Faculty - Eric N. Landis
Eric
N. Landis, Ph.D., P.E.
Frank
M. Taylor Professor and Department Chair
105 Boardman Hall
University of Maine
Orono, Maine 04469-5711
Phone: (207) 581-2170
Fax: (207) 581-3888
Email:
Landis@maine.edu
Education:
Ph.D.
Civil Engineering
Northwestern University, 1993.
B.S. Civil & Environmental Engineering University of Wisconsin,
1985.
Courses:
CIE 110 Materials
CIE 440 Structural Analysis
CIE 540 Experimental Analysis of Structures
CIE 648 Fracture Mechanics
Professional Interest:
Eric's research interests are
in experimental mechanics and fracture, with particular focus on
the use of innovative experimental mechanics techniques to solve
problems of fracture and failure in heterogeneous materials. He
also dabbles in computational modeling, biomimetics, burrowing
marine invertebrates, and other things he should probably keep
his nose out of. He has particular expertise in acoustic
emission methods, x-ray computed tomography, and the
corresponding 3D image processing techniques. He has published
numerous scientific papers, and he is co-author of the text
Fracture and Fatigue of Wood (Wiley, 2003). Prior to his
academic career he spent several years in civil engineering
consulting. At UMaine he has been honored for both his teaching
and research. In 2002 he was presented with the UMaine
Presidential Outstanding Teaching Award, in 2004 he was named
the Distinguished Maine Professor, and in 2006 he was the
Carnegie Foundation Professor of the Year in Maine. He is a
registered Professional Engineer in Maine.
Selected Publications:
E. N. Landis and P. Navi, “Modelling Crack Propagation in
Wood and Wood Composites,” Holzforchung, (in press).
S. Diamond and
E. N. Landis, “Microstructural Features of a Mortar as Seen by
Computed Tomography,” Materials and Structures , V. 40,
No. 9, 2007, pp. 989-993.
C. R.
Fournier, W. G. Davids, E. N. Nagy, and E. N. Landis,
“Morphological Lattice Models for the Simulation of Softwood
Failure and Fracture,” Holzforschung, V. 60, No.4, 2007
pp. 360-366.
E. N. Landis,
T. Zhang, E. N. Nagy, G. Nagy, and W. R. Franklin, “Cracking,
Damage and Fracture in Four Dimensions,” Materials and
Structures, V. 40, No. 4, 2007, pp. 357-364.
S. Lu, D. T.
Keane, and E. N. Landis, X-ray Microtomographic Studies of Pore
Structure and Permeability in Portland Cement Concrete,”
Materials and Structures, V. 39, No. 6, 2006, pp. 609-618.
E. N. Landis,
“Towards a Physical Damage Variable for Concrete,” Journal of
Engineering Mechanics, V. 132, No. 7, 2006, pp. 771-774.
E. N. Landis,
“Damage Variables Based on Three Dimensional Measurements of
Crack Geometry,” Strength, Fracture and Complexity, V. 4,
No. 2-4, 2005, pp. 163-173.
K. M. Dorgan,
P. A. Jumars, B. Johnson, B. P. Boudreau, and E. N. Landis,
“Burrowing Extension by Crack Propagation,” Nature, V.
433, 3 February, 2005, p. 475.
S. Vasic, I.
Smith, and E. N. Landis, "Overview of the Finite Element
Techniques and Models in Wood Fracture Mechanics." Wood
Science and Technology V. 39 No. 1, 2005, pp. 3-17.
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