Prof. Matlack has been honored with the 2023 C.D. Mote Jr., Early Career Award from ASME. This award recognizes her exceptional research contributions in the field of vibration and acoustics, and it is granted to individuals under 40 years old …
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Paper published in Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing
Congratulations to Dr. Ignacio Arretche! His paper, “Centrifugal forces enable band gaps that self-adapt to synchronous vibrations in rotating elastic metamaterial”, has been accepted for publication in the November 2023 issue of Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing. His article …
Ganesh’s successful Ph.D. defense!
Congratulations to Dr. Ganesh Patil, who successfully defended his Ph.D. dissertation, “Nonlinear wave dynamics of continuum phononic materials with periodic rough contacts” on August 1! Ganesh is the third Ph.D. student to graduate from the WPML.
Paper accepted for publication in ASME’s Journal of Applied Mechanics
WPM Lab’s Ph.D. Candidate Ganesh Patil’s recent work on “Shear Wave-induced Friction at Periodic Interfaces for Programmable Mechanical Responses” has been accepted for publication in the ASME’s Journal of Applied Mechanics. This work introduces a platform of using …
Ignacio receives Best Paper Award!
Ignacio’s paper on locally resonant effective phononic crystals was selected for the 2022 ASME Journal of Vibration and Acoustics Best Paper Award https://www.asme.org/publications-submissions/journals/asme-journal-program-awards/journal-of-vibrations-and-acoustics-award. Congratulations Ignacio!…
Prof. Matlack honored for excellence in research
Prof. Matlack was recently honored as one of two UIUC MechSE assistant professors to receive the Grainger College of Engineering Dean’s Award for Excellence in Research! This recognition was recently featured in a story from the UIUC MechSE department.…
Paper published in Ultrasonics
Congratulations to Changgong Kim! His paper, “In situ nonlinear Rayleigh wave technique to characterize the tensile plastic deformation of stainless steel 316L”, has been accepted for publication in the May 2023 issue of Ultrasonics. His article is available online …
Ganesh and Betsy organized a special session at the ASA Fall Meeting 2022
Ph.D. Students Ganesh Patil and Betsy Smith from the WPM Lab along with Dr. Benjamin Goldsberry from the Applied Research Lab at UT Austin organized a special session on “Tunable Metamaterials” at the 183rd meeting of the Acoustical Society of …
Ganesh presented research work at ASA Fall Meeting 2022
Ph.D. Candidate Ganesh Patil presented his recent research work on “Frictional instability: a nonlinear mechanism to control shear wave responses in rough contact-based metamaterials” at the 183rd meeting of the Acoustical Society of America held in Nashville, Tennessee. His presentation …
Paper accepted for publication in the Journal of Manufacturing Processes
Congratulations to Nusrat! Her paper, “A process to spatially control the fraction of SS420 and bronze phases in binder jet infiltrated parts” was recently accepted for publication in the Journal of Manufacturing Processes.…