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Geubelle

Philippe H. Geubelle

Professor

geubelle@illinois.edu
Office address Mailing Address Research Group

306B Talbot Lab
217-244-7648

306 Talbot Lab
104 S. Wright St.
Urbana, IL  61801

Computational Mechanics Group

Research Areas
Theoretical and computational solid mechanics, (Dynamic) fracture mechanics, Multiscale modeling of complex materials, Computational aeroelasticity, Massively parallel computing, Solid mechanics issues in manufacturing, Computational design of novel (autonomic) materials.

Education:

  • Ph.D., Aeronautics (with Minor in Material Science), California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, June 1993.
  • MS, Aeronautics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, June 1989.
  • B.Sc., Mechanical Engineering, Catholic University of Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, June 1988.

Academic Positions:

Major Honors and Awards:

  • University of Illinois College of Engineering Xerox Research Award, 2006
  • Bliss Faculty Scholar, College of Engineering, UIUC, 2005-present.
  • "Incomplete List of Teachers Rated as Excellent by Their Students," 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005.
  • University of Illinois College of Engineering Everitt Teaching Award, 2000
  • AIAA Teacher of the Year Award, UIUC, 1998
  • American Society for Composites Best Paper Award, 16th Technical Conference, Polymer Matrix Composite Division, 2001
  • University of Illinois College of Engineering Xerox Research Award, 1999 & 2006
  • NSF Career Award, 1998
  • N.A.T.O. Postdoctoral Fellowship, 1994

Selected Publications:

  • Geubelle, P. H. and Rice, J. R. (1995) "A spectral method for 3D elastodynamic fracture problems". J. Mech. Phys. Solids, 43:11, 1791-1824.
  • Geubelle, P. H. and Baylor, J. (1998) "Impact-induced delamination of composites: a 2D simulation". Composites B, 29B, 589-602.
  • Geubelle, P. H. and Kubair, D. (2001) "Intersonic crack propagation in homogeneous media under shear-dominated loading: Numerical analysis". J. Mech. Physics Solids, 49:3, 571-587.
  • Zhu Q. and Geubelle, P.H. (2002) "Dimensional accuracy of thermoset composites: shape optimization". J. Composite Materials, 36:6, 647-672.
  • White, S. R., Sottos, N. R., Geubelle, P. H., Moore, J. S., Kessler, M. R., Sriram, S. R., Brown, E. N. and Viswanathan, S. (2001) "Autonomic healing of polymer composites". Nature, 409, 794-797.
  • Maiti, S., Rangaswamy, K. and Geubelle, P. H. (2005) "Mesoscale analysis of dynamic fragmentation of ceramics under tension". Acta Materialia, 53:3, 823-834.
  • Maiti, S. and Geubelle, P. H. (2005) "A cohesive model for fatigue failure of polymers". Eng. Fracture Mechanics, 72:5, 691-708.
  • Hendrickx, J., Geubelle, P. H. and Sottos, N. R. (2005) "A spectral scheme to simulate the mode III dynamic delamination of thin films". Eng. Fracture Mech., 72, 1866-1891.
  • Jaiman, R. K., Jiao, X., Geubelle, P. H. and Loth, E. (2005) "Assessment of conservative load transfer for fluid-solid interface with non-matching meshes". Int. J. Numer. Meth. Eng., 64, 2014-2038.
  • Jaiman, R. K., Jiao, X., Geubelle, P. H. and Loth, E.  (2005) “Conservative load transfer along curved fluid-solid interface with non-matching meshes”. To appear in J. Computational Physics.
  • Matous, K. and Geubelle, P. H (2006) “Multiscale analysis of particle debonding in reinforced elastomers subjected to finite deformation”. Int. J. Numer. Meth. Eng., 65, 190-223.