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Institute for Engineering Education and Innovation

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Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES)

# overview
My research focuses on plasticity of metals and polymers; thermomechanics of dissipative processes, dislocation dynamics, Cosserat continua, design and dynamics of compliant mechanisms.

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3407 Theoretical And Computational Chemistry

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9 Industry, Innovation And Infrastructure

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4019 Resources Engineering And Extractive Metallurgy

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3403 Macromolecular And Materials Chemistry

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4012 Fluid Mechanics And Thermal Engineering

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4012 Fluid Mechanics And Thermal Engineering

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4019 Resources Engineering And Extractive Metallurgy

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3403 Macromolecular And Materials Chemistry

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Indian Institute of Technology Madras - (Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India)

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University of California, Berkeley - (Berkeley, California, United States)

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Educational Research and Methods Division/Benjamin J Dasher Best Paper Award

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Combining thermodynamic principles with Preisach models for superelastic shape memory alloy wires

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A research note on certain loading directions in rate independent plasticity

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Molecular dynamics with molecular temperature

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A direct minimization technique for finding minimum energy configurations for beam buckling and post-buckling problems with constraints

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Erratum: On a decomposition of generalized constraint forces (Proceeding of the Royal Society London A (2001) 457 (1307-1313))

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A Multi-Component Automated Laser-Origami System for Cyber-Manufacturing

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9 Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

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Characterization of thermal performance, flux transmission performance and optical properties of MAX phase materials under concentrated solar irradiation

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A thermodynamic frame work for rate type fluid models

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Nonlinear Analysis of Plates with Rotation Gradient-Dependent Potential Energy for Constrained Microrotation

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American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

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A phenomenological model of twinning based on dual reference structures

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A thermodynamic model for ionic polymer-metal composites and finite volume-finite element solution

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Development of a finite strain two-network model for shape memory polymers using QR decomposition

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On the use of compatibility conditions for the strain in linear and non-linear theories of mechanics

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Deformation Twinning During Impact of a Titanium Cylinder: Numerical Investigation

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Vibrations of a lumped parameter mass-spring-dashpot system wherein the spring is described by a non-invertible elongation-force constitutive function

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A three-species model for simulating torsional response of shape memory alloy components using thermodynamic principles and discrete Preisach models

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Real time simulation of inextensible surgical thread using a Kirchhoff rod model with force output for haptic feedback applications

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A Higher-Order Theory for Open and Closed Curved Rods and Tubes Using a Novel Curvilinear Cylindrical Coordinate System

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Fluctuation relation based continuum model for thermoviscoplasticity in metals

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On the force-displacement characteristics of finite elements for elasticity and related problems

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Diffusion of a fluid through an elastic solid undergoing large deformation

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On the thermomechanics of materials that have multiple natural configurations - Part II: Twinning and solid to solid phase transformation

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Inelastic behavior of materials .2. Energetics associated with discontinuous deformation twinning

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On the thermomechanics of materials that have multiple natural configurations - Part I: Viscoelasticity and classical plasticity

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GraFEA: a graph-based finite element approach for the study of damage and fracture in brittle materials

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On the nature of the response functions in rate-independent plasticity

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Preparing engineering students to take a calculus course: An engineering-oriented approach

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SESPrager special issue of MAMS honoring Professor J.N. Reddy as recipient of the Prager Medal

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Alignment of preparation via first-year physics mechanics and calculus courses with expectations for a sophomore statics and dynamics course

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Coupling SMA Actuators with Mechanisms: Principle of Virtual Work

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On a decomposition of generalized constraint forces

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Developing Instruments to Assess First-year Calculus and Physics Mechanics Skills needed for a Sophomore Statics and Dynamics Course

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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

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Thermomechanical modeling of hysteresis in SMAs using the dissipationless reference response

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A variational procedure utilizing the assumption of maximum dissipation rate for gradient-dependent elastic-plastic materials

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A model for tracking inertial particles in a lattice Boltzmann turbulent flow simulation

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On Gradient Elasticity and Discrete Peridynamics with Applications to Beams and Plates

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A DYNAMICAL THEORY OF STRUCTURED SOLIDS .2. SPECIAL CONSTITUTIVE-EQUATIONS AND SPECIAL CASES OF THE THEORY

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A model for a constrained, finitely deforming, elastic solid with rotation gradient dependent strain energy, and its specialization to von Karman plates and beams

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A three dimensional finite deformation viscoelastic model for a layered polymeric material subject to blast

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SOME GENERAL RESULTS IN THE THEORY OF CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC SLIP

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Design and Development of a Sun Tracking Mechanism Using the Direct SMA Actuation

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On the development of fluid models of the differential type within a new thermodynamic framework

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Controlling deformations of electro-active truss structures with nonlinear history-dependent response

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An experimental and analytical study on the feasibility of SMA spring driven actuation of an iris mechanism

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Finding minimum energy configurations for constrained beam buckling problems using the Viterbi algorithm

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Random Forests Are Able to Identify Differences in Clotting Dynamics from Kinetic Models of Thrombin Generation.

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ASSESSING FIRST-YEAR PHYSICS MECHANICS KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS NEEDED FOR A SOPHOMORE STATICS AND DYNAMICS COURSE

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American Society for Engineering Education

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Solar hybrid water-splitting cycle with thermal energy storage as integral part of the cycle

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A general framework for generating convex yield surfaces for anisotropic metals

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Work in progress: The role of physics in an engineering education

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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

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A THERMODYNAMICALLY BASED MODEL OF THE SUPERELASTIC BEHAVIOR OF SHAPE MEMORY ALLOYS USING A DISCRETE PREISACH MODEL

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Logarithmic strain and its material derivative for a QR decomposition of the deformation gradient

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Internal loops in superelastic shape memory alloy wires under torsion – Experiments and simulations/predictions

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Modeling of the pH-sensitive behavior of an ionic gel in the presence of diffusion

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The inelastic behavior of metals subject to loading reversal

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Particle model investigation for the thermochemical steps of the sulfur-ammonia water splitting cycle

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Basic SMA Component Geometries andResponses

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CHARACTERIZATION OF DISLOCATIONS AND THEIR INFLUENCE ON PLASTIC-DEFORMATION IN SINGLE-CRYSTALS

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Thermodynamic Modeling of Ionic Polymer-Metal Composite Beams

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TOWARD MATERIAL PARAMETERS FOR MODELING DEVICES MADE FROM AN EPDXY-BASED SHAPE MEMORY POLYMER

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Functional behavior of isotropic magnetorheological gels

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Modeling anisotropic fluids within the framework of bodies with multiple natural configurations

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Simulation and analysis of a magnetoelastically driven micro-pump

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Wave propagation due to impact through layered polymer composites

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On The Role of the Eshelby Energy-Momentum Tensor in Materials with Multiple Natural Configurations

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Chemical plant analysis of hydrogen production based on the hybrid sulfur-ammonia water splitting cycle

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Entropy, Efficiency, Thermodynamics for First-year Engineering Students

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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

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Patterns of Students Success: How Engineering Students Progress Through a Course Sequence

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American Society for Engineering Education

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An implicit thermomechanical theory based on a Gibbs potential formulation for describing the response of thermoviscoelastic solids

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A comparative study of two constitutive models within an inverse approach to determine the spatial stiffness distribution in soft materials

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On the thermomechanics of shape memory wires

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An implicit three-dimensional model for describing the inelastic response of solids undergoing finite deformation

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A note on a correspondence principle in nonlinear viscoelastic materials

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On the nature of constraints for continua undergoing dissipative processes

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Dynamic effects in microparticle pull-off using an AFM

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A thermodynamic driving force approach for analyzing functional degradation of shape memory alloy components

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ON THE INELASTIC BEHAVIOR OF SOLIDS .1. TWINNING

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Localized magnetic fluid finishing of freeform surfaces using electropermanent magnets and magnetic concentration

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On potential energies and constraints in the dynamics of rigid bodies and particles

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On the thermodynamics of fluids defined by implicit constitutive relations

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Experiments on functional fatigue of thermally activated shape memory alloy springs and correlations with driving force intensity

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SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics

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Wave propagation due to impact through layered polymer composites: Part 2-Planar problems

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Deformation twinning during impact of a titanium cylinder numerical calculations using a constitutive theory based on multiple natural configurations

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Hybrid photo-thermal sulfur-ammonia water splitting cycle: Thermodynamic analysis of the thermochemical steps

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On potential energies and constraints in the dynamics of rigid bodies and particles

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On a decomposition of generalized constraint forces (vol 457, pg 1307, 2001)

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Assessing first-year physics mechanics knowledge and skills needed for a sophomore statics and dynamics course

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A Project-Based Approach To First-Year Engineering Curriculum Development

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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

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Shear induced simultaneous consolidation and alignment of silicon nanowires into ingots using equal channel angular extrusion (ECAE)

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On the response of non-dissipative solids

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Effect of nonlinear stiffness on the motion of a flexible pendulum

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Using discrete optimization algorithms to find minimum energy configurations of slender cantilever beams with non-convex energy functions

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Modeling of the response of elastic plastic materials treated as a mixture of hard and soft regions

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ALIGNMENT OF PREPARATION VIA FIRST-YEAR PHYSICS MECHANICS AND CALCULUS COURSES WITH EXPECTATIONS FOR A SOPHOMORE STATICS AND DYNAMICS COURSE

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American Society for Engineering Education

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A two species thermodynamic Preisach model for the torsional response of shape memory alloy wires and springs under superelastic conditions

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Multifunctional smart material system (MSMS) using shape memory alloys and shape memory polymers

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SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics

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Inelastic response of solids described by implicit constitutive relations with nonlinear small strain elastic response

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Nonlinear analysis of beams with rotation gradient dependent potential energy for constrained micro-rotation

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Mechanics of the inelastic behavior of materials - Part 1, theoretical underpinnings

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Flow characteristics of a "multiconfigurational", shear thinning viscoelastic fluid with particular reference to the orthogonal rheometer

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Special issue on: Large deformation inelasticity

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On a class of Gibbs potential-based nonlinear elastic models with small strains

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Feasibility of using Shape Memory Alloy (SMA) spring to facilitate actuation of an iris coupled to a solar reactor

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ON THE DYNAMIC THEORY OF RIGID VISCOPLASTIC MATERIALS

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Insights for Curriculum Design from Design Research

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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

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Investigation of the Solar Hybrid Photo-Thermochemical Sulfur-Ammonia Water Splitting Cycle for Hydrogen Production

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Graphical Description of Temperature Controlled Actuation of SMA Wires

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Simulation of inextensible elasto-plastic beams based on an implicit rate type model

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Mechanics of the inelastic behavior of materials. Part II: Inelastic response

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Measurements related to the flow of granular material in a torsional rheometer

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On the deformation of an elastoplastic body when placed between flat plates rotating about non-coincident axes

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A two-network thermomechanical model and parametric study of the response of shape memory polymers

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On smeared and micromechanical approaches to modeling martensitic transformations in SMA

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Design of multi-state and smart-bias components using Shape Memory Alloy and Shape Memory Polymer composites

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Application of the maximum rate of dissipation criterion to dilatant, pressure dependent plasticity models

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Development and implementation of a beam theory model for shape memory polymers

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Adiabatic Processes and Constraints in Thermoelasticity

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A model of stress and strain in the interosseous ligament of the forearm based on fiber network theory.

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A two species thermodynamic Preisach approach for simulating superelastic responses of shape memory alloys under tension and bending loading conditions

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SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics

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On the use of the upper triangular (or QR) decomposition for developing constitutive equations for Green-elastic materials

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Non-linear theories of beams and plates accounting for moderate rotations and material length scales

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Large deformation plasticity and the Poynting effect

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Impact of Classroom Demonstrations and Surveys on Higher-level Learning

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American Society for Engineering Education

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On the shear and bending of a degrading polymer beam

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NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS OF THE APERTURE SIZE EFFECT FOR MAINTAINING A CONSTANT TEMPERATURE IN A NOVEL SULFUR-AMMONIA WATER SPLITTING CYCLE APPLICATION

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On thermomechanical restrictions of continua

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Manufacturing and Post Treatment of SMA Components

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Deformation twinning during impact - numerical calculations using a constitutive theory based on multiple natural configurations

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A Two-network thermomechanical model of a shape memory polymer

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A discrete Lagrangian based direct approach to macroscopic modelling

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ASSESSING FIRST-YEAR CALCULUS KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS NEEDED FOR A SOPHOMORE STATICS AND DYNAMICS COURSE

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American Society for Engineering Education

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Investigation of the thermochemical steps of the hybrid photothermal sulfur-ammonia water splitting cycle

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Assessing first-year calculus knowledge and skills needed for a sophomore statics and dynamics course

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On a class of non-dissipative materials that are not hyperelastic

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Case Studies in the Preliminary Design of SMA Actuators

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A Gibbs-potential-based formulation for obtaining the response functions for a class of viscoelastic materials

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A Simple Treatment of Constraint Forces and Constraint Moments in the Dynamics of Rigid Bodies

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A DYNAMICAL THEORY OF STRUCTURED SOLIDS .1. BASIC DEVELOPMENTS

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An Overview of Theories of Continuum Mechanics With Nonlocal Elastic Response and a General Framework for Conservative and Dissipative Systems

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Modified Couple Stress-Based Third-Order Theory for Nonlinear Analysis of Functionally Graded Beams

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Restrictions placed on constitutive relations by angular momentum balance and Galilean invariance

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Factors Influencing Design of SMA Actuators

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How do students in a project-based first-year engineering curriculum perform in a sophomore engineering mechanics course?

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Preparing Engineering Students to Take a Calculus Course: An Engineering-Oriented Approach

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American Society for Engineering Education

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CDI: Type II / Collaborative Research:  A New Approach to the Modeling of Clot Formation and Lysis in Arteries

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National Science Foundation - (Arlington, Virginia, United States)

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National Science Foundation - (Arlington, Virginia, United States)

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IUSE/PFE:RED A&I: Soft Wired Teaming for Creating Opportunities to Revolutionize the Preparation of Students (TCORPS) through Building, Testing and Sharing Pedagogical Improvem

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Directorate for Engineering - (Arlington, Virginia, United States)

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EAGER: Cybermanufacturing - Design and Analysis of a Cyberphysical Systems Approach for Custom Manufacturing Kiosks

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National Science Foundation - (Arlington, Virginia, United States)

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A Study of Deformation and Macroscopic Damage in Engineered Architected Materials

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Directorate for Engineering - (Arlington, Virginia, United States)

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Localized Finishing of Freeform Geometries using Dynamic Magnetic Field-Manipulated Magneto-Viscoelastic Fluids

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National Science Foundation - (Arlington, Virginia, United States)

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Texas A&M University; Mechanical Engineering; 3123 TAMU

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Institute for Engineering Education and Innovation

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Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES)

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Ghosh, Pritha B. (2009-05). Thermomechanical modeling of a shape memory polymer. Master's Thesis.

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Kaushik, Anshul (2005-02). Study of dynamic effects in  microparticle adhesion using Atomic force microscopy. Master's Thesis.

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Patwardhan, Parag Vilas (2005-02). Modeling the elastic and plastic response of single crystals and polycrystalline aggregates. Master's Thesis.

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Yadav, Seemant (2007-09). Modeling of material response during fiber drawing of semicrystalline pet. Master's Thesis.

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Karra, Satish (2009-05). Modeling electrospinning process and a numerical scheme using Lattice Boltzmann  method to simulate viscoelastic fluid flows. Master's Thesis.

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Iyer Ganapathi, Jayadurga (2012-02). Experimental Investigations of Properties of Magnetoactive Polymers. Master's Thesis.

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Auviur Srinivasa, Nandagopalan (2009-05). Adaptive mesh refinement for a finite difference scheme using a quadtree decomposition approach. Master's Thesis.

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Doraiswamy, Srikrishna (2012-02). Discrete Preisach Model for the Superelastic Response of Shape Memory Alloys. Master's Thesis.

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Ponnalagu, Alagappan (2015-07). Dynamic Response of Viscoelastic Solids Described by Implicit Constitutive Theories. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Doraiswamy, Srikrishna (2013-12). Characterization of Nonlinear Material Response in the Presence of Large Uncertainties - A Bayesian Approach. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Wang, Zhujiang (2016-05). Development of Techniques for Modeling the Static Buckling of Euler Beam and Dynamic Response of Kirchhoff Rods: Application to  Surgical Simulation and Training. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Shryock, Kristi (2012-07). Alignment of Faculty Expectations and Course Preparation between First-Year Mathematics and Physics Courses and a Statics and Dynamics Course.. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Tajdari, Mahsa (2016-05). Modeling of Brittle and Ductile Material Drilling Using Smoothed-Particle Hydrodynamics. Master's Thesis.

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Gangadaran, Jaganath (2015-10). Modelling Fibrous Materials as a Large Deformation, Non-Local and Non-Linear Truss Network. Master's Thesis.

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Ko, Min Seok (2004-09). The use of maximum rate of dissipation criterion to model beams with internal dissipation. Master's Thesis.

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Arumugam, Jayavel (2012-10). Ionic Polymer-Metal Composites: Thermodynamical Modeling and Finite Element Solution. Master's Thesis.

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Ghosh, Pritha 1983- (2012-08). Model Development and Simulation of the Response of Shape Memory Polymers. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Rao, Ashwin (2014-04). Structural Thermomechanical Models for Shape Memory Alloy Components. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Conkey, Andrew P. (2009-05). Vibration sensors utilizing fiber fabry-perot interferometers and permanent magnets. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Balachandran, Shreyas (2015-04). Microstructure Development in Bulk Niobium Following Severe Plastic Deformation and Annealing. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Kaushik, Anshul (2009-05). Analysis of powder compaction process through equal channel angular extrusion. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Mokkapati, Srinivas Praveen (2009-05). Simulation of particle agglomeration using dissipative particle dynamics. Master's Thesis.