# overview
Dr. Wilkerson's research and teaching interests lie at the interface of solid mechanics, material science, and physics. He enjoys working on a range of topics across the length and time scales, from the ultra-fast atomistic mechanisms governing deformation and failure in materials to the evolution of asteroids in our Solar System over billions of years. He is fascinated with understanding and exploiting nonequilibrium phenomena to unravel some of the mysteries of nature and to improve the human condition.

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Thermal Expansion And Mechanics Of Brain Tissue

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3403 Macromolecular And Materials Chemistry

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3403 Macromolecular And Materials Chemistry

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Johns Hopkins University - (Baltimore, Maryland, United States)

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Texas A&M University - (College Station, Texas, United States)

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Unraveling the Anomalous Grain Size Dependence of Cavitation.

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On the micromechanics of void dynamics at extreme rates

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A dynamic void growth model governed by dislocation kinetics

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Kinetics of a fast moving twin boundary in nickel

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A method to characterize the cavitation pressure of soft matter under superimposed azimuthal shear

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A micromechanics-based framework to predict transitions between dimple and cup-cone fracture modes in shocked metallic glasses

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A dislocation-based crystal plasticity framework for dynamic ductile failure of single crystals

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Anomalous size effects in nanoporous materials induced by high surface energies

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Mechanical response of carbon nanotube reinforced particulate composites with implications for polymer bonded explosives

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Bayesian calibration of a physics-based crystal plasticity and damage model

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Solid solution softening in dislocation-starved Mg-Al alloys

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Computational Investigation of Crack-Induced Hot-Spot Generation in Energetic Composites

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A computational investigation of strain concentration in the brain in response to a rapid temperature rise.

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A cavitation and dynamic void growth model for a general class of strain-softening amorphous materials

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The role of elastic and plastic anisotropy in intergranular spall failure

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A closed-form criterion for dislocation emission in nano-porous materials under arbitrary thermomechanical loading

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Cavitation of water by volume-controlled stretching

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A Comparison of Conventional Gel Stiffness Characterization Techniques with Cavitation Rheology

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A high-throughput statistical homogenization technique to convert realistic microstructures into idealized periodic unit cells

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Improvements in mechanical properties of a carbon fiber epoxy composite using nanotube science and technology

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Thermal fatigue as the origin of regolith on small asteroids.

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High-throughput quantification of dynamic and spall strength of materials across ten orders of strain rates

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Spall strength in alloyed magnesium: A compendium of research efforts from the CMEDE 10-year effort

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Fatigue study of a nanocomposite laminate

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Evolving structure-property relationships in metals with nonequilibrium concentrations of vacancies

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A strategy for improving mechanical properties of a fiber reinforced epoxy composite using functionalized carbon nanotubes

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Effects of crystallography on hot-spot formation in porous RDX single crystals

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Time–temperature superposition for cavitation resistance of metals with nonequilibrium vacancy concentrations

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Unraveling the Mechanics of Thermal Stress Weathering: Rate-Effects, Size-Effects, and Scaling Laws

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Revisiting the first Sandia Fracture Challenge with transient deformation heating and strain localization considerations

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Hypervelocity impact response of monolithic UHMWPE and HDPE plates

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Texture effects and rate-dependent behaviors of notched magnesium bars

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The Texas A&M University Hypervelocity Impact Laboratory: A modern aeroballistic range facility.

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A physics-based model and simple scaling law to predict the pressure dependence of single crystal spall strength

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Computational modeling investigation of pulsed high peak power microwaves and the potential for traumatic brain injury.

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American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

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United States Army - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States)

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Concrete and Composites Experiments and Modeling for Army Applications

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United States Department of Defense - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States)

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Texas A&M University; Mechanical Engineering; 3123 TAMU