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Name: John B. Ligon
Rank: Professor
Highest Degree: Ph.D., Iowa State University
Key words of Expertise: Experimental Mechanics, Phytomechanics
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Dr. Ligon's expertise is in the area of Experimental Mechanics. His current research activities are in the fields of composite panel design and Phytomechanics. Dr. Ligon is a co-developer of the field of Phytomechanics which is concerned with applying analytical and experimental mechanics to the study of plants. Current research is in environmental sensing with the use of strain gaged plants as physiological transducers to monitor ground water pollution, liquid transmission line failures, and toxic waste contamination leaks in soils. Research is also being conducted to develop an understanding of the manner in which concentrated transverse loads are transferred through composite panels.
Selected Publications
S.S. Marlor, I. Miskioglu, and J.B. Ligon, "Dynamic Material Properties in Birefringent Polymers," Experimental Techniques, Vol. 18, No. 4, pp. 39-42, 1994.
J.B. Ligon, STATICS NOTEGUIDE, MTU Press, 1994, Second Edition, 290 pp.
S.A. Windstein, J.B. Ligon, and G. Jayaraman, "Strain Concentration Effects Due to Circular Cut-Outs in the Human Femur," Developments in Mechanics, Vol. 15, pp. 179-80, 1989.