Sergey Medyanik - Assistant Professor

The School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering

Sergey Medyanik - Assistant Professor

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Contact Information:

office Sloan 207
telephone 509 335 7386
e-mail medyanik@wsu.edu
Postal mail Sergey Medyanik
School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering
Washington State University
PO BOX 642920
Pullman, WA 99164-2920
Sergey Medyanik

Joined MME in 2006
PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Northwestern University, in 2006

Research Interests:

  • Computational mechanics
  • Mechanics of solids
  • Fracture mechanics
  • Multi-scale modeling
  • Mechanics of nanomaterials and nanostructures
  • Nanotribology

Recent Publications:

  • S. N. Medyanik, W. K. Liu, S. Li. "On criteria for dynamic adiabatic shear band propagation." Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 55 1439-1461 (2007).
  • S. N. Medyanik, W. K. Liu, In-Ha Sung, R. W. Carpick. "Predictions and observations of multiple slip modes in atomic-scale friction." Physical Review Letters, 97, 136106 (2006).
  • S. N. Medyanik, E.G. Karpov, W. K. Liu. "Domain reduction method for atomistic simulations." Journal of Computational Physics, 218, pp 836-859 (2006).
  • S. Zhang, G. Wagner, S. N. Medyanik, W. K. Liu, Y. H. Yu and Y. W. Chung. “Experimental and molecular dynamics simulation studies of friction behavior of hydrogenated carbon films.” Surface and Coatings Technology, 177/178, 818-823 (2004).

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