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Ernie Pan, Ph.D.

Professor of Civil Engineering
Professor of Applied Mathematics

E-mail: pan2@uakron.edu
Tel: (330) 972-6739 (Office); (330) 972-6020 (Fax)
Mailing Address:
ASEC Room 534, Dept. of Civil Engineering,
The University of Akron, Akron, OH 44325-3905

Education

Ph.D. University of Colorado at Boulder, 1993.
M.S. Peking University, Beijing, China,1985.
B.S. Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China, 1982.

Research [click here for more information]

1. Mechanics of nanostructures and semiconductor quantum heterostructures.
2. Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) and magneto-electro-elastic coupling.
3. Wave propagation and nondestructive evaluation.
4. Layered structures and composite laminates.
5. Green's functions and applications.
6. Computational mechanics.
7. Geomechanics.
8. MultiSmart3D--- A New Software Package for Pavement Analysis.
9. SmartGrowth--- A New Software Package for 2D Quantum Dots Growth Simulation.

Highly Cited Articles on Multiferroics from Our Research Group

1. Exact Solution for Simply Supported and Multilayered Magneto-Electro-Elastic Plates
    Journal of Applied Mechanics-Transactions of the ASME, Volume 68, Issue 4, July 2001, Pages 608-618
    E. Pan | PDF (154 K)
2. The General Solution of Three-dimensional Problems in Magnetoelectroelastic Media
    International Journal of Engineering Science, Volume 40, Issue 10, June 2002, Pages 1069-1080
    X. Wang, Y.P. Shen | PDF (117 K)
3. Free Vibrations of Simply Supported and Multilayered Magneto-Electro-Elastic Plates
    Journal of Sound and Vibration, Volume 252, Issue 3, 2 May 2002, Pages 429-442
    E. Pan, P.R. Heyliger | PDF (228K)

Frequently Cited Articles on Green’s Functions and BEMs

1. A general boundary element analysis of 2-D linear elastic fracture mechanics
    International Journal of Fracture, 88: 41-59
    Pan, E. (1997) | PDF (198K)
2. Static Green's functions in multilayered half-spaces
    Applied Mathematical Modelling,
21: 509-521 (a brief review on the topic)

    Pan, E. (1997) | PDF (926K)
3. A BEM analysis of fracture mechanics in 2-D anisotropic piezoelectric solids
    Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements
, 23: 67-76 (with infinite-plane, half-plane, and bimaterial piezoelectric Green’s functions)

    Pan, E. (1999) | PDF (147K)
4. Three-dimensional Green’s functions in anisotropic bimaterials
    International Journal of Solids and Structures, 37: 5329-5351
    Pan, E. and Yuan, F. G.
(2000) | PDF (468K)
5. Three-dimensional Green’s functions in anisotropic piezoelectric solids
    International Journal of Solids and Structures, 37: 943- 958
    Pan, E. and Tonon, F.
(2000) | PDF (245K)
6. Three-dimensional Green’s functions in anisotropic piezoelectric bimaterials
    International Journal of Engineering Science, 38: 1939-1960
    Pan, E. and Yuan, F. G. (2000) | PDF (496K)

7. Three-dimensional Green’s functions in anisotropic magneto-electro-elastic bimaterials
    Journal of Applied Mathematics and Physics (ZAMP, Zeitschrift für Angewandte Mathematik und Physik) 53: 815-838
    Pan, E. (2002) | PDF (265K)

(count from June 12, 2008)

Last updated: June 7, 2008
©2008 Prof. Pan's Group
ASEC Room 534, Dept. of Civil Engineering, The University of Akron, Akron, OH 44325-3905