Shkel, Yuri M.

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Yuri M. Shkel

Yuri M. Shkel
Assistant Professor

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Contact Information

Primary Address:

3352 Engineering Hall
1415 Engineering Drive
Madison, WI 53706-1691

Tel: 608/263-2479
E-mail: yshkel@engr.wisc.edu

Secondary Address:

B352 Engineering Hall (Lab)
1415 Engineering Drive
Madison, WI 53706-1691

Tel: 608/262-2559

Program Affiliations

Courses

ME 306: Mechanics of Materials
ME 307: Mechanics of Materials Laboratory
ME 340: Introduction to Dynamic Systems
ME 570: Experimental Mechanics

Education

PhD 1989 (Dynamics of Fluid and Plasma), Moscow State University, Russia

Fields of Interest

field controllable "smart" materials
macro- and micro- electro-mechanical systems (MEMS)
electrostriction, magnetostriction in sensor and actuator applications
rheology of composite materials in electromagnetic field

Publications

V.A. Naletova, Y. M. Shkel, "Effect of Flow on Magnetization Relaxation Processes in Ferrofluids," Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, MZG, No. 6, 1988, pp. 94-98 (in Russian). Reprinted in English by Plenum Publishing Corp. in: Fluid Dynamics, 23, No. 6, 1989, pp.879-883.
Y.M. Shkel, "Study of the Effect of Shear Flow on High Frequency Magnetic Susceptibility of Ferrofluids," Magnitnaya Gidrodinamika, No. 2, 1988, pp.73-77 (in Russian). Reprinted in English by Plenum Publishing Corp. in: Magnetohydrodynamics, 23, No 4, 1988, pp.392-398.
Y. M. Shkel and D. J. Klingenberg, "Material Parameters for Electrostriction," J. Appl. Phys., 80, 15 October 1996, pp.4566-4572.
Y. M. Shkel and D. J. Klingenberg, "Electrostriction of Polarizable Materials: Comparison of Models with Experimental Data," J. Appl. Phys., 83, 15 June 1998, pp.7834-7843.
Y. M. Shkel and D. J. Klingenberg, "A Continuum Approach to Electrorheology," J.Rheol., 45 (5), Sept/Oct 1999, pp.1307-1322.
G. H. Kim and Y. M. Shkel, "Sensing Shear Strains with Electrostriction Effect in Solid Electrorheological Composites," J. Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, 13 (7-8): pp.479-483, 2002.
Y. M. Shkel and N. J. Ferrier, "Electrostriction Enhancement of Solid-State Capacitance Sensing," IEEE/ASME Trans. on Mechatronics, 8 (3) Sept. 2003.

Summary

Professor Shkel's research focuses on application of electromagnetic field controllable "smart" materials in macro and micro electro-mechanical systems. Controllable electro-mechanical response of materials is advantageous in "smart" clutches, damping and bushing systems for cars, adaptive acoustical and optical systems, various sensor, transducer and actuator applications. This area of research is essentially cross disciplinary and involves understanding underlying physics of "smart" materials, modeling and design mechanical devices utilizing field controllable materials, engineering new materials.

A major focus of this research is application of field controllable materials in micro scale devices. This includes developing micro-electro-mechanical-systems (MEMS) relying on electro and magnetoactive materials, utilizing electrostriction and magnetostriction phenomena for pressure, stress and tactile sensors, fully integrated sensor and actuator array systems, solutions for sensorless control technologies.

Polymeric composites of inorganic particles or fibers constitute another significant focus of the research in electromagnetic field controllable materials. This includes formulation of field-aided approaches to manufacturing composite materials with desirable anisotropy in inclusions distribution, developing methods and instrumentation to control such distribution, characterization of composite materials, rheological study of composite materials in an electromagnetic field.

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