- Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
- Sallie and Don Davis ’61 Career Development Professor
- Phone: 979-862-6068
- Email: wilkerson@tamu.edu
- Office: MEOB 529
- Website: Research Website
- Linkedin: Profile
Educational Background
- Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University - 2015
- M.S.E., Mechanical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University - 2013
- B.S., Aerospace Engineering, Texas A&M University - 2009
Research Interests
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- Micromechanics and multiscale modeling
- Nanomaterials and multifunctional materials
- Plasticity, failure, fracture, and fragmentation
- Impact mechanics, shock physics, and planetary science
Awards & Honors
- NSF NSF Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award - 2023
- ASME AMD Haythornthwaite Research Initiation Grant Award - 2019
- Donald D. Harrington Faculty Fellow - 2017
- AFOSR Young Investigator Award - 2016
- Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Award - 2015
- National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship - 2010
- National Defense Science & Engineering Graduate Fellowship - 2009
- Ammon S. Andes Award - 2009
Selected Publications
- Mallick, D. D., Parker, J., Wilkerson, et. al., Estimating void nucleation statistics in laser-driven spall. J. Dyn. Behav. Mats., 1-10, 2020.
- Tang, X.C., Nguyen, T., Wilkerson, J.W., et. al., “A cavitation and void growth model for a class of strain-softening amorphous materials," J. Mech. Phys. Solids, 141:104023, 2020.
- Adibi, S., Wilkerson, J.W. “Evolving structure-property relationships in metals with nonequilibrium concentrations of vacancies," J. App. Phys., 127:13, 2020.
- Nguyen, T., Luscher, D.J., Wilkerson, J.W. “A physics-based model and simple scaling law to predict the pressure dependence of single crystal spall strength," J. Mech. Phys. Solids, 137:103875, 2020.
- Mallick, D.D., Williams, C.L., Wilkerson, J.W. “A brief review of spall failure in pure and alloyed magnesium," J. Dyn. Behav. Mats., 1-9, 2020.