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Matthew R. Begley

Matthew R. Begley

Professor
Mechanical Engineering and Materials

Affiliation: 
Materials, Mechanical Engineering

Contact

(805) 679-1122
2361B Engineering II

University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA 93106

Honors

Humboldt Foundation Fraunhofer-Bessel Award; NSF Early Career Award

Research

Solid Mechanics, Materials & Structures, Micro- and Nanoscale Engineering, Bioengineering, Systems Biology, Micro & Nano Technology

Simulating fracture: materials with evolving microstructure

  • Thermal barrier coatings
  • Environmental barrier coatings
  • Ceramic matrix composites
  • Explicit discrete element simulations

Novel materials synthesis

  • Field-assisted materials assembly
  • 3D printing/assembly of two-phase composites

Bio-inspired materials

  • Hierarchical ordered materials
  • Tensegrity structures
  • Minimization in LDOF systems
  • Field-assisted materials assembly

Microfluidics

  • Pulsatile (unsteady) flows
  • Solid-fluid interactions
  • Acoustic assembly of particles
  • Frequency-specific behavior
Education

PhD Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara