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Paris von Lockette, Ph.D.
College of Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Rowan Hall
856-256-5341
vonlockette@rowan.edu

RESEARCH SUMMARY:
I am an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, and currently I am researching Molecular Networks, Elastomers, Polymers, Macromolecular materials, and Smart-Rubber. My additional scholarly interests include Materials Science, Finite Elements Method, Continuum Mechanics, Solid Mechanics, Computational Simulations, and Engineering Education.

My primary research of Micromechanics of Molecular Networks focuses on uncovering the relationships between the microstructure of elastomers and polymers and their microscopic behavior. My forte is the construction of computational simulations of the gelation (network formation) process in macromolecular materials. I also construct constitutive and optical models to predict material behavior.

My other research concerns Smart-Rubber: the purpose of my project is to develop an actively tunable vibration absorber that combines the active capabilities of piezoelectrics with the passive damping capabilities of rubber. The NSF Funded project has been successful in creating a working prototype producing up to 25dB reduction over frequencies from 50-250Hz.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
von Lockette, P.R. and Arruda, E.M. (June 2001). Comptutional Annealing of Simulated Unimodal and Bimodal Elastomer Networks. Manuscript submitted to Macromolecules.

von Lockette, P.R. and Arruda, E.M. (June 2001). Mesoscale Modeling of Unimodal and Bimodal Elastomer Networks. Computational and Theoretical Polymer Science.

von Lockette, P.R. and Arruda, E.M. (1999). Topological Studies of Bimodal Elastomer Networks. Macromolecules, 32:1990-1999.

von Lockette, P.R. and Arruda, E.M. (1999). A Network Description of the Non-Gaussian stress-optic and Raman Scattering Responses of Elastomer Networks. Acta Mechanica, 134:81-107.

GRANT SUBMISSIONS (2002-present)
Experimental Studies of Magnetorheological Elastomers: Mapping the Rheological Dependence on Particle Size Distribution, Curling Field Orientation, Cyclic Fatigue and Temperature - Petroleum Research Fund/American Chemical Society - Fiscal Year 2005

Study of Microstructural Self-Reinforcement Phenomena in Elastomer- National Science Foundation- Fiscal Year 2004

GRANT AWARDS (2002-present)