Publications & Presentations

Journal Publications

2023

  • G. U. Patil, A. Fantetti, K. H. Matlack, Shear wave-induced friction at periodic interfaces for programmable mechanical responses. Journal of Applied Mechanics, 90(9), 091002 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4062494
  • C. Kim, K. H. Matlack, In situ nonlinear Rayleigh wave technique to characterize the tensile plastic deformation of stainless steel 316L. Ultrasonics, 131, 106945 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ultras.2023.106945
  • N. J. Salim, I. Arretche, K. H. Matlack, A process to spatially control the fraction of SS420 and bronze phases in binder jet infiltrated parts. Journal of Manufacturing Processes, 85, 612-622 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmapro.2022.11.076

2022

  • I. Arretche, K. H. Matlack, Physical realization and experimental validation of effective phononic crystals for control of radial torsional waves. The Journal of Sound and Vibration, 117305 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsv.2022.117305
  • J. R. Tempelman, A. Mojahed, M. Gzal, K. H. Matlack, O. V. Gendelman, L. A. Bergman, A. F. Vakakis, Experimental Inter-Modal Targeted Energy Transfer in a cantilever beam undergoing Vibro-impacts. The Journal of Sound and Vibration, 117212 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsv.2022.117212
  • G. U. Patil, S. Cui, K. H. Matlack, Leveraging nonlinear wave mixing in rough contacts-based phononic diodes for tunable nonreciprocal waves. Extreme Mechanics Letters, 55, 101821 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eml.2022.101821
  • G. U. Patil, K. H. Matlack, Strongly nonlinear wave dynamics of continuum phononic materials with periodic rough contacts. Physical Review E, 105, 024201 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.105.024201
    • Editor’s pick for “Physical Review E Spotlights” on “Solitary Wave Dynamics in Strongly Nonlinear Phononic Materials”

2021

  • J. R. Tempelman, K. H. Matlack, A. F. Vakakis, Topological protection in a strongly nonlinear interface lattice. Physical Review B, 104, 174306 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.104.174306
  • G. U. Patil, K. H. Matlack, Review of exploiting nonlinearity in phononic materials to enable nonlinear wave responses. Acta Mechanica, 233(1), 1-46 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00707-021-03089-z
  • C. Kim, Y. S. Jetti, A. C. Dunn, K. H. Matlack, Evaluating Rolling Contact Fatigue Damage Precursors with Rayleigh Waves in 1060 Steel. Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation, 40, 91 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10921-021-00828-z
  • I. Arretche, K. H. Matlack, Locally Resonant Effective Phononic Crystals for Subwavelength Vibration Control of Torsional Cylindrical Waves. Journal of Vibration and Acoustics, vol. 144(3), 031007 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4052748
  • E. J. Smith, K. H. Matlack, Metal additively manufactured phononic materials as ultrasonic filters in nonlinear ultrasound measurements. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, vol. 149, 3739-3750 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0004995
  • G. U. Patil, K. H. Matlack, Wave self-interactions in continuum phononic materials with periodic contact nonlinearity. Wave Motion, vol. 105, 102763 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wavemoti.2021.102763
  • C. D. Pierce, K. H. Matlack, “Fuzzy Band Gaps”: A Physically Motivated Indicator of Bloch Wave Evanescence in Phononic Systems. Crystals, vol. 11(1), 66 (2021). https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst11010066
  • C. Kim, H. Yin, A. Shmatok, B. C. Prorok, X. Lou, K. H. Matlack, Ultrasonic Nondestructive Evaluation of Laser powder bed fusion 316 L Stainless Steel. Additive Manufacturing, 101800 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addma.2020.101800

2020

  • I. Arretche, K. H. Matlack, Effective phononic crystals for non-Cartesian elastic wave propagation. Physical Review B, vol. 102, 134308 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.102.134308
  • C. D. Pierce, C. L. Willey, V. W. Chen, J. O. Hardin, J. D. Berrigan, A. T. Juhl, K. H. Matlack, Adaptive elastic metastructures from magneto-active elastomers. Smart Materials and Structures, vol. 26(9), 065004 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-665X/ab80e4
  • I. Grinberg, K. H. Matlack, Nonlinear elastic wave propagation in phononic material with periodic solid-solid contact interface. Wave Motion, vol.93, 102466(2020) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wavemoti.2019.102466

2019

  • O. Babatola, G. U. Patil, D. Hsieh, K. H. Matlack, S. Sinha, Independently tunable thermal conductance and phononic bandgaps of 3D lattice materials. Advanced Engineering Materials, vol.22(2), 1901004(2019) https://doi.org/10.1002/adem.201901004
  • I. Arretche, K. H. Matlack, Experimental testing of vibration mitigation in 3D-printed architected metastructures. Journal of Applied Mechanics, vol.86(11), 111008 (2019) https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4044135.
  • G. U. Patil, A. S. Shedge, K. H. Matlack, 3D auxetic lattice materials for anomalous elastic wave polarization. Applied Physics Letters, vol.115, 091902 (2019) https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5116687.
  • J. Mueller, K. H. Matlack, K. Shea, C. Daraio, Energy absorption properties of periodic and stochastic 3D lattice materials. Advanced Theory and Simulations, 1900081, 1–11(2019) https://doi.org/10.1002/adts.201900081.
  • G. U. Patil, K. H. Matlack, Effective property evaluation and analysis of three-dimensional periodic lattices and composites through Bloch-wave homogenization. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, vol. 145, 1259–1269 (2019) https://doi.org/10.1121/1.5091690.
  • C. Nimmagadda, K. H. Matlack, Thermally tunable band gaps in architected metamaterial structures. Journal of Sound and Vibration, vol. 439, 20, 29-42 (2019) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsv.2018.09.053.

2018

  • I. Arretche, K. H. Matlack, On the Interrelationship Between Static and Vibration Mitigation Properties of Architected Metastructures. Frontiers in Materials, vol. 5, article 68, pg. 1-16 (2018). https://doi.org/10.3389/fmats.2018.00068.
  • A. Palermo, S. Krödel, K. H. Matlack, R. Zaccherini, V. K. Dertimanis, E. N. Chatzi, A. Marzani, and C. Daraio. Hybridization of Guided Surface Acoustic Modes in Unconsolidated Granular Media by a Resonant Metasurface. Physical Review Applied, 9, 054026 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevApplied.9.054026.
  • K. H. Matlack, M. Serra-Garcia, A. Palermo, S. D. Huber, C. Daraio, “Designing perturbative metamaterials from discrete models,” Nature Materials, vol. 17, p. 323-328, 2018, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41563-017-0003-3

In the news: MechSE UIUC, CalTech, ETH Zurich

2016

  • K. H. Matlack, A. Bauhofer, S. Krödel, A. Palermo, C. Daraio, “Composite 3D printed meta-structures for low frequency and broadband vibration absorption,” PNAS, vol. 113 (30), p. 8386-8390, 2016, http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1600171113.

In the news: ETH Zurich

2015

  • K. H. Matlack, H. Bradley, S. Thiele, J.-Y. Kim, J. J. Wall, H. J. Jung, J. Qu, L. J. Jacobs. “Nonlinear ultrasonic characterization of precipitation in 17-4PH stainless steel,” NDT&E International, vol. 71, p. 8-15, 2015, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ndteint.2014.11.001.
  • D. E. Torello, S. Thiele, K. H. Matlack, J.-Y. Kim, J. Qu, L. J. Jacobs. “Diffraction, attenuation, and source corrections for nonlinear Rayleigh wave ultrasonic measurements,” Ultrasonics, vol. 56, p. 417-426, 2015, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ultras.2014.09.008.
  • K. H. Matlack, J.-Y. Kim, J. J. Wall, J. Qu, L. J. Jacobs. “Nonlinear ultrasonic characterization of radiation damage using Charpy impact specimen,” Small Specimen Test Techniques: 6th Vol., STP 1576, M.A. Sokolov, E. Lucon, Eds., p. 227–243, ASTM International, West Conshohocken, PA, 2015, http://dx.doi.org/10.1520/STP157620140007.

2014

  • K. H. Matlack, J.-Y. Kim, J. Qu, L. J. Jacobs. “Review of second harmonic generation measurement techniques in metallic materials,” Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation, vol. 33 (4), p. 1-23, 2014, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10921-014-0273-5.
  • K. H. Matlack, J.-Y. Kim, J. J. Wall, J. Qu, L. J. Jacobs, M. Sokolov. “Sensitivity of ultrasonic nonlinearity to irradiated, annealed, and re-irradiated microstructure changes in RPV steels,” Journal of Nuclear Materials, vol. 448, p. 26-32, 2014, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2014.01.038.
  • D. T. Zeitvogel, K. H. Matlack, J.-Y. Kim, L. J. Jacobs, P. M. Singh, J. Qu. “Characterization of stress corrosion cracking in carbon steel using nonlinear Rayleigh surface waves,” NDT&E International, vol. 62, p.144-152, 2014, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ndteint.2013.12.005.

2012

  • K. H. Matlack, J. J. Wall, J.-Y. Kim, J. Qu, L. J. Jacobs, H.-W. Viehrig. “Evaluation of radiation damage using nonlinear ultrasound,” Journal of Applied Physics, vol. 111 (5), 2012, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3692086.

2011

  • K. H. Matlack, J.-Y. Kim, L. J. Jacobs, J. Qu. “Experimental characterization of efficient second harmonic generation of Lamb wave modes in a nonlinear elastic isotropic plate,” Journal of Applied Physics, vol. 109 (014905), 2011, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3527959.

Conference Presentations

(Presenter indicated with asterisk: *)

2023

  • E. J. Smith* and K. H. Matlack, Wave propagation in a  phononic material with periodic bilinear elastic layers. 184th ASA Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, May 2023

2022

  • G. U. Patil*, A. Fantetti, K. H. Matlack, Frictional instability: a nonlinear mechanism to control shear wave responses in rough contact-based metamaterials, 183rd Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Nashville, TN, December 2022. https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0015463
  • N. J. Salim*, I. Arretche, C. D. Pierce, and K. H. Matlack, On Fracture Toughness of Isotopic and Anisotropic Magnetoactive Elastomer Under an External Magnetic Field, 2022 MRS Fall Meeting and Exhibit, Boston, MA, November 2022.
  • K. H. Matlack* and I. Arretche, Effective phononic crystals to control radially-propagating elastic waves, Annual Technical Meeting of the Society of Engineering Science, College Station, Texas, October 2022.
  • E. J. Smith* and K. H. Matlack, Wave propagation in continuum phononic materials with nonlinearity from asymmetric stiffness, Annual Technical Meeting of the Society of Engineering Science, College Station, Texas, October 2022.
  • C. D. Pierce* and K. H. Matlack, A Computational Study of the Effective Magnetostrictive Properties of Anisotropic Magneto-Active Elastomers, Annual Technical Meeting of the Society of Engineering Science, College Station, Texas, October 2022.
  • S. Park*, and K. H. Matlack, Band Gap Resonances in Periodic Bilayer Beams, International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, St. Louis, Missouri, August 2022.
  • I. Arretche, and K. H. Matlack*, Locally Resonant Effective Phononic Crystals for Subwavelength Vibration Control of Torsional Cylindrical Waves, International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, St. Louis, Missouri, August 2022.
  • G. U. Patil*, K. H. Matlack, Nonlinear Wave Disintegration in Phononic Material with Weakly Compressed Rough Contacts, 10th European Nonlinear Dynamics Conference, Lyon, France, (July 2022). [Link]
  • S. Park*, G. K. Hristov, S. Balasubramanian, A. J. Goza, P. J. Ansell, and K. H. Matlack, Design and Analysis of Phononic Material for Passive Flow Control, AIAA AVIATION 2022 Forum, Chicago, Illinois, June 2022 https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2022-3330
  • K. H. Matlack*, G. U. Patil, Nonlinear wave propagation from periodic arrangements of rough contact interfaces. 19th U.S. National Congress on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Austin, Texas, June 2022 (Invited Talk)
  • K. H. Matlack*, C. D. Pierce, I. Arretche, Understanding the magneto-mechanical coupling in magneto-active elastomeric metastructures. 19th U.S. National Congress on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Austin, Texas, June 2022 (Invited Talk)
  • I. Arretche*, K. H. Matlack, Experimental Validation of Effective Phononic Crystals for Controlling Cylindrical Torsional Waves. 19th U.S. National Congress on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Austin, Texas, June 2022
  • N. J. Salim*, I. Arretche, C. D. Pierce, K. H. Matlack, Active Damage Control in Magnetoactive Elastomers Induced by Magnetic Field. 19th U.S. National Congress on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Austin, Texas, June 2022
  • G. U. Patil*, K. H. Matlack, Experimental study of nonlinear waves in phononic materials with rough contacts. 182nd ASA Meeting, Denver, Colorado, May 2022 https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0010593
    • Best Student Paper Award – First Place in Structural Acoustics and Vibration at the 182nd meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Denver, CO, USA 2022.
  • E. J. Smith*, and K. H. Matlack, Wave propagation in a continuum phononic material with geomaterial-inspired nonlinearity. 182nd ASA Meeting, Denver, Colorado, May 2022 https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0010594
  • I. Arretche, K. H. Matlack*, Controlling cylindrical waves using effective phononic crystals. 182nd ASA Meeting, Denver, Colorado, May 2022 https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0010870 (Invited Talk)

2021

  • G. U. Patil*, K. H. Matlack, Emergence of stegotons in phononic materials with strongly nonlinear rough contacts. 181st ASA Meeting, Seattle, Washington, 30th November 2021 https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0007934.
  • E. J. Smith*, and K. H. Matlack, Wave propagation in a continuum nonlinear phononic material with soft nonlinear elastic layers. 181st ASA Meeting, Seattle, Washington, 30th November 2021 https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0007933

2020

  • G. U. Patil*, O. Babatola, D. Hsieh, S. Sinha, K. H. Matlack, Three-dimensional periodic multifunctional lattice materials for simultaneous vibration isolation and heat conduction. 179th ASA Meeting, Acoustics Virtually Everywhere, 7-11th December 2020 https://doi.org/10.1121/1.5147155.
    • Best Student Paper Award – First Place in Structural Acoustics and Vibration at the 179th meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Acoustic Virtually Everywhere 2020.
  • E. J. Smith*, and K. H. Matlack, Influence of phononic material filters on nonlinear ultrasound measurements. 179th ASA Meeting, Acoustics Virtually Everywhere, 7-11th December 2020 https://doi.org/10.1121/1.5147730
  • G. U. Patil*, K. H. Matlack, Tunable bandgaps and second harmonic generation of a one-dimensional nonlinear phononic material with periodic rough interfaces. The Virtual Meeting 2020 of the Society of Engineering Sciences (2020)
  • C. D. Pierce*, K. H. Matlack, “Fuzzy band gaps”: quantifying Bloch wave evanescence in viscoelastic phononic crystals. The Virtual Meeting 2020 of the Society of Engineering Sciences (2020)

2019

  • E. J. Smith, I. Arretche, and K. H. Matlack*, “Phononic Material as ultrasonic filters in Nondestructive Evaluation Measurements”, International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition (IMECE), Nov. 11-14 2019, Salt Lake City, UT
  • C. D. Pierce*, V. W. Chen, C. L. Willey, J. O. Hardin, A. T. Juhl, J. D. Berrigan, K. H. Matlack, “Computational Investigation of Magnetoactive Elastomers for Tunable Vibrational Metamaterials”, US National Conference of Computational Mechanics, July 28 – Aug. 1, 2019, Austin, TX
  • C. Kim*, K. H. Matlack, An experimental method for mapping acoustic nonlinearity from accumulated plastic strain field. 46th QNDE, Portland, Oregon,14-18th July 2019
  • E. J. Smith*, I. Arretche, and K. H. Matlack, “Phononic material as ultrasonic filters in Nondestructive Evaluation Measurements”, Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation Conference (QNDE), July 15-19 2019, Portland, OR
  • I. Arretche *, and K. H. Matlack. Manipulating vibration response of 3D printed metastructures through lattice topology: simulation and experimental validation. 16th Pan-American Conference of Applied Mechanics, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 19-23th May 2019.
  • G. Patil*, K. H. Matlack, Anomalous wave polarization through a 3D periodic auxetic lattice. 177th ASA Meeting, Louisville, Kentucky, 13-17th May 2019 https://doi.org/10.1121/1.5101115
  • I. Arretche, G. Patil, K. H. Matlack*, Effects of geometry and mass distribution in 3D printed metastructures for vibration mitigation. 177th ASA Meeting, Louisville, Kentucky, 13-17th May 2019 https://doi.org/10.1121/1.5101444
  • E. J. Smith*, I. Arretche, and K. H. Matlack, “Phononic material as ultrasonic filters in Nondestructive Evaluation Measurements”, Midwest Mechanics Graduate Student Symposium, March 9-10 2019, Madison, WI
  • C. D. Pierce*, V. O. Chen, C. L. Willey, J. O. Hardin, A. T. Juhl, J. D. Berrigan, K. H. Matlack, “Viscoelastic effects on the frequency response of elastomeric metastructures”, SPIE Smart Structures and Nondestructive Evaluation, Mar. 3-7 2019, Denver, CO

2018

  • C. D. Pierce, V. O. Chen, C. L. Willey, J. O. Hardin, A. T. Juhl, J. D. Berrigan, K. H. Matlack*, “3D Printed Magnetorheological Elastomer Metastructures with Magnetically-Tunable Band Gaps”, International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition (IMECE), Nov. 9-15, 2018, Pittsburgh, PA
  • I. Arretche *, and K. H. Matlack. On multi-functionality of 3-D printed architected metastructures: from interrelation of static and dynamic properties to structural applications. The Midwest Mechanics of Materials and Structures Workshop, Chicago, Illinois, Aug 9, 2018
  • C. Kim*, K. H. Matlack, Ultrasonic NDE on Additively manufactured 316L stainless steel. 45th QNDE, Burlington, Vermont,15-19th July 2018
  • I. Arretche *, and K. H. Matlack. Geometric Influences on Static and Dynamic Properties of 3-D Printed Architected Metastructures. 18th US National Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Chicago, Illinois, 4-9th June 2018

2017

  • K. H. Matlack*, M. Serra-Garcia, A. Palermo, S. Huber, C. Daraio, “A metamaterial design method applied to topologically-protected mechanical metamaterials,” 174th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Dec 4-8, 2017, New Orleans, LA (invited talk).
  • K. H. Matlack*, M. Serra-Garcia, A. Palermo, S. Huber, C. Daraio, “A design method for topologically insulating metamaterials,” APS March Meeting, March 13-17, 2017, New Orleans, LA.
  • K. H. Matlack*, M. Serra-Garcia, A. Palermo, S. Huber, C. Daraio, “Designing Topologically Insulating Metamaterials from Discrete Models”, Topological Metamaterials and Beyond, Aspen Center for Physics, Aspen, CO, January 2-8, 2017 (invited lecture).

2016

  • K. H. Matlack*, A. Kissling, A. Palermo, C. Daraio, “Auxetic elastic meta-structures for vibration mitigation,” SES 53rd Annual Technical Meeting, Hyattsville, Maryland, October 2-5, 2016.
  • K. H. Matlack*, A. Palermo, S. Krödel, A. Bauhofer, C. Daraio, “Controlling band gaps with geometry in composite elastic meta-structures,” ICTAM, Montreal, Canada, August 21-26, 2016.

2015

  • K. H. Matlack*, C. Daraio, “Mode engineering in 3D-printed elastic meta-structures,” 2015 MRS Fall Meeting and Exhibit, Boston, MA, Nov 29-Dec 4, 2015.
  • K. H. Matlack*, S. Krödel, A. Bauhofer, C. Daraio, “Advanced structured composites as novel phononic crystals and acoustic metamaterials,” SEM 2015 Annual Conference and Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, Costa Mesa, CA, June 8-11, 2015.
  • K. H. Matlack*, C. Daraio, “Geometry Effects in Locally Resonant Acoustic Meta-structures,” Phononics 2015: 3rd International Conference on Phononic Crystals/Metamaterials, Phonon Transport and Phonon Coupling, Paris, France, May 31 – June 5, 2015.

2012

  • J. Wall, K. H. Matlack*, J.-Y. Kim, L. J. Jacobs, H.-W. Viehrig, “Nonlinear Ultrasonic Testing for Radiation Damage,” presented at the 9th International Conference on NDE in Relation to Structural Integrity for Nuclear and Pressurized Components, Seattle, WA, May 22-24, 2012.
  • K. H. Matlack*, J. Wall, J.-Y. Kim, L. J. Jacobs, J. Qu, H.-W. Viehrig, “Nonlinear ultrasound to monitor radiation damage in structural steel,” presented at 6th European Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring, Dresden, Germany, July 3-6, 2012, Vol. 1 pg. 138-145.
  • K. H. Matlack*, J.-Y. Kim, J. Wall, J. Qu, L. J. Jacobs, “Nonlinear ultrasonic methods to monitor microstructural evolution in metals,” presented at the 49th Annual Technical Meeting of the Society of Engineering Sciences, Atlanta, GA, October 10-12, 2012.
  • K. H. Matlack*, “Nonlinear Ultrasonic NDE for reactor pressure vessel steels,” EPRI/Department of Energy Nondestructive Evaluation Workshop, Electric Power Research Institute, Charlotte, NC, October 23, 2012.
  • K. H. Matlack*, “Ultrasonic NDE methods for RPV components,” Reactor Pressure Vessel Monitoring Workshop, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, August 1, 2012.
  • K. H. Matlack*, J.-Y. Kim, L. J. Jacobs, J. Qu, J. Wall, H. Viehrig, “Nonlinear ultrasonic methods to monitor radiation damage in reactor pressure vessel steels,” Nuclear Materials, Osaka, Japan, 2012