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Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Alumni Bicentennial Fellow


Phone: 412-624-8479
Fax: 412-624-4846
Office: BENDM 637

Education

PhD, Engineering Sciences, Harvard University, 1991.
MS, Engineering Sciences, Harvard University, 1989.
ScB, Mechanical Engineering, Brown University, 1987.

Professional Interests

William S. Slaughter’s research interests are in the area of theoretical solid mechanics.  His recent work involves strain gradient plasticity, processing of sintered materials, the mechanical behavior of collagenous materials, and life prediction models for turbine airfoils.

Selected Publications

Slaughter, W.S. and Sacks, M.S. (2001).  Modeling fatigue damage in chemically treated soft tissues.  Key Engineering Materials 198–199, 255–260.

Duan, D.-M., Wu, N.Q., Slaughter, W.S., and Mao, S.X. (2001).  Length scale effect on mechanical behavior due to strain gradient plasticity.  Materials Science and Engineering A303, 241–249.

Duan, D.-M., Wu, N.Q., Zhao, M., Slaughter, W.S., and Mao, S.X. (2002).  Effect of strain gradients and heterogeneity on flow strength of particle reinforced metal-matrix composites.  J. Engrng. Mater. Technol. 124, 167–173.

Li, Q., Lovell, M.R., Slaughter, W.S., and Tagavi, K. (2002).  Investigation of the morphology of internal defects in cross wedge rolling.  J. Mater. Processing Technol. 125, 248–257.

Nettleship, I., MacAfee, R., and Slaughter, W.S. (2002).  The evolution of grain size distribution during sintering at 1350ºC.  J. Am. Ceramic Soc. 85, 1954–1960.

Ning, X.G., Lovell, M.R., and Slaughter, W.S. (2003).  Two-dimensional anisotropic contact behavior of unidirectional FRP composites.  J. Tribol. 125, 457–461.

Zhao, M.H., Slaughter, W.S., Li, M., and Mao, S.X. (2003).  Material-length-scale-controlled nanoindentation size effects due to strain-gradient plasticity.  Acta Mater. 51, 4461–4469.

Sun, W., Sacks, M.S., Sellaro, T.L., Slaughter, W.S., and Scott, M.J. (2003).  Biaxial mechanical response of bioprosthetic heart valve biomaterials in high in-plane shear.  J. Biomech. Eng. 125, 372–380.

Nettleship, I., Patterson, B.R., and Slaughter, W.S. (2003).  Evolution of average microstructural properties in the final stage sintering of alumina.  J. Am. Cer. Soc. 86, 252–256.

Ennis, B.M., Madan, A., Slaughter, W.S., Barnett, S.A., and Mao, S.X. (2003).  Super hardening and deformability in epitaxially grown W/NbN nanolayers under shallow and deep nanoindentations.  J. Appl. Phys. 94, 6892–6898.

Zhou, G.W., Slaughter, W.S., and Yang, J.C. (2005).  Terraced hollow oxide pyramids.  Phys. Rev. Letters 94, 246101.

De Vita, R. and Slaughter, W.S. (2006).  A structural constitutive model for the strain rate-dependent behavior of anterior cruciate ligaments.  Int. J. Solids Structures 43, 1561–1570.

Ning, X.G., Lovell, M., and Slaughter, W.S. (2006).  Asymptotic solutions for axisymmetric contact of a thin, transversely isotropic elastic layer.  Wear 260, 693–698.

Krishnan, K., Slaughter, W.S., McAfee, R.J., and Nettleship, I. (2006).  A representative volume element for the densification of powders.  J. Am. Cer. Soc. 89, 2311–2313.

Mo, C., Wright, R., Slaughter, W.S., and Clark, W.W. (2006).  Behaviour of a unimorph circular piezoelectric actuator.  Smart Mater. Structures 15, 1094–1102.

Books

Slaughter, W. S. (2002).  The Linearized Theory of Elasticity.  Birkhäuser Boston, Cambridge, MA.

Curriculum Vitae

Slaughter joined the department in 1993. From 1991 to 1993, he was a postdoctoral research assistant at Cambridge University, England. He is a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), the American Ceramic Society, the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), and the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE).

faculty

The Department of Mechanical Engineering has 16 full time, 6 adjunct, and 5 emeritus faculty members