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Updated on Feb 11, 2024
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6 press articles, 2 books, 40 journal articles and 6 conference articles
Selected press articles
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Washington Post How to make a tastier chocolate? Use geometry. Apr. 2022.
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BBC Have scientists designed the ’perfect’ chocolate? Apr. 2022.
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Advanced Sience News 3D printing the perfect piece of chocolate. May 2022.
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Phys Org Designing the perfect piece of chocolate. Apr. 2022.
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Medium Metamaterial experts have designed the perfect chocolate cube shape — Why does it look so weird? Apr. 2022.
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Gizmodo Scientists Say They’ve Created Crispier Chocolate Using 3D Printers. Apr. 2022.
Books
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A. M. Aragón and C. A. Duarte. "Fundamentals of Enriched Finite Element Methods." 1st. Edition. ISBN 9780323855150. Elsevier (2023).
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A. M. Aragón. "Computational design of microvascular biomimetic materials." PhD Dissertation, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2010)
Journal covers
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J. Zhang, E. Zhebel, S. J. van den Boom, D. Liu, and A. M. Aragón. "Featured Cover." International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering 123.21 (2022), pp. i–i
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S. J. van den Boom, J. Zhang, F. van Keulen, and A. M. Aragón. "Cover Image." International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering 120.10 (2019), pp. i–i
Patents
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A. M. Aragón, J. Jovanova, and A. C. Azevedo Vasconcelos. Load transfer interface, system for selectively applying a mechanical load to an object, method for designing a load transfer interface, and method for driving an object into the ground. International Publication Number WO 2023/017013 A1. Patent granted in the Netherlands. 2023.
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A. M. Aragón, S. V. Valappil, and J. Hogendoorn. Ultrasonic Transducer and Ultrasonic Flowmeter. US2023/0130690 A1, Apr. 27, 2023.
Journal publications
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G. Reales, F. van Keulen, A. M. Aragón, J. F. L. Goosen, and A. Bornheim. "Multi-objective scintillator shape optimiza- tion for increased photodetector light collection." Journal of the Optical Society of America B 41.9 (2024), pp. 2014–2032.
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J. Rommers, V. van der Wijk, A. M. Aragón, and J. L. Herder. "The STAGE method for simultaneous design of the stress and geometry of flexure mechanisms." Precision Engineering 89 (2024), pp. 103–112.
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Z. Li, M. Xu, R. A. Norte, A. M. Aragón, P. G. Steeneken, and F. Alijani. "Strain engineering of nonlinear nanoresonators from hardening to softening." Communications Physics 7.1 (2024), p. 53.
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S. van Bergen, R. A. Norte, and A. M. Aragón. "An interface-enriched generalized finite element method for the analysis and topology optimization of 2-D electromagnetic problems." Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering 421 (2024), p. 116748.
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A. C. Azevedo Vasconcelos, S. Valiya Valappil, D. Schott, J. Jovanova, and A. M. Aragón. "A metamaterial-based interface for the structural resonance shielding of impact-driven offshore monopiles." Engineering Structures 300 (2024), p. 117261.
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S. Valiya Valappil, J. F. L. Goosen, and A. M. Aragón. "Multi-objective design of 3D phononic crystal waveguide by design space trimming." Materials & Design 237 (2024), p. 112594.
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S. J. van den Boom, R. Abedi, F. van Keulen, and A. M. Aragón. "A level set-based interface-enriched topology optimization for the design of phononic crystals with smooth boundaries." Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering 408 (2023), p. 115888.
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A. Keşkekler, V. Bos, A. M. Aragón, F. Alijani, and P. G. Steeneken. "Multimode Nonlinear Dynamics of Graphene Resonators" Physical Review Applied 20 (2023), p. 064020.
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A. O. Krushynska, D. Torrent, A. M. Aragón, R. Ardito, O. R. Bilal, B. Bonello, F. Bosia, Y. Chen, J. Christensen, A. Colombi, S. A. Cummer, B. Djafari-Rouhani, F. Fraternali, P. I. Galich, P. D. Garcia, J.-P. Groby, S. Guenneau, M. R. Haberman, M. I. Hussein, S. Janbaz, N. Jiménez, A. Khelif, V. Laude, M. J. Mirzaali, P. Packo, A. Palermo, Y. Pennec, R. Picó, M. R. López, S. Rudykh, M. Serra-Garcia, C. M. Sotomayor Torres, T. A. Starkey, V. Tournat, and O. B. Wright. "Emerging topics in nanophononics and elastic, acoustic, and mechanical metamaterials: an overview" Nanophotonics 12.4 (2023), pp. 659–686.
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Z. Li, M. Xu, R. A. Norte, A. M. Aragón, F. van Keulen, F. Alijani, and P. G. Steeneken. "Tuning the Q-factor of nanomechanical string resonators by torsion support design" Applied Physics Letters 122.1 (2023), p. 013501.
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S. Valiya Valappil, A. M. Aragón, and J. F. L. Goosen. "Phononic crystals’ band gap manipulation via displacement modes" Solid State Communications 361 (2023), p. 115061.
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S. Valiya Valappil, J. F. L. Goosen, and A. M. Aragón. "Phononic Crystals for Suppressing Crosstalk in Ultrasonic Flowmeters." IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement 72 (2023), pp. 1–11.
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S. Valiya Valappil, A. O. Krushynska, and A. M. Aragón. "Analytical characterization of the dynamic response of viscoelastic metamaterials." Computational Materials Science 229 (2023), p. 112385.
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A. Chandrashekar, A. Givois, P. Belardinelli, Casper L. Penning, A. M. Aragón, U. Staufer, and F. Alijani. "Sensitivity of viscoelastic characterization in multi-harmonic atomic force microscopy." Soft Matter 18.46 (2022), pp. 8748–8755.
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D. Liu, S. J. van den Boom, A. Simone, and A. M. Aragón. "An interface-enriched generalized finite element formulation for locking-free coupling of non-conforming discretizations and contact." Computational Mechanics 70.3 (2022), pp. 477–499.
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J. Zhang, E. Zhebel, S. J. van den Boom, D. Liu, and A. M. Aragón. "An object-oriented geometric engine design for discontinuities in unfitted/immersed/enriched finite element methods." International Journal For Numerical Methods In Engineering 123.21 (2022), pp. 5126-5154.
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A. Souto, J. Zhang, A. M. Aragón, K. P. Velikov, and C. Coulais. "Edible mechanical metamaterials with designed fracture for mouthfeel control." Soft Matter 18 (2022), pp. 2910-2919.
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J. Zhang and A. M. Aragón. "An improved stress recovery technique for the unfitted finite element analysis of discontinuous gradient fields." International Journal For Numerical Methods In Engineering 123.3 (2022), pp. 639–663.
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J. Zhang, F. van Keulen, and A.M. Aragón. "On Tailoring Fracture Resistance of Brittle Structures: A Level Set Interface-enriched Topology Optimization Approach." Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering 388 (2022), p. 114189.
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S. J. van den Boom, F. van Keulen, and A. M. Aragón. "Fully decoupling geometry from discretization in the Bloch–Floquet finite element analysis of phononic crystals." Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering 382 (2021), p. 113848.
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E. De Lazzari, S. J. van den Boom, J. Zhang, F. van Keulen, and A. M. Aragón. "A critical view on the use of Non-Uniform Rational B-Splines to improve geometry representation in enriched finite element methods." International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering 122.5 (2021), pp. 1195-1216.
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S. J. van den Boom, J. Zhang, F. van Keulen, A. M. Aragón. "An interface-enriched generalized finite element method for level set-based topology optimization." Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization 63.1 (2021), pp. 1–20
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A. M. Aragón, B. Liang, H. Ahmadian, and S. Soghrati. "On the stability and interpolating properties of the Hierarchical Interface-enriched Finite Element Method." Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering 362 (2020), p. 112671
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A. M. Aragón and A.Simone. "Discussionon ’A linear complete extended finite element method for dynamic fracture simulation with non-nodal enrichments’ [Finite Elem. Anal. Des. 152 (2018)] by I. Asareh, T.-Y. Kim, and J.-H. Song." Finite Elements in Analysis and Design 168 (2019), p. 103340
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S. J. van den Boom, J. Zhang, F. van Keulen, and A. M. Aragón. "A stable interface-enriched formulation for immersed domains with strong enforcement of essential boundary conditions." International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering 120.10 (2019), pp. 1163–1183
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M. Mengolini, M. F. Benedetto, and A. M. Aragón. "An engineering perspective to the virtual element method and its interplay with the standard finite element method." Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering 350 (2019), pp. 995–1023
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J. Zhang, S. J. van den Boom, F. van Keulen, and A. M. Aragón. "A stable discontinuity-enriched finite element method for 3-D problems containing weak and strong discontinuities." Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering 355 (2019), pp. 1097–1123
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H. Q. Do, A. M. Aragón, and D. L. Schott. "A calibration framework for discrete element model parameters using genetic algorithms." Advanced Powder Technology 29.6 (2018), pp. 1393–1403
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A. M. Aragón and A. Simone. "The Discontinuity-Enriched Finite Element Method." International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering 112.11 (2017), pp. 1589–1613
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F. Demoures, F. Gay-Balmaz, M. Desbrun, T. S. Ratiu, and A. M. Aragón. "A multisymplectic integrator for elastodynamic frictionless impact problems." Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering 315 (2017), pp. 1025–1052
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D. K. Gupta, G. J. van der Veen, A. M. Aragón, M. Langelaar, and F. van Keulen. "Bounds for decoupled design and analysis discretizations in topology optimization." International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering 111.1 (2017), pp. 88–100
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R. Sharma, J. Zhang, M. Langelaar, F. Keulen, and A. M. Aragón. "An improved stress recovery technique for low-order 3D finite elements." International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering 113.1 (2017), pp. 88–103
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A. Cuba-Ramos, and A. M. Aragón, S. Soghrati, P. H. Geubelle, and J.-F. Molinari. "A new formulation for imposing Dirichlet boundary conditions on non-matching meshes." International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering 103.6 (2015), pp. 430–444
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A. M. Aragón. "A C++11 implementation of arbitrary-rank tensors for high-performance computing." Computer Physics Communications 185.6 (2014), pp. 1681–1696
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A. M. Aragón and J.-F. Molinari. "A hierarchical detection framework for computational contact mechanics." Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering 268.0 (2014), pp. 574–588
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A. M. Aragón. "A measure for the impact of research." Scientific Reports 3 (2013), p. 1649
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A. M. Aragón, R. Saksena, B. D. Kozola, P. H. Geubelle, K. T. Christensen, and S. R. White. "Multi-physics optimization of three-dimensional microvascular polymeric components." Journal of Computational Physics 233 (2013), pp. 132–147
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A. M. Aragón, S. Soghrati, and P. H. Geubelle. "Effect of in-plane deformation on the cohesive failure of heterogeneous adhesives." Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 61.7 (2013), pp. 1600–1611
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A. M. Aragón, V. A. Yastrebov, and J.-F. Molinari. "A constrained-optimization methodology for the detection phase in contact mechanics simulations." International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering 96.5 (2013), pp. 323–338
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S. Soghrati, A. M. Aragón, and P. Geubelle. "Design of actively-cooled microvascular materials: a genetic algorithm inspired network optimization." Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization 49.4 (2014), pp. 643-655
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S. Soghrati, A. M. Aragón, C. Armando Duarte, and P. H. Geubelle. "An interface-enriched generalized FEM for problems with discontinuous gradient fields." International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering 89.8 (2012), pp. 991–1008
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A. M. Aragón, K. J. Smith, P. H. Geubelle, and S. R. White. "Multi-physics design of microvascular materials for active cooling applications." Journal of Computational Physics 230.13 (2011), pp. 5178–5198
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A. M. Aragón, C. A. Duarte, and P. H. Geubelle. "Generalized finite element enrichment functions for discontinuous gradient fields." International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering 82.2 (2010), pp. 242–268
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S. C. Olugebefola, A. M. Aragón, C. J. Hansen, A. R. Hamilton, B. D. Kozola, W. Wu, P. H. Geubelle, J. A. Lewis, N. R. Sottos, and S. R. White. "Polymer Microvascular Network Composites." Journal of Composite Materials 44.22 (2010), pp. 2587–2603
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W. Wu, C. J. Hansen, A. M. Aragón, P. H. Geubelle, S. R. White, and J. A. Lewis. "Direct-write assembly of biomimetic microvascular networks for efficient fluid transport." Soft Matter 6 (4 2010), pp. 739–742
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A. M. Aragón, J. K. Wayer, P. H. Geubelle, D. E. Goldberg, and S. R. White. "Design of microvascular flow networks using multi-objective genetic algorithms." Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering 197.49–50 (2008), pp. 4399–4410
Conference publications
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A. C. Azevedo Vasconcelos, D. Schott, A. M. Aragón, and J. Jovanova. "Single-Phase Elastic Metamaterials for Wave Filtering." ASME 2021 Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems. V001T01A015 (2021)
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H. Q. Do, A. M. Aragón, and D. L. Schott. "Automated discrete element method calibration using genetic and optimization algorithms." Powders and Grains – 8th International Conference on Micromechanics on Granular Media 140 (2017), p. 15011
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S. J. van den Boom, A. M. Aragón, and F. van Keulen. "Mesh-independent design of phononic crystals using an advanced finite element formulation." Proceedings of the ASME 2016 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition (2016)
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A. M. Aragón, P. H. Geubelle, and S. R. White. "Bio-mimetic microvascular material for autonomic healing, cooling and sensing applications." Proceedings of the US-Korea Workshop on Bio-Inspired Sensor Technology and Infrastructure Monitoring (2008) Jeju, Korea.
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A. M. Aragón, C. J. Hansen, W. Wu, P. H. Geubelle, J. A. Lewis, and S. R. White. "Computational design and optimization of a biomimetic self-healing/cooling material." Proceedings of SPIE. 6526 (2007), pp. 4399–4410
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W. Wu, C. J. Hansen,, A. M. Aragón, N. R. Sottos, S. R. White, P. H. Geubelle, and J. A. Lewis. "Direct ink writing of microvascular networks." Proceedings of the First International Conference on Self Healing Materials. (2007), Noordwijk aan Zee, The Netherlands.