Veronica Eliasson

June 2015

Assistant ProfessorAerospace and Mechanical Engineering

University of Southern California

Email: eliasson@usc.eduPhone: (213)740­7182

WWW: http://ame­www.usc.edu/bio/eliasson/

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Research interests: Experimental mechanics within areas of shock wave focusing, shock wave dynamics, shock wavemitigation, high strain rate impact, fluid­structure interaction. Non­invasive high­speed visualization techniques in bothfluids and solids.

Education

Ph.D. in Mechanics, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden. Thesis title: On focusing ofshock waves. Advisor: Prof. Nicholas Apazidis, September 2007Teknologie Licentiat in Mechanics, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden. Thesis title: Onfocusing of strong shock waves. Advisor: Prof. Nicholas Apazidis, December 2005M.Sc. in Vehicle Engineering, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden, December 2002

Fellowships and Awards

Hanna Reisler Mentorship Award. April 2015USC Powell Foundation Award ($50,000), 2010Ingvar Carlsson Award (2,950,000 SEK ($415,000)), 2009. Declined the award to stay at USCVisualization Society of Japan (VSJ­SGI) Award for "Excellent Visualized Image", 2007"Young Scientist Award" for Best Oral Presentation, European Fluid Mechanics Conference 6 (EFMC6), RoyalInstitute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden, June 26­30, 2006

Professional & Visiting Appointments8/09—present Assistant Professor of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering

University of Southern California10/07—8/09 Postdoctoral Scholar. Advisors: Prof. Paul E. Dimotakis and Prof. Ares J. Rosakis

Graduate Aerospace Laboratories, California Institute of Technology7/06—10/07 Visiting Scholar at Mechanical Engineering

University of California, Berkeley. Advisor: Prof. Andrew J. Szeri

RESEARCH ACTIVITY

Peer Reviewed Journal Publications (Published, in print or in review)• Eliasson's Graduate Advisee*, Eliasson's Undergraduate Advisee** • Senior Author(s) are underlined. In all instances, senior author(s) provided financial support and led/supervised the design of the experiments, datacollection and analysis and manuscript writing.• V. Eliasson as first author means that VE assisted with the design of the experiments, collected the data, analyzed the data and wrote the manuscript

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(eg: 1–5).

A22. T.Q. Phan, J.P. Kelly, O.A. Graeve, M.E. Kassner, V. Eliasson, A.M. Hodge, Millimeter­scale fracturetoughness and flexural modulus testing of an Fe based bulk metallic glass (SAM2X5), In review, 2015

A21. I–C. Cheng, J.P. Kelly, V. Eliasson, O.A. Graeve, & A.M. Hodge, Mechanical Characterization of an Fe­based Amorphous Alloy with Tungsten Particle Additions, In review, 2015AMH was the main technical lead who designed the experiment; VE and OAG discussed experiments and results, and participated inwriting the manuscript.

A20. J.P. Kelly, S.M. Fuller, K. Seo, E. Novitskaya, J.C. Farmer, V. Eliasson, A.M. Hodge, & O.A. Graeve,Designing In Situ and Ex Situ Bulk Metallic Glass Matrix Composites via Spark Plasma Sintering in the Super

Cooled Liquid State, In review, 2015OAG was the main technical lead who designed the experiment; VE and AMH discussed experiments, results, and participated in writingthe manuscript.

A19. H. Jeon*, J.R. Gross*, S. Estabrook**, S. Koumlis*, Q. Wan*, G.R. Khanolkar*, X. Tao*, D.M.Mensching**, E.J. Lesnick** & V. Eliasson, Shock wave attenuation using foam obstacles — does geometrymatter? Accepted for publication in Aerospace, 2015

A18. S. Koumlis*, D. Buecker**, G. Moler**, V. Eliasson & P. Sengupta, HAMr: A mechanical impactor forrepeated dynamic loading of in vitro neuronal networks, Accepted for publication in Experimental Mechanics,2015VE supervised data collection for the mechanical HAMr experiments presented in the manuscript; analyzed the data; PS designed thebiological experiment and analyzed the biological data.

A17. C. Wang*, L. Grunenfelder, R. Patwardan*, S. Qiu* and V. Eliasson, Investigation of shock wave focusing inwater in a logarithmic spiral duct, Part 2: Strong coupling, Ocean Engineering, Online first,DOI:10.1016/j.oceaneng.2015.04.053, 2015

A16. G.R. Khanolkar*, S. Haghighat, A.M. Hodge, K.M. Flores & V. Eliasson, Effect of loading rate on dynamicfracture morphology of a Zr­based bulk metallic glass, To appear in Material Transactions, 56 (6), 2015VE designed the experiment and supervised the data collection and writing of the paper; KMF provided the samples and AMHcharacterized the samples before impact.

A15. O. Delpino Gonzales* & V. Eliasson, Influence of water uptake on dynamic fracture behavior of Poly(methylmethacrylate), Experimental Mechanics, Online first, DOI:10.1007/s11340­015­0030­4, 2015

A14. Q. Wan* & V. Eliasson, Numerical study of shock wave attenuation in two­dimensional ducts using solidobstacles — How to utilize shock focusing techniques to attenuate shock waves, Aerospace 2, 203­221,DOI:10.3390/aerospace2020203, 2015

A13. O. Delpino Gonzales* & V. Eliasson, Effect of water content on dynamic fracture initiation of vinyl ester,Experimental Mechanics, Online first, DOI: 10.1007/s11340­015­0028­y, 2015

A12. S. Qiu* & V. Eliasson, Interaction and coalescence of multiple simultaneous and non­simultaneous blastwaves, Online first, Shock Waves, DOI: 10.1007/s00193­015­0567­2, 2015

A11. M.E. Kassner, K. Smith, & V. Eliasson, Creep in Amorphous Metals, Journal of Materials Research andTechnology, 4 (1), 100­107, 2015MEK was the technical lead, KS collected data, VE participated in writing the manuscript

A10. C. Wang*, S. Qiu* & V. Eliasson, Investigation of shock wave focusing in water in a logarithmic spiral duct,Part 1: Weak coupling, Ocean Engineering, Online first, DOI: 10.1016/j.oceaneng.2014.09.012, 2014

A9. C. Wang*, S. Qiu* & V. Eliasson, Quantitative pressure measurement of shock waves in water using aschlieren­based visualization technique, Online first, Experimental Techniques, DOI: 10.1111/ext.12068,

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2013

A8. K. Balasubramanian* & V. Eliasson, Numerical investigations of the porosity effect on the shock focusingprocess. Shock Waves, 23 (6), 583­594, 2013

A7. C. Wang* & V. Eliasson, Shock wave focusing in water inside convergent structures, International Journal ofMultiphysics, 6, 267­281, 2012

A6. V. Eliasson, M. Mello, A.J. Rosakis & P.E Dimotakis, Experimental investigation of converging shocks inwater with various confinement materials. Shock Waves, 20, 395­408, 2010VE collected the data and wrote the manuscript. AJR and PED proofread the manuscript and offered suggestions

A5. V. Eliasson, N. Tillmark, A.J. Szeri & N. Apazidis, Light emission during shock wave focusing in air andargon. Physics of Fluids, 19 106106, 2007

A4. V. Eliasson, M. Kjellander & N. Apazidis, Regular versus Mach reflection for converging polygonal shocks.Shock waves, 17, 43­50, 2007

A3. V. Eliasson, N. Apazidis & N. Tillmark, Controlling the form of strong converging shocks by means ofdisturbances. Shock waves, 17, 29­42, 2007

A2. V. Eliasson, N. Apazidis & N. Tillmark, Shaping converging shock waves by means of obstacles. Journal ofVisualization, Vol. 9 No. 3, 240, 2006

A1. V. Eliasson, N. Apazidis, N. Tillmark & M. Lesser, Focusing of strong shocks in an annular shock tube.Shock waves, 15 205­217, 2006

Journal Publications (In Preparation)

B6. E. Wagner, H. Flashner, J. McNitt­Gray, V. Eliasson, Modeling multijoint control for regulation of reactionforces during impact phase of landings, In preparation, 2015VE assisted with the high­speed photography experiments. HF and JMG designed the landing experiment.

B5. H. Liu*, S. Qiu* and V. Eliasson, Non­stationary shock interaction with a pair of cylinders, In preparation,2015

B4. G.R. Khanolkar*, M. Raouls, T. Phan, J.P. Kelly, A.M. Hodge, O.A. Graeve & V. Eliasson, Shock response ofan iron­based amorphous metal, In preparation, 2015VE was the technical lead and supervised all impact experiments. AMH with her advisees performed sample characterization beforeimpact, and OAG with her advisees made the samples.

B3. O. Delpino Gonzales*, A.J. Nicassio** & V. Eliasson, Influence of water uptake on the stress opticalcoefficient in polymers, In preparation, 2015

B2. S. Qiu*, K. Liu, & V. Eliasson, Geometrical shock dynamics and converging polygonal shock waves, Inpreparation, 2015

B1. J. Gross* & V. Eliasson, Design of a multiple exploding wire system, In preparation, 2015

Books

Signed book contract with Springer to write ”Shock Focusing” with Prof. Nicholas Apazidis. Manuscript ready:January 2016.

Peer­reviewed Conference Proceedings

C8. S. Qiu*, V. Eliasson, "Numerical simulations of shock wave amplification using multiple munitions," 21st

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International Shock Interaction Symposium (ISIS21), August 3­8, Riga, Latvia, 2014, pp. 111­114, ISBN 978­9934­517­57­0

C7. R. Patwardhan*, V. Eliasson, "Numerical simulations of shock wave propagation and fluid­structure couplingin water­filled convergent thin shells," 21st International Shock Interaction Symposium (ISIS21), August 3­8,Riga, Latvia, 2014, pp. 145­148, ISBN 978­9934­517­57­0

C6. V. Eliasson, Q. Wan*, "Shock Mitigation in Ducts Using Obstacles Placed Along the Outline of LogarithmicSpiral," 21st International Shock Interaction Symposium (ISIS21), August 3­8, Riga, Latvia, 2014, pp 106­110, ISBN 978­9934­517­57­0

C5. G.R. Khanolkar*, V. Eliasson, "Damage and deformation in an Iron­based amorphous alloy at high strainrates," 29th International Symposium on Shock Waves (ISSW29), July 14­19, Madison, WI, USA, 2013

C4. C. Wang*, V. Eliasson, "Interaction between shock waves in water and convergent structures of finitethickness," 29th International Symposium on Shock Waves (ISSW29), July 14­19, Madison, WI, USA, 2013

C3. L. Lamberson, V. Eliasson and A. J. Rosakis, "In Situ Optical Investigations of Hypervelocity Impact InducedDynamic Fracture", in Dynamic Behavior of Materials, Conference Proceedings of the Society forExperimental Mechanics Series, 1, 31­37, 2011

C2. V. Eliasson, W.D. Henshaw, D. Appelö, "On cylindrically converging shock waves shaped by obstacles", inEuler Equations: 250 Years On Proceedings of an International Conference, Physica D: NonlinearPhenomena, Volume 237, Issues 14–17, Pages 1825­2250, 15 August 2008

C1. V. Eliasson, "The production of converging polygonal shock waves by means of reflectors and cylindricalobstacles," AIP Conference Proceedings, 832, 445­449, 2006, The Second Conference of Flow Dynamics, 16­18 Nov 2005, Sendai, Japan

Unreviewed Conference Proceedings

D7. C. Wang*, V. Eliasson, "Shock focusing in water in a convergent carbon fiber structure," 19th InternationalConference on Composite Materials (ICCM19), July 28­August 2, Montréal, Canada

D6. C. Wang*, V. Eliasson, "Shock wave focusing in water," 20th International Shock Interaction Symposium,Stockholm, Sweden, August 21­24, pages 219­222, 2012

D5. D.H. Gally­Gonzalez*, V. Eliasson, "Shock wave loading of soft tissue surrogates," 20th International ShockInteraction Symposium, Stockholm, Sweden, August 21­24, pp 35­38, 2012

D4. G. Khanolkar*, V. Eliasson, "High­velocity impact of bulk metallic glass," 20th International ShockInteraction Symposium, Stockholm, Sweden, August 21­24, pp 81­84, 2012

D3. C. Wang*, V. Eliasson, "Quantitative pressure measurements on a convergent composite structure duringshock impact," 26th American Society for Composites Annual Technical Conference/2nd Joint US­CanadaConference on Composites, Montreal, September 26­28, 2011

D2. C. Wang*, V. Eliasson, "Fluid­solid interaction during a shock wave impact on a converging compositestructure", 18th International Conference on Composite Materials (ICCM18), Jeju, Korea, August 22­28, 2011

D1. L.E. Lamberson, V. Eliasson, A.J. Rosakis, "Mechanics of hypervelocity impact induced damage," Society forExperimental Mechanics (SEM) International Congress & Exposition, June 1­4, Albuquerque, USA

Conference Presentations

E54. H. Jeon*, N. Amen*, and V. Eliasson, "Experimental Investigation of Shock Waves Attenuation by LiquidSheets," Southern California Flow Symposium IX, San Diego, USA, April 18, 2015

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E53. J. Gross* and V. Eliasson, "The Design and Validation of an Exploding Wire System for Shock WaveExperiments," Southern California Flow Symposium IX, San Diego, USA, April 18, 2015

E52. S. Qiu* and V. Eliasson, "A Numerical Study on Shock Wave Interaction using the Euler Equations andGeometrical Shock Dynamics," Southern California Flow Symposium IX, San Diego, USA, April 18, 2015

E51. Q. Wan*, S. Estabrook** and V. Eliasson, "Shock wave mitigation using cylindrical obstacles placed alonglogarithmic spiral curve ­ the effect of the arc length," Southern California Flow Symposium IX, San Diego,USA, April 18, 2015

E50. C. Dougherty**, R. Miller**, G.R. Khanolkar* and V. Eliasson, "The recreation of a unique shrimp'smechanically induced cavitation bubble," Southern California Flow Symposium IX, San Diego, USA, April18, 2015

E49. H. Jeon*, C. Dougherty**, R. Miller**, and V. Eliasson, "An experimental study of shock wave reflectionover non­Newtonian liquid wedges," American Physical Society, Division of Fluid Mechanics (APS/DFD)67th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, November 23­24, USA, 2014.

E48. Q. Wan*, M. Nguyen**, and V. Eliasson, "A Comparison of Numerical and Experimental Results of PassiveShock Wave Attenuation in Two­Dimensional Ducts," American Physical Society, Division of FluidMechanics (APS/DFD) 67th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, November 23­24, USA, 2014

E47. B. Colvert*, X. Tao*, and V. Eliasson, "Shock wave control using liquid curtains," American PhysicalSociety, Division of Fluid Mechanics (APS/DFD) 67th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, November 23­24,USA, 2014

E46. S. Qiu*, V. Eliasson, "Simulations on shock focusing effects of multiple munitions using Euler equations andgeometrical shock dynamics," American Physical Society, Division of Fluid Mechanics (APS/DFD) 67thAnnual Meeting, San Francisco, November 23­24, USA, 2014

E45. O. Delpino Gonzales* and V. Eliasson, "Influence of Humidity On Fracture Behavior Under DynamicLoading," American Society of Mechanical Engineering 2014 Congress and Exposition, Montreal, Canada,November 14­20, USA, 2014

E44. S. Qiu*, V. Eliasson, "Numerical simulations of shock wave amplification using multiple munitions," 21stInternational Shock Interaction Symposium (ISIS21), August 3­8, Riga, Latvia, 2014

E43. R. Patwardhan*, V. Eliasson, "Numerical simulations of shock wave propagation and fluid­structure couplingin water­filled convergent thin shells," 21st International Shock Interaction Symposium (ISIS21), August 3­8,Riga, Latvia, 2014

E42. V. Eliasson, Q. Wan*, "Shock Mitigation in Ducts Using Obstacles Placed Along the Outline of LogarithmicSpiral," 21st International Shock Interaction Symposium (ISIS21), August 3­8, Riga, Latvia, 2014

E41. O. Delpino Gonzales*, V. Eliasson, "On the behavior of crack propagation in marine composites for differenthumidity levels," First International Conference on Mechanics of Composites (MECHCOMP­2014), StonyBrook University, NY, June 9­12, 2014, USA

E40. O. Delpino Gonzales*, V. Eliasson, "PMMA Fracture Behavior Under Dynamic Loading for DifferentHumidity Levels," SEM 2014 Annual Conference & Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics,Greenville, SC, June 2­5, 2014, USA

E39. B. Colvert**, N. Foster**, T. Peaslee** and V. Eliasson, "Hydrodynamic blast mitigation in shock tubes,"Southern California Flow Symposium VIII, University of California, Los Angeles, April 12, 2014, USA

E38. H. Jeon* and V. Eliasson, "Oblique shock wave reflections over liquid wedges," Southern California FlowSymposium VIII, University of California, Los Angeles, USA, April 12, 2014

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E37. R. Mazumdar* and V. Eliasson, "Effect of transient shock wave interaction on flow through cylindricalobstacles," Southern California Flow Symposium VIII, University of California, Los Angeles, USA, April 12,2014

E36. S. Qiu*, Z. Zhang* and V. Eliasson, "Numerical study on shock focusing effects using multiple munitions,Part I : Initial conditions and forcing term," Southern California Flow Symposium VIII, University ofCalifornia, Los Angeles, April 12, USA

E35. Z. Zhang*, S. Qiu* and V. Eliasson, "Numerical study on shock focusing effects using multiple munitions,Part II : Simulation and result," Southern California Flow Symposium VIII, University of California, LosAngeles, USA, April 12, 2014

E34. Q. Wan* and V. Eliasson, "Numerical results of shock wave mitigation in two­dimensional ducts," SouthernCalifornia Flow Symposium VIII, University of California, Los Angeles, USA, April 12, 2014

E33. Q. Wan* and V. Eliasson, "Shock wave mitigation using lessons learned from shock focusing," AmericanPhysical Society, Division of Fluid Mechanics (APS/DFD) 66th Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, USA, November24­26, 2013

E32. S. Qiu*, Z. Zhang* and V. Eliasson, "Shock focusing using multiple micro­blast waves," American PhysicalSociety, Division of Fluid Mechanics (APS/DFD) 66th Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, USA, November 24­26,2013

E31. V. Eliasson, C. Wang* and S. Qiu*, "Experiments and simulations of shock focusing in thin water­filledconvergent structures," American Physical Society, Division of Fluid Mechanics (APS/DFD) 66th AnnualMeeting, Pittsburgh, November 24­26, USA

E30. C. Wang*, S. Qiu* and V. Eliasson, "Shock focusing in water­filled convergent structures and materialeffects," ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, San Diego, USA, November15­21, 2013

E29. C. Wang*, V. Eliasson, "Shock focusing in water in a convergent carbon fiber structure," 19th InternationalConference on Composite Materials (ICCM19), July 28­August 2, 2013, Montréal, Canada

E28. G.R. Khanolkar*, V. Eliasson, "Damage and deformation in an Iron­based amorphous alloy at high strainrates" 29th International Symposium on Shock Waves (ISSW29), July 14­19, 2013, Madison, WI, USA

E27. C. Wang*, V. Eliasson, "Interaction between shock waves in water and convergent structures of finitethickness," 29th International Symposium on Shock Waves (ISSW29), July 14­19, 2013, Madison, WI, USA

E26. S. Qiu*, C. Wang*, V. Eliasson, "Quantitative visualization of shock wave in water using BackgroundOriented Schlieren technique," Southern California Flow Symposium VII, April 13, 2013, California Instituteof Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA

E25. G.R. Khanolkar*, V. Eliasson, "Numerical Simulations of High­Strain­Rate Plate Impact of an Iron­BasedBulk Metallic Glass," The Minerals Metals and Materials Society (TMS) 2013 Annual Meeting & Exhibition,March 3­7, San Antonio, TX, USA, 2013

E24. C. Wang*, V. Eliasson, "Shock focusing in water by convergent shell structures," American Physical Society,Division of Fluid Mechanics (APS/DFD) Meeting, San Diego, November 18­20, USA, 2012

E23. D.H. Gally*, V. Eliasson, "Shock wave loading of soft tissue surrogates," 20th International ShockInteraction Symposium (ISIS20), Stockholm, Sweden, August 20­24, 2012

E22. G.R. Khanolkar*, V. Eliasson, "High­velocity impact of bulk metallic glass," 20th International ShockInteraction Symposium (ISIS20), Stockholm, Sweden, August 20­24, 2012

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E21. C. Wang*, V. Eliasson, "Shock wave focusing in water," 20th International Shock Interaction Symposium(ISIS20), Stockholm, Sweden, August 20­24, 2012

E20. D.H. Gally*, V. Eliasson, "Shock wave transmission in soft tissue surrogates," Southern California FlowSymposium VI, Santa Barbara, April 14, USA, 2012

E19. C. Wang*, V. Eliasson, "Shock focusing in water and its interaction with solid materials," SouthernCalifornia Flow Symposium VI, Santa Barbara, April 14, USA, 2012

E18. G.R. Khanolkar*, V. Eliasson, "High­velocity impact of bulk metallic glass," Southern California FlowSymposium VI, Santa Barbara, April 14, USA, 2012

E17. C. Wang*, V. Eliasson, "Underwater shock focusing by composite structures," American Physical Society,Division of Fluid Mechanics (APS/DFD) Meeting, Baltimore, November 20­22, USA, 2011

E16. C. Wang*, V. Eliasson, "Quantitative pressure measurements on a convergent composite structure duringshock impact," 26th American Society for Composites Annual Technical Conference/2nd Joint US­CanadaConference on Composites, Montreal, September 26­28, 2011

E15. C. Wang*, V. Eliasson, "Numerical simulations of converging shock waves in water," 2nd Bay Area OversetNetwork Symposium, Stanford, September 8, USA, 2011

E14. C. Wang*, V. Eliasson, "Fluid­solid interaction during a shock wave impact on a converging compositestructure," 18th International Conference on Composite Materials (ICCM18), Jeju, Korea, August 22­28, 2011

E13. A. Hsu, B. Hardy, V. Eliasson, Z. Bernstein**, D. Campos**, "Non­Penetrative Blast­Induced TraumaticBrain Injury: Visualization of Representative Human Skull and Brain Response to Shock and Blast Loading,"41st American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Fluid Dynamics Conference, June 27­30,2011, Hawaii, USA

E12. C. Wang*, V. Eliasson, "Converging shocks in water in a log­spiral duct," Southern California FlowSymposium V, University of Southern California, April 16, USA, 2011

E11. C. Wang*, V. Eliasson, "Shock wave dynamics in a water­filled log­spiral duct," American Physical Society,Division of Fluid Mechanics (APS/DFD) Meeting, Long Beach, November 21­23, 2010, USA

E10. C. Wang*, V. Eliasson, "Converging shocks in water in a log­spiral duct," Southern California FlowSymposium IV, University of California Irvine, April 17, 2010, USA

E9. L.E. Lamberson, V. Eliasson, A.J. Rosakis, "Dynamic optical investigations of hypervelocity impact damage,"American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) 2009 International Mechanical Engineering Congress &Exposition, November 13­19, 2009, Orlando, USA

E8. L.E. Lamberson, V. Eliasson, A.J. Rosakis, M. Adams, "Optical diagnostics applied to hypervelocity impactdamage," American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Meeting, Oct 12­15, 2009, University ofIllinois, Urbana­Champaign, USA

E7. L.E. Lamberson, V. Eliasson, A.J. Rosakis, "Mechanics of hypervelocity impact induced damage," Society forExperimental Mechanics (SEM) International Congress & Exposition, June 1­4, 2009, Albuquerque, USA

E6. V. Eliasson, W.D. Henshaw, P. Dimotakis, "Simulations of converging shocks in water," American Society ofAcoustics (ASA) Meeting, May 18­22, 2009, Portland, USA

E5. V. Eliasson, "Activities through the KTH Mechanics liaison office 2002­2007," Tohoku UniversityInternational Center of Education (COE) Workshop on Flow Dynamics, 2007, Sendai, Japan

E4. V. Eliasson, W.D. Henshaw, "A numerical investigation of polygonal converging shock waves," AmericanPhysical Society, Division of Fluid Mechanics (APS/DFD) Meeting, Salt Lake City, USA, November, 2007

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E3. V. Eliasson, "A numerical investigation of polygonal converging shock waves," Bay Area Overset Network(BAON) Symposium, Livermore, USA, 2007

E2. V. Eliasson, N. Apazidis and N. Tillmark, "Focusing of strong shocks in an annular shock tube," EuropeanFluid Mechanics Conference 6 (EFMC6), Stockholm, Sweden, 2006

E1. V. Eliasson, N. Apazidis and N. Tillmark, "High energy concentration in gas by shock wave focusing,"American Physical Society, Division of Fluid Mechanics (APS/DFD) Meeting, Tampa Bay, Florida, USA,November, 2006

Unrefereed Conference Posters

F20. R. Miller**, C. Dougherty**, G. Khanolkar* and V. Eliasson, "The recreation of a unique shrimp’smechanically induced cavitation bubble," 17th USC Undergraduate Symposium for for Scholarly and CreativeWork, April 15, 2015. Honorary mention prize (3rd place)

F19. J. Hong**, M. Nguyen**, R. Welborn**, D. Wessing** and V. Eliasson, "Experimental investigation ofpassive shock wave mitigation using obstacle arrangements," 17th USC Undergraduate Symposium for forScholarly and Creative Work, April 15, 2015

F18. K. Luong**, H. Homma** and V. Eliasson, "Effects of solid­fluid interaction on crack propagation ofPMMA," 17th USC Undergraduate Symposium for for Scholarly and Creative Work, April 15, 2015

F17. X. Tao*, B. Colvert* and V. Eliasson, "Shock wave mitigation using Newtonian and non­Newtonian fluids,"American Physical Society, Division of Fluid Mechanics (APS/DFD) 67th Annual Meeting, San Francisco,November 23­24, 2014, USA

F16. "Shock interaction behind a pair of cylindrical obstacles," H. Liu*, R. Mazumdar* and V. Eliasson, AmericanPhysical Society, Division of Fluid Mechanics (APS/DFD) 67th Annual Meeting, November 23­24, 2014, SanFrancisco, USA.

F15. M. Nguyen**, Q. Wan* and V. Eliasson, "Experimental Investigation of Passive Shock Wave Mitigationusing Obstacle Arrangements," American Physical Society, Division of Fluid Mechanics (APS/DFD) 67thAnnual Meeting, November 23­24, 2014, San Francisco, USA. First prize winner in Student Competition inthe General Fluid Dynamics Category

F14. R. Miller**, C. Dougherty**, G. Khanolkar* and V. Eliasson, "The recreation of a unique shrimp’smechanically induced cavitation bubble," American Physical Society, Division of Fluid Mechanics(APS/DFD) 67th Annual Meeting, November 23­24, 2014, San Francisco, USA. First prize winner in StudentCompetition in the Bio and Bio­inspired Category

F13. B. Colvert**, N. Foster**, T. Peaslee** and V. Eliasson, "Passive hydrodynamic blast mitigation in shocktubes," 16th USC Undergraduate Symposium for for Scholarly and Creative Work, April 16, 2014

F12. A. Schuetze­Coburn**, K. Luong**, O. Delpino Gonzales* and V. Eliasson, "Study of vinyl­ester resinunder dynamic loading conditions," 16th USC Undergraduate Symposium for for Scholarly and CreativeWork, April 16, 2014

F11. E. Lesnick**, M. Nguyen**, C. Hughes** and V. Eliasson, "The shock wave shield: utilizing logarithmicspiral geometry to mitigate shock waves," 16th USC Undergraduate Symposium for for Scholarly andCreative Work, April 16, 2014

F10. K. Luong**, O. Delpino Gonzales* and V. Eliasson, "Humidity level variation and soaking of PMMA studyunder loading condition," Ivy Plus Symposium, Cambridge MA, March 13­15, 2014

F9. G.R. Khanolkar* and V. Eliasson, "Deformation of an Iron­based bulk metallic glass at high strain­rates," 18thBiennial Intl. Conference of the American Physical Society (APS) Topical Group on Shock Compression of

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Condensed Matter held in conjunction with the 24th Biennial Intl. Conference of the Intl. Association for theAdvancement of High Pressure Science and Technology (AIRAPT), July 7­12, 2013, Seattle, WA

F8. E. Siryj**, A. Schuetze­Coburn** and V. Eliasson, "The effects of temperature on crack propagation," 15thUSC Undergraduate Symposium for for Scholarly and Creative Work, May 1, 2013

F7. B. Colvert**, N. Foster** and V. Eliasson, "Shock wave propagation in and blast mitigation properties of fluidcurtains," 15th USC Undergraduate Symposium for for Scholarly and Creative Work, May 1, 2013

F6. A. Gormley**, A. Winthrop**, K. Rees** and V. Eliasson, "Shock wave impact on an inclined liquidsurface," 15th USC Undergraduate Symposium for for Scholarly and Creative Work, May 1, 2013

F5. S. Haghighat*, G. Khanolkar*, A.M. Hodge, V. Eliasson, "Quasi­static and dynamic deformation morphologyof a Zirconium­based metallic glass," Los Angeles Chapter of ASM International, April 26, 2013. (Poster won2nd Price in Graduate Division Contest.)

F4. C. Ticsay** and V. Eliasson, "The effects of cavitation due to pulses propagating through a fluid­filled crack",14th USC Undergraduate Symposium for Scholarly and Creative Work, April 11, 2012

F3. E. Siryj**, T. Topping** and V. Eliasson, "The effects of fluid on crack propagation in polycarbonate", 14thUSC Undergraduate Symposium for for Scholarly and Creative Work, April 11, 2012

F2. C. Ticsay** and V. Eliasson, "The effects of fluid on crack propagation in polycarbonate", 13th USCUndergraduate Symposium for for Scholarly and Creative Work, April 13, 2011

F1. V. Eliasson, W.D. Henshaw & D. Appelö, "On cylindrically converging shock waves shaped by obstacles",Euler Equations: 250 Years On — International Conference, 15 Aussois, France, August 2008

Invited Talks

G23. "The behavior of crack propagation in marine composites subjected to extreme conditions", V. Eliasson,Seminar Series at Department of Mechanical Engineering & Mechanics, Drexel University, February 23,2015, PA, USA

G22. "On the behavior of crack propagation in marine composites subjected to extreme conditions", V. Eliasson,Seminar Series at Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of South Carolina, December 4, 2014,SC, USA

G21. "Being a bird brain — what nature can teach us about repetitive concussion", V. Eliasson, Seminar Series atDepartment of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, University of California, San Diego, May 12, 2014,USA

G20. "Underwater shock focusing, composites and crack propagation", V. Eliasson, Seminar Series at theDepartment of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, April 4,2014, USA

G19. "Shock wave adventures: from underwater explosions to ballistic loading applications", V. Eliasson, SeminarSeries at the Physics Department, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, USA, May 31, 2013

G18. "Underwater explosions and their effect on nearby marine structures", V. Eliasson, Thermo/Fluids SeminarSeries at the Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Department, University of California, Los Angeles, May17, 2013, USA

G17. "From Global Female STEM Pioneers to Shock Wave Research at USC," V. Eliasson, Invited talk in honorof Women’s History Month with the theme "Women Inspiring Innovation Through Imagination: CelebratingWomen in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics.", US Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles,March 18, 2013, USA

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G16. "Shock wave adventures — from underwater explosions to brain injury," V. Eliasson, Seminar series ofCenter for Interdisciplinary Research in Fluid Physics (CIRF), University of California, Santa Barbara(UCSB), October 17, 2012, USA

G15. "Shock focusing in water," V. Eliasson, Seminar Series of Department of Aerospace Engineering atUniversity of Illinois at Urbana­Champaign (UIUC), December 5, 2011, USA

G14. "Shock wave adventures," V. Eliasson, Seminar series of Department of Mechanical and AerospaceEngineering, University of California San Diego (UCSD), April 25, 2011, USA

G13. "Shock wave adventures," V. Eliasson, Seminar series of Department of Aerospace and MechanicalEngineering, University of Southern California (USC), April 6, 2011, USA

G12. "Shock wave adventures," V. Eliasson, University of Southern California — Women in Physics Conference,January 16, 2011, USA

G11. "Converging shocks in water and material effects," V. Eliasson, Seminar series of Mechanical and AerospaceEngineering Department, University of California Irvine (UCI), May 5, 2010, USA

G10. "Shock focusing in water," V. Eliasson, Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, January 28, 2010, USA

G9. "On focusing of shock waves," V. Eliasson, Seminar series of Department of Aerospace and MechanicalEngineering, University of Southern California (USC), February 20, 2009, USA

G8. "Shock focusing in water," V. Eliasson, Institute for Shock Physics (ISP), Washington State University(WSU), February 3, 2009, Pullman, USA

G7. "Shock focusing in water," V. Eliasson, Seminar series of Department of Aerospace and MechanicalEngineering, University of Southern California (USC), December 3, 2008, USA

G6. "Numerical simulations of converging shock waves," V. Eliasson, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH),2007, Stockholm, Sweden

G5. "On focusing of shock waves," V. Eliasson, University of California, San Francisco (USCF), 2007, SanFrancisco, USA

G4. "On focusing of strong shock waves in an annular shock tube," V. Eliasson, Colloquium at GraduateAerospace Laboratories, California Institute of Technology, 2007, USA

G3. "Overture adventures," V. Eliasson, Mechanical Engineering, University of California, 2007, Berkeley, USA

G2. "Shock wave focusing," V. Eliasson, Mechanical Engineering, University of California, 2006, Berkeley, USA

G1. "On focusing of strong shock waves," V. Eliasson, Kyoto University, 2005, Japan

Contracts & Grants

Current

H18. USC Women in Science and Engineering (WiSE) Supplemental Research Grant, PI: V. Eliasson, total: $5,000. July 2015—June 2017

H17. USC Undergraduate Research Associates Program (URAP), "Crack initiation and propagation in polymerssubjected to extreme environments," PI: V. Eliasson, total $6,400, June 2015—May 2016

H16. USC Women in Science and Engineering (WiSE) Supplemental Research Grant, PI: V. Eliasson, total: $2,500. July 2014—June 2015

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H15. NSF Fluid Mechanics (CBET), "Passive shock wave attenuation using shock­free surface interaction incombination with shock focusing techniques," Award number: CBET­143741,PI: V. Eliasson, total $269,911, July 2014—June 2017

H14. USC Undergraduate Research Associates Program (URAP), "Crack initiation and propagation in polymerssubjected to extreme environments," PI: V. Eliasson, total $7,500, June 2014—May 2015

H13. NSF Mechanics of Materials (MoM), "Impact, Cavitation and Fracture of Polymers with Liquid­FilledNucleation Sites," Award number: CMMI­1332840,PI: V. Eliasson, total $310,644, Sept 2013—Aug 2016

H12. ONR Solid Mechanics Core Program, "Dynamic Response of Marine Composites Subjected to ImpactLoading in Extreme Conditions," Award number: N000141310607, PI: V. Eliasson, total $120,000, June2013—May 2016

H11. DTRA grant for "Synthesis and mechanical properties of next generation structural amorphous metals andtheir performance under ballistic impact," PI: A. Hodge (USC), co­PIs: V. Eliasson, O. Graeve (University of California, San Diego). Total $1,050,000,($393,832 Eliasson portion), Sept 2011—Sept 2015

Completed

H11. USC Viterbi School of Enginering — Junior Faculty Development Fund, PI: V. Eliasson, total: $2,500, Fiscal year 2014­2015

H10. USC Women in Science and Engineering (WiSE) Supplemental Research Grant, PI: V. Eliasson, total: $2,500, June 2013­May 2014

H9. USC Undergraduate Research Associates Program (URAP), "Temperature and seawater effects on crackpropagation in polymers (year 3)," PI: V. Eliasson, total $6,400, June 2013­May 2014

H8. USC Women in Science and Engineering (WiSE) Supplemental Research Grant, PI: V. Eliasson, total: $2,500, June 2012­May 2013

H7. USC Undergraduate Research Associates Program (URAP), "Temperature and seawater effects on crackpropagation in polymers (year 2)," PI: V. Eliasson, total $6,600, June 2012­May 2013

H6. USC VSoE Research Innovation Fund, "High­speed photography of fluids, liquids and solids—fromunderwater explosions to long jumps," PI: V. Eliasson, total $10,000, Feb 17, 2012

H5. ONR MURI grant for "Mechanics and Mechanisms of Impulse Loading, Damage and Failure of MarineStructures and Materials," PI: G. Ravichandran (Caltech), co­PIs: V. Eliasson, T. Colonius, J.E. Shepherd, K. Battacharya, M. Ortiz.($180,000 Eliasson portion), Aug 2009­May 2012

H4. USC Women in Science and Engineering (WiSE) Supplemental Research Grant, PI: V. Eliasson, total: $2,500. June 2011­May 2012

H3. USC Undergraduate Research Associates Program (URAP), "Influence of water on head cracks in train rails," PI: V. Eliasson, total $6,600, June 2011­May 2012

H2. USC Physical Sciences­Oncology Center’s—Pilot Project Award, "Multi­scale Complex SystemsTransdisciplinary Analysis of Response to Therapy (MC­START),"

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PIs: D. Hillis and D. Agus, Satellite investigator: V. Eliasson (Eliasson’s portion $10,000)

H1. USC Women in Science and Engineering (WiSE) Supplemental Research Grant, PI: V. Eliasson, total: $2,500, June 2010­May 2011

H0. USC Women in Science and Engineering (WiSE) Supplemental Research Grant,PI: V. Eliasson, total: $2,500, June 2009­May 2010

Pending

J2. NSF BMMB "Mechanical and biological response of cell cultures due to repeated mechanical impact," PI: V. Eliasson

Reviewing & Editing Activities

Guest Editor

Guest Editor for Experimental Mechanics — Special Issue "Quantitative Visualization of Dynamic Behavior",Sept 2014­present

Reviewing Activities: Journals & Conferences

Shock WavesExperimental MechanicsInternational Journal of FracturePLOS ONEReview of Scientific InstrumentsJournal of VisualizationPhysics Review LettersFatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and StructuresCommunications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation ­ Applied Mathematics and MechanicsJOM ­ Journal of the Minerals Metals and Materials SocietyThe European Journal of Mechanics ­ B FluidsJournal of Materials ResearchJournal of Computational and Applied MathematicsReviewed abstracts for ISSW30, 2015Reviewed abstracts for 63rd Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, 2010Reviewed abstracts for 5th Southern California Symposium on Flow Physics (SoCal Fluids V), 2010Reviewed abstracts for ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, 2014 and 2015

Reviewing Activities: Text Books

CRC Press/Taylor & FrancisCambridge University Press

Reviewing Activities: Grant Proposals

NSF, CBET, Fluid Dynamics, 2015NSF, CMMI, Mechanics of Materials, 2014

Judging

Judge for USC Graduate Student Government (GSG) 6th Annual Poster Symposium, USC, April 1, 2014Judge for Graduate Student Poster Competition, 29th International Symposium on Shock Waves (ISSW29),Madison, WI, July 18, 2013Judge for USC GSG 4th Annual Poster Symposium, USC, April 11, 2012Judge for USC GSG 3rd Annual Poster Symposium, USC, February 21, 2011

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TEACHING ACTIVITY

Advising ­ Research

Current Doctoral Students

Orlando Delpino Gonzales (Jan 2012­present, Viterbi School of Engineering Fellow, passed qualifying exam,Planned PhD defense: May 2016)Jonathan Gross (August 2014­present, passed screening)Hongjoo Jeon (August 2014­present, passed screening)Gauri Khanolkar (March 2011­present, USC Provost Fellow, passed qualifying exam. Planned PhD defense:August 6, 2015)Stylianos Koumlis (May 2012­present, passed qualifying exam. Planned PhD defense: Dec 2016)Qian Wan (August 2014­present, USC Viterbi Fellow, passed screening)Shi Qiu (August 2013 ­ present, USC Provost Fellow, passed qualifying exam. Planned PhD defense: Dec 2016)

Former Doctoral Students

Chuanxi Wang (Fall 2009­Fall 2013). Thesis Defence: June 13, 2013. Thesis title: Converging Shocks in Waterand Material Effects

Master StudentsDirected research or volunteer research

Sayeed Ahmed (June 2011­Dec 2011) Now: Engineering Consultant, Pacific Multi­TechKaushik Balasubramanian (June 2011­May 2012) Now: Senior Manager at Kaushiks InternationalBrennan Barker (Sep 2010­Dec 2010)Kevin Brashear (August 2010­May 2011) Now: Engineer at Applied MaterialsDaniel Gally­Gonzalez (Sep 2010 ­ May 2012) Now: BoeingHongjoo Jeon (May 2013­August 2014) Now: PhD Student at USCSahil Kabra (Jan 2010­May 2010) Now: Marketing Analyst at Genesis Software Solutions Inc.Raoul Mazumdar (Sep 2012­May 2014) Now: Adjunct Associate Lecturer at University of New South Wales,Canberra

Shi Qiu (Jan 2012­May 2013) Now: PhD Student at USCAmeya Rege (Jan 2012­May 2012) Now: PhD Student at RWTH Aachen UniversityPrithachakaran Renganathan (Sep 2011­Dec 2011) Now: PhD student at WSUJames Tamashiro (Jan 2010­May 2011) Now: Engineer at General AtomicsCatherina Ticsay (August 2012­May 2013) Now: BoeingMartina Troesch (June 2010­May 2011) Now: Jet Propusion LaboratoryQian Wan (April 2013­August 2014) Now: PhD Student at USC

Current Undergraduate Students

Christopher Dougherty (Fall 2013—present, USC Provost Fellow), Accepted for PhD Program at Caltechstarting fall 2015Heidi Homma (Fall 2014—present, USC URAP Program)Kim Luong (Summer 2013—present, USC URAP Program + IvyPlus Symposium Attendant)Ryan Miller (Fall 2013—present, Directed Research)Monica Nguyen (Spring 2014—present, WiSE Undergraduate Fellow)Anton Schuetze­Coburn (Feb 2012—present, USC Provost’s Summer Research Fellow 2012, USC Provost’sUndergraduate Research Associate Program (URAP) Fellow 2012—present)Asiri Rathugamage (Summer 2014—present, USC Provost Fellow)

Former Undergraduate Students

Kevin Brashear (Jan 2019—May 2010, supported by Eliasson's ONR funds) Now: Engineer at Applied

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Materials

Haitham Cheaib (Visiting Undergraduate Student from American University of Beirut, Lebanon) Now: Engineerat Baxter International Inc

Brendan Colvert (USC Provost Fellow, NDSEG Fellow, Jan 2013—August 2014) Now: PhD Student at USCFelipe Figueroa (Jan 2010—Dec 2012, Guez Family Fellowship, USC Provost Fellowship, USC Merit Scholar)Now: Staff for Christian Campus Ministry at Orange Coast College

Nicholas Foster (Jan 2013—May 2014, Directed Research) Now: MS Student, UC BerkeleyLydia Froemelt (Jan 2010—May 2010) Now: Gasoline Analyst at Phillips 66Alexsa Gormley (Directed Research, Jan 2013—May 2013) Now: Senior Analyst at AccentureInae Kim (May 2013—Dec 2013, USC WiSE Undergraduate Researcher) Now: UG Student at USCFredrik Krafft (May 2010—Aug 2010, Visiting Undergraduate Student from Chalmers, Sweden) Now: MSStudent at USC

Gavin Moler (August 2012—May 2014, USC Merit Scholar) Now: DisneyMichael Ray (Sept 2012—Dec 2012, Directed Research) Now: Mechanical Engineer at Tactus TechnologyEric Siryj (Sep 2011—Dec 2013, USC Provost’s Undergraduate Research Associate Program (URAP) Fellow,USC Rose Hill’s Summer Research Fellow 2012­present)Louie Sloss (Jan 2011—May 2011) Now: MS Student at USCCatherina Ticsay (Jan 2010—August 2012, WiSE Research Fellow, USC Provost Research Fellow, Rose HillsResearch Fellow, Guez Family Fellowship) Now: BoeingThomas Topping (Sep 2011—May 2012, URAP Fellow)Benjamin Preston (Jan 2013—May 2013, Directed Research)Kristina Rees (Jan 2013—May 2013, Directed Research) Now: Eaton CorporationMichael Werner (June 2014—August 2014, USC SURE student from Colorado School Mines) Now: PhDStudent at Georgia Tech

Andrew Winthrop (Jan 2013—May 2013, Directed Research) Now: Engineer at Northrop Grumman

High School Student Research Supervisor

Allison Lutz, Institute for Educational Advancement Apprentice, (4 weeks, Summer 2012)Hari Rajan, Institute for Educational Advancement Apprentice, (8 weeks, Summer 2014)Alexander Taber, Institute for Educational Advancement Apprentice, (4 weeks, Summer 2013 & 8 weeks,Summer 2014)

Ph.D. Thesis Committee Member

Lei Guo (Physics, May 26, 2010)Prabu Sellappan (AME, Qualifying exam: Jan 17, 2012, PhD Defense: April 24, 2013), Thesis title: Wakemodes of rotationally oscillating circular cylinder in cross­flow and its relationship with heat transferChuanxi Wang (Department of Physics and Astronomy, Qualifying Exam May 4, 2011, PhD Defense: June 13,2013) Thesis title: Converging Shocks in Water and Material Effects (Advisor: V. Eliasson)Shanling Yang (AME, Qualifying Exam Dec 11, 2012, PhD Defense: September 12, 2013), Thesis title:Boundary layer and separation control on wings at low reynolds numbersJoaquin Camacho (AME, Qualifying Exam: April 27, 2011, PhD Defense: Oct 4, 2013), Thesis title:Fundamental surface chemistry kinetics of soot formation and nanoparticle catalysis via novel heterogeneousreacting flow reactor developmentTimothy A. Furnish (AME, Qualifying exam: April 27, 2012, PhD Defense: March 11, 2014), Thesis title:Synthesis and deformation behavior of highly nano twinned metalsYifu Zhao (AME, Qualifying exam: Oct 22, 2012, PhD Defense: May 22, 2014), Thesis title: Thermal stabilityand corrosion resistance of nanotwinned metalsMélanie Gérault (Geological Sciences, PhD defense: August 28, 2014), Thesis title: Dynamic and kinematiccontrols of the morphology of the lithosphereTrevor Orr (AME, Qualifying exam: Sep 9, 2010, PhD Defense: September 2, 2014), Thesis title: Numericalsimulation of linearly stratified flow around a sphereI­Fang Lee (Materials Science, Qualifying exam: Sept 10, 2013, PhD Defense: February 18, 2015), Thesis title:Using X­ray microbeam diffraction to study the long range internal stresses in plastically deformed materials

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Yinghui Hu (AME Qualifying exam: May 7, 2014, PhD Defense: March 2, 2015), Thesis title: Ageing andmechanical failure of fiber reinforced polymersGiacomo Castiglioni (AME, Qualifying exam: May 2, 2012, PhD Defense April 9, 2015), Thesis title:Numerical modeling of separated flows at moderate reynolds numbers appropriate for urbane blades andunmanned aero vehiclesMichael Kaplan (Department of Earth Science, PhD Defense May 28, 2015), Thesis title: NumericalGeodynamics of Solid Planetary Deformation

Thesis Proposal/Qualifying Exam Committee Member(Excluding completed Ph.D.s listed above)

Mohammad K. AlHamli (AME, March 28, 2014)Jeremy Cain (AME, April 13, 2010)Hao­Kun Chu (AME, May 12, 2010)Orlando Delpino Gonzales, (AME, October 27, 2014, V. Eliasson Committee Chair)Jagannath Jayachandran (AME, July 17, 2014)Gauri Khanolkar (AME, April 29, 2013, V. Eliasson Committee Chair)Dejuan Kong (AME, December 12, 2014)Stelios Koumlis (AME, December 8, 2014, V. Eliasson Committee Chair)Sydnie Lieb (AME, March 8, 2013)Shibing Liu (AME February 10, 2014)Harshavardhan Mylapilli (AME, February 24, 2012)Okjoo Park (AME, June 14, 2011)Thien Phan (AME, February 13, 2014)Edward Vaughn Wagner, (AME, April 10, 2015)Leonardo Velasco Estrada (Materials Science, January 23, 2015)Shi Qiu (AME, April 9, 2015, V. Eliasson Committee Chair)Xinjiang Xiang (AME, May 19, 2015)Runhua Zhao (AME, April 30, 2014)

Courses Taught

AME 309, Dynamics of Fluids: 4 units. Fluids statics; conservation of mass, momentum, and energy in integraland differential form; applications. Laminar and turbulent pipe flow; compressible flow; potential flow overbodies. Introduced a new course book, and introduced a hands on project with water bottle rockets containingboth simulations and experiments. Taught fall 2012, 2013 & 2014

Fall 2012 — 73 StudentsFall 2013 — 92 StudentsFall 2014 — 86 Students

AME 511, Compressible Gas Dynamics: 3 units. Thermodynamics, kinetic theory, compressible flowequations, shock and expansion waves, similarity, shock­expansion techniques and linearized flow applied tobodies, characteristics, theory of boundary layers. Introduced a Lab Tour to Caltech to see experiemntalfacilities. Taught spring 2010­2015

Spring 2010 — 57 StudentsSpring 2011 — 53 StudentsSpring 2012 — 57 StudentsSpring 2013 — 51 StudentsSpring 2014 — 65 StudentsSpring 2015 — 48 Students

AME 525, Engineering Analysis: 3 units. Typical engineering problems discussed on a physical basis. Linearalgebra, vector analysis, functions of complex variables, infinite series, residues. Taught fall 2010, and fall 2011

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Fall 2010 — 100 StudentsFall 2011 — 109 Students

AME 441, Senior Projects Laboratory. Individual engineering projects designed and constructed to model andtest a physical principle or system. Contributed several research projects and supervised 2 – 4 groups each fall.Participated fall 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014

SERVICE TO UNIVERSITY & COMMUNITY

Committee member, USC AME PhD Admissions, 2010­presentUSC AME PhD Screening Exam: devised problems in Math and Compressible Gas Dynamics, 2010—presentDepartmental AME Seminar Series Organizer, August 2012—May 2013Committee member, Viterbi School of Engineering WiSE Committee, starting fall 2015USC Explore, AME Representant, April 6 and 13, 2015

Panels

Women In Engineering Faculty and Student Mixer: discussed undergraduate research, test taking and academiccareers, March 12, 2015Women In Science and Engineering — Undergraduate Lunch Panel: Research and Career Paths, October 1,2014Women In Engineering Panel: undergraduate research, October 3, 2013

Talks

Associated Students of Biomedical Engineering — Dinner Talk: Being a Birdbrain, USC, April 28, 2015USC Student ASME Chapter — Dinner Talk: Shock wave Adventures, USC, October 14, 2014Sigma Gamma Tau — Dinner Talk: Shock waves and impacts — or how to hit things really hard, USC,September 18, 2013

Outreach

USC AME Spotlight: lab tours for 15 groups of K­12 students, October 23, 2014Presentation: "Shock Wave Adventures" for 5th graders participating in "I Have a Dream Foundation", WattsElementary School, Los Angeles, November 7, 2014Keynote Presentation: "Shock Wave Adventures" for Lower Elementary students at Mirman School, Women inSTEAM Conference, March 18, Los Angeles, 2015Soda Bottle Rocket Launch Event for Lower Elementary students at Mirman School, March 18, Los Angeles,2015

Videos

AME 309 ­ Gliders, Rockets and Air, Oh My! [https://vimeo.com/81151514]Veronica Eliasson Makes an Impact in Shock Waves [https://vimeo.com/65690910]Woodpeckers and Football Players [https://vimeo.com/78872673]Promotion Video for "The Next MacGyver" [https://vimeo.com/119463537]

SERVICE TO PROFESSION

Conference Organizing Committee

Scientific advisory board member for 17th International Conference on Experimental Mechanics, Rhodes,Greece, 2016

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Topic organizer on ASME Congress & Exposition, Houston, Texas, USA, Topic: "Full­field methods for multi­scale mechanics of materials", Nov 13­19, 2015Member of the International Advisory Committee (IAC), and the Scientific Review Committee of the 30thInternational Symposium on Shock Waves ­ ISSW30, Israel, July 19­24, 2015Topic organizer for SEM 2015 Annual Conference and Exposition on Experimental and Applied MechanicsConference 2015, June 8­11, Orange County, California, USA, Topic: "Shock & Blast I and II", 2015Topic organizer on ASME Congress & Exposition, Montréal, Canada, Topic: "Full­field experimental techniquesfor quantifying fracture and failure", Nov 14­20, 2014Local co­organizer for 5th Southern California Symposium on Flow Physics, Los Angeles USA, April 16, 2011Local organizing committee for the 63rd Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, Long Beach,USA, Nov 21­23, 2010Organized the Student Luncheon (14 professors and 112 students) for the 63rd Annual Meeting of the APSDivision of Fluid Dynamics, Long Beach, USA, Nov 21­23, 2010

Conference Session Chair

APS/DFD 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014ASME Congress & Exposition 2013, 2014ISSW29 2013, ISSW30 2015ICCM19 2013SoCalFluids 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015SEM 2015

Society Membership

Member, American Physics Society (APS)Member, International Shock Wave Institute (ISWI)Member, American Society for Composites (ASC)Member, American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)Member, American Society for Mechanical Engineering (ASME)Member, Society for Experimental Mechanics (SEM)Member, Sigma Gamma Tau ­ American Honor Society in Aerospace Engineering

Committee Membership

International Advisory Committee (IAC) (This is for the shock wave community)Society of Experimental Mechanics, Dynamic Behavior of Materials Technical DivisionASME Applied Mechanics Division Fracture and Failure Mechanics Technical Committee

The most recent version of this CV can be found at:http://ame­www.usc.edu/bio/eliasson/eliassonCV.html

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