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Michael McFarland

Research Associate Professor

dmmcf@illinois.edu
Office address Mailing Address Research Group

319L Talbot Lab

217-244-9573

319L Talbot Lab

104 S. Wright Street

Urbana, IL  61801

Linear and Nonlinear Dynamics and Vibrations Lab
Research Areas
Structural dynamics and control, Experimental structural dynamics, Computational mechanics, Random vibration, Nonlinear dynamics

Education:

PhD, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1990

MS, General Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1986

BS, General Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1984

Academic Positions:

Research Associate Professor, Aerospace Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2004-present

Visiting Lecturer, Industrial and Enterprise Systems Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2006-present

Visiting Senior Research Scientist, Aerospace Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2001-2004

Selected Publications:

A. F. Vakakis, D. M. McFarland, L. A. Bergman, L. I. Manevitch and O.
Gendelman, “Isolated Resonance Captures and Resonance Capture Cascades Leading to Single- or Multi-Mode Passive Energy Pumping in Damped Coupled Oscillators,” ASME Journal of Vibration and Acoustics, 126 (2):235–244, April 2004.

Y. Song, D. M. McFarland, L. A. Bergman and A. F. Vakakis, “Effect of Normal Pressure Distribution on Energy Dissipation in a Mechanically Fastened Shear Lap Joint,” AIAA Journal, 43(2):420–425, February 2005.

Y. S. Lee, G. Kerschen, A. F. Vakakis, P. Panagopoulos, L. A. Bergman and D. M. McFarland, “Complicated Dynamics of a Linear Oscillator with a Light, Essentially Nonlinear Attachment,” Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena, 204(1–2):41–69, May 2005.

D. M. McFarland, L. A. Bergman and A. F. Vakakis, “Experimental Study of Nonlinear Energy Pumping Occurring at a Single Fast Frequency,”
International Journal of Nonlinear Mechanics, 40(6):891–899, July 2005.

D. M. McFarland, G. Kerschen, J. J. Kowtko, L. A. Bergman and A. F.
Vakakis, “Experimental Investigation of Targeted Energy Transfers in Strongly and Nonlinearly Coupled Oscillators,” Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 118(2):791–799, August 2005.

G. Kerschen, A. F. Vakakis, Y. S. Lee, D. M. McFarland, J. J. Kowtko and L. A. Bergman, “Energy Transfers in a System of Two Coupled Oscillators with Essential Nonlinearity: 1:1 Resonance Manifold and Transient Bridging Orbits,” Nonlinear Dynamics, 42:282–303, 2005.

G. Kerschen, Y. S. Lee, A. F. Vakakis, D. M. McFarland and L. A.
Bergman, “Irreversible Passive Energy Transfer in Coupled Oscillators with Essential Nonlinearity,” SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics, 66 (2):648–679, 2006.

Y. S. Lee, A. F. Vakakis, L. A. Bergman, D. M. McFarland and G. Kerschen, “Suppressing Aeroelastic Instability by Means of Broadband Passive Targeted Energy Transfers, Part 1: Theory,” AIAA Journal, 45 (3):693–711, 2007.

Y. S. Lee, G. Kerschen, D. M. McFarland, W. J. Hill, C. Nichkawde, T. W.
Strganac, L. A. Bergman and A. F. Vakakis, “Suppressing Aeroelastic Instability Using Broadband Passive Targeted Energy Transfers, Part 2:
Experiments,” AIAA Journal, 45(10):2391–2400, 2007.

F. Nucera, A. F. Vakakis, D. M. McFarland, L. A. Bergman and G. Kerschen, “Targeted Energy Transfers in Vibro-Impact Oscillators for Seismic Mitigation,” Nonlinear Dynamics, 50(3):651–677, November 2007.