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Professor of Aerospace and
Mechanical Engineering
Director of Center for Shock-Wave Processing of Advanced Reactive Materials (C-SWARM) Department of Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering  Office Mail Address :
Department of Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering University of Notre Dame 367 Fitzpatrick Hall of Engineering Notre Dame, IN 46556-5637 Phone: +1-574-631-1376 Fax: +1-574-631-8341 E-mail: kmatous@nd.edu |
Short Curriculum Vitae
| Personal Data |
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| Date of Birth | : |
June 27, 1974 | ||
| Place of Birth | : |
Usti nad Labem, Czech Republic | ||
| Citizenship | : |
U.S.
Citizen |
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| Education | ||||
| Ph.D. | : : |
Theoretical and Applied
Mechanics, Czech
Technical University in Prague School of Civil Engineering, Department of Structural Mechanics, 1998-2000 Doctoral thesis title "Analysis and Optimization of Composite Materials and Structures" |
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| M.S. | : : |
Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Czech Technical
University in Prague School of Civil Engineering, Department of Structural Mechanics, 1992-1998 Master thesis title "Optimization of Composite Beams and Rectangular Laminated Plates, Using Method of Simulated Annealing" |
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| Employment, Experience |
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| 07/2019 - present |
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Professor or Aerospace
and Mechanical Engineering |
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| 10/2015 - present | Director of the Center for Shock-Wave Processing of Advanced Reactive Materials (C-SWARM) | |||
| 07/2014 - 06/2019 |
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College of Engineering Collegiate Associate
Professor of Computational Mechanics
Department of Aerospace
and Mechanical Engineering |
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| 04/2014 - 09/2015 |
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Co-Director of the
Center for Shock-Wave Processing of Advanced
Reactive Materials (C-SWARM), the
lead of the Computational Physics Group and the
Software Architect |
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| 10/2009
- 07/2014 |
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Associate
Professor Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering University of Notre Dame |
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| 03/2007
- 09/2009 |
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Principal
Research Scientist Computational Science and Engineering University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
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| 11/2004 - 09/2009 | : |
Adjunct
Assistant Professor Department of Aerospace Engineering University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
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| 09/2003 - 03/2007 | : |
Research
Scientist, University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign |
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| 06/2000 - 08/2003 | : |
Post-doctoral
Research Associate Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Department of Mechanical, Aerospace & Nuclear Engineering |
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| 01/1998 - 05/2000 | : |
Research
Assistant Czech Technical University in Prague Department of Structural Mechanics |
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| 04/1998 - 09/1999 | : |
H
& D Engineering Ltd. Civil and Mechanical Engineer - Statics and Dynamics of Structures and Machines |
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| Grants |
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| 02/2016 - 01/2020 |
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"Adaptive
Multiscale Modeling of High-Strain Dynamics and
Instabilities in Heterogeneous Solids", Los
Alamos National Laboratory, Contract No. 369229: Dr.
Livescu - program manager, K. Matous (PI), ND
Contract $280,158. |
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| 08/2014
- 09/2015 |
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"Modeling Mechanical Performance of Nanoparticle--Reinforced Resins", from Corporate Research Materials Laboratory at 3M ND Contract: $130,000 | ||
| 12/2013 - 03/2016 |
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"3-D
nondestructive imaging techniques for mesoscale
damage analysis of composite materials",
Multiscale Design Systems, LLC - DoD STTR program,
Phase II, Air Force Office of Scientific Research
(AFOSR), FA8651-14-C-0045: Dr. Z. Yuan and Dr. J.
Fish (Company PIs), K. Matous (University PI); Total
Contract $750,000; ND Sub-contract $375,000 |
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| 02/2014 - 03/2020 |
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"Center for Shock
Wave-processing of Advanced Reactive Materials
(C-SWARM)", U.S. Department of Energy,
National Nuclear Security Administration, Predictive
Science Academic Alliances Program II, S. Paolucci
(PI), P. Kogge (PI), A. Lumsdaine (PI, Indiana
University), K. Matous (Lead-PI, Director, Lead
of Computational Physics Team and the Software
Architect), A. Mukasyan (PI), J. Powers (PI),
S. Son (PI, Purdue University), T. Sterling (PI,
Indiana University) and G. Tryggvason (PI); ND
Contract $11,667,500. |
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| 03/2012
- 09/2012 |
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"3-D Nondestructive Imaging Techniques for Mesoscale Damage Analysis of Composite Materials", Multiscale Design Systems, LLC - DoD STTR program, Phase I, The Air Force Office of Scientific Research: Dr. J. Fish (MDS) and Dr. D. Stargel (AFOSR) Program Managers, K. Matous (PI); Amount $48,500 | ||
| 09/2011
- 08/2013 |
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"EAGER: Multiscale Modeling of Heterogeneous Interfaces", NSF, CMMI-1153435, Dr. G.H. Paulino program officer; Amount $134,091 | ||
| 08/2010
- 02/2011 |
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"Utilizing Medical
Imaging Technology for Generation of Mesoscale
Computational Descriptions'',
IllinoisRocstar LLC - DoD SBIR program, Phase I
(FA8651-10-M-0256), Office of Secretary of Defence
(OSD): Dr. M. Brandyberry (IR) and Dr. M. Nixon
(Eglin Air Force Base) program managers, K. Matous;
Amount $20,000 |
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| 08/2010
- 09/2012 |
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"Solid Rocket Motor Propellant Characterization and Material Reconstruction Using High Resolution Tomography", IllinoisRocstar LLC - DoD SBIR program, Office of the secretary of defense (OSD), IR O081-PR2-1058, Phase II: Dr. M. Brandyberry (IR) and Dr. W. Harrigan (Edwards Air Force Base) program managers, K. Matous (PI); Amount $278,148 | ||
| 08/2010 - 09/2012 | : |
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| 03/2010
- 09/2010 |
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"The Behavior Within
Minimum Signature Propellants During Impact
Insensitive Munition Tests",
IllinoisRocstar LLC - DoD SBIR program, Phase I,
U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Research Development
and Engineering Center (AMRDEC): Dr. M. Brandyberry
(IR) and Dr. W. Chew (AMRDEC) program managers, K.
Matous (PI) and J.M. Powers (co-PI); Amount $36,000 |
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| 11/2009
- 05/2010 |
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"Heterogeneous
Solid Propellant Characterization using
Micro-computer Tomography'', Alliant
Techsystems Inc.: Dr. I. L. Davis - program manager,
K. Matous (PI); Amount
$71,062 |
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| 09/2007 - 09/2009 | : |
"Composite Case Improvement for Solid Rocket Motor Insensitive Munition (IM)", Physical Sciences Inc. (PSI) - DoD STTR program, Missile Defense Agency (MDA): Dr. A. Dokhan (PSI) and H.J. Simko (MDA) program managers, K. Matous (PI) and T.L. Jackson (CoPI); Amount $275,260 | ||
| 09/2008
- 03/2009 |
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"Experimental and
Computational Program for Slow and Fast Cookoff
for Insensitive Munitions Testing",
IllinoisRocstar LLC - DoD SBIR program, Phase I,
U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Research Development
and Engineering Center (AMRDEC): Dr. M. Brandyberry
(IR) and Dr. W. Chew (AMRDEC) program managers, K.
Matous (PI) and N. Glumac (Co-PI); Amount $39,500 |
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| 06/2008
- 02/2009 |
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"Solid Rocket Motor
Propellant Characterization and Material
Reconstruction Using High Resolution Tomography",
IllinoisRocstar LLC - DoD SBIR program, Office of
the secretary of defense (OSD), IR O081-PR2-1058,
Phase I: Dr. M. Brandyberry (IR) and Dr. G. Ruderman
(OSD) program managers, K. Matous (PI); Amount $20,000 |
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| 07/2007 - 07/2009 |
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"Development
of Commercially Usable Codes to Simulate
Aluminized Propellant Combustion and Related
Issues", Buckmaster Research - DoD STTR
program, AFOSR: Dr. J. Buckmaster (Buckmaster
Research) and Dr. A. Nachman (AFOSR) program
mangrs., T.L. Jackson (PI), F.M. Najjar and K.
Matous (Co-PIs); Amount $370,000 |
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| 06/2007 - 05/2008 | : |
"MRI: Acquisition of a Multi-Length Scale Ultra High-Resolution X-Ray Nanotomography Instrument", NSF-MRI, P. Braun (PI); Amount $1,998,500 | ||
| 03/2006 - 03/2008 | : |
"Multiscale Modeling of Solid Propellants", ATK/Thiokol, J. Thompson and Dr. I.L. Davis serve as program manager K. Matous (PI) and P.H. Geubelle (CoPI); Amount $287,442 | ||
| 08/2005 - 08/2008 | : |
"Multiscale Experimental and Numerical Design of a Self-Healing Epoxy Adhesive", NSF-CMS 0527965, P.H. Geubelle (PI), K. Matous, N.R. Sottos and S.R. White (CoPIs); Amount $310,000 | ||
| Awards, Honors | ||||
| 2016 |
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Visiting Professor at
the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Mechanics
of Materials, Eindhoven University of Technology,
The Netherlands. Received 10,000 Euros research
grant from the 3TU Research Center Fluids &
Solids, and Eindhoven Multiscale Institute (EMI). |
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| 2013 |
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Elected a Fellow of
ASME |
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| 2010 |
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Former
student of mine, Mohan Kulkarni (Ph.D. 2009 AE,
UIUC, with Prof. Geubelle as co-advisor), has been
selected as an "honorable mention" for the 2010 Melosh
Competition |
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| 2009 |
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An article entitled "Finite element formulation for modeling nonlinear viscoelastic elastomers'' by P. Areias and K. Matous published in Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering has been featured on ScienceDirect Top 25 Hottest articles in October-December 2008 | ||
| 2008 |
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An
article entitled "Multiscale cohesive failure
modeling of heterogeneous adhesives'' by K. Matous,
M.G. Kulkarni and P.H. Geubelle published in Journal
of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids has been
featured on ScienceDirect Top
25 Hottest articles in April-June 2008 |
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| 2007 |
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A student of mine, Mohan Kulkarni (Ph.D.
candidate in AE, with Prof. Geubelle as co-advisor),
won the student presentation competition in the
material modeling specialty area at the 9th U.S.
National Congress on Computational Mechanics
(USNCCM9) in San Francisco |
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| 1999 | : |
Rector's award for the best Ph.D. students, Czech Technical University in Prague | ||
| 1997 | : |
Academician
Z. Bazant's prize, for the outstanding student
researchers School of Civil Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague |
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| 1996 | : |
Academician
Z. Bazant's prize, for the outstanding student
researchers School of Civil Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague |
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