Personal Home Page for John
R. Cotton
Assistant Professor, Mechanical
Engineering
Russ College of Engineering
and Technology
Ohio University
My Office is at
247 Stocker Center
(Enter through the lab in room 249, next door to the ME main office)
Contact Info
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About Me
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Research
Interests
- Computational biomechanics oriented towards material
nonlinearity, solid mechanics, and finite element analysis (FEA)
- Biological and physiological modeling, with a special interest in
cellular mechanotransduction
- Quantifying mechanical integrity of bone, including noninvasive
techniques, transferring medical images to mechanical models, and
simulation of damage and growth
Capabilities
- Finite Element Modeling
- Segmentation, surface reconstruction, and meshing to create FE
geometry from CT scan or other tomographic data
- Nonhomogenous models created by assigning element properties
based upon CT attenuation (brightness)
- Nonlinear Finite Element analysis
- Fatigue driven damage analysis based upon various relationships
- Stress driven remodeling
- Contact
- Material testing
- MicroCT scanning
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Teaching
Courses Taught
- CAD/CAM I (ME 557)
- Theory, derivation, and computer implementation of the finite
element method
- Mechanics of Biological Solids (ME 466/566)
- Anatomy and physiology of connective tissue
- Simplified models of biological structures, including elastic,
plastic, and viscoelastic characterization; creep, fatigue, and fracture
- Methods for determining the mechanical response of soft and
hard tissues
- Computer-Aided Design II (ME 451)
- Advanced solid modeling and finite element analysis taught to
seniors in support of their capstone design projects.
- Computer-Aided Design I (ME 351)/Introduction to CAD (ME 350)
- Practical use of solid modeling and finite element software
- Presented weekly lectures and supervised graduate student led
lab sections
- Machine Design Analysis (ME 303)
- First solid mechanics class in the ME curriculum
- Stress analysis of rods, beams, shafts, and columns
- Uniaxial and multiaxial failure theory under static and fatigue
loads
Previous Courses Taught
(Virginia Tech, 1998-2007)
- Advanced Mechanics of Materials (ESM 5134)
- Clinical Internship in Biomedical Engineering (ESM 5105 and ESM
5106)
- Mechanics of Biological Materials and Structures (ESM 4234)
- Engineering Analysis of Physiologic Systems (ESM 4105 and ESM
4106)
- Dynamics of Particles and Rigid Bodies (ESM 2304)
- Computational Methods (ESM 2074)
- General Physics (PHYS 2205)
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Administrative
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John R Cotton
Last modified: 6/19/2011