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Department of Materials Science and Engineering
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Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Rutgers logo
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Rutgers logo
Department of Materials Science and Engineering

John Matthewson

Professor

Location

Center for Ceramic Research
607 Taylor Road, Room 222
Piscataway, NJ 08854

Phone

848-445-5933

Email

mjohnm@fracture.rutgers.edu

Area Of Expertise Mechanical properties, reliability and fatigue, particularly of glass and optical fibers. Fractography and failure analysis of glasses. Computational modeling of processing and material behavior, including finite element methods.

Operational Unit Faculty

Department Materials Science and Engineering

Research Interests

•    Strength, fatigue and reliability of optical materials; especially silica optical fibers. Environmental effects on brittle fracture. Statistical aspects of strength and reliability; risk analysis.
•    Development and characterization of mechanical test techniques.
•    Adhesion, friction and wear of ceramic materials. Surfaces forces, adhesion by liquid films.
•    Thin films: mechanical properties, failure mechanisms, stress analysis and adhesion properties. Contact mechanics on bulk and layered materials.

 

Education

•    Ph.D., Physics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK, 1978
•    M.A., Physics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK, 1979
•    B.A., Honors, Natural Sciences (Theoretical Physics), University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK, 1975