PhD, Aerospace Engineering, University of Illinios, Urbana-Champaign, IL, 2008
MS, Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL,
2002
BS, Mechanical Engineering, State University of New York, Binghamton, NY, 1999
Research Areas
Solid Mechanics
High Strain-rate Mechanical Testing
Impact
Dynamic Failure/Fracture
Recent Publications
J.T. Lloyd, A.J. Matejunas, R. Becker, T.R. Walter, M.W. Priddy, and J. Kimberley.
Dynamic tensile failure of rolled magnesium: Simulations and experiments quantifying
the role of texture and second-phase particles. International Journal of Plasticity,
114:174 – 195, 2019.
A. Fakhimi, P. Azhdari, and J. Kimberley. Physical and numerical evaluation of rock
strength in split hopkinson pressure bar testing. Computers and Geotechnics, 102:1
–11, 2018.
K.T. Ramesh, A.M. Stickle, and J. Kimberley. Rocks, shocks and asteroids, and some
interesting research directions in mechanics. Experimental Mechanics, 57(8):1149–1159,
2017.
Donghyeon Ryu, Nicolas Castaño, Raj Bhakta, and Jamie Kimberley. Fracto-mechanoluminescent light emission of EuD4 TEA-PDMS composites subjected to high strain-rate compressive
loading. Smart Materials and Structures, 26, 2017.
Jastin V. Paul and Jamie Kimberley. A desktop tensile kolsky bar for the dynamic testing
of metallic foils. Journal of Dynamic Behavior of Materials, 1(4):439–446, 2015.
