Sinisa Mesarovic - Associate Professor

The School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering

Sinisa Mesarovic - Associate Professor

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Contact Information:

office EE/ME 145
telephone 509 335 7936
e-mail mesarovic@mme.wsu.edu
Postal mail Sinisa Mesarovic
School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering
Washington State University
PO BOX 642920
Pullman, WA 99164-2920
Sinisa Mesarovic

Joined MME in 2001
Ph.D. in Engineering Sciences from Harvard University in 1996

Research Interests:

  • multiscale modeling in thermomechanics of materials
  • size dependence in dislocation plasticity
  • micromechanics of granular flow
  • collective behavior of carbon nanotubes
  • micromechanics of inelastic and adhesive contact
  • phase-field models for materials processing

Recent Publications:

  • Asle-Zaeem, M., Mesarovic, S.Dj 2009 Investigation of phase transformation in thin film using finite element method. Solid State Phenomena 150, 29-41.
  • Zbib, A.A., Mesarovic, S.Dj., Lilleodden, E., McClain, D., Jiao, J. & Bahr, D. 2008 Coordinated buckling of carbon nanotube turf under uniform compression. Nanotechnology 19, 175704.
  • Yassar, R.S., Mesarovic, S.Dj. & Field, D.P. 2007 Micromechanics of hardening of elastic-plastic crystals with elastic inclusions. I – Dilute concentration. Int. J. Plasticity 23, 1901-17.
  • Mesarovic, S, Dj & Padbidri, J. 2007 Transition between the models in multiscale simulations: Continuum and network models. In Proc. Multiscale & Functionally Graded Materials, Oahu, Hawaii, 2006.
  • Mesarovic, S.Dj., McCarter, C.M., Bahr, D.F., Radhakrishnan, H., Richards, R.F., Richards C.D., McClain, D. & Jiao, J. 2007 Mechanical behavior of a carbon nanotube turf. Scripta Mat. 56, 157-60.
  • Crabtree, O.I, Mesarovic, S.Dj, Richards, R.F, Bahr, D.F. & Richards, C.D. 2006 Nonlinear vibrations of a pre-stressed laminated thin plate. Int. J. Mech. Sci. 48(4), 451-9.
  • Mesarovic, S. Dj. 2005 Energy, configurational forces and characteristic lengths associated with the continuum description of geometrically necessary dislocations. Int. J. Plasticity. 21, 1855-89.
  • Mesarovic, S. Dj. & Padbidri J. 2005 Minimal kinematic boundary conditions for simulations of disordered microstructures. Phil. Mag. 85(1), 65-78.

Links:

Bio-Medical Materials Research Laborator
W. M. Keck Bio-Medical Materials Research Laboratory

Objectives: To establish a Bio-medical Materials Research Laboratory (BMRL) to focus on revolutionary approaches to design and manufacture of structures for skeletal disorders and implants.

Uniqueness & Innovation: Direct Laser processing and induction plasma spray processing facilities are being developed for fabrication of nanoscale powders to coatings to bulk structures of metallic and ceramic materials for biomedical applications. Innovation stems from design and fabrication of novel materials for a variety of applications with special emphasis on biomedical needs.

Principal Investigators: Amit Bandyopadhyay, Susmita Bose, Howard Hosick

Partners: WSU School of Biological Sciences Professor, Howard Hosick

Funding Agency: W. M. Keck Foundation

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