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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
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2026

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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
80
Citations
25431
World Ranking
208
National Ranking
103

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in United States Leader Award
  • 2012 - Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Overview

Alexander F. Vakakis is affiliated with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines within engineering and physics, with a particular focus on vibration control, nonlinear dynamics, and acoustic phenomena.

The main fields of study include:

  • Engineering
  • Physics and Astronomy

Within these overarching fields, Vakakis has concentrated on several subfields such as:

  • Civil and Structural Engineering
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
  • Control and Systems Engineering

Their research topics cover a diverse range of subjects, including:

  • Vibration Control and Rheological Fluids
  • Acoustic Wave Phenomena Research
  • Mechanical and Optical Resonators
  • Nonlinear Photonic Systems
  • Seismic Performance and Analysis
  • Acoustic Wave Resonator Technologies
  • Vibration and Dynamic Analysis

Recent notable papers authored or coauthored by Vakakis include:

  • Nonlinear targeted energy transfer: state of the art and new perspectives (2022), published in Nonlinear Dynamics
  • Broadband non-reciprocity with robust signal integrity in a triangle-shaped nonlinear 1D metamaterial (2020), published in Nonlinear Dynamics
  • Rapid non-resonant intermodal targeted energy transfer (IMTET) caused by vibro-impact nonlinearity (2020), published in Nonlinear Dynamics
  • Two-dimensional nonlinear energy sink for effective passive seismic mitigation (2021), published in Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation
  • Vibration suppression and modal energy transfers in a linear beam with attached vibro-impact nonlinear energy sinks (2020), published in Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Vakakis are:

  • Lawrence A. Bergman
  • Alireza Mojahed
  • Sameh Tawfick
  • Chongan Wang
  • Kathryn H. Matlack

Their publications are commonly featured in venues such as:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Nonlinear Dynamics
  • Journal of Sound and Vibration
  • The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Alexander F. Vakakis was recognized as a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in 2012.

Best Publications

  • Past, present and future of nonlinear system identification in structural dynamics

    Gaëtan Kerschen;Keith Worden;Alexander F. Vakakis;Alexander F. Vakakis;Jean Claude Golinval

  • The Method of Proper Orthogonal Decomposition for Dynamical Characterization and Order Reduction of Mechanical Systems: An Overview

    Gaetan Kerschen;Gaetan Kerschen;Gaetan Kerschen;Jean Claude Golinval;Alexander F. Vakakis;Alexander F. Vakakis;Lawrence A. Bergman

  • Nonlinear Targeted Energy Transfer in Mechanical and Structural Systems

    Alexander F. Vakakis;O. V. Gendelman;L. A. Bergman;D. M. McFarland

  • Nonlinear normal modes, Part I: A useful framework for the structural dynamicist

    Gaëtan Kerschen;Maxime Peeters;Jean-Claude Golinval;Alexander F. Vakakis

  • Energy Pumping in Nonlinear Mechanical Oscillators: Part II—Resonance Capture

    Alexander F Vakakis;O. Gendelman

  • Energy pumping in nonlinear mechanical oscillators : Part I : Dynamics of the underlying Hamiltonian systems

    O. Gendelman;L. I. Manevitch;Alexander F Vakakis;R. M’closkey

  • Normal modes and localization in nonlinear systems

    Alexander F. Vakakis

  • Inducing Passive Nonlinear Energy Sinks in Vibrating Systems

    A. F. Vakakis;A. F. Vakakis

  • NON-LINEAR NORMAL MODES (NNMs) AND THEIR APPLICATIONS IN VIBRATION THEORY: AN OVERVIEW

    Alexander Vakakis

  • Complicated dynamics of a linear oscillator with a light, essentially nonlinear attachment

    Young Sup Lee;Gaetan Kerschen;Alexander F. Vakakis;Panagiotis Panagopoulos

  • Simulation of dynamics of beam structures with bolted joints using adjusted Iwan beam elements

    Y. Song;C.J. Hartwigsen;D.M. McFarland;A.F. Vakakis;A.F. Vakakis

  • Experimental study of non-linear energy pumping occurring at a single fast frequency

    D. Michael McFarland;Lawrence A. Bergman;Alexander F. Vakakis;Alexander F. Vakakis

  • Dynamics of linear discrete systems connected to local, essentially non-linear attachments

    A. F. Vakakis;A. F. Vakakis;L. I. Manevitch;O. Gendelman;Lawrence Bergman

  • Targeted energy transfers in vibro-impact oscillators for seismic mitigation

    F. Nucera;Alexander F. Vakakis;Alexander F. Vakakis;D. M. McFarland;L. A. Bergman

  • PROPER ORTHOGONAL DECOMPOSITION (POD) OF A CLASS OF VIBROIMPACT OSCILLATIONS

    M.F.A. Azeez;A.F. Vakakis

  • Steady State Passive Nonlinear Energy Pumping in Coupled Oscillators: Theoretical and Experimental Results

    Xiaoai Jiang;D. Michael McFarland;Lawrence A. Bergman;Alexander F. Vakakis;Alexander F. Vakakis

  • Irreversible Passive Energy Transfer in Coupled Oscillators with Essential Nonlinearity

    Gaetan Kerschen;Young Sup Lee;Alexander F. Vakakis;D. Michael McFarland

  • Breaking Lorentz reciprocity to overcome the time-bandwidth limit in physics and engineering

    K. L. Tsakmakidis;L. Shen;S. A. Schulz;X. Zheng

  • Suppression Aeroelastic Instability Using Broadband Passive Targeted Energy Transfers, Part 1: Theory

    Young S. Lee;Alexander F. Vakakis;Lawrence A. Bergman;D. Michael McFarland

  • Suppressing Aeroelastic Instability Using Broadband Passive Targeted Energy Transfers, Part 2: Experiments

    Young S. Lee;Gaetan Kerschen;D. Michael McFarland;W. Joel Hill

Frequent Co-Authors

Lawrence A. Bergman
Lawrence A. Bergman University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
D. Michael McFarland
D. Michael McFarland University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Gaëtan Kerschen
Gaëtan Kerschen University of Liège
Oleg Gendelman
Oleg Gendelman Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Leonid I. Manevitch
Leonid I. Manevitch Semenov Institute of Chemical Physics
Billie F. Spencer
Billie F. Spencer University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Seok Kim
Seok Kim University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Min-Feng Yu
Min-Feng Yu Georgia Institute of Technology
Larry A. Fahnestock
Larry A. Fahnestock University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Michael J. Leamy
Michael J. Leamy Georgia Institute of Technology

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