Micro and Nano Mechanics Group - User contributions [en]

Ryan Sills

2019-08-27T00:47:10Z

Rbsills: /* Ryan B. Sills, Ph.D. */

=Ryan B. Sills, Ph.D.=

Ryan is a former Ph.D. student in Mechanical Engineering and is now an Assistant Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Rutgers University in Piscataway, NJ. See his [https://mse.rutgers.edu/fac/ryan-sills/ profile page at Rutgers] for current information.

== Education ==

Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, March 2016 
M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, June 2010 
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Cornell University, May 2009

== Contact Information ==

Email: ryan.sills@rutgers.edu

Ryan Sills

2016-02-23T17:14:14Z

Rbsills: /* Ryan B. Sills */

=Ryan B. Sills, Ph.D.=

Ryan is a former Ph.D. student in Mechanical Engineering and is now a staff member at Sandia National Laboratories. His research is on dislocation dynamics and work hardening in face-centered cubic metals. He is currently working to develop efficient time integration schemes for three-dimensional dislocation dynamics simulations and models for simulating solid solution and precipitation strengthening.

== Education ==

Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, March 2016 
M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, June 2010 
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Cornell University, May 2009

== Career ==

Member of Technical Staff, Sandia National Laboratories, Sept. 2014 - Present 
Doctoral Study Program, Sandia National Laboratories, Sept. 2012 - Sept. 2014 
Member of Technical Staff, Sandia National Laboratories, Sept. 2010 - Sept. 2012

== Publications ==

'''R. B. Sills''', A. Aghaei, W. Kuykendall, and W. Cai, "Fundamentals of Dislocation Dynamics Simulations", in Multiscale Materials Modeling for Nanomechanics, Eds. C. Weinberger and G. Tucker, Springer (2016).

'''R. B. Sills''' and W. Cai, ''Solute Drag on Perfect and Extended Dislocations'', Accepted, Philosophical Magazine (2016).

'''R. B. Sills''', A. Aghaei, and W. Cai, ''Advanced Time Integration Algorithms for Dislocation Dynamics Simulations of Work Hardening'', Submitted to MSMSE (2016).

'''R. B. Sills''' and M. D. Thouless, ''Theoretical Aspects of Cohesive-Length Scales'', In Preparation (2015).

Y. Sun, '''R. B. Sills''', X. Hu, Z. W. Seh, X. Xiao, H. Xu, W. Luo, H. Jin, Y. Xin, T. Li, Z. Zhang, J. Zhou, W. Cai, Y. Huang, and Y. Cui, ''A Bamboo-Inspired Nanostructure Design for Flexible, Foldable, and Twistable Energy Storage Devices'', Nano Letters, 15, 3899-3906 (2015).

'''R. B. Sills''' and M. D. Thouless, ''Cohesive-Length Scales for Damage and Toughening Mechanisms,'' International Journal of Solids and Structures, In-Press (2014).

W. Cai, '''R. B. Sills''', D. M. Barnett, and W. D. Nix, ''Modeling a Distribution of Point Defects as Misfitting Inclusions in Stressed Solids'', Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 66 154-171 (2014).

'''R. B. Sills''' and W. Cai, ''Efficient Time Integration in Dislocation Dynamics'', Modeling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering, 22 (2014) 025003.

'''R. B. Sills''' and M. D. Thouless, ''The Effect of Cohesive-Law Parameters on Mixed-Mode Fracture,'' Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 109, 353-368, (2013).

== Contact Information ==

Email: rbsills@sandia.gov

Group Members

2016-02-23T17:08:49Z

Rbsills: /* Former Members */

__NOTOC__
===Professor===
:[[Wei Cai]]

===Graduate Students===
:[[Yanming Wang]]
:[[Ryan Sills]]
:[[Nicolas Bertin]]

===Former Members===
:[[Amin Aghaei | Amin Aghaei (former postdoc)]]
:[[William Kuykendall | William Kuykendall (former PhD student)]]
:[[William Cash | William Cash (former PhD student)]]
:[[Hark Lee | Hark Lee (former PhD student)]]
:[[Ill Ryu | Ill Ryu (former PhD student)]]
:[[Jie Yin | Jie Yin (former PhD student)]]
:[[Seunghwa Ryu | Seunghwa Ryu (former PhD student) ]]
:[[Seokwoo Lee | Seokwoo Lee (former PhD student) ]]
:[[Haneesh Kesari | Haneesh Kesari (former PhD student)]]
:[[Chris Weinberger | Chris Weinberger (former PhD student)]]
:[[William Fong | William Fong (guest)]]
:[[Alfredo Correa | Alfredo Correa (former postdoc)]]
:[[Keonwook Kang | Keonwook Kang (former PhD student)]]
:[[Eunseok Lee | Eunseok Lee (former PhD student)]]
:[[Sylvie Aubry | Sylvie Aubry (former Research Associate)]]

===Outreach Collaborator===
:[[Alfonso Garcia | Alfonso Garcia (high school teacher)]]

Group Members

2016-02-23T17:07:40Z

Rbsills: /* Graduate Students */

__NOTOC__
===Professor===
:[[Wei Cai]]

===Graduate Students===
:[[Yanming Wang]]
:[[Ryan Sills]]
:[[Nicolas Bertin]]

===Former Members===
:[[William Cash | William Cash (former PhD student)]]
:[[Hark Lee | Hark Lee (former PhD student)]]
:[[Ill Ryu | Ill Ryu (former PhD student)]]
:[[Jie Yin | Jie Yin (former PhD student)]]
:[[Seunghwa Ryu | Seunghwa Ryu (former PhD student) ]]
:[[Seokwoo Lee | Seokwoo Lee (former PhD student) ]]
:[[Haneesh Kesari | Haneesh Kesari (former PhD student)]]
:[[Chris Weinberger | Chris Weinberger (former PhD student)]]
:[[William Fong | William Fong (guest)]]
:[[Alfredo Correa | Alfredo Correa (former postdoc)]]
:[[Keonwook Kang | Keonwook Kang (former PhD student)]]
:[[Eunseok Lee | Eunseok Lee (former PhD student)]]
:[[Sylvie Aubry | Sylvie Aubry (former Research Associate)]]

===Outreach Collaborator===
:[[Alfonso Garcia | Alfonso Garcia (high school teacher)]]

Ryan Sills

2015-06-17T15:34:15Z

Rbsills: /* Publications */

=Ryan B. Sills=

Ryan is a Ph.D. candidate in Mechanical Engineering and is supported by Sandia National Laboratories. His research is on dislocation dynamics and work hardening in face-centered cubic metals. He is currently working to develop efficient time integration schemes for three-dimensional dislocation dynamics simulations and models for simulating solid solution and precipitation strengthening.

== Education ==

M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, June 2010 
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Cornell University, May 2009

== Career ==

Member of Technical Staff, Sandia National Laboratories, Sept. 2014 - Present 
Doctoral Study Program, Sandia National Laboratories, Sept. 2012 - Sept. 2014 
Member of Technical Staff, Sandia National Laboratories, Sept. 2010 - Sept. 2012

== Publications ==
'''R. B. Sills''' and W. Cai, ''Solute Drag on Perfect and Extended Dislocations'', In Preparation (2015).

'''R. B. Sills''', A. Aghaei, and W. Cai, ''Advanced Time Integration Algorithms for Dislocation Dynamics Simulations of Work Hardening'', In Preparation (2015).

'''R. B. Sills''' and M. D. Thouless, ''Theoretical Aspects of Cohesive-Length Scales'', In Preparation (2015).

Y. Sun, '''R. B. Sills''', X. Hu, Z. W. Seh, X. Xiao, H. Xu, W. Luo, H. Jin, Y. Xin, T. Li, Z. Zhang, J. Zhou, W. Cai, Y. Huang, and Y. Cui, ''A Bamboo-Inspired Nanostructure Design for Flexible, Foldable, and Twistable Energy Storage Devices'', Nano Letters, 15, 3899-3906 (2015).

'''R. B. Sills''' and M. D. Thouless, ''Cohesive-Length Scales for Damage and Toughening Mechanisms,'' International Journal of Solids and Structures, In-Press (2014).

W. Cai, '''R. B. Sills''', D. M. Barnett, and W. D. Nix, ''Modeling a Distribution of Point Defects as Misfitting Inclusions in Stressed Solids'', Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 66 154-171 (2014).

'''R. B. Sills''' and W. Cai, ''Efficient Time Integration in Dislocation Dynamics'', Modeling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering, 22 (2014) 025003.

'''R. B. Sills''' and M. D. Thouless, ''The Effect of Cohesive-Law Parameters on Mixed-Mode Fracture,'' Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 109, 353-368, (2013).

== Contact Information ==

Durand 204 
496 Lomita Mall 
Stanford, CA 94305

Email: rbsills@stanford.edu

Ryan Sills

2014-10-15T15:52:00Z

Rbsills: /* Ryan B. Sills */

=Ryan B. Sills=

Ryan is a Ph.D. candidate in Mechanical Engineering and is supported by Sandia National Laboratories. His research is on dislocation dynamics and work hardening in face-centered cubic metals. He is currently working to develop efficient time integration schemes for three-dimensional dislocation dynamics simulations and models for simulating solid solution and precipitation strengthening.

== Education ==

M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, June 2010 
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Cornell University, May 2009

== Career ==

Member of Technical Staff, Sandia National Laboratories, Sept. 2014 - Present 
Doctoral Study Program, Sandia National Laboratories, Sept. 2012 - Sept. 2014 
Member of Technical Staff, Sandia National Laboratories, Sept. 2010 - Sept. 2012

== Publications ==
'''R. B. Sills''' and W. Cai, ''Solute Drag on Perfect and Extended Dislocations'', In Preparation (2014).

'''R. B. Sills''', A. Aghaei, and W. Cai, ''Advanced Time Integration Algorithms for Dislocation Dynamics Simulations of Work Hardening'', In Preparation (2014).

'''R. B. Sills''' and M. D. Thouless, ''Theoretical Aspects of Cohesive-Length Scales'', In Preparation (2014).

'''R. B. Sills''' and M. D. Thouless, ''Cohesive-Length Scales for Damage and Toughening Mechanisms,'' International Journal of Solids and Structures, In-Press (2014).

W. Cai, '''R. B. Sills''', D. M. Barnett, and W. D. Nix, ''Modeling a Distribution of Point Defects as Misfitting Inclusions in Stressed Solids'', Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 66 154-171 (2014).

'''R. B. Sills''' and W. Cai, ''Efficient Time Integration in Dislocation Dynamics'', Modeling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering, 22 (2014) 025003.

'''R. B. Sills''' and M. D. Thouless, ''The Effect of Cohesive-Law Parameters on Mixed-Mode Fracture,'' Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 109, 353-368, (2013).

== Contact Information ==

Durand 204 
496 Lomita Mall 
Stanford, CA 94305

Email: rbsills@stanford.edu

Ryan Sills

2014-09-24T16:37:12Z

Rbsills: /* Publications */

=Ryan B. Sills=

Ryan is a Ph.D. candidate in Mechanical Engineering and is supported by Sandia National Laboratories. His research is on dislocation dynamics and work hardening in face-centered cubic metals. He is currently working to develop efficient time integration schemes for three-dimensional dislocation dynamics simulations and models for simulating solid solution strengthening.

== Education ==

M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, June 2010 
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Cornell University, May 2009

== Career ==

Member of Technical Staff, Sandia National Laboratories, Sept. 2014 - Present 
Doctoral Study Program, Sandia National Laboratories, Sept. 2012 - Sept. 2014 
Member of Technical Staff, Sandia National Laboratories, Sept. 2010 - Sept. 2012

== Publications ==
'''R. B. Sills''' and W. Cai, ''Solute Drag on Perfect and Extended Dislocations'', In Preparation (2014).

'''R. B. Sills''', A. Aghaei, and W. Cai, ''Advanced Time Integration Algorithms for Dislocation Dynamics Simulations of Work Hardening'', In Preparation (2014).

'''R. B. Sills''' and M. D. Thouless, ''Theoretical Aspects of Cohesive-Length Scales'', In Preparation (2014).

'''R. B. Sills''' and M. D. Thouless, ''Cohesive-Length Scales for Damage and Toughening Mechanisms,'' International Journal of Solids and Structures, In-Press (2014).

W. Cai, '''R. B. Sills''', D. M. Barnett, and W. D. Nix, ''Modeling a Distribution of Point Defects as Misfitting Inclusions in Stressed Solids'', Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 66 154-171 (2014).

'''R. B. Sills''' and W. Cai, ''Efficient Time Integration in Dislocation Dynamics'', Modeling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering, 22 (2014) 025003.

'''R. B. Sills''' and M. D. Thouless, ''The Effect of Cohesive-Law Parameters on Mixed-Mode Fracture,'' Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 109, 353-368, (2013).

== Contact Information ==

Durand 204 
496 Lomita Mall 
Stanford, CA 94305

Email: rbsills@stanford.edu

Ryan Sills

2014-09-24T16:36:55Z

Rbsills: /* Career */

=Ryan B. Sills=

Ryan is a Ph.D. candidate in Mechanical Engineering and is supported by Sandia National Laboratories. His research is on dislocation dynamics and work hardening in face-centered cubic metals. He is currently working to develop efficient time integration schemes for three-dimensional dislocation dynamics simulations and models for simulating solid solution strengthening.

== Education ==

M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, June 2010 
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Cornell University, May 2009

== Career ==

Member of Technical Staff, Sandia National Laboratories, Sept. 2014 - Present 
Doctoral Study Program, Sandia National Laboratories, Sept. 2012 - Sept. 2014 
Member of Technical Staff, Sandia National Laboratories, Sept. 2010 - Sept. 2012

== Publications ==
'''R. B. Sills''' and W. Cai, ''Solute Drag on Perfect and Extended Dislocations'', In Preparation (2014).

'''R. B. Sills''', A. Aghaei, and W. Cai, ''Advanced Time Integration Algorithms for Dislocation Dynamics Simulations of Work Hardening'', In Preparation (2014).

'''R. B. Sills''' and M. D. Thouless, ''Theoretical Aspects of Cohesive-Length Scales, In Preparation (2014).

'''R. B. Sills''' and M. D. Thouless, ''Cohesive-Length Scales for Damage and Toughening Mechanisms,'' International Journal of Solids and Structures, In-Press (2014).

W. Cai, '''R. B. Sills''', D. M. Barnett, and W. D. Nix, ''Modeling a Distribution of Point Defects as Misfitting Inclusions in Stressed Solids'', Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 66 154-171 (2014).

'''R. B. Sills''' and W. Cai, ''Efficient Time Integration in Dislocation Dynamics'', Modeling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering, 22 (2014) 025003.

'''R. B. Sills''' and M. D. Thouless, ''The Effect of Cohesive-Law Parameters on Mixed-Mode Fracture,'' Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 109, 353-368, (2013).

== Contact Information ==

Durand 204 
496 Lomita Mall 
Stanford, CA 94305

Email: rbsills@stanford.edu

Ryan Sills

2014-09-24T16:36:37Z

Rbsills: /* Ryan B. Sills */

=Ryan B. Sills=

Ryan is a Ph.D. candidate in Mechanical Engineering and is supported by Sandia National Laboratories. His research is on dislocation dynamics and work hardening in face-centered cubic metals. He is currently working to develop efficient time integration schemes for three-dimensional dislocation dynamics simulations and models for simulating solid solution strengthening.

== Education ==

M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, June 2010 
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Cornell University, May 2009

== Career ==

Member of Technical Staff, Sandia National Laboratories, Sept. 2014 - Current 
Doctoral Study Program, Sandia National Laboratories, Sept. 2012 - Sept. 2014 
Member of Technical Staff, Sandia National Laboratories, Sept. 2010 - Sept. 2012

== Publications ==
'''R. B. Sills''' and W. Cai, ''Solute Drag on Perfect and Extended Dislocations'', In Preparation (2014).

'''R. B. Sills''', A. Aghaei, and W. Cai, ''Advanced Time Integration Algorithms for Dislocation Dynamics Simulations of Work Hardening'', In Preparation (2014).

'''R. B. Sills''' and M. D. Thouless, ''Theoretical Aspects of Cohesive-Length Scales, In Preparation (2014).

'''R. B. Sills''' and M. D. Thouless, ''Cohesive-Length Scales for Damage and Toughening Mechanisms,'' International Journal of Solids and Structures, In-Press (2014).

W. Cai, '''R. B. Sills''', D. M. Barnett, and W. D. Nix, ''Modeling a Distribution of Point Defects as Misfitting Inclusions in Stressed Solids'', Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 66 154-171 (2014).

'''R. B. Sills''' and W. Cai, ''Efficient Time Integration in Dislocation Dynamics'', Modeling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering, 22 (2014) 025003.

'''R. B. Sills''' and M. D. Thouless, ''The Effect of Cohesive-Law Parameters on Mixed-Mode Fracture,'' Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 109, 353-368, (2013).

== Contact Information ==

Durand 204 
496 Lomita Mall 
Stanford, CA 94305

Email: rbsills@stanford.edu

Ryan Sills

2014-09-24T16:36:03Z

Rbsills: /* Ryan B. Sills */

=Ryan B. Sills=

Ryan is a Ph.D. candidate in Mechanical Engineering and is supported by Sandia National Laboratories. His research is on dislocation dynamics and work hardening in face-centered cubic metals. He is currently working to develop efficient time integration schemes for three-dimensional dislocation dynamics simulations and models for simulating solid solution strengthening.

== Education ==

M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, June 2010 
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Cornell University, May 2009

== Career ==

Member of Technical Staff, Sandia National Laboratories, Sept. 2014 - Current
Doctoral Study Program, Sandia National Laboratories, Sept. 2012 - Sept. 2014
Member of Technical Staff, Sandia National Laboratories, Sept. 2010 - Sept. 2012

== Publications ==
'''R. B. Sills''' and W. Cai, ''Solute Drag on Perfect and Extended Dislocations'', In Preparation (2014).

'''R. B. Sills''', A. Aghaei, and W. Cai, ''Advanced Time Integration Algorithms for Dislocation Dynamics Simulations of Work Hardening'', In Preparation (2014).

'''R. B. Sills''' and M. D. Thouless, ''Theoretical Aspects of Cohesive-Length Scales, In Preparation (2014).

'''R. B. Sills''' and M. D. Thouless, ''Cohesive-Length Scales for Damage and Toughening Mechanisms,'' International Journal of Solids and Structures, In-Press (2014).

W. Cai, '''R. B. Sills''', D. M. Barnett, and W. D. Nix, ''Modeling a Distribution of Point Defects as Misfitting Inclusions in Stressed Solids'', Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 66 154-171 (2014).

'''R. B. Sills''' and W. Cai, ''Efficient Time Integration in Dislocation Dynamics'', Modeling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering, 22 (2014) 025003.

'''R. B. Sills''' and M. D. Thouless, ''The Effect of Cohesive-Law Parameters on Mixed-Mode Fracture,'' Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 109, 353-368, (2013).

== Contact Information ==

Durand 204 
496 Lomita Mall 
Stanford, CA 94305

Email: rbsills@stanford.edu

Ryan Sills

2014-06-19T13:48:29Z

Rbsills: /* Publications */

=Ryan B. Sills=

Ryan is a Ph.D. candidate in Mechanical Engineering and is supported by the Doctoral Study Program at Sandia National Laboratories. His research is on dislocation dynamics in face-centered cubic metals. He is currently working to develop efficient time integration schemes for three-dimensional dislocation dynamics simulations and models for simulating solid solution strengthening.

== Education ==

M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, June 2010 
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Cornell University, May 2009

== Career ==

Member of Technical Staff, Sandia National Laboratories, Sept. 2010 - Sept. 2012

== Publications ==
'''R. B. Sills''' and W. Cai, ''Solute Drag on Perfect and Extended Dislocations'', In Preparation (2014).

'''R. B. Sills''', A. Aghaei, and W. Cai, ''Advanced Time Integration Algorithms for Dislocation Dynamics Simulations of Work Hardening'', In Preparation (2014).

'''R. B. Sills''' and M. D. Thouless, ''Cohesive-Length Scales for Damage and Toughening Mechanisms,'' International Journal of Solids and Structures, In-Press (2014).

W. Cai, '''R. B. Sills''', D. M. Barnett, and W. D. Nix, ''Modeling a Distribution of Point Defects as Misfitting Inclusions in Stressed Solids'', Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 66 154-171 (2014).

'''R. B. Sills''' and W. Cai, ''Efficient Time Integration in Dislocation Dynamics'', Modeling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering, 22 (2014) 025003.

'''R. B. Sills''' and M. D. Thouless, ''The Effect of Cohesive-Law Parameters on Mixed-Mode Fracture,'' Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 109, 353-368, (2013).

== Contact Information ==

Durand 204 
496 Lomita Mall 
Stanford, CA 94305

Email: rbsills@stanford.edu

Ryan Sills

2014-06-19T13:43:00Z

Rbsills: /* Publications */

=Ryan B. Sills=

Ryan is a Ph.D. candidate in Mechanical Engineering and is supported by the Doctoral Study Program at Sandia National Laboratories. His research is on dislocation dynamics in face-centered cubic metals. He is currently working to develop efficient time integration schemes for three-dimensional dislocation dynamics simulations and models for simulating solid solution strengthening.

== Education ==

M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, June 2010 
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Cornell University, May 2009

== Career ==

Member of Technical Staff, Sandia National Laboratories, Sept. 2010 - Sept. 2012

== Publications ==
'''R. B. Sills''' and M. D. Thouless, ''Cohesive-Length Scales for Damage and Toughening Mechanisms,'' International Journal of Solids and Structures, In-Press (2014).

W. Cai, '''R. B. Sills''', D. M. Barnett, and W. D. Nix, ''Modeling a Distribution of Point Defects as Misfitting Inclusions in Stressed Solids'', Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 66 154-171 (2014).

'''R. B. Sills''' and W. Cai, ''Efficient Time Integration in Dislocation Dynamics'', Modeling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering, 22 (2014) 025003.

'''R. B. Sills''' and M. D. Thouless, ''The Effect of Cohesive-Law Parameters on Mixed-Mode Fracture,'' Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 109, 353-368, (2013).

== Contact Information ==

Durand 204 
496 Lomita Mall 
Stanford, CA 94305

Email: rbsills@stanford.edu

Ryan Sills

2014-04-08T15:19:30Z

Rbsills: /* Publications */

=Ryan B. Sills=

Ryan is a Ph.D. candidate in Mechanical Engineering and is supported by the Doctoral Study Program at Sandia National Laboratories. His research is on dislocation dynamics in face-centered cubic metals. He is currently working to develop efficient time integration schemes for three-dimensional dislocation dynamics simulations and models for simulating solid solution strengthening.

== Education ==

M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, June 2010 
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Cornell University, May 2009

== Career ==

Member of Technical Staff, Sandia National Laboratories, Sept. 2010 - Sept. 2012

== Publications ==
'''R. B. Sills''' and M. D. Thouless, ''Cohesive-Length Scales for Intrinsic and Extrinsic Toughening Mechanisms,'' International Journal of Solids and Structures, Submitted (2014).

W. Cai, '''R. B. Sills''', D. M. Barnett, and W. D. Nix, ''Modeling a Distribution of Point Defects as Misfitting Inclusions in Stressed Solids'', Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 66 154-171 (2014).

'''R. B. Sills''' and W. Cai, ''Efficient Time Integration in Dislocation Dynamics'', Modeling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering, 22 (2014) 025003.

'''R. B. Sills''' and M. D. Thouless, ''The Effect of Cohesive-Law Parameters on Mixed-Mode Fracture,'' Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 109, 353-368, (2013).

== Contact Information ==

Durand 204 
496 Lomita Mall 
Stanford, CA 94305

Email: rbsills@stanford.edu

Ryan Sills

2014-04-01T16:02:52Z

Rbsills: /* Publications */

=Ryan B. Sills=

Ryan is a Ph.D. candidate in Mechanical Engineering and is supported by the Doctoral Study Program at Sandia National Laboratories. His research is on dislocation dynamics in face-centered cubic metals. He is currently working to develop efficient time integration schemes for three-dimensional dislocation dynamics simulations and models for simulating solid solution strengthening.

== Education ==

M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, June 2010 
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Cornell University, May 2009

== Career ==

Member of Technical Staff, Sandia National Laboratories, Sept. 2010 - Sept. 2012

== Publications ==
'''R. B. Sills''' and M. D. Thouless, ''Cohesive-Length Scales for Intrinsic and Extrinsic Toughening Mechanisms,'' International Journal of Solids and Structures, Submitted (2014).

W. Cai, '''R. B. Sills''', D. M. Barnett, and W. D. Nix, [[media:Cai_SoluteEq_JMPS(2014).pdf |''Modeling a Distribution of Point Defects as Misfitting Inclusions in Stressed Solids'']], Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 66 154-171 (2014).

'''R. B. Sills''' and W. Cai, [[media:Dd_integrators_final.pdf |''Efficient Time Integration in Dislocation Dynamics'']], Modeling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering, 22 (2014) 025003.

'''R. B. Sills''' and M. D. Thouless, ''The Effect of Cohesive-Law Parameters on Mixed-Mode Fracture,'' Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 109, 353-368, (2013).

== Contact Information ==

Durand 204 
496 Lomita Mall 
Stanford, CA 94305

Email: rbsills@stanford.edu

File:Cai SoluteEq JMPS(2014).pdf

2014-04-01T16:01:38Z

Rbsills: Cai et al., 2014 JMPS paper on solute equilibria

Cai et al., 2014 JMPS paper on solute equilibria

Ryan Sills

2014-01-14T02:56:38Z

Rbsills: /* Publications */

=Ryan B. Sills=

Ryan is a Ph.D. candidate in Mechanical Engineering and is supported by the Doctoral Study Program at Sandia National Laboratories. His research is on dislocation dynamics in face-centered cubic metals. He is currently working to develop efficient time integration schemes for three-dimensional dislocation dynamics simulations and models for simulating solid solution strengthening.

== Education ==

M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, June 2010 
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Cornell University, May 2009

== Career ==

Member of Technical Staff, Sandia National Laboratories, Sept. 2010 - Sept. 2012

== Publications ==
'''R. B. Sills''' and M. D. Thouless, ''Cohesive-Length Scales for Intrinsic and Extrinsic Toughening Mechanisms,'' International Journal of Solids and Structures, Submitted (2014).

W. Cai, '''R. B. Sills''', D. M. Barnett, and W. D. Nix, ''Modeling a Distribution of Point Defects as Misfitting Inclusions in Stressed Solids'', Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, Submitted (2014).

'''R. B. Sills''' and W. Cai, [[media:Dd_integrators_final.pdf |''Efficient Time Integration in Dislocation Dynamics'']], Modeling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering, 22 (2014) 025003.

'''R. B. Sills''' and M. D. Thouless, ''The Effect of Cohesive-Law Parameters on Mixed-Mode Fracture,'' Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 109, 353-368, (2013).

== Contact Information ==

Durand 204 
496 Lomita Mall 
Stanford, CA 94305

Email: rbsills@stanford.edu

Ryan Sills

2014-01-13T21:38:15Z

Rbsills: /* Publications */

=Ryan B. Sills=

Ryan is a Ph.D. candidate in Mechanical Engineering and is supported by the Doctoral Study Program at Sandia National Laboratories. His research is on dislocation dynamics in face-centered cubic metals. He is currently working to develop efficient time integration schemes for three-dimensional dislocation dynamics simulations and models for simulating solid solution strengthening.

== Education ==

M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, June 2010 
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Cornell University, May 2009

== Career ==

Member of Technical Staff, Sandia National Laboratories, Sept. 2010 - Sept. 2012

== Publications ==
'''R. B. Sills''' and M. D. Thouless, ''Cohesive-Length Scales for Intrinsic and Extrinsic Toughening Mechanisms,'' International Journal of Solids and Structures, Submitted (2013).

W. Cai, '''R. B. Sills''', D. M. Barnett, and W. D. Nix, ''Modeling a Distribution of Point Defects as Misfitting Inclusions in Stressed Solids'', Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, Submitted (2013).

'''R. B. Sills''' and W. Cai, [[media:Dd_integrators_final.pdf |''Efficient Time Integration in Dislocation Dynamics'']], Modeling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering, 22 (2014) 025003.

'''R. B. Sills''' and M. D. Thouless, ''The Effect of Cohesive-Law Parameters on Mixed-Mode Fracture,'' Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 109, 353-368, (2013).

== Contact Information ==

Durand 204 
496 Lomita Mall 
Stanford, CA 94305

Email: rbsills@stanford.edu

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Rbsills: MSMSE paper on time integration in dislocation dynamics.

MSMSE paper on time integration in dislocation dynamics.

Ryan Sills

2014-01-13T21:28:03Z

Rbsills: /* Publications */

=Ryan B. Sills=

Ryan is a Ph.D. candidate in Mechanical Engineering and is supported by the Doctoral Study Program at Sandia National Laboratories. His research is on dislocation dynamics in face-centered cubic metals. He is currently working to develop efficient time integration schemes for three-dimensional dislocation dynamics simulations and models for simulating solid solution strengthening.

== Education ==

M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, June 2010 
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Cornell University, May 2009

== Career ==

Member of Technical Staff, Sandia National Laboratories, Sept. 2010 - Sept. 2012

== Publications ==
'''R. B. Sills''' and M. D. Thouless, ''Cohesive-Length Scales for Intrinsic and Extrinsic Toughening Mechanisms,'' International Journal of Solids and Structures, Submitted (2013).

W. Cai, '''R. B. Sills''', D. M. Barnett, and W. D. Nix, ''Modeling a Distribution of Point Defects as Misfitting Inclusions in Stressed Solids'', Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, Submitted (2013).

'''R. B. Sills''' and W. Cai, ''Efficient Time Integration in Dislocation Dynamics'', Modeling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering, 22 (2014) 025003.

'''R. B. Sills''' and M. D. Thouless, ''The Effect of Cohesive-Law Parameters on Mixed-Mode Fracture,'' Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 109, 353-368, (2013).

== Contact Information ==

Durand 204 
496 Lomita Mall 
Stanford, CA 94305

Email: rbsills@stanford.edu

Ryan Sills

2014-01-13T21:27:30Z

Rbsills: /* Publications */

=Ryan B. Sills=

Ryan is a Ph.D. candidate in Mechanical Engineering and is supported by the Doctoral Study Program at Sandia National Laboratories. His research is on dislocation dynamics in face-centered cubic metals. He is currently working to develop efficient time integration schemes for three-dimensional dislocation dynamics simulations and models for simulating solid solution strengthening.

== Education ==

M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, June 2010 
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Cornell University, May 2009

== Career ==

Member of Technical Staff, Sandia National Laboratories, Sept. 2010 - Sept. 2012

== Publications ==
'''R. B. Sills''' and M. D. Thouless, ''Cohesive-Length Scales for Intrinsic and Extrinsic Toughening Mechanisms,'' International Journal of Solids and Structures, Submitted (2013).

W. Cai, '''R. B. Sills''', D. M. Barnett, and W. D. Nix, ''[[media:Burger_vec_v02.pdf‎ | Burgers vector, Burgers circuit and dislocation line direction ]]Modeling a Distribution of Point Defects as Misfitting Inclusions in Stressed Solids'', Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, Submitted (2013).

'''R. B. Sills''' and W. Cai, ''Efficient Time Integration in Dislocation Dynamics'', Modeling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering, 22 (2014) 025003.

'''R. B. Sills''' and M. D. Thouless, ''The Effect of Cohesive-Law Parameters on Mixed-Mode Fracture,'' Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 109, 353-368, (2013).

== Contact Information ==

Durand 204 
496 Lomita Mall 
Stanford, CA 94305

Email: rbsills@stanford.edu

Ryan Sills

2014-01-13T20:03:09Z

Rbsills:

=Ryan B. Sills=

Ryan is a Ph.D. candidate in Mechanical Engineering and is supported by the Doctoral Study Program at Sandia National Laboratories. His research is on dislocation dynamics in face-centered cubic metals. He is currently working to develop efficient time integration schemes for three-dimensional dislocation dynamics simulations and models for simulating solid solution strengthening.

== Education ==

M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, June 2010 
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Cornell University, May 2009

== Career ==

Member of Technical Staff, Sandia National Laboratories, Sept. 2010 - Sept. 2012

== Publications ==
'''R. B. Sills''' and M. D. Thouless, ''Cohesive-Length Scales for Intrinsic and Extrinsic Toughening Mechanisms,'' International Journal of Solids and Structures, Submitted (2013).

W. Cai, '''R. B. Sills''', D. M. Barnett, and W. D. Nix, ''Modeling a Distribution of Point Defects as Misfitting Inclusions in Stressed Solids'', Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, Submitted (2013).

'''R. B. Sills''' and W. Cai, ''Efficient Time Integration in Dislocation Dynamics'', Modeling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering, 22 (2014) 025003.

'''R. B. Sills''' and M. D. Thouless, ''The Effect of Cohesive-Law Parameters on Mixed-Mode Fracture,'' Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 109, 353-368, (2013).

== Contact Information ==

Durand 204 
496 Lomita Mall 
Stanford, CA 94305

Email: rbsills@stanford.edu

Ryan Sills

2014-01-13T19:59:08Z

Rbsills: /* Publications */

Ryan is a Ph.D. candidate in Mechanical Engineering and is supported by the Doctoral Study Program at Sandia National Laboratories. His research is on dislocation dynamics in face-centered cubic metals. He is currently working to develop efficient time integration schemes for three-dimensional dislocation dynamics simulations and models for simulating solid solution strengthening.

== Education ==

M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, June 2010 
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Cornell University, May 2009

== Career ==

Member of Technical Staff, Sandia National Laboratories, Sept. 2010 - Sept. 2012

== Publications ==
'''R. B. Sills''' and M. D. Thouless, ''Cohesive-Length Scales for Intrinsic and Extrinsic Toughening Mechanisms,'' International Journal of Solids and Structures, Submitted (2013).

W. Cai, '''R. B. Sills''', D. M. Barnett, and W. D. Nix, ''Modeling a Distribution of Point Defects as Misfitting Inclusions in Stressed Solids'', Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, Submitted (2013).

'''R. B. Sills''' and W. Cai, ''Efficient Time Integration in Dislocation Dynamics'', Modeling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering, 22 (2014) 025003.

'''R. B. Sills''' and M. D. Thouless, ''The Effect of Cohesive-Law Parameters on Mixed-Mode Fracture,'' Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 109, 353-368, (2013).

== Contact Information ==

Durand 204 
496 Lomita Mall 
Stanford, CA 94305

Email: rbsills@stanford.edu

Ryan Sills

2013-12-13T02:39:19Z

Rbsills: /* Publications */

Ryan is a Ph.D. candidate in Mechanical Engineering and is supported by the Doctoral Study Program at Sandia National Laboratories. His research is on dislocation dynamics in face-centered cubic metals. He is currently working to develop efficient time integration schemes for three-dimensional dislocation dynamics simulations and models for simulating solid solution strengthening.

== Education ==

M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, June 2010 
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Cornell University, May 2009

== Career ==

Member of Technical Staff, Sandia National Laboratories, Sept. 2010 - Sept. 2012

== Publications ==
'''R. B. Sills''' and M. D. Thouless, ''Cohesive-Length Scales for Intrinsic and Extrinsic Toughening Mechanisms,'' International Journal of Solids and Structures, Submitted (2013).

W. Cai, '''R. B. Sills''', D. M. Barnett, and W. D. Nix, ''Modeling a Distribution of Point Defects as Misfitting Inclusions in Stressed Solids'', Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, Submitted (2013).

'''R. B. Sills''' and W. Cai, ''Efficient Time Integration in Dislocation Dynamics'', Modeling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering, Accepted (2013).

'''R. B. Sills''' and M. D. Thouless, ''The Effect of Cohesive-Law Parameters on Mixed-Mode Fracture,'' Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 109, 353-368, (2013).

== Contact Information ==

Durand 204 
496 Lomita Mall 
Stanford, CA 94305

Email: rbsills@stanford.edu

Ryan Sills

2013-12-13T02:35:01Z

Rbsills: /* Career */

Ryan is a Ph.D. candidate in Mechanical Engineering and is supported by the Doctoral Study Program at Sandia National Laboratories. His research is on dislocation dynamics in face-centered cubic metals. He is currently working to develop efficient time integration schemes for three-dimensional dislocation dynamics simulations and models for simulating solid solution strengthening.

== Education ==

M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, June 2010 
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Cornell University, May 2009

== Career ==

Member of Technical Staff, Sandia National Laboratories, Sept. 2010 - Sept. 2012

== Publications ==
'''R. B. Sills''' and M. D. Thouless, ''Cohesive-Length Scales for Intrinsic and Extrinsic Toughening Mechanisms,'' International Journal of Solids and Structures, Submitted (2013).

W. Cai, '''R. B. Sills''', D. M. Barnett, and W. D. Nix, ''Modeling a distribution of point defects as misfitting inclusions in stressed solids'', Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, Submitted (2013).

'''R. B. Sills''' and W. Cai, ''Efficient Time Integration in Dislocation Dynamics'', Modeling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering, Accepted (2013).

'''R. B. Sills''' and M. D. Thouless, ''The Effect of Cohesive-Law Parameters on Mixed-Mode Fracture,'' Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 109, 353-368, (2013).

== Contact Information ==

Durand 204 
496 Lomita Mall 
Stanford, CA 94305

Email: rbsills@stanford.edu

Ryan Sills

2013-12-13T02:33:39Z

Rbsills: /* Education */

Ryan is a Ph.D. candidate in Mechanical Engineering and is supported by the Doctoral Study Program at Sandia National Laboratories. His research is on dislocation dynamics in face-centered cubic metals. He is currently working to develop efficient time integration schemes for three-dimensional dislocation dynamics simulations and models for simulating solid solution strengthening.

== Education ==

M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, June 2010 
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Cornell University, May 2009

== Career ==

== Publications ==
'''R. B. Sills''' and M. D. Thouless, ''Cohesive-Length Scales for Intrinsic and Extrinsic Toughening Mechanisms,'' International Journal of Solids and Structures, Submitted (2013).

W. Cai, '''R. B. Sills''', D. M. Barnett, and W. D. Nix, ''Modeling a distribution of point defects as misfitting inclusions in stressed solids'', Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, Submitted (2013).

'''R. B. Sills''' and W. Cai, ''Efficient Time Integration in Dislocation Dynamics'', Modeling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering, Accepted (2013).

'''R. B. Sills''' and M. D. Thouless, ''The Effect of Cohesive-Law Parameters on Mixed-Mode Fracture,'' Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 109, 353-368, (2013).

== Contact Information ==

Durand 204 
496 Lomita Mall 
Stanford, CA 94305

Email: rbsills@stanford.edu

Ryan Sills

2013-12-13T02:32:54Z

Rbsills: /* Publications */

Ryan is a Ph.D. candidate in Mechanical Engineering and is supported by the Doctoral Study Program at Sandia National Laboratories. His research is on dislocation dynamics in face-centered cubic metals. He is currently working to develop efficient time integration schemes for three-dimensional dislocation dynamics simulations and models for simulating solid solution strengthening.

== Education ==

M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, June 2010 
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Cornell University, May 2009

== Publications ==
'''R. B. Sills''' and M. D. Thouless, ''Cohesive-Length Scales for Intrinsic and Extrinsic Toughening Mechanisms,'' International Journal of Solids and Structures, Submitted (2013).

W. Cai, '''R. B. Sills''', D. M. Barnett, and W. D. Nix, ''Modeling a distribution of point defects as misfitting inclusions in stressed solids'', Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, Submitted (2013).

'''R. B. Sills''' and W. Cai, ''Efficient Time Integration in Dislocation Dynamics'', Modeling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering, Accepted (2013).

'''R. B. Sills''' and M. D. Thouless, ''The Effect of Cohesive-Law Parameters on Mixed-Mode Fracture,'' Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 109, 353-368, (2013).

== Contact Information ==

Durand 204 
496 Lomita Mall 
Stanford, CA 94305

Email: rbsills@stanford.edu

Ryan Sills

2013-12-13T02:20:45Z

Rbsills: /* Education */

Ryan Sills

2013-12-13T02:20:19Z

Rbsills: /* Contact Information */

Ryan Sills

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Rbsills: /* Education */

Ryan Sills

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