Publications
"Damping in cellular structures made from composite struts and walls with elastic and viscoelastic phases." Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 145 (2020): 104106.
"Post-buckling and dynamic response of angled struts in elastic lattices." JOURNAL OF THE MECHANICS AND PHYSICS OF SOLIDS 133 (2019): 103693.
"Ballistic impact response of an UHMWPE fiber reinforced laminate encasing of an aluminum-alumina hybrid panel." INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF IMPACT ENGINEERING 86 (2015): 131-144.
"Effect of core topology on projectile penetration in hybrid aluminum/alumina sandwich structures." INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF IMPACT ENGINEERING 62 (2013): 99-113.
"Metals and the Integrity of a Biological Coating: The Cuticle of Mussel Byssus." LANGMUIR 25 (2009): 3323-3326.
"Processing of Oxide Composites with Three-Dimensional Fiber Architectures." JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY 92 (2009): 1087-1092.
"The tissue diagnostic instrument." REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 80 (2009): 054303.
"The tissue diagnostic instrument." REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 80 (2009): 054303.
"Control of Interface Properties in Oxide Composites Via Fugitive Coatings." JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY 91 (2008): 4003-4008.
"Effects of hydration on mechanical properties of a highly sclerotized tissue." BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL 94 (2008): 3266-3272.
"Effects of laminate architecture on fracture resistance of sponge biosilica: Lessons from nature." ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS 18 (2008): 1241-1248.
"A modified test for measuring the interlaminar tensile strength of fiber-reinforced ceramic composites." COMPOSITES SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 68 (2008): 10-16.
"Role of transition metals in sclerotization of biological tissue." ACTA BIOMATERIALIA 4 (2008): 2045-2051.
"The transition from stiff to compliant materials in squid beaks." SCIENCE 319 (2008): 1816-1819.
"Hierarchical assembly of the siliceous skeletal lattice of the hexactinellid sponge Euplectella aspergillum." JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY 158 (2007): 93-106.
"Hierarchical assembly of the siliceous skeletal lattice of the hexactinellid sponge Euplectella aspergillum." JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY 158 (2007): 93-106.
"Jumbo squid beaks: Inspiration for design of robust organic composites." ACTA BIOMATERIALIA 3 (2007): 139-149.
"A method for coating fibers in oxide composites." JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY 90 (2007): 1331-1333.
"Mineral minimization in nature's alternative teeth." JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY INTERFACE 4 (2007): 19-31.
"A nonmineralized approach to abrasionresistant biomaterials." PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 104 (2007): 13559-13564.
"Protective coatings on extensible biofibres." NATURE MATERIALS 6 (2007): 669-672.
"Critical role of zinc in hardening of Nereis jaws." JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY 209 (2006): 3219-3225.
"Design of sandwich panels with prismatic cores." JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGY-TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASME 128 (2006): 186-192.
"Halogenated veneers: Protein cross-linking and halogenation in the jaws of Nereis, a marine polychaete worm." CHEMBIOCHEM 7 (2006): 1392-1399.
"Interface properties in a porous-matrix oxide composite." JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY 89 (2006): 2869-2873.

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