science, 26, 5397-5402 (1991). Lakes, R. S., "No contractile obligations", Nature, 358, 713- 714, (1992). Lakes, R.S., "Materials with <A HREF="http://silver.neep.wisc.edu/~lakes/Hierarch.html">structural hierarchy</A>", Nature, 361, 511-515 (1993). Cover issue. Anderson, W. B. and Lakes, R. S., "Size effects due to <A HREF="http://silver.neep.wisc.edu/~lakes/Coss.html">Cosserat</A> elasticity and surface damage in closed-cell polymethacrylimide foam", Journal of Materials Science, 29, 6413- 6419, (1994). Lakes, R. S. and Quackenbush, J., "Viscoelastic behaviour in indium tin alloys over a wide range of frequency and time", Philosophical Magazine Letters, 74, 227-232 (1996). Lakes, R. S., "Extreme damping in compliant composites with a negative stiffness phase" Philosophical Magazine Letters, 81, 95-100 (2001). <A HREF="http://silver.neep.wisc.edu/~lakes/NegStf.html">negative stiffness link</A>

Selected Awards, Honors and Societies

2001- Fellow, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE)
1995- Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
1995- Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
1994- Outstanding Faculty Award, Student Society of Biomedical Engineering, The University of Iowa
1990-1993 University Faculty Scholar Award
1990 Materials with negative Poisson's ratios cited in Research News, Science 247, 630, 1990

Research

[negative Poisson's ratio] [Original article] [Causal mechanisms] [Work by others]

[Viscoelasticity]

[Cosserat elasticity]

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