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15882
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2020 - Nadai Medal, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)

Overview

Frank W. Zok is affiliated with the University of California, Santa Barbara in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Engineering and Materials Science, focusing extensively on Mechanical Engineering and Ceramics and Composites as subfields.

Their work covers key topics including advanced ceramic materials synthesis, aluminum alloys composites properties, advanced materials and composites, high-temperature coating behaviors, cellular and composite structures, additive manufacturing and 3D printing technologies, and composite material mechanics.

Frequent publication venues for their research include the Journal of the American Ceramic Society, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, Acta Materialia, SSRN Electronic Journal, and Mechanics of Materials. These venues highlight their active engagement in materials and mechanical sciences.

Among their recent papers are:

  • "Tough Multimaterial Interfaces through Wavelength-Selective 3D Printing" (2021, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces)
  • "A computational modeling framework for reaction and failure of environmental barrier coatings under silicate deposits" (2020, Journal of the American Ceramic Society)
  • "Tensile response of unidirectional ceramic minicomposites" (2020, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids)
  • "Oxide growth and stress evolution underneath cracked environmental barrier coatings" (2023, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids)
  • "Recession of BN coatings in SiC/SiC composites through reaction with water vapor" (2021, Journal of the American Ceramic Society)

Their frequent co-authors include Matthew R. Begley, Andrew R. Ericks, Victoria L. Christensen, Carlos G. Levi, and E. Benjamin Callaway, indicating ongoing collaborative research relationships.

In 2020, Frank W. Zok received the Nadai Medal from The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), recognizing their contributions within their field.

Best Publications

  • The physics and mechanics of fibre-reinforced brittle matrix composites

    A. G. Evans;F. W. Zok

  • The Transition from Stiff to Compliant Materials in Squid Beaks

    Ali Miserez;Todd Schneberk;Chengjun Sun;Frank W. Zok

  • A protocol for characterizing the structural performance of metallic sandwich panels: application to pyramidal truss cores

    F.W. Zok;S.A. Waltner;Z. Wei;H.J. Rathbun

  • Processing and Performance of an All‐Oxide Ceramic Composite

    Carlos G. Levi;James Y. Yang;Brian J. Dalgleish;Frank W. Zok

  • Fatigue of ceramic matrix composites

    A.G. Evans;F.W. Zok;R.M. McMeeking

  • Developments in Oxide Fiber Composites

    Frank W. Zok

  • The role of interfaces in fiber-reinforced brittle matrix composites

    A.G. Evans;F.W. Zok;J. Davis

  • Protective coatings on extensible biofibres.

    Niels Holten-Andersen;Georg E Fantner;Sophia Hohlbauch;J Herbert Waite

  • Performance of metallic honeycomb-core sandwich beams under shock loading

    H.J. Rathbun;D.D. Radford;Z. Xue;M.Y. He

  • Plastic flow and fracture of a particulate metal matrix composite

    M.T. Kiser;F.W. Zok;D.S. Wilkinson

  • Critical interlayer thickness for transient liquid phase bonding in the Cu–Sn system

    N.S. Bosco;F.W. Zok

  • Hierarchical assembly of the siliceous skeletal lattice of the hexactinellid sponge Euplectella aspergillum.

    James C. Weaver;Joanna Aizenberg;Georg E. Fantner;David Kisailus

  • Metals and the Integrity of a Biological Coating: The Cuticle of Mussel Byssus

    Niels Holten-Andersen;Thomas E. Mates;Muhammet S. Toprak;Galen D. Stucky

  • Damage and Failure in Unidirectional Ceramic–Matrix Composites

    Douglas S. Beyerle;S. M. Spearing;Frank W. Zok;Anthony G. Evans

  • Mechanical properties of porous-matrix ceramic composites

    Frank W. Zok;Carlos G. Levi

  • Oxidation Embrittlement Probe for Ceramic-Matrix Composites

    Fernando E. Heredia;John C. McNulty;Frank W. Zok;Anthony G. Evans

  • Solution Mask Liquid Lithography (SMaLL) for One-Step, Multimaterial 3D Printing

    Neil D. Dolinski;Zachariah A. Page;E. Benjamin Callaway;Fabian Eisenreich;Fabian Eisenreich

  • The mechanical response of ceramic microballoon reinforced aluminum matrix composites under compressive loading

    M. Kiser;M.Y. He;F.W. Zok

  • Critical role of zinc in hardening of Nereis jaws

    Chris C. Broomell;Mike A. Mattoni;Frank W. Zok;J. Herbert Waite

  • Models of High‐Temperature, Environmentally Assisted Embrittlement in Ceramic‐Matrix Composites

    Anthony G. Evans;Frank W. Zok;Robert M. McMeeking;Zheng Z. Du

  • Annual review of materials research

    Samuel I. Stupp;Richard Lesar;Klaus-Dieter Kreuer;Evelyn Hu

Frequent Co-Authors

Anthony G. Evans
Anthony G. Evans University of California, Santa Barbara
Carlos G. Levi
Carlos G. Levi University of California, Santa Barbara
Robert M. McMeeking
Robert M. McMeeking University of California, Santa Barbara
Matthew R. Begley
Matthew R. Begley University of California, Santa Barbara
J. Herbert Waite
J. Herbert Waite University of California, Santa Barbara
Fred F. Lange
Fred F. Lange University of California, Santa Barbara
Brian N. Cox
Brian N. Cox Rockwell Automation (United States)
David B. Marshall
David B. Marshall University of Colorado Boulder
Galen D. Stucky
Galen D. Stucky University of California, Santa Barbara
Vikram Deshpande
Vikram Deshpande Harvard University

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