Pedro Ponte Castañeda
Professor and Graduate Group ChairPhone: 215.898.5046
Email: ponte@seas.upenn.edu
Office: 235 Towne Building
EDUCATION:
Ph.D. Applied Mathematics, Harvard University, 1986.
M.S. Engineering Sciences, Harvard University, 1983.
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Lehigh University, 1982.
B.A. Mathematics, Lehigh University, 1982.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
2008-present Member, Graduate Group in Applied Math & Computational Science (AMCS),
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
2003-2008 Professor, Department of Mechanics, Ecole Polytechnique, Paris.
1998-present Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering & Applied Mechanics,
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
1994-1998 Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering & Applied Mechanics,
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
1990-1994 Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering & Applied Mechanics,
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
1987-1990 Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering,
The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore.
1986-1987 Research Officer, School of Mathematical Sciences,
University of Bath, England.
HONORS & AWARDS:
2007 George H. Heilmeier Faculty Award for Excellence in Research.
http://www.seas.upenn.edu/pubs/heilmeier-award.html
2005 Midwest Mechanics Seminar.
http://www.midwestmechanics.org/history.php
2003 Séminaire de la Fédération Francilienne en Mécanique des Matériaux, Paris.
http://www.idfmeca.cnrs-bellevue.fr/LeSeminaire.htm
2000 Achievement Award for Young Investigators in Applied Mechanics, ASME.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_Achievement_Award_for_Young_Investigators_in_Applied_Mechanics
2000 Sectional Lecture, 20th International Congress of Theoretical & Applied Mechanics, Chicago.
1994 Visiting Fellowship, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.
1994 EPSRC Visiting Fellow, University of Cambridge.
1993 & 2008 Visiting Scientist, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Marseilles.
EDITORIAL POSITIONS:
1999-present Associate Editor, Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences de Paris, Mécanique.
http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/622958/description#description
2002-present Associate Editor, Journal of Elasticity.
http://www.springerlink.com/content/0374-3535
2003-present Advisory Board, Archives of Mechanics.
COURSES:
MEAM 201 Dynamics
MEAM 321 Vibrations of Mechanical Systems
MEAM 454 Mechanics of Materials
MEAM 530 Continuum Mechanics
MEAM 633 Fracture Mechanics
MEAM 635 Composite Materials
ENM 601 Advanced Topics in Engineering Mathematics
MEC 553 Heterogeneous Materials (Polytechnique)
MEC 587 Mechanics of Polymers (Polytechnique)
RESEARCH:
Applied Math Variational Methods; Homogenization; Asymptotic Analysis.
Mechanics Nonlinear Composite Materials; Multi-Scale Analysis; Smart Materials;
Microstructure Evolution and Localization in Manufacturing Processes;
Mechanics of Polycrystalline Deformation and Texture Evolution;
Phase Transformations; Fracture Mechanics; Thermoplastic Elastomers;
Elastomeric Foams, Reinforced Rubbers; Semi-Crystalline Polymers;
Magneto-rheological Elastomers.
LIST OF CURRENT PROJECTS:
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
(For a complete list of publications please visit the Full Publications site.)
P. Ponte Castañeda. "The overall constitutive behavior of nonlinearly elastic composites." Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A 422 (1989): 147-171.
P. Ponte Castañeda. "The effective mechanical properties of nonlinear isotropic composites." Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 39 (1991): 45-71.
K. Bose and P. Ponte Castañeda. "Stable crack growth under mixed-mode conditions." Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 40 (1992): 1053-1105.
P. Ponte Castañeda. "A new variational principle and its application to nonlinear heterogeneous systems." SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics 52 (1992): 1321-1341.
G. Li and P. Ponte Castañeda. "Variational estimates for the elastoplastic response of particle-reinforced metal-matrix composites." Applied Mechanics Reviews 47 (1994): S77-94.
P. Ponte Castañeda and M. Zaidman. "Constitutive models for porous materials with evolving microstructures." Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 42 (1994): 1459-1497.
G. deBotton and P. Ponte Castañeda. "Variational estimates for the creep behavior of polycrystals." Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A 448 (1995): 121-142.
P. Ponte Castañeda and J. R. Willis. "The effect of spatial distribution on the effective behavior of composite materials and cracked media." Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 43 (1995): 1919-1951.
P. Ponte Castañeda. "Exact second-order estimates for the effective mechanical properties of nonlinear composites." Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 44 (1996): 827-862.
P. Ponte Castañeda and P. Suquet. "Nonlinear composites." Advances in Applied Mechanics 34 (1998): 171-302.
K. Bose, P. A. Mataga and P. Ponte Castañeda. "Stable crack growth along a brittle/ductile interface. interface - II. Small scale yielding solutions and interfacial toughness predictions." International Journal of Solids and Structures 36 (1999): 1-34.
P. Ponte Castañeda and P. Suquet. "Nonlinear composites and Microstructure Evolution." In Mechanics for a New Millennium (Proceedings of the 20th International Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, 27 Aug - 2 Sept 2000, Chicago), edited by. H. Aref and J. W. Phillips, 253-274. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2001.
P. Ponte Castañeda. "Second-order homogenization estimates for nonlinear composites incorporating field fluctuations. I. Theory and II. Applications" Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 50 (2002): 737-782.
J. P. Briggs and P. Ponte Castañeda. "Variational estimates for the effective response of SMA-actuated fiber composites." Journal of Applied Mechanics 69 (2002): 470-480.
P. Ponte Castañeda. "On the homogenized behavior of reinforced and other Bingham composites." Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London A 361 (2003): 947-964.
P. Ponte Castañeda, J. J. Telega and B. Gambin (Eds.) Nonlinear Homogenization and Applications to Composites, Polycrystals and Smart Materials. (NATO Science Series, II. Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry - Volume 170.) Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers (2004). (ISBN 1-4020-2622-6).
Y. Liu and P. Ponte Castañeda. "Homogenization estimates for the average behavior and field fluctuations in cubic and hexagonal viscoplastic polycrystals." Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 52 (2004): 1175-1211.
N. Aravas and P. Ponte Castañeda. "Numerical methods for porous metals with deformation-induced anisotropy." Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering 193 (2004): 3767-3805.
R. Lebensohn, Y. Liu and P. Ponte Castañeda. "Macroscopic properties and field fluctuations in model power-law polycrystals: full-field solutions versus second-order estimates." Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A 460 (2004): 1381-1405.
R. Lebensohn, Y. Liu and P. Ponte Castañeda. "On the accuracy of the self-consistent approximation for polycrystals: comparison with numerical simulations." Acta Materialia 52 (2004): 5347-5361.
P. Ponte Castañeda. Heterogeneous materials. Lecture Notes, Department of Mechanics, Ecole Polytechnique (2005): 191 pages (ISBN 2-7302-1267-1).
Y. Liu, P. Gilormini and P. Ponte Castañeda. "Second-order estimates for texture evolution in halite." Tectonophysics 406 (2005): 179-195.
O. Lopez-Pamies and P. Ponte Castañeda. "On the overall behavior, microstructure evolution and macroscopic stability in reinforced rubbers at large deformations: I - Theory." Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 54 (2006): 807-830.
O. Lopez-Pamies and P. Ponte Castañeda. "On the overall behavior, microstructure evolution and macroscopic stability in reinforced rubbers at large deformations: II - Application to cylindrical fibers." Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 54 (2006): 831-863.
O. Lopez-Pamies and P. Ponte Castañeda. "Homogenization-based constitutive models for porous elastomer and implications for macroscopic instabilities. I - Analysis." Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 55 (2007): 1677-1701.
O. Lopez-Pamies and P. Ponte Castañeda. "Homogenization-based constitutive models for porous elastomer and implications for macroscopic instabilities. II - Results." Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 55 (2007): 1702-1728.
M.I. Idiart and P. Ponte Castañeda. "Field statistics in nonlinear composites. Part I. Theory." Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A 463 (2007): 183-202.
M.I. Idiart and P. Ponte Castañeda. "Field statistics in nonlinear composites. Part II. Applications." Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A 463 (2007): 203-222.
M. Brun, O. Lopez-Pamies and P. Ponte Castañeda. "Homogenization estimates for fiber-reinforced elastomers with periodic microstructures." International Journal of Solids and Structures 44 (2007): 5953-5979.
J.-C. Michel, O. Lopez-Pamies, P. Ponte Castañeda, and N. Triantafyllidis. "Microscopic and macroscopic instabilities in finitely strained porous elastomers." Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 55 (2007): 900-938.
M.I. Idiart and P. Ponte Castañeda. "Variational bounds for nonlinear composites with anisotropic phases. I. General Results." Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A 463 (2007): 907-924.
M.I. Idiart and P. Ponte Castañeda. "Variational bounds for nonlinear composites with anisotropic phases. II. Crystalline materials." Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A 463 (2007): 925-943.
R. A. Lebensohn, C. N. Tome, P. Ponte Castañeda. "Self-consistent modeling of the mechanical behavior of viscoplastic polycrystals incorporating intragranular field fluctuations." Philosophical Magazine 87 (2007): 4287-4322.
F. Willot, Y.-P. Pellegrini and P. Ponte Castañeda. “Localization of elastic deformation in strongly anisotropic porous linear materials with periodic microstructures: exact solutions and dilute expansions.” Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 56 (2008): 1245-1268.
O. Lopez-Pamies, R. Garcia, E. Chabert, J.-Y. Cavaillé and P. Ponte Castañeda. “Multiscale modeling of oriented thermoplastic elastomers with lamellar morphology.” Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids (2008): published online.
V. Racherla and P. Ponte Castañeda. “Variational estimates for the effective resistivity of 3D nonlinear polycrystals.” Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A 464 (2008): published online.
PAST MEMBERS:
Ph.D. students
Gouan Li, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins, October 1992.
http://www.massgeneral.org/ortho/Guoan_Li.htm
“Constitutive Models for Ductile Solids Reinforced by Spheroidal Inclusions.”
Gal de Botton, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, January 1993.
http://fohs.bgu.ac.il/research/profile.aspx?id=jiVuirVi
“The Constitutive Behavior of Nonlinear Anisotropic Composites.”
http://repository.upenn.edu/dissertations/
Kingshuk Bose, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, April 1994.
http://www.coe.uncc.edu/~kbose/
“Stable Crack Growth under Mixed-Mode Conditions.”
http://repository.upenn.edu/dissertations/
Mati Zaidman, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, December 1994.
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/4/B66/122
“Composite Materials with Evolving Microstructures.”
http://repository.upenn.edu/dissertations/
Mahesh Kailasam, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, January 1998.
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/0/195/289
“A General Constitutive Theory for Particulate Composites and Porous Materials with Microstructure Evolution.”
http://repository.upenn.edu/dissertations/
Michael Nebozhyn, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, May 2000.
“Variational Estimates for Nonlinear Polycrystals.”
http://repository.upenn.edu/dissertations/
Yi Liu, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, August 2003.
http://www.engr.iupui.edu/bme/yliu.shtml
“Texture Evolution in Polycrystals and Applications to Forming.”
http://repository.upenn.edu/dissertations/
Martin Idiart, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania & Ecole Polytechnique, October 2006.
http://www.ing.unlp.edu.ar/aeron/catedras/mecrac/idiart/index.html
“Macroscopic Behavior and Field Statistics in Viscoplastic Composites.”
http://repository.upenn.edu/dissertations/
Oscar Lopez-Pamies, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania & Ecole Polytechnique, October 2006.
http://me.eng.sunysb.edu/faculty/Oscar.php
“On the Effective Behavior, Microstructure Evolution and Macroscopic Stability of Elastomeric Composites.” (Thesis Prize at the Ecole Polytechnique).
http://repository.upenn.edu/dissertations/
Francois Willot, Ph.D., Ecole Polytechnique, January 2007 (joint with Y.-P. Pellegrini).
http://cmm.ensmp.fr/index_eng.html
“Contribution à l'étude théorique de la localisation plastique dans les poreux.”
http://www.polymedia.polytechnique.fr/center.cfm?table=these
Kostas Danas, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania & Ecole Polytechnique, May 2008.
http://www-mech.eng.cam.ac.uk/ccm/people.html
“Heterogeneous Materials with Evolving Microstructure.”
http://www.polymedia.polytechnique.fr/center.cfm?table=these
Postdoctoral Fellows
Michel Bornert, Ph.D, École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussés, Paris (1994).
http://www.lms.polytechnique.fr/annuaire_nom.php?id=13
Renald Brenner, Ph.D, Université de Paris XIII (2001).
http://www-lpmtm.univ-paris13.fr/
Michele Brun, Ph.D, University of Trento (2003).
http://dimeca.unica.it/apache2-default/
Dirk Mohr, Ph.D, MIT (2003).
http://www.lms.polytechnique.fr/users/mohr/index.html
Vikranth Racherla, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania (2007).
http://www.lms.polytechnique.fr/