Julianna Abel

Benjamin Mayhugh Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering

Contact

612-301-7065

jabel@umn.edu

Mechanical Engineering
Room L102
111 Church Street SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455

Affiliations

Director of Design of Active Materials and Structures Lab

Education

Ph.D. 2014, Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan
M.S. 2008, Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan
B.S. 2005, Mechanical Engineering, University of Cincinnati

Professional Background

Benjamin Mayhugh Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, 2014-present

Scientific & Professional Societies

American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)

ASM International (formerly the American Society for Metals)

the International Society of Optics and Photonics (SPIE)

Biography

Julianna Abel is interested in the model-based design of smart materials and structures with an emphasis on geometric and textile-based architectures for the creation of novel actuators, sensors, and energy harvesters. Her research establishes frameworks to design and synthesize smart material technologies to enable new aerospace structures, medical devices, and consumer products.

Lab
Design of Active Materials and Structures Lab (DAMSL) — ME 355

ME Research Areas
Materials & Mechanics
Sensing & Controls

ME Impact Areas
Human Health
Next-Gen Manufacturing
Robotics & Mobility

Research Interests

Smart materials and structures
Novel actuators
Aerospace structures
Medical devices
Consumer products

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Teaching Subjects

ME 3222: Mechanisms and Machine Design

ME3221 Lab: Fundamentals of Design and Manufacturing Lab

ME 8243: Topics in Design - Advanced Materials

Honors and Awards

C. Weinberg, S. Cai, J. Shaffer, J. Abel, “Multifunctional Spun Yarns and Textiles from Nickel-Titanium Microfilaments,” Advanced Materials Technologies, 2020, 5, 1901146, DOI
K. Eschen, J. Garcia-Barriocanal, and J. Abel, "In-Situ Strain- and Temperature-Control Micro-Diffraction Analysis of Nickel-Titanium Knitted Actuators," Materialia, 11, June 2020, 100684, DOI
R. Granberry, K. Eschen, A. Ross, J. Abel, Holschuh, B., “Dynamic Countermeasure Fabrics for Post-Spaceflight Orthostatic Intolerance,” Aerospace Medicine and Human Performance, 2020, 91(6), pp. 525-531, DOI
K. Eschen, R. Granberry, and J. Abel, "Guidelines on the design, characterization, and operation of shape memory alloy knitted actuators," Smart Materials and Structures, 2020, 29, 035036, DOI
R. Granberry*, K. Eschen*, B. Holschuh, and J. Abel, "Functionally Graded Knitted Actuators with NiTi-based Shape Memory Alloys for Topographically Self-Fitting Wearables," Advanced Materials Technologies, 2019, 4(11), 1900548, DOI (*authors contributed equally to this work)

Selected Publications

NSF CAREER Award (2020-2025)
Toyota Programmable Structures Award (2019-2020)
NASA Glenn Faculty Fellow (2016)
ASME Adaptive Structures and Material Systems Best Paper Award in Structural Dynamics and Control (2013)

Google Scholar Profile