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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
45
Citations
8254
World Ranking
1522
National Ranking
594

Materials Science

D-Index
44
Citations
7953
World Ranking
12017
National Ranking
2784

Overview

Matthew R. Begley is affiliated with the University of California, Santa Barbara in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines within engineering and materials science, focusing on areas such as mechanical engineering, biomedical engineering, and materials chemistry.

Their recent publications illustrate a broad engagement with both fundamental and applied research topics. Selected recent papers include:

  • Engineered jumpers overcome biological limits via work multiplication, 2022, Nature
  • Architected implant designs for long bones: Advantages of minimal surface-based topologies, 2021, Materials & Design
  • Large recoverable elastic energy in chiral metamaterials via twist buckling, 2025, Nature
  • Failure mechanisms in model thermal and environmental barrier coating systems, 2022, Journal of the European Ceramic Society
  • A computational modeling framework for reaction and failure of environmental barrier coatings under silicate deposits, 2020, Journal of the American Ceramic Society

The predominant research venues where Matthew R. Begley's work has appeared include:

  • Materials & Design
  • Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids
  • Journal of the American Ceramic Society
  • Additive Manufacturing
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Frequent collaborators in their research environment are:

  • Daniel S. Gianola
  • Frank W. Zok
  • Patrick Ziemke
  • Keith E. Johnson
  • Corie L. Cobb

The main fields of study attributed to their work are engineering and materials science. Subfields include:

  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Materials Chemistry
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Automotive Engineering

Matthew R. Begley's research covers several key topics such as:

  • Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies
  • Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies
  • Cellular and Composite Structures
  • Bone Tissue Engineering Materials
  • Advanced Ceramic Materials Synthesis
  • Advanced Materials and Mechanics
  • High-Temperature Coating Behaviors

Best Publications

  • The mechanics of size-dependent indentation

    Matthew R. Begley;John W. Hutchinson

  • Response of ytterbium disilicate-silicon environmental barrier coatings to thermal cycling in water vapor

    Bradley T. Richards;Kelly A. Young;Foucault de Francqueville;Stephen Sehr

  • The Mechanical Response of Freestanding Circular Elastic Films Under Point and Pressure Loads

    U. Komaragiri;M. R. Begley;J. G. Simmonds

  • Nanoporous Gold: Fabrication, Characterization, and Applications

    Erkin Seker;Michael L. Reed;Matthew R. Begley

  • Fracture mechanisms of ytterbium monosilicate environmental barrier coatings during cyclic thermal exposure

    Bradley T. Richards;Stephen Sehr;Foucault de Franqueville;Matthew R. Begley

  • Frequency-specific flow control in microfluidic circuits with passive elastomeric features

    Daniel C. Leslie;Christopher J. Easley;Christopher J. Easley;Erkin Seker;James M. Karlinsey

  • Mechanisms of Ytterbium Monosilicate/Mullite/Silicon Coating Failure During Thermal Cycling in Water Vapor

    Bradley T. Richards;Matthew R. Begley;Haydn N.G. Wadley

  • Micromechanical models to guide the development of synthetic ‘brick and mortar’ composites

    Matthew R. Begley;Noah R. Philips;Brett G. Compton;David V. Wilbrink

  • Periodic truss structures

    Frank W. Zok;Ryan M. Latture;Matthew R. Begley

  • Spherical indentation of freestanding circular thin films in the membrane regime

    Matthew R. Begley;Thomas J. Mackin

  • Characterizing Three‐Dimensional Textile Ceramic Composites Using Synchrotron X‐Ray Micro‐Computed‐Tomography

    Hrishikesh Bale;Hrishikesh Bale;Matthew Blacklock;Matthew R. Begley;David B. Marshall

  • The fabrication of low-impedance nanoporous gold multiple-electrode arrays for neural electrophysiology studies

    Erkin Seker;Yevgeny Berdichevsky;Matthew R Begley;Michael L Reed

  • Bridging functional nanocomposites to robust macroscale devices

    Matthew R. Begley;Daniel S. Gianola;Tyler R. Ray

  • Engineered jumpers overcome biological limits via work multiplication

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  • Generating virtual textile composite specimens using statistical data from micro-computed tomography: 3D tow representations

    Renaud G. Rinaldi;Matthew Blacklock;Hrishikesh Bale;Matthew R. Begley

  • The effects of post-fabrication annealing on the mechanical properties of freestanding nanoporous gold structures

    Erkin Seker;John T. Gaskins;Hilary Bart-Smith;Jianzhong Zhu

  • Generating virtual textile composite specimens using statistical data from micro-computed tomography: 1D tow representations for the binary model

    Matthew Blacklock;Hrishikesh Bale;Matthew Begley;Brian Cox

  • Analysis of a wedge impression test for measuring the interface toughness between films/coatings and ductile substrates

    M.R Begley;D.R Mumm;A.G Evans;J.W Hutchinson

  • Plasticity in fretting contact

    J.M. Ambrico;M.R. Begley

  • Deposition of ordered two-phase materials using microfluidic print nozzles with acoustic focusing

    Rachel R. Collino;Tyler R. Ray;Rachel C. Fleming;James D. Cornell

  • Interaction of molten silicates with thermal barrier coatings under temperature gradients

    R. Wesley Jackson;Elisa M. Zaleski;Elisa M. Zaleski;David L. Poerschke;Brian T. Hazel

  • Solid phase extraction of DNA from biological samples in a post-based, high surface area poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) microdevice

    Carmen R. Reedy;Carol W. Price;Jeff Sniegowski;Jerome P. Ferrance

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert M. McMeeking
Robert M. McMeeking University of California, Santa Barbara
Hilary Bart-Smith
Hilary Bart-Smith University of Virginia
John W. Hutchinson
John W. Hutchinson Harvard University
James P. Landers
James P. Landers University of Virginia
Frank W. Zok
Frank W. Zok University of California, Santa Barbara
Giovanni Zangari
Giovanni Zangari University of Virginia
Brian N. Cox
Brian N. Cox Rockwell Automation (United States)
Daniel Gianola
Daniel Gianola University of Wisconsin–Madison
Carlos G. Levi
Carlos G. Levi University of California, Santa Barbara
Haydn N. G. Wadley
Haydn N. G. Wadley University of Virginia

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