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personnel profile

Sheri D. Sheppard

 
Title:Professor
Department(s):Mechanical Engineering
Affiliation(s):Co-Director, Center for Design Research
Location:Terman 503
Mail Code:4021
Phone:650.723.4287       
Fax:650.723.3521
E-mail: sheppard@cdr.stanford.edu
Administrator: Jennifer Rahn

Research Statement

Sheppard conducts research on weld fatigue and impact failures, fracture mechanics, and applied finite element analysis. She is particularly concerned with the development of effective engineering tools to allow designers to make more informed decisions regarding structural integrity.

Degree Discipline Year School
PhD Mechanical Engineering 1985 Michigan
Publication TitleAuthor(s)/Speaker(s)Open Document
Further Refinement of a Methodology for Fatigue Life Estimation in Resistance Spot Welds S.D. Sheppard
Determining the Constitutive Properties of the Heat Affected Zone in a Resistance Spot Weld Zuniga, S.; Sheppard, S.
The Relationship between Constraint and Ductile Fracture Initiation as Defined by Micromechanical Analysis Panotin, T.; Sheppard, S.
Fully stressed thickness profile design at discontinuities of axisymmetric shells Hsu, Y.-L.; Steele, C. R.; Sheppard, S. D.
Estimation of Fatigue Propagation Life in Resistance Spot Welds S. D. Sheppard; M.R. Mitchell; R.W. Landgraf
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Academic Honors & Awards

2004 Chester F. Carlson Award, American Society of Engineering Education