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James C. Newman, Jr., Ph.D.
Emeritus Professor
Richard H. Johnson Chair and W.L. Giles Distinguished Professor
Office: 311E Walker Engineering Building
j.c.newman.jr@ae.msstate.edu
P 662.325.1521
Education
Ph.D., Virginia Polytechic Institute and State University.
Teaching Areas
- Statics
- Dynamics
- Mechanics of Materials
- Elasticity
- Plasticity
- Aircraft Structures
- Fatigue and fracture
Research Areas
- Aircraft structures
- Materials
- Fatigue and fracture
Funding Agencies
- Federal Aviation Administration
- Office of Naval Research
- NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
- Alcoa
- S & K Technologies, Inc.
Books/Chapters
- * Newman, J. C., Jr., "Numerical Modeling of Fatigue Crack Growth" Chapter in Comprehensive Structural Integrity, Vol. 4, R. O. Ritchie and Y. Murakami, eds., Elsevier, June 2003.
Select Journal Publications
- Wang, C. H., Rose, L.R.F. and Newman, J. C., Jr., "Closure of Plane-Strain Cracks under Large-Scale Yielding Conditions," Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures, Vol. 25, No. 2, February 2002, pp.127-139.
- Forth, S. C., Newman, J. C., Jr. and Forman, R. G., "On Generating Fatigue Crack Growth Thresholds", International Journal of Fatigue, Vol. 25, May 2002, pp. 9-15.
- Newman, J. C., Jr., James, M. A. and Zerbst, U., "A Review of the CTOA/CTOD Fracture Criterion," Engineering Fracture Mechanics Journal, Vol. 70, No. 3-4, pp., February 2003, pp. 371-386.
Select Conference Proceedings
- Newman, J. C., Jr. and Phillips, E. P., "Prediction of Crack Growth under Variable-Amplitude and Spectrum Loading in a Titanium Alloy," ASTM/SF2M Symposium in Tours, France, May 2002.
- Newman, J. C., Jr., "Advances in Finite-Element Modeling of Fatigue-Crack Growth and Fracture," Invited Overview Lecture at the Fatigue 2002 Conference, Stockholm, Sweden, June 2002.
- Newman, J. C., Jr., Schneider, J. A., Forth, S. C. and Forman, R. G., "On Generating Crack-Growth Rates in the Near-Threshold Regime," International Conference on Fatigue Damage of Structural Materials IV, Hyannis, MA, September 2002.
Honors and Awards
- Chi Epsilon
- Tau Beta Pi
- NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal, 1981
- NASA Medal for Exceptional Engineering Achievement, 1990
- NASA Superstars in Aeronautics Award, 1998
- American Society of Testing Materials (ASTM), George R. Irwin Medal, 1981
- ASTM Fellow, 1986
- Boeing, Silver Eagle Award, 2001
- U.S. Air Force, John W. Lincoln Medal, 2001
- NASA/ASEE Summer Faculty Fellow, 2002
Professional Memberships
- American Society of Testing Materials (ASTM)
- American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE)