Numerical Methods in Mechanics of Materials (ePub)

Arthur P. Boresi: Professor Emeritus in the Mechanical Science and Engineering Department at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he taught for more than 20 years, and later as the Head of the Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering at the University of Wyoming in Laramie. He is currently Professor Emeritus in the Civil and Architectural Engineering Department of the University of Wyoming. He has published over 200 refereed papers and several books including Elasticity in Engineering Mechanics, Advanced Mechanics of Materials, Engineering Statics and Engineering Dynamics. He had chaired and organized national conferences for ASCE and other societies. He is a fellow of AAM, ASME and ASCE.

Sunil Saigal: Ph.D.(Purdue), PE is a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and former Dean of Engineering at New Jersey Institute of Technology as well as a former NSF Program Director. His research in the area of computational mechanics has spanned numerous sub-disciplines and industrial applications. Much of his research has been focused on interactions with the industry and these contributions have included: development of boundary element shape optimization in collaboration with United Technologies; formulations for powder packing in collaboration with Alcoa and DuPont; development of computational models for nonlinear soil behavior in collaboration with ANSYS; cohesive element formulations for post crack behavior of glass-polymer composites in collaboration with DuPont; explicit algorithms for high velocity impact in collaboration with Naval Surface Warfare Center; computational simulations of acetabular hip component in collaboration with University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. These interdisciplinary efforts involved diverse ¿elds ranging from anatomy to computer science to materials and solid mechanics. Recognition of his work has occurred through awards/honors including: Leighton and Margaret Orr Award for Best Paper, ASME, 2004; George Tallman Ladd Research Award, Carnegie Mellon University, 1990; Presidential Young Investigator Award, NSF, 1990; Ralph R. Teetor Award, Society of Automotive Engineers, 1988. He is the co-author of ¿ve books on engineering mechanics and holds a patent for a method of manufacturing hot rolled I-beams. He is the author of over 100 peer-reviewed articles in archival journals. He has served on the editorial boards of several journals including International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, Engineering with Computers, and International Journal for Computational Civil and Structural Engineering. He is a fellow of numerous societies including, ASCE, ASME and AAAS.

James D. Lee: Professor of Engineering and Applied Science in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, George Washington University, Washington, DC. He was an Associate Professor at West Virginia University and University of Minnesota. He worked at General Tire and Rubber Company for one year, National Institute of Standard and Technology for four years, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center for one year. He earned a Ph.D. degree from Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University in 1971. He has been doing research in many fields, including Nano Science, Multiscale Modeling, Mechanobiology, Microcontinuum Physics, Continuum Mechanics, Fracture Mechanics, Finite Element Method, Meshless Method, Optimal Control Theory, and Robotics, etc. He has been the principal investigator of federally funded research projects from NASA, NSF and DOT. He has published 120 journal papers, 20 book chapters, 2 textbooks "Meshless Methods in Solid Mechanics" and "Elasticity in Engineering Mechanics", and numerous conference papers and presentations. He has received the Distinguished Researcher Award from the School of Engineering and Applied Science, The George Washington University. He is the Fellow of ASME and Honorary Fellow of Australian Institute of High Energetic Materials.