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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Netherlands
2026

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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
74
Citations
17968
World Ranking
305
National Ranking
2

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2016 - Fellow of the International Association for Computational Mechanics (IACM)

Overview

Mgd Marc Geers is affiliated with Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands. Their research spans the fields of engineering and materials science, including significant work in subfields such as mechanics of materials, mechanical engineering, materials chemistry, biomedical engineering, and polymers and plastics. Their scholarly output includes 216 publications in engineering and 85 in materials science, demonstrating extensive interdisciplinary involvement.

The core topics in Geers' research include:

  • Composite Material Mechanics
  • Microstructure and mechanical properties
  • Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies
  • Material Properties and Processing
  • Mechanical Behavior of Composites
  • Textile materials and evaluations
  • Fusion materials and technologies

Recent publications by Geers cover a range of materials modeling and characterization studies. These include:

  • Roadmap on multiscale materials modeling, 2020, Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering
  • Microstructural characterisation of thick-walled wire arc additively manufactured stainless steel, 2021, Journal of Materials Processing Technology
  • Microstructural modeling of anisotropic plasticity in large scale additively manufactured 316L stainless steel, 2020, Mechanics of Materials
  • Experimental characterization and modeling of the mechanical behavior of brittle 3D printed food, 2020, Journal of Food Engineering
  • Automated identification of slip system activity fields from digital image correlation data, 2022, Acta Materialia

Throughout their career, Geers has collaborated frequently with co-authors such as J.P.M. Hoefnagels, R.H.J. Peerlings, J.A.W. van Dommelen, V.G. Kouznetsova, and Joris J. C. Remmers. These collaborations reflect multidisciplinary research engagements in materials science and mechanics.

The venues where Geers commonly publishes include:

  • International Journal of Solids and Structures
  • Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • European Journal of Mechanics - A/Solids

Geers was recognized as a Fellow of the International Association for Computational Mechanics (IACM) in 2016, marking their status within the computational mechanics community.

Best Publications

  • Multi-scale constitutive modelling of heterogeneous materials with a gradient-enhanced computational homogenization scheme

    VG Varvara Kouznetsova;Mgd Marc Geers;Wam Marcel Brekelmans

  • Multi-scale second-order computational homogenization of multi-phase materials : a nested finite element solution strategy

    VG Varvara Kouznetsova;Mgd Marc Geers;Wam Marcel Brekelmans

  • A critical comparison of nonlocal and gradient-enhanced softening continua

    Rhj Ron Peerlings;Mgd Marc Geers;de R René Borst;Wam Marcel Brekelmans

  • Gradient‐enhanced damage modelling of concrete fracture

    Rhj Ron Peerlings;de R René Borst;Wam Marcel Brekelmans;Mgd Marc Geers

  • Non-local crystal plasticity model with intrinsic SSD and GND effects

    LP Laurens Evers;Wam Marcel Brekelmans;Mgd Marc Geers

  • Mechanics of the brain: perspectives, challenges, and opportunities

    A Alain Goriely;Mgd Marc Geers;GA Gerhard Holzapfel;J Jayaratnam Jayamohan

  • Strain-based transient-gradient damage model for failure analyses

    Mgd Marc Geers;Mgd Marc Geers;de R René Borst;de R René Borst;Wam Marcel Brekelmans;Rhj Ron Peerlings

  • An improved description of the exponential Xu and Needleman cohesive zone law for mixed-mode decohesion

    van den Mj Marco Bosch;Pjg Piet Schreurs;Mgd Marc Geers

  • Scale dependent crystal plasticity framework with dislocation density and grain boundary effects

    LP Laurens Evers;Wam Marcel Brekelmans;Mgd Marc Geers

  • Crystal plasticity model with enhanced hardening by geometrically necessary dislocation accumulation

    LP Laurens Evers;DM Parks;Wam Marcel Brekelmans;Mgd Marc Geers

  • A comparison of dislocation induced back stress formulations in strain gradient crystal plasticity

    Christopher J Bayley;Wam Marcel Brekelmans;Mgd Marc Geers

  • FE2 computational homogenization for the thermo-mechanical analysis of heterogeneous solids

    I Izzet Özdemir;Wam Marcel Brekelmans;Mgd Marc Geers

  • An enhanced multi-scale approach for masonry wall computations with localization of damage

    TJ Thierry Massart;Rhj Ron Peerlings;Mgd Marc Geers

  • On coupled gradient-dependent plasticity and damage theories with a view to localization analysis

    R René de Borst;J Jerzy Pamin;Mgd Marc Geers

  • Gradient‐enhanced damage modelling of high‐cycle fatigue

    Rhj Ron Peerlings;Wam Marcel Brekelmans;de R René Borst;Mgd Marc Geers;Mgd Marc Geers

  • Microstructural banding effects clarified through micrographic digital image correlation

    CC Cem Tasan;Jpm Johan Hoefnagels;Mgd Marc Geers

  • Biomechanics of Traumatic Brain Injury: Influences of the Morphologic Heterogeneities of the Cerebral Cortex

    Rjh Rudy Cloots;Hmt Gervaise;van Jaw Hans Dommelen;Mgd Marc Geers

  • Towards optimal design of locally resonant acoustic metamaterials

    AO Anastasiia Krushynska;V Varvara Kouznetsova;Mgd Marc Geers

  • Localisation issues in local and nonlocal continuum approaches to fracture

    Rhj Ron Peerlings;de R René Borst;Wam Marcel Brekelmans;Mgd Marc Geers

  • Novel boundary conditions for strain localization analyses in microstructural volume elements

    Ewc Erica Coenen;VG Varvara Kouznetsova;Mgd Marc Geers

Frequent Co-Authors

Rhj Ron Peerlings
Rhj Ron Peerlings Eindhoven University of Technology
Wam Marcel Brekelmans
Wam Marcel Brekelmans Eindhoven University of Technology
François Hild
François Hild École Normale Supérieure Paris-Saclay
Leon Le Govaert
Leon Le Govaert Eindhoven University of Technology
Gilles Lubineau
Gilles Lubineau King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Vikram Deshpande
Vikram Deshpande Harvard University
Stéphane Roux
Stéphane Roux École Normale Supérieure Paris-Saclay
Esteban P. Busso
Esteban P. Busso Harbin Institute of Technology
Phl Peter Notten
Phl Peter Notten Eindhoven University of Technology

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