John Shaw

Associate Professor

PHONE: (734) 764-3395
EMAIL: jashaw@umich.edu

Specializations & Research Interests
Mechanics of Adaptive Materials and Structures, Instabilities & thermomechanical behavior of solids, and experimental mechanics

Education
Ph.D., Univ. of Texas-Austin, Engineering Mechanics
M.S. Virginia Tech & State Univ., Computer Science
B.S. University of Michigan, Aerospace Engineering

Society Memberships
AIAA
ASME
MRS

Honors and Awards
2002 ASEE Beer-Johnston New Mechanics Educator Award
2001 ONR Young Investigator Award
2000 NSF CAREER Award
1999 Sigma Gamma Tau Silver Shaft Award

Teaching Interests
Intro to Solid Mechanics and Aerospace Structures (Aero 215)
Aerospace Engineering Laboratory I (Aero 305)
Aerospace Structures (Aero 315)
Foundations of Solids and Structural Mechanics I (Aero 513)
Theory of Elastic Stability I (Aero 518 )

Positions Held at Michigan
Associate Professor, Aerospace Engineering, 2003- Present
Assistant Professor, Aerospace Engineering, 1997- 2003

Links
Recent Publications
Complete curriculum vitae [PDF]
Structural Mechanics - Active materials, smart structures, material instabilities, thermo-mechanical constitutive modeling