Education: ^top

University of Texas at Austin
PhD Engineering Mechanics

Virginia Technological and State University
MS Computer Science

University of Michigan
BSE Aerospace Engineering

Teaching: ^top

Intro to Solid Mechanics and Aerospace Structures (Aero 215)
Aerospace Structures (Aero 315)
Foundations of Solids and Structural Mechanics I (Aero 513)
Foundations of Solids and Structural Mechanics II (AE 514 )
Theory of Elastic Stability I (Aero 518 )

Research Interests: ^top

Mechanics of Adaptive Materials and Structures, Instabilities and thermomechanical behavior of solids and experimental mechanics.

Biography: ^top

POSITIONS HELD AT MICHIGAN

Professor, Aerospace Engineering (2011-Present)
Associate Professor, Aerospace Engineering (2003- 2011)
Assistant Professor, Aerospace Engineering (1997- 2003)

Awards: ^top

HONORS AND AWARDS

• Best paper of the year award International Journal of Solids & Structures 2013
• Outstanding Accomplishment Award Dept. of Aerospace Engineering 2012
• Monroe-Brown Foundation Education Excellence Award UM College of Engineering 2011
• Distinguished Service Certificate AIAA 2002
• Beer/Johnston Outstanding New Mechanics Educator Award ASEE 2002
• ASEE Beer-Johnston New Mechanics Educator Award (2002)
• ONR Young Investigator Award (2001)
• NSF CAREER Award (2000)
• Sigma Gamma Tau Silver Shaft Award (1999)

SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS

• American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
• American Society of Mechanical Engineers
• Materials Research Society

Publications: ^top

• LePage, W., Ahadi, A., Lenthe, W., Qing-Ping, S., Pollock, T., Shaw, J., and Daly, S. Fatigue Crack Growth in Nanocrystalline NiTi SMA. Journal of Materials Research, (submitted), 2017.
• LePage, W., Shaw, J. A., and Daly, S. Optimum Paint Sequence for Speckle Patterns in Digital Image Correlation. Experimental Techniques, (submitted), March 2017.
• Watkins, R. and Shaw, J. A. Unbuckling of Superelastic Shape Memory Alloy Columns. Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, (submitted), 2017.
• Watkins, R., Reedlunn, B., Daly, S., and Shaw, J. A. Uniaxial, Pure Bending and Buckling Experiments on Superelastic NiTi Rods and Tubes. International Journal of Solids and Structures, (submitted), 2017.
• Biggs, D. B., Churchill, C. B., and Shaw, J. A. Heat Transfer of Springs in Oblique Crossflows. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, (in revision), 2017.
• Mas, B., Biggs, D., Vieito, I., Cladera, A., Shaw, J., and Martínez-Abella, F. Superelastic shape memory alloy cables for reinforced concrete applications. Construction & Building Materials, (accepted), 2017.
• LePage, W., Daly, S., and Shaw, J. A. Cross Polarization for Improved Digital Image Correlation. Experimental Mechanics, February 2016.
• Shaw, J. A., Wineman, A. S., Dasharathi, K., and Si, M.-S. A Simple Model for Myocardial Changes in a Failing Heart. International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics, 68:132–145, January 2015.
• Jian, Z., Han, H., Zhang, T., Puglisi, J., Izu, L. T., Shaw, J. A., Onofiok, E., Erickson, J. R., Chen, Y.-J., Horvath, B., Shimkunas, R., Pan, T., Chan, J., Banyasz, T., Chiamvimonvat, N., Bers, D. M., Lam, K. S., and Chen-Izu, Y. Mechanochemotransduction During Cardiac Contraction Is Mediated by Localized Nitric Oxide Signaling. Science Signaling, 7(317):1–9, 2014.
• Reedlunn, B., Churchill, C. B., Nelson, E., Daly, S., and Shaw, J. A. Tension, Compression, and Bending of Superelastic Shape Memory Alloy Tubes. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 63:506–537, 2014.
• Shaw, J. A., Izu, L. T., and Chen-Izu, Y. Mechanical Analysis of Single Myocyte Contraction in a 3-D Elastic Matrix. PLOS ONE, 8(10):e75492, October 2013.
• Reedlunn, B., Daly, S., and Shaw, J. A. Superelastic Shape Memory Alloy Cables: Part I – Isothermal Tension Experiments. International Journal of Solids and Structures, 50:3009–3026, 2013. (2013 IJSS best paper award).
• Reedlunn, B., Daly, S., and Shaw, J. A. Superelastic Shape Memory Alloy Cables: Part II – Isothermal Subcomponent Responses. International Journal of Solids and Structures, 50:3027–3044, 2013.
• Reedlunn, B., Daly, S., Hector, L. G. J., Zavattieri, P., and Shaw, J. A. Tips and Tricks for Characterizing Shape Memory Alloy Wire: Part 5 – Full-field Strain Measurement by Digital Image Correlation. Experimental Techniques, 37(3):62–78, 2013.
• Elliott, R. S., Triantafyllidis, N., and Shaw, J. A. Reversible Stress-induced martensitic phase transformations in a bi-atomic crystal. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 59:216–236, 2011.
• Sondergaard, C. S., Hodonsky, C. J., Khait, L., Shaw, J., Sarkar, B., Birla, R., Bove, E., Nolta, J., and Si, M.-S. Human Thymus Mesenchymal Stromal Cells Augment Force Production in Self-Organized Cardiac Tissue. Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 90:796–804, 2010.
• Churchill, C. B., Shaw, J. A., and Iadicola, M. A. Tips and Tricks for Characterizing Shape Memory Alloy Wire: Part 4 – Thermo-mechanical Coupling. Experimental Techniques, 34(2):63–80, Mar/Apr 2010.
• Churchill, C. B., Shaw, J. A., and Iadicola, M. A. Tips and Tricks for Characterizing Shape Memory Alloy Wire: Part 3 – Localization and Propagation Phenomena. Experimental Techniques, 33(5):70–78, Sept/Oct 2009.
• Michailidis, P., Triantafyllidis, N., Shaw, J., and Grummon, D. Superelasticity and Stability of a Shape Memory Alloy Hexagonal Honeycomb under In-plane Compression. International Journal of Solids and Structures, 46:2724–2738, 2009.
• Churchill, C. B., Shaw, J. A., and Iadicola, M. A. Tips and Tricks for Characterizing Shape Memory Alloy Wire: Part 2 – Fundamental Isothermal Responses. Experimental Techniques, 33(1):51–62, Jan-Feb 2009.

Book Chapters

• Shaw, J. A. and Elliott, R. S. Variational principles in structural mechanics. In R. Blockley and W. Shyy, editors, Encyclopedia of Aerospace Engineering, volume 3, chapter 122. John Wiley & Sons, NY, 2010.
• Shaw, J. A., Churchill, C. B., Lagoudas, D. C., and Kumar, P. Shape Memory Alloys. In R. Blockley and W. Shyy, editors, Encyclopedia of Aerospace Engineering, volume 4, chapter 203. John Wiley & Sons, 2010.
• Wineman, A. S., Jones, A. S., and Shaw, J. A. Life–Cycle and Durability Predictions of Elastomeric Components. In S. Saigal, K. P. Chong, S. T. Thynell, and H. Morgan, editors, Modeling and Simulation–based Life Cycle Engineering, pages 155–169. Taylor and Francis Group Ltd., London, 2002.