Overview Academic/Research Interest Areas

Computational Solid Mechanics

Fracture and Fatigue

Tribology

Recent Publications

Rodgers M. J., L. M. Keer and H. S. Cheng, 2002, "Steady-state temperature rise in coated halfspaces and halfplanes," Computer Modeling In Engineering & Sciences, 3, 483-495.

Liu, S. B., M. J. Rodgers, Q. Wang, L. M. Keer and H. S. Cheng, 2002, "Temperature Distributions and Thermoelastic Displacements In Moving Bodies," Computer Modeling In Engineering & Sciences, 3, 465-481.

Liu, S. B., M. J. Rodgers, Q. Wang and L. M. Keer, 2001, "A Fast and Effective Method for Transient Thermoelastic Displacement Analyses," Journal of Tribology, 123, 479-485.

Rodgers, M. J., S. Wen and L. M. Keer, 2000, "Surface displacements and energy release rates for constant stress drop slip zones in joined elastic quarterspaces," Journal of Geophysical Research, 105, 19,111-19,119.

Brock, L. M. and M. J. Rodgers, 1997, "Steady-state response of a thermoelastic half-spaces to the rapid motion of surface thermal/mechanical loads," Journal of Elasticity, 47, 225-240.

Educational Background

BS, Mathematics, Georgia State University, December 1992

MS, Engineering Mechanics, University of Kentucky, August 1996

Ph.D., Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Northwestern University, June 2001

Post-Doc., ,NSF Center for Surface Engineering and Tribology, Northwestern University, June 2001-June 2002