Soonsung Hong
Assistant Professor
Composite Vehicle Research Center
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Michigan State University
Education
- Ph.D. in Solid Mechanics, Brown University, 2003
- M.S. in Mechanics, Michigan State University, 1997
- M.Eng. in Physical Metallurgy, Korea University, 1995
- B.Eng. in Metallurgical Engineering, Korea University, 1993
Professional Experience
- Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 2008-present
- Technical Staff, Mechanics of Materials Department, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, CA, 2006-2008
- Postdoctoral Scholar, Graduate Aeronautical Laboratories, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, 2003-2006
Research Interest
- Experimental solid mechanics
- Non-linear fracture mechanics
- Inverse problems in solid mechanics
- Mechanics of heterogeneous solids
- Full-field optical measurement techniques
- Non-destructive evaluation
- Structural health monitoring
- Self-diagnostics composite structures
Selected Publications
- Chalivendra, V.B., Hong, S., Arias, I., Knap, J., Rosakis, A.,
Ortiz, M., 2009. Experimental validation of large-scale simulations of
dynamic fracture along weak planes. International Journal of Impact
Engineering 36, 888-898.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijimpeng.2008.11.009 - Mello, M., Hong, S., Rosakis, A., 2008. Extension of the Coherent
Gradient Sensor (CGS) to the Combined Measurement of In-Plane and
Out-of-Plane Displacement Field Gradients. Experimental Mechanics.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11340-008-9147-z - Franck, C., Hong, S., Maskarinec, S.A., Tirrell, D.A.,
Ravichandran, G., 2007. Three-dimensional full-field measurements of
large deformations in soft materials using confocal microscopy and
digital volume correlation. Experimental Mechanics 47 (3), 427-438.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11340-007-9037-9 - Arias, I., Knap, J., Chalivendra, V.B., Hong, S., Ortiz, M.,
Rosakis, A.J., 2007. Numerical modelling and experimental validation of
dynamic fracture events along weak planes. Computer Methods in Applied
Mechanics and Engineering 196 (37-40), 3833-3840.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cma.2006.10.052 - Hong, S., Kim, K.S., 2003. Extraction of cohesive-zone laws from
elastic far-fields of a cohesive crack tip: a field projection method.
Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 51 (7), 1267-1286.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0022-5096(03)00023-1 - Benzerga, A.A., Hong, S.S., Kim, K.S., Needleman, A., Van der
Giessen, E., 2001. Smaller is softer: An inverse size effect in a cast
aluminum alloy. Acta Materialia 49 (15), 3071-3083.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1359-6454(01)00195-1 - Lanza di Scalea, F., Hong, S.S., Cloud, G.L., 1998. Whole-field
strain measurement in a pin-loaded plate by electronic speckle pattern
interferometry and the finite element method. Experimental Mechanics 38
(1), 55-60.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02321268
