Shawn Chester

Mechanical EngineeringNew Jersey Institute of TechnologyEmail: shawn.a.chester@njit.edu

Web: http://web.njit.edu/~sac3

Personal InformationFull Name: Shawn Alexander ChesterCitizenship: USAClearance: Previously granted based on a background investigation

Education

2006 – 2011 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering

Thesis Title: Mechanics of amorphous polymers and polymer gels

Defended my thesis in 2011 for a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering with a minor in mathematics underthe supervision of Professor Lallit Anand. My research focused on the continuum level multi-physicsbehavior of polymeric materials. I conducted experiments, constructed constitutive theories, wroterobust numerical implementations, and validated the theories and their numerical implementations.

2005 – 2006 New Jersey Institute of Technology M.S. Mechanical Engineering

Thesis Title: DEM Simulated Floor Pressure Induced by a Granular Column

Defended my thesis for a M.S. in mechanical engineering in 2006 under the supervision of ProfessorAnthony D. Rosato. My research focused on particle level simulations (essentially the same asmolecular dynamics simulations) of granular systems.

2000 – 2005 New Jersey Institute of Technology B.S. Mechanical Engineering

Graduated with a B.S. in mechanical engineering from Albert Dorman Honors College with a minorin physics in 2005. My senior design project was selected for the mechanical engineering departmentaward in 2004. I presented that project at the ASME Old Guard regional competition in 2005, afirst place finish in the regional competition gave me the opportunity to present that work again atthe ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress later that year.

Research Interests

• Large deformation elasticity and plasticity• Coupled deformation-diffusion and other multiphysics problems• Computational solid mechanics• Thermo-mechanically coupled behavior of polymeric materials• Material behavior under extreme loading and/or extreme environmental conditions

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Appointments

7/2019 – Present New Jersey Institute of Technology Associate ProfessorDept. of Mechanical & Industrial Eng. with tenure

Tenured associate professor in Mechanical Engineering at the New Jersey Institute of Technology.

1/2013 – 6/2019 New Jersey Institute of Technology Assistant ProfessorDept. of Mechanical & Industrial Eng.

Tenure track assistant professor in Mechanical Engineering at the New Jersey Institute of Technology.

7/2011 – 1/2013 Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Postdoctoral Research Associate

Postdoctoral research associate in the engineering division at Lawrence Livermore National Labora-tory. My research focused on multi-scale modeling of the strength of crystalline and polycrystallinematerials under extreme loading conditions. Particular attention was paid toward further under-standing and incorporation of deformation twinning from atomistic and crystal level models intopolycrystal and isotropic models.

Teaching Experience

1/2014 – Present New Jersey Institute of Technology Assistant ProfessorDept. of Mechanical & Industrial Eng.

NJIT courses ME425 and ME622. Undergraduate and graduate courses for central ideas underlyingthe finite element method in mechanical engineering and its computer implementation. Fundamen-tal concepts such as interpolation functions, isoparametric elements, Galerkin’s method, assemblingglobal matrices, and solution techniques are discussed. Specific applications to mechanical engineer-ing problems in solid mechanics and heat transfer are considered.

1/2013 – Present New Jersey Institute of Technology Assistant ProfessorDept. of Mechanical & Industrial Eng.

NJIT course ME215. A combined lecture and laboratory relating to the study of engineering mate-rials. Processes of formation from liquid and particle state, plastic forming, molding deformation,and metal removal. Effects of heat treatment on material properties. Laboratory exercises involvebasic machine tools and computer-controlled equipment.

Spring 2011 Harvard University Guest LecturerSchool of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Guest lecturer on the topic of finite element implementation of user defined elements. The course,titled “Finite elements for analysis and design,” is a graduate level course where the key goal isthe application of the finite element method to classical and state-of-the-art modeling and designproblems, specifically within the framework of Abaqus user subroutines.

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Fall 2007 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Teaching Assistant

Fall 2008 Department of Mechanical Engineering

Teaching assistant for the undergraduate solid mechanics course 2.002. Basic topics include, strain,stress, elasticity, fracture, fatigue, plasticity, and viscoelasticity. I prepared homework, exams, andsolutions, gave review lectures, introduced finite element methods, facilitated student laboratoryexercises, and developed a laboratory exercise based on the failure mechanisms in glassy polymers.In the Fall of 2007 I received 6.50/7.0 and in the Fall of 2008 a 6.55/7.0 overall evaluation.

Spring 2007 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Teaching AssistantDepartment of Mechanical Engineering

Teaching assistant for the graduate course on inelastic deformation 2.073. Basic topics include thephysical basis of inelastic deformation of solids, and continuum constitutive models for small andlarge deformation of elastic-(visco)plastic solids. I received 7.0/7.0 overall evaluation.

2002 – 2005 New Jersey Institute of Technology Workshop FacilitatorDepartment of Physics

Duties included the aid of the professor in a classroom of students to understand the basic concepts ofPhysics 1. Topics include scalar and vector quantities of mechanics; rectilinear and circular motion;equilibrium and Newton’s laws; work, energy, momentum; and conservation laws.

2002 – 2003 New Jersey Institute of Technology Tutor of StaticsDept. of Civil & Environmental Engineering

One on one tutoring and email tutoring of statics, topics include equilibrium of particles and rigidbodies under load.

Advising Experience

1/2013 – Present New Jersey Institute of Technology Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

As a faculty member at NJIT I am currently advising, or have advised, the following PhD students:(1) Recruited and advised Shoulun Wang toward a PhD in the area of electro-mechanically coupledpolymers and inelasticity in polymeric materials. Shuolun defended his thesis “Experiments andmulti-field modeling of inelastic soft materials” in March 2018, and moved onto the University ofIllinois Chicago for a postdoc. And again in June 2019 he moved onto Notre Dame for a postdoc.(2) Recruited, and previously advised Xiaoyu Hu toward a PhD in the area of coupled chemo-mechanics. Specific applications of interest are responsive and degrading polymeric materials. Xi-aoyu quit in the summer of 2015.(3) Recruited and now advising Nikola Bosnjak toward a PhD in the area of coupled chemo-mechanics. Specific applications of interest are responsive polymers.(4) Co-advised Valeria Barra (a PhD student in applied math) toward a PhD in the area of compu-tational viscoelastic films. She defended her thesis in April 2018, and has moved onto the Universityof Colorado Boulder for a postdoc.

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(5) Now advising Suman Jaiswal toward a PhD in the area of coupled chemo-mechanics. Specificapplications of interest are responsive polymers.(6) Recruited and now advising Patrick Thompson toward a PhD in the area of coupled chemo-mechanics. Specific applications of interest are degradation in polymers.

As a faculty member at NJIT I have advised the following MS students:(1) Recruited, advised, and graduated Craig Hamel toward a MS in the area of light active shapememory polymers (May 2015). Craig is currently in the PhD program at Georgia Tech.(2) Advised Pedro Cruz on a MS project in the area of finite element analysis (Spring 2016).

As a faculty member at NJIT I am, or previously advised, the following undergraduate students:(1) Oluwakorede Otetubi, moved onto University of Michigan (fall 2015)(2) Maria Dema (spring 2016)(3) Aulla Hamdeh (BS MechE, summer 2016)(4) Julian Royal, moved onto Rutgers (summer 2016 - spring 2017)(5) Matthew Reda (spring 2017)(6) Aayush Verma (spring 2017)(7) Anton Venediktov (summer 2017 - spring 2018)(8) Purav Patel (spring 2018)(9) Laura Uribe (spring 2018)(10) Justin Newkirk (summer 2018 - spring 2019)(11) Maria DeOliveria (summer 2019)

As a faculty member at NJIT I am, or previously advised, the following high school students:(1) Alexander Dion (summer 2017)(2) Arthraj Vyas (summer 2017)(3) Varun Sangal (summer 2018)(4) Derek Kim (summer 2018)(5) Jonathan Alverzo (summer 2019)

As a faculty member at NJIT I am actively serving, or have served, as a qualifying and/or thesiscommittee member for numerous graduate students.

2007 – 2010 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Mechanical Engineering

As a Ph.D. student I assisted in the advisement of two undergraduate students as part of a researchprogram for undergraduates at MIT: (1) on the topic of thermo-mechanically coupled failure inamorphous polymers with application to impact and (2) on the topic of thermo-mechanically coupledbehavior of shape memory polymers.

Expert Witness Experience

2016 – 2017 Cooper & Dunham Expert witness

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Duties involve report writing and other support functions for litigation related patent issues in CaseNo. 2:15-cv-03121, Central District of California.

2017 – 2018 Cooper & Dunham Expert witness

Duties involve report writing and other support functions for litigation related to patent issues.

Consulting Experience

2012 – 2016 Schlumberger-Doll Research Consultant

Duties involve development of constitutive theories for swellable elastomers including compressibilityand degradable polymers. As well as development of corresponding numerical procedures in the formof special finite elements.

Work Experience

2005 – 2006 Honeybee Robotics Mechanical Design InternNew York, NY USA www.honeybeerobotics.com

Duties involve that of a mechanical design engineer. I was focused on the mechanical components ofthe sample manipulation system for the NASA Mars Science Laboratory which launched November2011 and has been operating successfully on the surface of Mars. Other activities include variousmachining operations/training, system integration and quality control.

2005 Mechanical Degrees Assistant Project ManagerStirling, NJ USA

Basic duty involved general mechanical contracting project coordination between subcontractors andclients.

2002 – 2005 NJIT Department of Mechanical Engineering STAR Student (Recruiter)Newark, NJ USA

Duties included being present at Newark College of Engineering open houses to meet, greet, andgive tours with prospective students and parents developing communication skills.

Honors and Awards

• Newark College of Engineering Rising Star Research Award (2019)• Invitation to IUTAM workshop “Mechanics of Electro/Magneto-Active Materials and Structures”(summer 2018)• NJIT Student Senate Newark College of Engineering Faculty Award (Academic Year 2017-2018)• Invitation to an NSF workshop “Interdisciplinary Frontiers of Designing Engineering MaterialSystems” (2016)• ASME Applied Mechanics Div. / Haythornthwaite Foundation Young Investigator Award (2015)• Invitation to IUTAM Symposium on Mechanics of Soft Active Materials (summer 2014)

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• Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Engineering Division Outstanding Poster (2012)•MIT Wunsch Foundation Silent Hoist and Crane Award for Outstanding Teaching Assistant (2009)• Passed the Fundamentals of Engineering Exam in NJ (Formerly EIT, 2005)• Newark College of Engineering Outstanding Senior from Mechanical Engineering (2005)• ASME Old Guard Oral Presentation regional winner (2005)• ASME North Jersey Academic/Service Award (2004)• NJIT Alumni Association Student Recognition Award (2004)• West Essex Regional High School Technology Department Award (2000)

Advised Student Honors and Awards

• Anton Venediktov (BS) received a student travel award to the ASME IMECE (2018)• Craig Hamel (MS) received 3rd place in the SES poster competition (2015)• Craig Hamel (MS) received a student travel grant to the SES meeting (2015)

Scholarships and Fellowships

• ICTAM 2014 Travel Fellowship• USNC/TAM ICTAM 2012 Travel Fellowship• NJIT Albert Dorman Honors College Scholarship (undergraduate)• NJIT Faculty Scholarship (undergraduate)• NJIT Tartaglia Memorial Scholarship (undergraduate)

Funded Research

Awarded: (Total: $962,626.00, External: $939,126.00, Internal: $23,500.00 )

• 8/2018 - 7/2023, Chester, S.A., CAREER: Damage Evolution in Polymeric Materials undergoingHydrolysis or Photo-Degradation, National Science Foundation, Mechanics of Materials and Struc-tures, $500,000, Award number CMMI-1751520.

◦ Travel supplement awarded July 2019, $4,272.• 5/2018 - 7/2018, Newkirk, J., and Chester, S.A., Vanishing viscoelasticity - a paradigm shift inmechanics of materials, NJIT Provost Undergraduate Summer Research Fellowship, $3,000.• 5/2017 - 7/2017, Venediktov, A., and Chester, S.A., Mechanics toward a sustainable environment:Effects of UV exposure on the mechanical behavior of Polylactic Acid, NJIT Provost UndergraduateSummer Research Fellowship, $3,000.• 1/2017 - 12/2017, Nadimpalli, S., Chester, S.A., and Lieber, S., Acuitive Technologies, Inc. Ma-terial Characterization Scope of Work, Acuitive Technology Incorporated, $7,875 (1/3 share).• 12/2016 - 12/2017, Lieber, S., Chester, S.A., and Nadimpalli, S.,, Midwest Research Swine TissueMechanical Characterization Phase I: Mechanical Analysis Development, Midwest Research Swine,$12,692 (1/3 share).• 11/2015-11/2020, Chester, S.A., Mechanics of photo-responsive shape-memory polymers, ASMEApplied Mechanics Division and the Haythornwaite Foundation, $20,000.• 11/2015 - 5/2016, Decker, M., and Chester, S.A. Adaptive Building Technologies through SmartMaterials, NJIT Faculty Seed Grant, $10,000.00.• 9/2015-8/2018, Chester, S.A., Integrated experiments and modeling of smart polymeric gels, Na-tional Science Foundation, Mechanics of Materials, $292,078, Award number CMMI-1463121.

◦ REU supplement awarded December 2015, $10,000.

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◦ REU supplement awarded April 2017, $13,000.• 8/11/2015 - 10/15/2015, Chester, S.A., Constitutive behavior of polymers, Department of Energy,Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, $39,996, Award number B614358.• 11/2014 - 5/2015, Chester, S.A. Innovative experiments on the degradation of polymeric materials,NJIT Faculty Seed Grant, $7,500.• 5/20/2014 - 9/19/2014, Chester, S.A., Constitutive modeling of polymeric materials, Departmentof Energy, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, $38,213, Award number B608121.• 2004, Chester, S.A., and Rosato, A.D., Discrete Element Modeling of Granular Segregation InducedBy Horizontal Vibrations, Sigma Xi, $1,000.

Professional Activities

Reviewer for Proposals:

• NSF Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innovation (6/2019)• NSF CMMI Mechanics of Materials and Structures (1/2017, 12/2017)• Petroleum Research Fund (2017, 2019)• NSF CMMI Design of Engineering Material Systems (2015)• NSF CMMI Mechanics of Materials (2012)

Reviewer for Journals:

• Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids• International Journal of Plasticity• International Journal of Solids and Structures• Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering• Scientific Reports• Journal of Elasticity• Journal of Applied Mechanics• Smart Materials and Structures• Soft Matter• Mechanics of Soft Materials• Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials• Acta Biomaterialia• Composites Science and Technology• Journal of Mechanics of Materials and Structures• Journal of Applied Physics• International Journal of Fracture• Extreme Mechanics Letters• Mechanics of Materials• Experimental Mechanics• Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics• Proceedings of the Royal Society A• International Journal of Mechanical Sciences• European Journal of Mechanics - A/Solids• International Journal of Computational Methods• Mechanics of Time-Dependent Materials

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• Mechanics Research Communications• Meccanica• Materials Research Society• International Journal of Impact Engineering• European Physical Journal E• European Polymer Journal• Europhysics Letters• International Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping• Granular Matter

Outreach:

• Volunteer with NJIT mechanical engineering learning communities (2018)• Volunteer work with my local middle school and high school (2017-present) – Helped with a bridgebuilding activity for a NJ maker day at the local middle school.• Volunteer work with the NJIT Center for Pre-College Programs (Summers 2014-2017) – Local7th grade students designed trusses, which were then 3D printed, and finally tested for load bearingcapacity.• Volunteer work with the NJIT Center for Pre-College Programs (Fall 2014) – Helped with a bridgebuilding competition for the science olympiad held at NJIT for local pre-college students.

Departmental and Institute Service:

• NJIT 2020 Vision Steering Committee, Scholarly Research Sub-committee Co-chair (Spring 2018– Present)• NJIT Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Faculty Search Committee (Spring2018)• NJIT Faculty Senate Committee for Research, Scholarship, and Creative Academic Activity (Fall2017 – Present)• NJIT Faculty Advisory Research Board on research administration (Fall 2017 – Present)• NJIT Institutional Review Committee for Research Professors (Summer 2017 – Present)• NJIT Vice Provost for Undergraduate Studies Search Committee Member (Spring 2017)• NJIT Faculty Senate representative for Mechanical Engineering (Spring 2016)• NJIT Newark College of Engineering Safety Committee (Spring 2015 – Present)• NJIT Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Sub-committee to the undergraduatecurriculum committee on undergraduate course load (Fall 2015)• NJIT Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Faculty Search Committee (Fall 2015– Spring 2016)• NJIT Research Center Review Committee (Spring 2015 – Present)• NJIT Vice Provost for Research Search Committee (Spring 2015)• Co-Chair of the NJIT Research Focus Group on Mathematical Modeling and Computation Science(Spring 2015 – Present)• NJIT Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Graduate Studies Committee (Fall2014 – Present)• NJIT Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Laboratory, Facilities, and SafetyCommittee (Fall 2013 – Present)• NJIT Institute Wide Academic Plan 2013-2015, Subcommittee Ensuring Efficiency, Equity, and

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Fairness in Workload Assignment to Improve Academic Quality (Spring 2013)• NJIT Department of Mech. & Ind. Eng. seminar series co-organizer (ongoing)• NJIT SAE formula, baja, and aero faculty advisor (Fall 2013 – Fall 2015)

Service to the Field:

• ASME, Mechanics of Soft Materials Technical Committee, Chair (11/2017 – 11/2018)•USACM, Multi-Scale, Multi-functional Materials and Structures Technical Thrust Area CommitteeMember (9/2017 – 9/2021)• ASME, Mechanics of Soft Materials Technical Committee, Vice-Chair (11/2016 – 11/2017)• ASME, Mechanics of Soft Materials Technical Committee, Secretary (11/2015 – 11/2016)• ASME, Mechanics of Soft Materials Technical Committee, Editor (11/2014 – 11/2015)

Conference Topic Organizer and Chair:

• ASME IMECE 2018, Mechanics of Soft Materials• SES 2018, Mechano-chemistry and active materials; Prager Medal in honor of Lallit Anand• ASME IMECE 2017, Mechanics of Soft Materials• SES 2017, Symposium II-A: Computational Multiphysics Mechanics of Materials and Structures• ASME IMECE 2016, Mechanics of Soft Materials: Mechcano-chemistry• SES 2016, Mechanics of Solids and Structures: Computational Mechanics of Materials and Struc-tures• ASME IMECE 2015, Mechanics of Soft Materials: Soft Materials with Chemistry; Gels and Be-yond• ASME IMECE 2014, Mechanics of Soft Materials: Damage• ASME IMECE 2014, Mechanics of Soft Materials: Computational Multi-field problems• USNCTAM 2014: Symposium in Honor of Lallit Anand• ASME IMECE 2013, Mechanics of Soft Materials: Gels

Conference Session Chair:

• WCCM 2016, Computational Mechanics of Soft Matter and Machines• PACAM 2015, Active Materials• SES 2013, Mechanics of Solids and Structures – Soft Materials and Structures• USNCCM12 2013, Computational Soft Active Materials• ESMC 2012, Viscoelastic Behavior of Soft Tissues and Polymers

Affiliations:

• ASME - The American Society of Mechanical Engineers - Member since 2001• Sigma Xi - The Scientific Research Society - Member since 2005• Tau Beta Pi - The Engineering Honor Society - Member since 2002• Pi Tau Sigma - The Mechanical Engineering Honor Society - Member since 2002• MRS - Material Research Society - Member since 2009• SES - Society Engineering Science - Member since 2013• EMI - Engineering Mechanics Institute - Member since 2015• Leadership positions held as an undergraduate:

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• Tau Beta Pi - Public Relations Committee Chair (2003), Treasurer (2003-2004)• Pi Tau Sigma - Vice President (2003-2004), President (2004-2005)• ASME - Public Relations Officer (2001-2002), Newsletter Editor (2002-2005)

Patents

Method for swellable packer design and application based upon specified sealing requirement anddownhole uncertainties., Lou, Y., and Chester, S.A., Patent Pending.

Publications

Nikola Bosnjak, Shuolun Wang, Daehoon Han, Howon Lee, and Shawn A. Chester, 2019. Modelingof fiber-reinforced polymeric gels. Mechanics Research Communications, In Press. (Special issueon the mechanics of soft and biological materials.)

Megan O’Neill, Matthew Adams, Matthew Bandelt, Siva Nadimpalli, Wenbo Cai, Shawn A. Chester,2019. Cohort Learning: Supporting Transdisciplinary Communication and Problem Solving Skills inGraduate STEM Researchers, International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education,31 166-175.

Ruike Zhao, Yoonho Kim, Shawn A. Chester, Pradeep Sharma, Xuanhe Zhao, 2019. Mechanics ofhard-magnetic soft materials. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 124 244-263.

Valeria Barra, Shawn A Chester, Shahriar Afkhami, 2018. Numerical Simulations of Nearly Incom-pressible Viscoelastic Membranes. Computers & Fluids, 175 36-47.

ShuolunWang and Shawn Chester, 2018. Modeling thermal recovery of the Mullins effect. Mechanicsof Materials, 126 88-98.

Dai Okumura and Shawn A. Chester, 2018. Ultimate swelling described by limiting chain extensi-bility of swollen elastomers. International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 144 531-539.

Yoonho Kim, Hyunwoo Yuk, Ruike Zhao, Shawn A. Chester, and Xuanhe Zhao, 2018. Printingferromagnetic domains for untethered fast-transforming soft materials. Nature, 558 274-279 (Coverarticle).

Trisha Sain, Kaspar Loeffel, Shawn A. Chester, 2018. A thermo-chemo-mechanically coupled con-stitutive model for curing of glassy polymers. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 116267-289.

Shuolun Wang and Shawn A. Chester, 2018. Experimental characterization and continuum modelingof inelasticity in filled rubber-like materials. International Journal of Solids and Structures, 136-137125-136.

Daehoon Han, Zhaocheng Lu, Shawn A. Chester, and Howon Lee, 2018. Micro 3D Printing of aTemperature-Responsive Hydrogel Using Projection Micro-Stereolithography. Scientific Reports, 81963.

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Craig Hamel, Fangda Cui, and Shawn A. Chester, 2017. A finite element method for light activatedshape-memory polymers. International Journal of Numerical Methods in Engineering, 111 447-473.

Yi Qiu, Farzana Zaki, Namas Chandra, Shawn A. Chester, and Xuan Liu, 2016. Nonlinear character-ization of elasticity using quantitative optical coherence elastography. Biomedical Optics Express,7 4702-4710.

Arnuparp Santimetaneedol, Rajasekhar Tripuraneni, Shawn A. Chester, and Siva Nadimpalli, 2016.Time-dependent deformation behavior of polyvinylidene fluoride binder: implications on the me-chanics of composite electrodes. Journal of Power Sources, 332 118-128.

Shawn A. Chester, Joel Bernier, Nathan R. Barton, Levente Balogh, Bjorn Clausen, and John Ed-miston, 2016. Direct numerical simulation of deformation twinning in polycrystals. Acta Materialia,120 348-363.

Shuolun Wang, Martina Decker, David L. Henann, and Shawn A. Chester, 2016. Modeling of dielec-tric viscoelastomers with application to electromechanical instabilities. Journal of the Mechanicsand Physics of Solids, 95 213-229.

Swapnil Moon, I. Joga Rao, and Shawn A. Chester, 2016. Triple shape memory polymers: Consti-tutive modeling and numerical simulation. Journal of Applied Mechanics, 83 071008.

Shawn A. Chester, Claudio V. Di Leo, and Lallit Anand, 2015. A finite element implementationof a coupled diffusion-deformation theory for elastomeric gels. International Journal of Solids andStructures, 52 1-18.

Shawn A. Chester, 2015. Gel Mechanics: A Thermo-mechanically Coupled Theory for Fluid Per-meation in Elastomeric Materials. Procedia IUTAM, 12, 10-19.

Yucun Lou and Shawn A. Chester, 2014. Kinetics of swellable packers under downhole conditions.International Journal of Applied Mechanics, 6 1450073.

David L. Henann, Shawn A. Chester, and Katia Bertoldi, 2013. Numerical simulations of dielectricelastomers: design of optimal actuators and energy harvesting devices. Journal of the Mechanicsand Physics of Solids, 61 2047-2066 .

Woo Kyung Cho, James Ankrum, Dagang Guo, Shawn A. Chester, Seung Yun Yang, AnuragKashyap, Georgina Campbell, Robert J. Wood, Ram K. Rijal, Rohit Karnik, Robert Langer, andJeffrey M. Karp, 2012. Microstructured Barbs on the North American Porcupine Quill Enable EasyTissue Penetration and Difficult Removal. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 10921289-21294. (Cover article).

Shawn A. Chester, 2012. A constitutive model for coupled fluid permeation and large viscoelasticdeformation in polymeric gels. Soft Matter, 8 8223-8233.

N.K. Tran, Shawn A. Chester, Y.C. Lam, Lallit Anand, and C.Y. Yue, 2012. Aluminum alloy 6061

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micro-mold for the production of polymeric microstructures by micro-hot-embossing. Journal ofMicromechanics and Microengineering, 22 085005.

Lallit Anand, Ozgur Aslan, and Shawn A. Chester, 2012. A large-deformation gradient theory forelastic-plastic materials: Strain softening and regularization of shear bands. International Journalof Plasticity, 30 116-143.

Shawn A. Chester and Lallit Anand, 2011. A thermo-mechanically coupled theory for fluid perme-ation in elastomeric materials: application to thermally responsive gels. Journal of the Mechanicsand Physics of Solids, 59 1978-2006.

Rajeeb K. Jena, Shawn A. Chester, Vikas Srivastava, Y.C. Yue, Lallit Anand, and Y.C. Lam, 2011.Large-strain thermo-mechanical behavior of cyclic olefin copolymers: Application to hot embossingand thermal bonding for the fabrication of microfluidic devices. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical,155 93-105.

Shawn A. Chester and Lallit Anand, 2010. A coupled theory of fluid permeation and large defor-mations for elastomeric materials. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 58 1879-1906.

Vikas Srivastava, Shawn A. Chester, and Lallit Anand, 2010. Thermally-actuated shape-memorypolymers: experiments, theory, and numerical simulations. Journal of the Mechanics and Physicsof Solids, 58 1100-1124.

Vikas Srivastava, Shawn A. Chester, Nicoli M. Ames, and Lallit Anand, 2010. A thermo-mechanically-coupled large-deformation theory for amorphous polymers in a temperature range which spans theirglass transition. International Journal of Plasticity, 26 1138-1182.

Nicoli M. Ames, Vikas Srivastava, Shawn A. Chester, and Lallit Anand, 2009. A thermo-mechanicallycoupled theory for large deformations of amorphous polymers. Part II: Applications. InternationalJournal of Plasticity, 25 1495-1539.

Lallit Anand, Nicoli M. Ames, Vikas Srivastava, and Shawn A. Chester, 2009. A thermo-mechanicallycoupled theory for large deformations of amorphous polymers. Part I: Formulation. InternationalJournal of Plasticity, 25 1474-1494.

ForthcomingDai Okumura, Hironori Kawabata, and Shawn A. Chester, 2019. A general experssion for linearelastic properties of swollen elastomers undergoing large deformations. Journal of the Mechanicsand Physics of Solids, Submitted.

Nikola Bosnjak, Siva Nadimpalli, Dai Okumura, and Shawn A. Chester. Experiments and modelingfor the viscoelastic behavior of polymeric gels. In Progress.

Conference ProceedingsYi Qiu, Farzana R. Zaki, Namas Chandra, Shawn A. Chester, and Xuan Liu, 2017. Characterizationof nonlinear elasticity for biological tissue using quantitative optical coherence elastography. Proc.

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SPIE 10053, Optical Coherence Tomography and Coherence Domain Optical Methods in BiomedicineXXI. 1005324, doi:10.1117/12.2254042.

Shawn A. Chester, 2015. Numerical simulation of polymeric gels. ASME 2015 International Me-chanical Engineering Congress and Exposition.

Shawn A Chester, Vikas Srivastava, and Lallit Anand, 2010. A Thermo-Mechanically Coupled Large-Deformation Theory for Amorphous Polymers Across the Glass Transition Temperature. ASME2010 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition.

Shawn A Chester, Vikas Srivastava, Claudio V Di Leo, and Lallit Anand, 2010. A Large-DeformationTheory for Thermally-Actuated Shape-Memory Polymers and its Application ASME 2010 Interna-tional Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition.

Conferences and Seminars

Invited TalksCastro Conference 2019

Shawn A. Chester, March 2019. Multiphysics Mechanics of Polymeric Materials. Cornell University,Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department Seminar, Ithaca, NY USA.

Shawn A. Chester, October 2018. Multiphysics Mechanics of Polymeric Materials. Seton HallUniversity, College of Arts and Sciences Seminar, South Orange, NJ USA.

Shawn A. Chester, October 2018. Multiphysics Mechanics of Polymeric Materials. New JerseyInstitute of Technology, Civil and Env. Engineering Seminar, Newark, NJ USA.

Shawn A. Chester, October 2018. UV degradation of Poly(lactic acid). Society of EngineeringScience 2018 Annual Technical Conference, Madrid, Spain.

Shawn A. Chester, August 2018. Electro-mechanical modeling of dielectric viscoelastomers. IUTAMSymposium on Mechanics of Electro/Magneto-Active Materials and Structures, Beijing, China.

Shawn A. Chester, September 2017. Multiphysics Mechanics of Polymeric Materials. Brown Uni-versity, School of Engineering Seminar, Providence, RI USA.

Shawn A. Chester, March 2017. Multiphysics Mechanics of Polymeric Materials. Michigan Techno-logical University, Mechanical Engineering Seminar, Houghton, MI USA.

Shawn A. Chester, August 2016. Thermo-mechanics of Shape Memory Polymers and Gels. Univer-sity of Applied Sciences and Arts, Windisch, Switzerland.

Shawn A. Chester, April 2016. Multiphysics mechanics of polymers and gels. New Jersey Institute

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of Technology Biomedical Engineering Department Seminar, Newark, NJ USA.

Shawn A. Chester, March 2016. Multiphysics Mechanics of Polymeric Materials. North CarolinaAgricultural and Technical State University, Mechanical Engineering Seminar, Greensboro, NC USA.

Shawn A. Chester, February 2016. Thermo-mechanics of Shape Memory Polymers and Gels. RutgersUniversity, Mechanical and Aerospace Department Seminar, New Brunswick, NJ USA.

Shawn A. Chester, October 2015. Numerical and constitutive modeling of polymeric gels. The 3rdInternational Workshop on Advances in Computational Mechanics Tokyo, Japan.

Shawn A. Chester, July 2015. A coupled theory for thermally-responsive visco-elastic gels. 9thEuropean Solid Mechanics Conference. Madrid, Spain.

Shawn A. Chester, June 2015. Modeling chemical reactions in elastomers. Engineering MechanicsInstitute Conference, Stanford University, Palo Alto CA, USA.

Shawn A. Chester, May 2015. Constitutive modeling of active polymeric gels. Fifteenth Pan-American Congress of Applied Mechanics, Champaign IL, USA.

Shawn A. Chester, April 2015. Multiphysics mechanics of polymeric gels. NJIT Department ofMathematical Sciences, Newark, NJ USA.

Shawn A. Chester, February 2015. Multiphysics mechanics of gels and soft dielectrics. DrexelUniversity Mechanics of Materials Seminar Series, Philadelphia PA, USA.

Shawn A. Chester, December 2014. Multiphysics mechanics of gels and soft dielectrics. ChineseAcademy of Science, Institute of Mechanics, Key State Laboratory for Non-linear Mechanics, Beijing,China.

Shawn A. Chester, December 2014. Multiphysics mechanics of gels and soft dielectrics. Xi’anJiaotong University. Xi’an, China.

Shawn A. Chester, September 2014. Multiphysics Mechanics of Polymeric Materials. ColumbiaUniversity Department of Mechanical Engineering, NY, NY USA.

Shawn A. Chester and Lallit Anand, May 2014. Gel Mechanics: A thermo-mechanically coupledtheory for fluid permeation in elastomeric materials. IUTAM Symposium on Mechanics of SoftActive Materials, Haifa, Israel.

Shawn A. Chester, March 2014. Mechanics of Amorphous Polymers and Polymeric Gels. JohnsHopkins Department of Mechanical Engineering, Baltimore, MD USA.

Shawn A. Chester, March 2014. Mechanics of Amorphous Polymers and Polymeric Gels. Universityof Rhode Island Department of Mechanical Engineering, Kingston, RI USA.

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Shawn A. Chester, March 2013. Mechanics of Amorphous Polymers and Polymeric Gels. NJITDepartment of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, Newark, NJ USA.

Shawn A. Chester, July 2012. Constitutive modeling of thermally active materials: shape-memorypolymers and elastomeric gels. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany.

Shawn A. Chester, April 2012. Multiphysics problems in mechanics: thermally responsive gelsand their relation to batteries for energy storage. MIT Department of Civil & EnvironmentalEngineering, Cambridge, MA USA.

Shawn A. Chester, March 2012. Multiphysics problems in mechanics: thermally responsive gelsand their relation to batteries for energy storage. NJIT Department of Mechanical and IndustrialEngineering, Newark, NJ USA.

Shawn A. Chester, March 2012. Multiphysics problems in mechanics: thermally responsive gels andtheir relation to batteries. Brown School of Engineering, Providence, RI USA.

Shawn A. Chester, March 2011. Mechanics of Amorphous Polymers and Polymer Gels. MechanicsSeminar, MIT Mechanical Engineering, Cambridge, MA USA.

Shawn A. Chester, March 2011. Thermally active materials: shape-memory polymers and polymergels. Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, University of Texas atAustin, Austin, TX USA.

Shawn A. Chester, January 2011. Mechanics of Stimulus Responsive Elastomers. Schlumberger DollResearch, Cambridge, MA USA.

Shawn A. Chester, August 2010. Mechanics of Amorphous Polymers. Los Alamos National Labo-ratory, Los Alamos, NM USA.

Shawn A. Chester, July 2010. Mechanics of Amorphous Polymers. Lawrence Livermore NationalLaboratory, Livermore, CA USA.

Lead Author / PresenterNikola Bosnjak and Shawn A. Chester, 2018. New insights on the viscoelastic behavior of polymericgels. ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.

Nikola Bosnjak and Shawn A. Chester, 2018. Modeling fiber-reinforced polymeric gels. ASMEInternational Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.

Anton Venediktov and Shawn A. Chester, 2018. Mechanical behavior of Poly(lactic acid) undergoingdegradation. ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Pittsburgh,PA, USA.

Nikola Bosnjak and Shawn A. Chester, 2018. Integrated modeling and experiments of viscoelasticgels. Society of Engineering Science 2018 Annual Technical Conference, Madrid, Spain.

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Shawn A. Chester, 2018. UV degradation of Poly(lactic acid). 10th European Solid MechanicsConference, Bologna, Italy.

Shuolun Wang and Shawn A. Chester 2018. Electro-mechanical modeling of dielectric viscoelas-tomers. 6th European Conference on Computational Mechanics, Glasgow, Scotland, UK.

Nikola Bosnjak and Shawn A. Chester, 2018. Integrated modeling and experiments of viscoelasticpolymeric gels. European Mechanics of Materials Conference, Nantes, France.

Shuolun Wang and Shawn A. Chester, 2017. Recovery of stress softening in filled rubber-like mate-rials. ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Tampa, FL, USA.

Nikola Bosnjak and Shawn A. Chester, 2017. Experiments and modeling of polymeric gels. ASMEInternational Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Tampa, FL, USA.

Nikola Bosnjak and Shawn A. Chester, 2017. Experiments and Modeling of Polymeric Gels. Societyof Engineering Science 2017 Annual Technical Conference, Boston, MA, USA.

Shuolun Wang and Shawn A. Chester, 2017. Modeling of Dielectric Viscoelastomers with Appli-cation to Electromechanical Instabilities. Society of Engineering Science 2017 Annual TechnicalConference, Boston, MA, USA.

Shuolun Wang and Shawn A. Chester, 2017. Experimental Characterization and Continuum Mod-eling of Viton. Society of Engineering Science 2017 Annual Technical Conference, Boston, MA,USA.

Fangda Cui and Shawn A. Chester, 2017. A Finite Element Method for Light-Activated ShapeMemory Polymers. Society of Engineering Science 2017 Annual Technical Conference, Boston, MA,USA.

Trisha Sain and Shawn A. Chester, 2017. A Constitutive Model for Thermal Curing of GlassyPolymers. Society of Engineering Science 2017 Annual Technical Conference, Boston, MA, USA.

Shuolun Wang and Shawn Chester, June 2017. Electro-mechanical modeling of dielectric viscoelas-tomers. 5th International Conference on Material Modeling, Rome, Italy.

Craig Hamel and Shawn Chester, June 2017. Modeling light activated shape memory polymers. 5thInternational Conference on Material Modeling, Rome, Italy.

Nikola Bosnjak and Shawn A. Chester, November 2016. Experiments and modeling of polymericgels. ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Phoenix, AZ, USA.

Shuolun Wang, David Henann, and Shawn A. Chester, November 2016. Modeling the effect of vis-coelasticity on instabilities in soft dielectric materials. ASME International Mechanical EngineeringCongress and Exposition, Phoenix, AZ, USA.

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Shawn A. Chester, November 2016. A finite element method for light active shape memory polymers.(Part of the Young Investigator Award Symposium.) ASME International Mechanical EngineeringCongress and Exposition, Phoenix, AZ, USA.

Craig Hamel, Fangda Cui, I. Joga Rao, and Shawn A. Chester, November 2016. A finite elementframework for light activated shape memory polymers. ASME International Mechanical EngineeringCongress and Exposition, Phoenix, AZ, USA.

Shawn A. Chester, October 2016. A finite element method for light activated materials. Society ofEngineering Science 2016 Annual Technical Conference, University of Maryland College Park, MD,USA.

Shuolun Wang, David Henann, and Shawn A. Chester, October 2016. Modeling of dielectric vis-coelastomers with application to electromechanical instabilities. Society of Engineering Science 2016Annual Technical Conference, University of Maryland College Park, MD, USA.

Nikola Bosnjak and Shawn A. Chester, October 2016. Mechanical characterization of polymeric gels.Society of Engineering Science 2016 Annual Technical Conference, University of Maryland CollegePark, MD, USA.

Shawn A. Chester and Claudio V. Di Leo, August 2016. Combined Modeling and Experiments ofPolymeric Gels. International Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Montreal, Quebec,Canada.

Shuolun Wang, David Henann, and Shawn A. Chester, August 2016. Modeling the effect of inelastic-ity on instabilities in soft dielectrics. International Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics,Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Shawn A. Chester, July 2016. A finite element method for light responsive shape-memory polymers.World Congress of Computational Mechanics, Seoul, South Korea.

Shawn A. Chester, November 2015. Numerical simulation of polymeric gels. ASME InternationalMechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Houston, TX USA.

Shawn A. Chester, November 2015. Modeling chemical reactions in soft materials. ASME Interna-tional Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Houston, TX USA.

Shoulun Wang, Leslie Lamberson, and Shawn A. Chester, October 2015. Characterization of vis-coelastic rubberlike materials. Society of Engineering Science 2015 Annual Technical Conference,College Station, TX, USA.

Craig Hamel and Shawn A. Chester, October 2015. Modeling light active shape memory polymers.Society of Engineering Science 2015 Annual Technical Conference, College Station, TX, USA.

Swapnil Moon, I.Joga Rao, and Shawn A. Chester, October 2015. Modeling the mechanical be-havior of temperature memory polymers. Society of Engineering Science 2015 Annual Technical

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Conference, College Station, TX, USA.

Shuolun Wang and Shawn A. Chester, May 2015. Viscoelasticity and instability in soft dielectrics.Fifteenth Pan-American Congress of Applied Mechanics, Champaign IL, USA.

Xiaoyu Hu and Shawn A. Chester, May 2015. Modeling hydrolysis degradation in polymeric mate-rials. Fifteenth Pan-American Congress of Applied Mechanics, Champaign IL, USA.

Shawn A. Chester, 2015. Computational modeling of degradation by reaction-diffusion. EngineeringMechanics Institute International Conference, Hong Kong.

Shawn A. Chester, 2014. Modeling degradation in soft materials. ASME International MechanicalEngineering Congress and Exposition, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Shawn A. Chester, 2014. Numerical simulation of reaction-diffusion processes in deforming soft ma-terials. ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Montreal, Quebec,Canada.

Swapnil Moon, I.J. Rao, Shawn Chester, 2014. Crystallizable triple shape memory polymers: Con-stitutive modeling and numerical simulations. Society of Engineering Science 2014 Annual TechnicalConference, West Lafayette, IN, USA.

Shawn A. Chester, 2014. Multiphysics modeling in Abaqus. 17th U.S. National Congress on Theo-retical & Applied Mechanics, East Lansing, MI, USA.

Shawn A. Chester, 2014. Constitutive modeling damage and failure in amorphous polymers. 17thU.S. National Congress on Theoretical & Applied Mechanics, East Lansing, MI, USA.

Shawn A. Chester, 2013. Constitutive modeling of polymeric gels. ASME International MechanicalEngineering Congress and Exposition, San Diego, CA, USA.

Shawn A. Chester, 2013. A Numerical framework for solving multiphysics phenomena applied tosoft active materials. 12th U.S. National Congress on Computational Mechanics, Raleigh, NC, USA.

Shawn A. Chester, 2013. Constitutive modeling of polymeric gels. SES 50th Annual TechnicalMeeting and ASME-AMD Annual Summer Meeting, Providence, RI, USA.

Shawn A. Chester, 2013. Constitutive modeling of Thermally Active Gels. Materials ResearchSociety Spring Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA.

Shawn A. Chester, 2012. A coupled theory for thermally responsive polymeric gels. 8th EuropeanSolid Mechanics Conference, Graz, Austria.

Shawn A. Chester, 2012. A constitutive theory for visco-hyperelastic gels. American Physical SocietyMarch Meeting 2012, Boston, MA USA.

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Shawn A. Chester, Claudio Di Leo, and Lallit Anand, 2011. A thermo-chemo-mechanically cou-pled theory for thermally-responsive elastomeric gels. ASME International Mechanical EngineeringCongress and Exposition, Denver, CO USA.

Shawn A. Chester and Lallit Anand, 2011. Surface patterns in thermally responsive elastomericgels. American Physical Society March Meeting 2011, Dallas, TX USA.

Shawn A. Chester and Lallit Anand, 2010. A large-deformation theory for thermo-chemo-mechanicallycoupled polymer gels. ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Van-couver, BC Canada.

Shawn A. Chester, Vikas Srivastava, and Lallit Anand, 2010. A thermo-mechanically coupledlarge-deformation theory for amorphous polymers in a temperature range which spans their glasstransition. ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Vancouver, BCCanada.

Shawn A. Chester, and Lallit Anand, 2010. A large-deformation theory for thermally-actuatedshape-memory polymers and its application. ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congressand Exposition, Vancouver, BC Canada.

Shawn A. Chester, Vikas Srivastava, and Lallit Anand, 2010. A thermo-mechanically-coupled theoryfor damage and failure of amorphous polymers. Society for Experimental Mechanics IMPLAST,Providence, RI USA.

Shawn A. Chester, 2010. A large deformation theory for chemo-mechanically coupled polymergels. New England Workshop on the Mechanics of Materials and Structures, Harvard University,Cambridge, MA USA.

Shawn A. Chester and Lallit Anand, 2010. A large deformation theory for thermo-chemo-mechanicallycoupled polymer gels. US National Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, University Park,PA USA.

Shawn A. Chester, Vikas Srivastava, and Lallit Aanand, 2010. A thermo-mechanically-coupledlarge-deformation theory for amorphous polymers in a temperature range which spans their glasstransition and its application to forming operations. Symposium on Manufacturing of MicrofluidicDevices, Singapore.

Shawn A. Chester and Lallit Anand, 2009. A large deformation theory for thermo-chemo-mechanicallycoupled polymeric gels. Materials Research Society Fall Meeting, Boston, MA.

Shawn A. Chester, Meng Cui, Anthony Rosato, Otis Walton, 2009. Discrete Element SimulationsOf Floor Pressure Due To A Granular Material In A Cylindrical Vessel. Proceedings of Powders andGrains 2009, Boulder, CO.

Shawn A. Chester and Lallit Anand, 2008. Plasticity of amorphous polymers: A double-shearingflow rule. ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Boston, MA USA.

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Shawn A. Chester and Lallit Anand, 2008. Length-scale effects in nano/micro-indentation of amor-phous polymers: A strain gradient theory. ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congressand Exposition, Boston, MA USA.

Shawn A. Chester, Anthony D. Rosato, Otis R. Walton, 2006. Discrete element simulations of floorpressure due to a granular material in a cylindrical vessel. Proceedings of the 5th World Congresson Particle Technology, Orlando, FL.

Shawn A. Chester and Anthony D. Rosato, 2005. Discrete element simulations of floor pressure ina granular column. Presented at the Sigma Xi annual Meeting and Student Research Conference,Montreal, Canada.

Shawn A. Chester and Anthony D. Rosato, 2005. Discrete element simulations of floor pressure ina granular column. Presented at the 2nd Conference on Frontiers in Applied and ComputationalMathematics, Newark, NJ USA.

Shawn A. Chester and Anthony D. Rosato, 2004. Discrete element simulations of floor pressure ina granular column. Presented at the ASME Regional Student Conference, New York, NY USA.

ForthcomingSES 2019

ASME 2019

Student SeminarsShawn A. Chester, 2010. Thermo-mechanically coupled damage and failure of glassy polymers.Graduate students association of mechanical engineers student seminar series, MIT, Cambridge,MA USA.

Shawn A. Chester, 2009. Plasticity of amorphous polymers spanning the glass transition temper-ature. Graduate students association of mechanical engineers student seminar series, MIT, Cam-bridge, MA USA.

Shawn A. Chester, 2008. Plasticity of amorphous polymers: A physically motivated flow rule.Graduate students association of mechanical engineers student seminar series, MIT, Cambridge,MA USA.

Shawn A. Chester, 2008. Plasticity of amorphous polymers below the glass transition temperature.Graduate students association of mechanical engineers student seminar series, MIT, Cambridge, MAUSA.

Shawn A. Chester, 2007. Size-effects in nano/micro-indentation of amorphous polymers: a straingradient approach. Graduate students association of mechanical engineers student seminar series,MIT, Cambridge, MA USA.

Shawn A. Chester and Anthony D. Rosato, 2005. Discrete element simulations of floor pressure in

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a granular column. Presented at the New Jersey Institute of Technology Provost’s Student ResearchDay, NJIT, Newark, NJ USA.

In CollaborationDai Okumura, Hironori Kawabata, and Shawn A. Chester, 2019. Linear Elastic Properties of SwollenElastomers Undergoing Large Deformations. ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congressand Exposition, Salt Lake City, UT USA.

Ruike Zhao ASME 2018 Mechanics-guided Design of Active Material: Hard-Magnetic Soft Actuator

Xuanhe Zhao MRS 2018 Printing Ferromagnetic Domains for Untethered Fast-transforming SoftMaterials

Yi Qiu, Farzana Zaki, Namas Chandra, Shawn A. Chester, and Xuan Liu, 2017. Characterizationof nonlinear elasticity for biological tissue using quantitative optical coherence elastography. SPIEOptical Coherence Tomography and Coherence Domain Optical Methods in Biomedicine XXI, SanFrancisco CA, USA.

Parth Kulkarni, Jingjin Xie, Jihyun Ryu, Shawn A. Chester, and Aaron Mazzeo, November 2016.Centrifugal Forming and Mechanical Properties of Silicone-based Elastomers for Soft Robotic Actu-ators. ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Phoenix, AZ, USA.

Nathan Barton, Shawn A. Chester, and Joel Bernier, 2012. Twin formation in polycrystals – Grainresolved simulations and comparison to HEDM measurements. Society of Engineering Science 2012Annual Technical Conference, Atlanta GA, USA.

Peter Robinson, James Stolken, Bryan Simpkins, Shawn A. Chester, and Nathan R. Barton, 2012.Non-local material models in ALE3D: Initial Scaling Results. International Workshop on Compu-tational Mechanics of Materials, Baltimore MD, USA.

Howon Lee, Shawn A. Chester, Claudio Di Leo, Lallit Anand, and Nicholas Fang, 2011. Threedimensional micro-structured shape memory polymer. Society of Engineering Science 2011 AnnualTechnical Conference, Evanston, IL USA.

Kaspar Loeffel, Shawn A. Chester, and Lallit Anand, 2010. A chemo-thermo-mechanically theoryaccounting for large elastic-viscoplastic deformation, diffusion, and swelling due to a chemical reac-tion: Application to thermal barrier coatings. Materials Research Society Fall Meeting, Boston, MAUSA.

Vikas Srivastava, Shawn A. Chester, and Lallit Anand, 2010. A large-deformation theory for ther-mally actuated shape memory polymers and its application. US National Congress of Theoreticaland Applied Mechanics, University Park, PA USA.

Kaspar Loeffel, Shawn A. Chester, and Lallit Anand, 2010. A thermo-chemo-mechanically coupledtheory accounting for elastic-viscoplastic deformations and expansion due to a chemical reaction.US National Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, University Park, PA USA.

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Vikas Srivastava, Shawn A. Chester, and Lallit Anand, 2009. Three-dimensional finite deformationconstitutive model for shape memory polymers and its applications. Materials Research SocietySpring Meeting, San Francisco, CA USA.

Computer Skills

Technical SoftwareEmacs, Fortran, Abaqus (user subroutines), Matlab, Mathematica, Unix, Linux, and LATEX.

HardwareAs a graduate student I handled all the computational needs for the Mechanics and Materials groupalong with some other participating research groups at MIT. In this role it was my responsibilityto; (i) run and maintain a license server for our software requirements, (ii) maintain online docu-mentation for that software, (iii) obtain and set IP addresses, (iv) maintain the group website, and(v) ensure Abaqus runs with user subroutines on an individual level across different platforms andsystems. Furthermore, I customized and setup a 60 processor linux computer cluster for use amongthe group. I have continued such activities as a new faculty member at NJIT.

References

Available upon request.