Michael Thouless

Department of Mechanical Engineering
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
University of Michigan
2282 G. G. Brown Building
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2125
Phone: (734) 763-5289
Fax: (734) 647-3170
E-mail: thouless@umich.edu

Brief Biography

2000 - present	Professor, University of Michigan
1995 -2000	Associate Professor, University of Michigan
1988 - 1994	Research Staff Member, IBM Research Division
1985 - 1988	Assistant Research Engineer, UC Santa Barbara
1984 - 1985	Assistant Research Engineer, UC Berkeley
1984	PhD, Materials Science & Mineral Engineering, UC Berkeley
1982	MS, Materials Science & Mineral Engineering, UC Berkeley
1981	BA, Engineering, Churchill College, University of Cambridge

Research Interests

Micro-mechanical modeling of materials; interfacial fracture mechanics; adhesion; mechanical properties of adhesive joints; mechanical properties of thin films and coatings; mechanics of nano- and bio-systems.

Publications

The full publications list contains papers on the following topics:

Cohesive-zone modelling
Interfacial fracture
Adhesion & adhesives
Mechanics of welds
Mechanics in nano and bio systems
Delamination of films and coatings
Buckling-driven delamination Modelling stresses in films and coatings
Creep and creep rupture
Composites and laminates
Modelling diffusional creep and electromigration

Some recent pre-prints

M. D. Thouless, "The Effect of Transverse Shear on the Delamination of Isotropic Edge-Notch Flexure and 3-Point Bend Geometries,"
D. Lee, J. R. Barber and M. D. Thouless, "Indentation of an Elastic Half Space with Material Properties varying with Depth,"
C. Sun, M. D. Thouless, A. M. Waas, J. A. Schroeder and P. D. Zavattieri, "Rate Effects for Mixed-Mode Fracture of Plastically Deforming, Adhesively-Bonded Structures,"
J. E. Olberding, M. D. Thouless, E. M. Arruda, K. Garikipati, "The Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Focal Adhesion Dynamics"

Some recent published papers

C. Sun, M. D. Thouless, A. M. Waas, J. A. Schroeder and P. D. Zavattieri, "Ductile-Brittle Transitions in the Fracture of Plastically-Deforming, Adhesively-Bonded Structures: II Numerical Studies." International Journal of Solids and Structures, 45, 4725-4738 (2008).
C. Sun, M. D. Thouless, A. M. Waas, J. A. Schroeder and P. D. Zavattieri, "Ductile-Brittle Transitions in the Fracture of Plastically-Deforming, Adhesively-Bonded Structures: I Experimental Studies." International Journal of Solids and Structures, 45, 3059-3073 (2008).
M. D. Thouless and Q. D. Yang, "A Parametric Study of the Peel Test," International Journal of Adhesion & Adhesives 28, 176-184 (2008).
D. Lee, N. Triantafyllidis, J. R. Barber and M. D. Thouless, "Surface Instability of an Elastic Half Space with Material Properties Varying with Depth," Journal of Mechanics and Physics of Solids 56, 858-868 (2008).
K. L. Mills, X. Zhu, S. Takayama and M. D. Thouless, "The Mechanical Properties of a Surface-Modified Layer on Poly(dimethylsiloxane)," Journal of Materials Research 23, 37-48 (2008).
M. D. Thouless and J. P. Parmigiani, "Mixed-mode Cohesive-zone Models for delamination and Deflection in Composites," p.93-111 in Proceedings of the 28th Risø International Symposium on Material Science: Interface Design of Polymer matrix Composites; edited by B. F. Sørensen, L. P. Mikkelson, H. Lilhot, S. Goutianos, and F. S. Abdul-Mahdi, (Roskilde, Denmark, September 2007).
D. Huh, K. L. Mills, M. D. Thouless and S. Takayama, "Tunable Elastomeric Nanochannels for Nanofluidic Manipulation," Nature Materials, 6, 424-428 (2007).
J. P. Parmigiani and M. D. Thouless, "The Effects of Cohesive Strength and Toughness on Mixed-mode Delamination of Beam-Like Geometries," Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 74, 2675-2699 (2007).
S. Li, M. D. Thouless, A. M. Waas, J. A. Schroeder, and P. D. Zavattieri, "Mixed-mode Cohesive-zone Models for Fracture of an Adhesively-bonded Polymer-matrix Composite," Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 73, 64-78 (2006).
J. P. Parmigiani and M. D. Thouless, "Roles of Toughness and Cohesive Strength on Crack Deflection," Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 54, 266-287 (2006).
S. Li, M. D. Thouless, A. M. Waas, J. A. Schroeder, and P. D. Zavattieri, "Competing Failure Mechanisms in Mixed-mode Fracture of an Adhesively-bonded Polymer-matrix Composite," International Journal of Adhesion & Adhesives, 26, 609-616 (2006).
B. Zhou, M. D. Thouless, and S. M. Ward, "Predicting the Failure of Ultrasonic Spot Welds by Pull-out from Sheet Metal," International Journal of Solids and Structures, 43, 7482-7500 (2006).
K. L. Mills, X. Zhu, D. Lee, S. Takayama, and M.D. Thouless, "Properties of the Surface-modified Layer of Plasma-oxidized Poly(dimethylsiloxane)," in Mechanics of Nanoscale Materials and Devices, edited by A. Misra, J.P. Sullivan, H. Huang, K. Lu, S. Asif, Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc., 924E, Warrendale, PA, Z07-08 (2006).

Teaching

In Fall 2008, I wil be teaching

ME 382 "Mechanical Properties of Materials"

In Winter 2009, I will be teaching:

ME / MSE 577 "Materials in Manufacturing and design"
ME 395 ""Junior Laboratory"

Last modified 19/vii/08