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Mark Lusk

Professor of Physics and Mechanical Engineering                                                                                            

California Institute of Technology
Ph.D. Applied Mechanics, 1992
Thesis: Martensitic Phase Transitions with Surface Effects

Colorado State University
M.S. Electrical Engineering, 1988
Thesis: A Semi-Numerical Scheme for Wave Propagation in Transversely Isotropic Media

Navy Nuclear Power School
U.S. Navy's one-year training program in nuclear engineering, 1984

U.S. Naval Academy
B.S. Electrical Engineering, 1982

 CONTACT INFORMATION
Address: Division of Engineering- BB326/BB328D
Colorado School of Mines
Golden CO 80401; USA
E-Mail : mlusk@mines.edu
Phone:

(+1 303) 273-3675

Fax: (+1 303) 273-3602
 RESEARCH INTERESTS
  • Computational Physics Focus Areas
    • Electronic Structure of Confined Systems
    • Surface/interface/catalytic chemistry
 COURSE LINKS

Undergraduate:
CheckboxEGGN413 Computer Aided Engineering

CheckboxEGGN422 Advanced Mechanics of Materials 
CheckboxEGGN315 Dynamics and Vibration   

 

Graduate:

CheckboxEGES502 Interdisciplinary Simulation and Modeling/PH450 Computational Physics

CheckboxEGES598 Nanomechanics

CheckboxEGES599L Modeling of Evolving Microstructures 

CheckboxEGES599L Continuum Mechanics 

  

 SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
  1. Lusk, M.T., Thermodynamic integration at constant pressure from the non-local Einstein crystal, Journal of Chemical Physics, ( To Appear, 2004)
  2. Lusk, M.T., Construction of and thermodynamic relations for an Einstein crystal with nonlocal interactions, Physical Review B, (To Appear) (2004)
  3. Jaramillo, R.A., M. T. Lusk and M. C. Mataya, Dimensional anisotropy during phase transformations in a chemically banded 5140 steel; part I: experimental investigation, Acta Materialia, 52/4  851-858 (2004)
  4. Jaramillo, R.A. and M.T. Lusk, Dimensional anisotropy during phase transformations in a chemically banded 5140 steel; part II: modeling, Acta Materialia, 52/4  859-867 (2004)
  5. Perry, A.C., M.T. Lusk and J.G. Speer, An analytical model and experimental investigation of the recrystallization behavior of hot-deformed ferrite, Steel Grips: Journal of Steel and Related Material, 2/3 203-208 (2004)
  6. Lusk, M.T. and P.D. Beale, Grain boundary free energy in an assembly of elastic disks, Physical Review E, 69 026117 (2004)
  7. Liu, P. and M.T. Lusk, Parametric links among monte carlo, phase-field, and sharp-interface models of interfacial motion, Physical Review E  66  061603 (2003)
  8. V.C. Prantil, M.L. Callabresi, G.S. Ramaswamy, J. F. Lathrop, G.S. Ramaswamy, M.T. Lusk , Simulating distortion and residual stresses in carburized thin strips, ASME Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology, 125(2)  116-124 (2003) 

Conference Proceedings:

  1. Lusk, M.T., W. Wang, X. Sun and Y.-K. Lee,, On the Role of Kinematics in Constructing Predictive Models of Austenite Decomposition, pp. 311--332, in Austenite Formation and Decomposition, (Eds. E.B. Damm and M.J. Merwin), Minerals, Metals and Materials Society, Warrendale, PA 2003.

  2. Jaramillo, R. and M.T. Lusk, Anisotropic, Plastic Deformation during Martensitic Transformation in Chemically Banded Medium Carbon Steels, 13th International Federation for Heat Treatment and Surface Engineering Congress (IFHTSE) and the International Surface Engineering Congress (ISEC), October 2002.

  3. M.T. Lusk, R. Jaramillo, A. Roche, C. Mgbokwere, S. Deshpande, Microstructural Evolution in Sprayformed Steel: Phase Transitions, Inelasticity Residual Stress and Distortion, pp. 75--84, in Microstructural Modeling and Prediction During Thermomechanical Processing, (Eds. R. Srinivasan, S. Semiatin, A. Beaudoin, S. Fox, Z. Jin), Minerals, Metals and Materials Society, Warrendale, PA 2001.

  4. T.F. Majka, D.K. Matlock, G. Krauss, and M.T. Lusk, "An Analysis of Tensile Deformation Behavior and Microstructural Evolution in an Artificially Banded SAE 5140", Proceedings of the ISS 42nd Mechanical Working and Steel Processing Conference, Vol. XXXVIII, pp. 75-87, 2000.

  5.  Lusk, M.T., Y.-K. Lee, H.-J. Jou, W.E. Elliott and G.M. Ludtka, An Internal State Variable Model for the Low Temperature Tempering of Low Alloy Steels, Journal of Shanghai Jiaotong University: Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Thermal Process Modeling and Computer Simulation, March 2000.

 

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