George N. Frantziskonis, PE	DETAILS!
Professor, Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
P.O. Box 210072
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721-0072
Tel: 520-621-4347, Fax: 520-621-2550 frantzis@email.arizona.edu

Current Research Activities:

Multiscale Material Characterization and Applications. Multiscale Interpretation of Experimental Results. Wavelet Analysis	Behavior of Materials at Nano-scale - Surface Effects and Insensitivity to Defects
Probabilistic and Multiscale Material Description and Applications to Safety and Reliability	Multiscale Simulation of Flow Over a Reactive Surface
Elastic Properties of Prostate Tumors and Relation to Early Detection of Prostate Cancer

Work Background (partial list)

Jun. 2000 – present, Professor; Aug. 1994 – May 2000, Assoc. Prof.; Aug. 1988 – May 1994, Assist. Prof.: Department of Civil Engineering   and Engineering Mechanics, University of Arizona.	Aug. 2001 – Jan. 2002: Visiting Professor, Fulbright Award, Department of Physics, National University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway.
May & June 2001:  Professeur Invité, CDGA, Université Bordeaux 1, France.	May 1997 – Aug. 1998 & May 1998 – Aug. 1997 & May 1993 – Jul. 1993:  Research Associate, Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Nondestructive Evaluation Branch, Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.
Oct. 1994 – Apr. 1995: Directeur Recherche Associé au CNRS (Centre National de Recherche Scientific),   Laboratoire de Mecanique et Technologie (LMT), Cachan, France.	Apr. 1994 – Sep. 1994:  Professeur Invité, Institute National Polytechnique de Grenoble, Laboratoire 3S, Grenoble, France.
Jun. 1991 – Jul. 1991:  Visiting Assistant Professor, Petroleum and Geological   Engineering, University of Oklahoma, Norman.	Oct. 1986 – Jun. 1988:  Visiting Scholar, Institute for Steel Structures, Aristotle University.
Aug. 1984 – Aug. 1986:  Research Assistant, College of Engineering, University of Arizona.	Aug. 1983 – Aug. 1984: Teaching Assistant, College of Engineering, University of Arizona.

Publications:   >60 refereed Journal out of ~ 90 publications,
             including 2 edited books, 2 book chapters, 1 instructional book, and 1 web-based instructional module.

Selected Publications:

G. Frantziskonis and I. Vardoulakis, "On the Micro-Structure of  Surface Effects and Related Instabilities," Europ. J. Mechs. A/Solids, 11, 21-34, 1992.	I. Vardoulakis and G. Frantziskonis,"Micro-Structure in Kinematic-Hardening Plasticity," Europ. J. Mechs. A/Solids, 11, 467-486,1992.
D. Daniewicz and G. Frantziskonis, "On Edge Delamination in Laminated Composites ," Composite Struct., 21, 141-153, 1992.	G. Frantziskonis, C.S. Desai, F.F. Tang, and D. Daniewicz, "Degradation Mechanisms in Brittle Materials Investigated by Ultrasonic Scanning," Engr. Fracture Mechs, 42, 347-369,  1992.
G. Frantziskonis, "Surface Effects In Brittle Materials and Internal Length Estimation,"  Appl. Mech. Rev., 45, 3 (p2), S62-S70,  1992.	H. Dai and G. Frantziskonis, "Heterogeneity, Spatial Correlations, Size Effects and Dissipated Energy in Brittle Materials," Mechanics of Materials, 18 , 103-118,1994.
G. Frantziskonis, "On Scaling Phenomena in Fracture of  Heterogeneous Solids," Europ. J. Mechs. A/Solids, 13, 73-92, 1994.	G. Frantziskonis, P. Karpur, T. Matikas, S. Krishnamurthy and P. Jero, "Fiber Matrix Interface - Information from Experiments via Simulation," Composite Struct.,  29, 231-247, 1994.
G. Frantziskonis, "Heterogeneity and Implicated Surface Effects - Statistical, Fractal Formulation and Relevant Analytical Solution," Acta Mechanica, 108 ,  157-178, 1995.	G. Hong, A. Yializis and G. Frantziskonis, "Hygrothermal Degradation in Glass-Epoxy - Evaluation through Stress Wave Factors," Composite Struct., 30, 407-418, 1995.
G. Frantziskonis and B. Loret, "Scale Dependent Constitutive Relations -Information from Wavelet Analysis and Application to Localization Problems," Eur. J. Mechs. A/Solids, 14, 873-892, 1995.	M. J. Meisner and G. Frantziskonis, "Dissipated Energy as a Function of Material Microstructure: Towards Optimum Fracture-toughness," J. Mech. Beh. of Matls., 6, 285-300, 1996.
M.J. Meisner and G. Frantziskonis, "Multifractal Fracture-toughness Properties of Brittle Materials,"  J.Physics A, 29, 2657-2670, 1996.	G. Frantziskonis, P. Renaudin and D. Breysse, "Heterogeneous Solids: Part I - Analytical and Numerical 1-D Results on Boundary Effects," Eur. J. Mechs. A/Solids, 16, 423-452, 1997.
P. Renaudin, D. Breysse and G. Frantziskonis, "Heterogeneous Solids: Part II - Numerical Result on 2-D Boundary Effects and RelatedProblems," Eur. J. Mechs. A/Solids, 16, 453-470, 1997.	M. J. Meisner and G. Frantziskonis, "Heterogeneous Materials - Scaling Phenomena Relevant to Fracture and to Fracture Toughness" Chaos, Solitons & Fractals, 8, 151-170, 1997.
J.O. Vasseur, P.A. Deymier, G. Frantziskonis, G. Hong, B. Djafari-Rouhani, L. Dobrzynski, "Experimental Evidences for the Existence of Absolute Acoustic Bandgaps in Two-dimensional Periodic Composite Media," J. of Physics: Condensed Matter, 10, 6051-6064, 1998.	G. Frantziskonis, "Stochastic Modeling of Heterogeneous Materials - A Process for the Analysis and Evaluation of Alternative Formulations," Mechanics of Materials, 27, 165-175, 1998.
M. Budhu, S. Ramakrishnan and G. Frantziskonis, "A Lattice-type Model for the Behavior of Particulate Media," Int. J. Num. & Anal. Meth. in Geom., 23, 647-671, 1999.	G. Frantziskonis, L.B. Simon, J. Woo and T.E. Matikas, "Multiscale Characterization of Pitting Corrosion and Application to an Aluminum Alloy," Eur. J. Mechanics , A/Solids, 19, 309-318, 2000.
G. Frantziskonis and P.A. Deymier, "WaveletMethods for Analyzing and Bridging Simulations at Complementary Scales – the Compound Wavelet Matrix and Application to Microstructure Evolution," MSMSE , 8, 649-664,  2000.	G. Frantziskonis and A. Hansen, "Wavelet-based Multiscaling in Self-affine Random Media," Fractals , 8, 403-411,  2000.
M. Avlonitis, T. Ioannidou, G. Frantziskonis and E.C. Aifantis, "Statistical and Stochastic Aspects of Gradient Theory," J. Mech. Beh. Mat., 12, 77-84, 2001.	A. Konstantinidis , G. Frantziskonis, A. Carpinteri  and E.C. Aifantis, "Size Effects on Tensile Strength and Fracture Energy: Wavelets Versus Fractal Approach and Application to Concrete," J. Mech. Beh. Mat., 12, 85-94, 2001.
G. Frantziskonis, A. Konstandinidis and E.C. Aifantis, "Scale-dependent Constitutive Relations and the Role of Scale on Nominal Properties," Eur. J. Mechanics, A/Solids, 20, 925-936, 2001.	G. Frantziskonis, "Wavelet-based Multiscaling - Application to Material Porosity and Identification of Dominant Scales,"  Prob. Engr. Mechs., 17, 349-357, 2002.
G. Frantziskonis, "Multiscale Characterization of Materials with Distributed Pores and Inclusions and Application to Crack Formation in an Aluminum Alloy," Prob. Engr. Mechs., 17, 359-367, 2002.	G. Frantziskonis and P. Deymier, “Wavelet-based Spatial and Temporal Multiscaling: Bridging the Atomistic and Continuum Space and Time Scales,” Phys. Rev. B, 68, 024105, 2003.
G. Frantziskonis and A. Denis, "Complementarity Entropy and Wavelet Analysis of Drilling-Ability Data," Mathematical Geol., 35, 89-103, 2003.	G. Frantziskonis and P. Deymier, "The Effects of Stress Concentrators on Strength of Materials at Nano Scale – A Molecular Dynamics Study," Mech. Res. Comm., 33, 352-358, 2006.
P.A. Deymier, K. Oh, K. Muralidharan, G. Frantziskonis and K. Runge, "Selection of Domains for Coarse and Fine Levels of Description in Mixed-Potential Simulations," Journal of Computer-Aided Materials Design (JCAD), 13, 17-44, 2006	G. Frantziskonis and P. Deymier, "Surface Effects at Nanoscale Significantly Reduce the Effects of Stress Concentrators," Prob. Engr. Mechs., 21, 277-286, 2006.
K. Muralidharan , S.K. Mishra ,  G. Frantziskonis,  P.A. Deymier, P. Nukala, S. Simunovic, S. Pannala, “The Dynamic Compound Wavelet Matrix Method for Multiphysics/multiscale Problems, Phys. Rev. E, 77, 026714, 2008.

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