Boyd, James G


Title: Associate Professor
College: Engineering
Department: Aerospace Engineering
Email: jboyd@aero.tamu.edu
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Short Bio:

JAMES G. BOYD

 

Associate Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering , 3141 TAMU,Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-3141, phone: (979) 220-1211   jgboyd@tamu.edu

 

Professional Preparation

University of Texas at Austin,    Mechanical Engineering,     B.S.,     1983

Texas A&M University,             Bioengineering,                    M.S.,    1988

Texas A&M University,             Aerospace Engineering,        Ph.D.,  1994

 

Appointments

Associate Professor of Aerospace Engineering, Texas A&M University,

          September 2000 – present.

Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Illinois at Chicago,

          August 1994 – August 2000.

Visiting Assistant Professor of Aerospace Engineering, Texas A&M University,      

          September 1992 - July 1994. Taught materials science lecture and lab.


Research:

Smart materials, multifunctional structures, nano and microscale couple electrical-chemical-mechanical phenomena, Microelectromechanical Systems, Nanoelectromechanical Systems, shape memory alloy structures


Recent Publications:

 

Related Products

J.G. Boyd, J. Lee, “Deflection and pull-in instability of nanoscale beams in liquid electrolytes,” J Colloid & Interface Science, Vol. 356, Issue 2, p.387-394, 2011.

 

J. Whitcomb, J. Lim, J. Boyd, J. Varghese, “Effect of electrode pore geometry modeled using Nernst-Planck-Poisson-Modified Stern layer (NPPMS) model,” Computation Mechanics, 43, 461-475, 2009.

 

Boyd, J.G., Kim, S.-H., and Mani, S., “Methodology for using residual stresses for self-assembly during deposition and etching of microstructures under external load,” J. Micromech. Microeng. Vol. 17, pp. 452-461, 2007.

 

Boyd, J.G., and Kim, D., "Nanoscale electrostatic actuators in liquid electrolytes," J. Colloid Interface Science, Vol.301, pp.542-548, 2006.

 

J. Whitcomb, J. Lim, J. Boyd, J. Varghese, “Transient finite element analysis of electric double layer using Nernst-Planck-Poisson equations with a modified Stern layer,” J. Colloidal and Interface Science, 305 (2007), 159-174

 

Other Related Products

Kim, S.-H., and Boyd, J.G., “A new technique for measuring Young’s modulus of electroplated nickel using AFM,” Meas. Sci. Technol., vol.17, pp.2343-2348, 2006.

 

Tabesh, M., Liu, B., Boyd, J., and Lagoudas, D.C., 2013, “Analytical solution for pseudoelastic response of a shape memory alloy thick-walled cylinder under internal pressure”, Smart Materials and Structures, 22: 094007.

 

Lee, J-S, Boyd, J.G., Lagoudas D.C., “Effective Properties of Three-Phase Electro-Magneto-Elastic Composites,” International Journal of Engineering Science, 43, 790-825, 2005.

 

Boyd, J.G. and Lagoudas, D.C., “A Thermodynamical Constitutive Model for Shape  Memory Materials. Part I. The Monolithic Shape Memory Alloy,” International Journal of Plasticity, Vol.12, No.6, pp.805-842, 1996.

 

Enikov, E.T. and Boyd, J.G., “A Finite Element Formulation for Anodic Bonding,” Smart Materials and Structures, 9, No. 6, 737-750, 2000.


Keywords:

structural batteries, structural supercapacitors, electrochemistry, nanomechanics, carbon nanofibers