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Lance C. Hibbeler

Postdoctoral Research Associate
Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Advisor: Professor Brian G. Thomas

Office Address: Metals Processing Simulation Laboratory

E-mail: email

Research Interests: Computational and theoretical solid mechanics, computational fluid mechanics

 

Research Area:

Mechanical behavior of the solidifying steel shell, thermo-mechanical behavior of molds, mold flux entrainment mechanisms

Education:

B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Summa Cum Laude
The University of Texas at Tyler
May 2006
M.S. Mechanical Engineering (Thesis)
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
December 2009
M.S. Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (Non-Thesis)
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
December 2011
Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
May 2014

Positions Held:

Graduate Teaching Fellow, MechSE, 2011-2012 (ME 370 - Mechanical Design I)

Graduate Teaching Assistant, MechSE, Fall 2010 (ME 533 - Physical Basis for Plasticity)

Graduate Research Assistant, MechSE, Summer 2006-Present

Awards:

2011-2012 MechSE Graduate Teaching Fellow
2011 AISTech Graduate Student Poster Contest - 3rd Place
Fall 2010 University of Illinois Lists of Teachers Ranked as Excellent
2007-2008 Eugene and Lina Abraham Endowed PhD Supplemental Fellowship, UIUC Dept. of Mechanical Science and Engineering
2006-2007 Marjorie Roy Rothermel Scholarship, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers Auxiliary
2005-2006 Outstanding Mechanical Engineering Senior, The University of Texas at Tyler

Selected Publications:

Santillana, B., L.C. Hibbeler, B.G. Thomas, A. Hamoen, A. Kamperman, and W. van der Knoop, “Investigating Heat Transfer In Funnel-Mould Casting With CON1D: Effect of Plate Thickness”, ISIJ International, Vol. 48, No. 10, 2008, pp. 1380-1388. Click here for a PDF version (2.40 MB)

Koric, S., L.C. Hibbeler, and B.G. Thomas, “Explicit Coupled Thermo-Mechanical Finite Element Model of Steel Solidification”, Int. J. Num. Meths. Engineering, Vol. 78, 2009, pp. 1-31. Click here for a PDF version (969 KB)

Koric, S., L.C. Hibbeler, R. Liu, and B.G. Thomas, “Multiphysics Model of Metal Solidification on the Continuum Level,” Numerical Heat Transfer, Part B: Fundamentals, 58: 6, 371-392, 2010.