Robert M. McMeeking

About

Robert M. McMeeking is the Evans Professor of Structural Materials and a Materials Distinguished Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of California, Santa Barbara. His research focuses on the mechanics of materials, utilizing theoretical and computational methods to understand the structural and functional performance of engineering materials. His recent work has been concentrated on areas such as lithium ion batteries, biological cell mechanics, ballistic impact on ceramics, microstructural evolution, ferroelectric systems, high temperature materials composed of ceramics and ceramic composites, actuating and shape morphing structures, protection of structures from high intensity blast waves and shrapnel, and thermal barrier coatings for gas turbine blades. Dr. McMeeking holds a Ph.D. and M.S. from Brown University and a B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Glasgow. He is recognized for his contributions to the field of materials science and engineering, with a focus on understanding and improving the performance of advanced materials through theoretical and computational approaches.

Research topics

• Materials science
• Composite material
• Thermodynamics
• Chemistry
• Construction engineering
• Physics
• Engineering
• Nanotechnology
• Biology
• Optics

Selected publications

• Functional surface microstructures inspired by nature – From adhesion and wetting principles to sustainable new devices

  Progress in Materials Science · 2021 · 251 citations

  In the course of evolution nature has arrived at startling materials solutions to ensure survival. Investigations into biological surfaces, ranging from plants, insects and geckos to aquatic animals, have inspired the design of intricate surface patterns to create useful functionalities. This paper reviews the fundamental interaction mechanisms of such micropatterns with liquids, solids, and soft matter such as skin for control of wetting, self-cleaning, anti-fouling, adhesion, skin adherence, a…

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• Dendrites as climbing dislocations in ceramic electrolytes: Initiation of growth

  Journal of Power Sources · 2020 · 61 citations

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• Analysis of the compressible, isotropic, neo-Hookean hyperelastic model

  Meccanica · 2023-01-01 · 52 citations

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  Abstract The most widely-used representation of the compressible, isotropic, neo-Hookean hyperelastic model is considered in this paper. The version under investigation is that which is implemented in the commercial finite element software ABAQUS, ANSYS and COMSOL. Transverse stretch solutions are obtained for the following homogeneous deformations: uniaxial loading, equibiaxial loading in plane stress, and uniaxial loading in plane strain. The ground-state Poisson’s ratio is used to parameteriz…

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• Cracking and associated volumetric expansion of NMC811 secondary particles

  Journal of Power Sources · 2023-10-20 · 41 citations

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  Secondary particles comprising a large number of nickel-rich single crystal primary particles are extensively used as storage particles in cathodes of lithium-ion batteries. It is well-established that crack formation in secondary particles is an important degradation mode that contributes to decline in battery performance. Recent X-ray tomographic observations suggest that, at very low C-rates, concentration gradients of lithium within an NMC811 secondary particle are negligible yet cracking st…

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• Modeling storage particle delamination and electrolyte cracking in cathodes of solid state batteries

  Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids · 2024-01-18 · 17 citations

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Recent grants

• Models for the Performance of Layered Thermal Barrier Systems

  NSF · $290k · 2005–2010

Frequent coauthors

• Eduard Arzt

  Saarland University

  114 shared

• V.S. Deshpande

  76 shared

• A.G. Evans

  University of Liverpool

  55 shared

• Siamak S. Shishvan

  University of Cambridge

  47 shared

• N.A. Fleck

  The Faraday Institution

  46 shared

• Markus Ganser

  42 shared

• Marc Kamlah

  Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

  40 shared

• Markus Klinsmann

  Robert Bosch (Germany)

  37 shared

Awards & honors

• NAE Fellow
• FREng (Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering)
• FRSE (Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh)
• Evans Professor of Structural Materials
• Materials Distinguished Professor

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