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