1. people
Photo of Frank Zok

Frank Zok

Distinguished Professor
Materials
UC Santa Barbara
Phone:
+1 805-893-8699
Email:
zok@engineering.ucsb.edu
Website:
Website

Research Focus Areas

Research Interests

Design, fabrication and performance of materials and structures. Topics include novel structural concepts for protection against high-intensity blast and ballistic threats and nanomechanics of biological materials.

News

Displaying 1 - 18 of 18

ICB Supported Publications

Tough Multimaterial Interfaces through Wavelength-Selective 3DPrinting

Neil D. Dolinski, E. Benjamin Callaway, Caitlin S. Sample, Luke F. Gockowski, Roberto Chavez, Zachariah A. Page, Fabian Eisenreich, Stefan Hecht, Megan T. Valentine, Frank W. Zok and Craig J. Hawker
Applied Materials & Interfaces,
10.1021/acsami.1c06062

A bi-material concept for periodic dissipative lattices 

Amanda L. Ruschel, Frank W. Zok
Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids ,
10.1016/j.jmps.2020.104144

Damping in cellular structures made from composite struts and walls with elastic and viscoelastic phases

Steven C.Wehmeyer, Brett G.Compton, J.William Pro, Frank Zok, Matthew R.Begley
Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids ,
10.1016/j.jmps.2020.104106

Integrating lattice materials science into the traditional processing–structure–properties paradigm

Frank W. Zok
MRS Communications,
10.1557/mrc.2019.152

Post-buckling and dynamic response of angled struts in elastic lattices

Steven Wehmeyer, Frank W. Zok, Christopher Eberl, Peter Gumbsch, Noy Cohen, Robert M. McMeeking, Matthew R. Begley
Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids,
10.1016/j.jmps.2019.103693

Defect Sensitivity of Truss Strength

Ryan M. Latture, Matthew R. Begley , FrankW. Zok
Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmps.2018.10.019

Defect Sensitivity of Truss Strength

Ryan M. Latture, Matthew R. Begley and Frank W. Zok
Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids,
10.1016/j.jmps.2018.10.019

Solution Mask Liquid Lithography (SMaLL) for One-Step, Multimaterial 3D Printing

Neil D. Dolinski, Zachariah A. Page, E. Benjamin Callaway, Fabian Eisenreich, Ronnie V. Garcia, Roberto Chavez, David P. Bothman, Stefan Hecht, Frank W. Zok, and Craig J. Hawker
Advanced Materials,
10.1002/adma.201800364

Effects of nodal fillets and external boundaries on compressive response of an octet truss

Ryan M. Latture, Ricardo X. Rodriguez, Larry R. Holmes Jr., and Frank W. Zok
Acta Materialia,
10.1016/j.actamat.2017.12.060

Design and mechanical properties of elastically isotropic trusses

Ryan M. Latture, Matthew R. Begley, and Frank W. Zok
Journal of Materials Research,
10.1557/jmr.2018.2

Periodic truss structures

Zok, F. W., Latture, R.M. and Begley, M.R.
Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids,
10.1016/j.jmps.2016.07.007

A concept for mitigating head injury under translational blunt impact

O. Nazarian, M. R. Begley, and F. W. Zok
International Journal of Crashworthiness,
10.1080/13588265.2015.1038866

Compressive response of pyramidal lattices embedded in foams

C. I. Hammetter and F. W. Zok
J. Appl. Mech.,
10.1115/1.4024408

Optimal material properties for mitigating brain injury during head impact

M. R. Begley and F. W. Zok
J. Appl. Mech.,
10.1115/1.4024992

Pyramidal Lattice Structures for High Strength and Energy Absorption

C. I. Hammetter, R. G. Rinaldi, and F. W. Zok
 Journal of Applied Mechanics,
10.1115/1.4007865

Ameliorating property gradients in photocured polymer lattices via thermal curing

R. G. Rinaldi, C. I. Hammetter, and F. W. Zok
Materials Letters,
10.1016/j.matlet.2013.04.048

Deformation stabilization of lattice structures via foam addition

J. Bernal Ostos, R. G. Rinaldi, C. I. Hammetter, G. D. Stucky, F. W. Zok, and A. J. Jacobsen
Acta Materialia,
10.1016/j.actamat.2012.07.053

Effects of material heterogeneities on the compressive response of thiol-ene pyramidal lattices

R. Rinaldi, J. Bernal-Ostos, C. Hammetter, A. Jacobsen, and F. Zok
Journal of Materials Science,
10.1007/s10853-012-6598-5
Emblems