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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