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D-Index
135
Citations
120129
World Ranking
277
National Ranking
11

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2022 - Research.com Materials Science in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2003 - Heyn Commemorative Medal
  • 1999 - A.C. Eringen Medal
  • 1993 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1992 - Von Hippel Award, Materials Research Society     
  • 1990 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For outstanding contributions to the understanding of mechanical behavior of materials and for development of formats useful for design.
  • 1989 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • 1986 - Acta Materialia Gold Medal
  • 1979 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom

Overview

Michael F. Ashby is affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. Their research spans several fields including Environmental Science, Engineering, and Business, Management and Accounting.

The scientist has contributed to subfields such as Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law; Environmental Engineering; Strategy and Management; Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering; and Mechanical Engineering.

The main topics covered in their work include Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy, Environmental Impact and Sustainability, Sustainable Supply Chain Management, Recycling and Waste Management Techniques, Global Energy and Sustainability Research, Vehicle Emissions and Performance, and Extraction and Separation Processes.

Michael F. Ashby has published papers in a variety of venues, notably:

  • Energy & Fuels
  • Advanced Science

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Ashby include:

  • "Site Trials and Demonstration of a Novel Pilot Ventilation Air Methane Mitigator" (2020, Energy & Fuels)
  • "Field-Induced Antiferromagnetic Correlations in a Nanopatterned Van der Waals Ferromagnet: A Potential Artificial Spin Ice" (2024, Advanced Science)

Frequent collaborators in their research work include Junjun Yin, Shi Su, Xin Xiang Yu, Jun-Seok Bae, and Yonggang Jin.

Over the course of their career, they have received several awards and honors, including the Heyn Commemorative Medal (2003), the A.C. Eringen Medal (1999), and election as a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1993).

Other distinctions include the Von Hippel Award from the Materials Research Society (1992), membership in the National Academy of Engineering (1990) for contributions to the understanding of mechanical behavior of materials and the development of design formats, membership in Academia Europaea (1989), the Acta Materialia Gold Medal (1986), and Fellowship of the Royal Society in the United Kingdom (1979).

Best Publications

  • Cellular Solids: Structure and Properties

    Lorna J. Gibson;Michael F. Ashby

  • Materials Selection in Mechanical Design

    M.F. Ashby;D. Cebon

  • Metal Foams: A Design Guide

    MF Ashby;A Evans;NA Fleck;LJ Gibson

  • The deformation of plastically non-homogeneous materials

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  • Strain gradient plasticity: Theory and experiment

    N.A. Fleck;G.M. Muller;M.F. Ashby;J.W. Hutchinson

  • Deformation-Mechanism Maps: The Plasticity and Creep of Metals and Ceramics

    Harold J Frost;Michael F Ashby

  • The mechanics of three-dimensional cellular materials

    L. J. Gibson;M. F. Ashby

  • The properties of foams and lattices.

    M.F Ashby

  • Metallic glasses as structural materials

    M.F. Ashby;A.L. Greer

  • Effective properties of the octet-truss lattice material

    V.S. Deshpande;N.A. Fleck;M.F. Ashby

  • Thermodynamics and kinetics of slip

    Ulrich Fred Kocks;Ali Suphi Argon;Michael Farries Ashby

  • FOAM TOPOLOGY BENDING VERSUS STRETCHING DOMINATED ARCHITECTURES

    V.S. Deshpande;M.F. Ashby;N.A. Fleck

  • On grain boundary sliding and diffusional creep

    R. Raj;M. F. Ashby

  • Overview no. 55 Wear-Mechanism maps

    S.C. Lim;M.F. Ashby

  • The mechanical properties of cellular solids

    M. F. Ashby;R. F. Mehl Medalist

  • Diffusion-accommodated flow and superplasticity

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  • The topological design of multifunctional cellular metals

    A.G. Evans;J.W. Hutchinson;N.A. Fleck;M.F. Ashby

  • The failure of brittle solids containing small cracks under compressive stress states

    M.F. Ashby;S.D. Hallam

  • Intergranular fracture at elevated temperature

    Rishi Raj;M.F Ashby

  • Material efficiency: A white paper

    Julian M. Allwood;Michael F. Ashby;Timothy G. Gutowski;Ernst Worrell

  • Micro-architectured materials: past, present and future

    N. A. Fleck;V. S. Deshpande;M. F. Ashby

  • A model of ductile fracture based on the nucleation and growth of voids

    G. Le Roy;J.D. Embury;G. Edwards;M.F. Ashby

  • Metal foams: a design guide - Butterworth-Heinemann, Oxford, UK, ISBN 0-7506-7219-6, Published 2000, Hardback, 251 pp., $75.00

    Michael F Ashby;Anthony Evans;Norman A Fleck;Lorna J Gibson

Frequent Co-Authors

David Cebon
David Cebon University of Cambridge
Norman A. Fleck
Norman A. Fleck University of Cambridge
John W. Hutchinson
John W. Hutchinson Harvard University
Anthony G. Evans
Anthony G. Evans University of California, Santa Barbara
Paul M. Weaver
Paul M. Weaver University of Limerick
Yves Bréchet
Yves Bréchet Monash University
Eduard Arzt
Eduard Arzt University of California, San Diego
Julian M. Allwood
Julian M. Allwood University of Cambridge
Frans Spaepen
Frans Spaepen Harvard University

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