•   Updated on Oct 22, 2022
  •   31 journal and 5 conference articles

Books

  • A. M. Aragón and C. A. Duarte. "Fundamentals of Enriched Finite Element Methods." Elsevier (2023), In Preparation.
  • A. M. Aragón. "Computational design of microvascular biomimetic materials." PhD Dissertation, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2010)  

Journal covers

  • J. Zhang, E. Zhebel, S. J. van den Boom, D. Liu, and A. M. Aragón. "Featured Cover." International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering 123.21 (2022), pp. i–i  
  • S. J. van den Boom, J. Zhang, F. van Keulen, and A. M. Aragón. "Cover Image." International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering 120.10 (2019), pp. i–i  

Patents

  • A. M. Aragón, J. Jovanova, and A. C. Azevedo Vasconcelos. Load transfer interface, system for selectively applying a mechanical load to an object, method for designing a load transfer interface, and method for driving an object into the ground. Patent pending. 2021.
  • A. M. Aragón, S. V. Valappil, and J. Hogendoorn. Ultrasonic Transducer and Ultrasonic Flowmeter. Patent pending. 2021.

Journal publications

  1. S. J. van den Boom, R. Abedi, F. van Keulen, and A. M. Aragón. "On the importance of boundary smoothness for the computational design of phononic crystals." Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering (2022), Submitted for publication.
  2. A. Chandrashekar, A. Givois, P. Belardinelli, Casper L. Penning, A. M. Aragón, U. Staufer, and F. Alijani. "Sensitivity of viscoelastic characterization in multi-harmonic atomic force microscopy." Soft Matter (2022), Submitted for publication.
  3. J. Zhang, E. Zhebel, S. J. van den Boom, D. Liu, and A. M. Aragón. "An object-oriented geometric engine design for discontinuities in unfitted/immersed/enriched finite element methods." International Journal For Numerical Methods In Engineering 123.21 (2022), pp. 5126-5154.    
  4. A. Souto, J. Zhang, A. M. Aragón, K. P. Velikov, and C. Coulais. "Edible mechanical metamaterials with designed fracture for mouthfeel control." Soft Matter 18 (2022), pp. 2910-2919.    
  5. J. Zhang and A. M. Aragón. "An improved stress recovery technique for the unfitted finite element analysis of discontinuous gradient fields." International Journal For Numerical Methods In Engineering (2021, In Press).    
  6. J. Zhang, F. van Keulen, and A.M. Aragón. "On Tailoring Fracture Resistance of Brittle Structures: A Level Set Interface-enriched Topology Optimization Approach." Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering 388 (2022), p. 114189.    
  7. S. J. van den Boom, F. van Keulen, and A. M. Aragón. "Fully decoupling geometry from discretization in the Bloch–Floquet finite element analysis of phononic crystals." Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering 382 (2021), p. 113848.    
  8. E. De Lazzari, S. J. van den Boom, J. Zhang, F. van Keulen, and A. M. Aragón. "A critical view on the use of Non-Uniform Rational B-Splines to improve geometry representation in enriched finite element methods." International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering (2021), pp. 1195-1216.    
  9. S. J. van den Boom, J. Zhang, F. van Keulen, A. M. Aragón. "An interface-enriched generalized finite element method for level set-based topology optimization." Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization 63.1 (2021), pp. 1–20    
  10. A. M. Aragón, B. Liang, H. Ahmadian, and S. Soghrati. "On the stability and interpolating properties of the Hierarchical Interface-enriched Finite Element Method." Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering 362 (2020), p. 112671    
  11. A. M. Aragón and A.Simone. "Discussionon ’A linear complete extended finite element method for dynamic fracture simulation with non-nodal enrichments’ [Finite Elem. Anal. Des. 152 (2018)] by I. Asareh, T.-Y. Kim, and J.-H. Song." Finite Elements in Analysis and Design 168 (2019), p. 103340  
  12. S. J. van den Boom, J. Zhang, F. van Keulen, and A. M. Aragón. "A stable interface-enriched formulation for immersed domains with strong enforcement of essential boundary conditions." International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering 120.10 (2019), pp. 1163–1183    
  13. M. Mengolini, M. F. Benedetto, and A. M. Aragón. "An engineering perspective to the virtual element method and its interplay with the standard finite element method." Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering 350 (2019), pp. 995–1023    
  14. J. Zhang, S. J. van den Boom, F. van Keulen, and A. M. Aragón. "A stable discontinuity-enriched finite element method for 3-D problems containing weak and strong discontinuities." Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering 355 (2019), pp. 1097–1123    
  15. H. Q. Do, A. M. Aragón, and D. L. Schott. "A calibration framework for discrete element model parameters using genetic algorithms." Advanced Powder Technology 29.6 (2018), pp. 1393–1403  
  16. A. M. Aragón and A. Simone. "The Discontinuity-Enriched Finite Element Method." International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering 112.11 (2017), pp. 1589–1613    
  17. F. Demoures, F. Gay-Balmaz, M. Desbrun, T. S. Ratiu, and A. M. Aragón. "A multisymplectic integrator for elastodynamic frictionless impact problems." Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering 315 (2017), pp. 1025–1052  
  18. D. K. Gupta, G. J. van der Veen, A. M. Aragón, M. Langelaar, and F. van Keulen. "Bounds for decoupled design and analysis discretizations in topology optimization." International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering 111.1 (2017), pp. 88–100  
  19. R. Sharma, J. Zhang, M. Langelaar, F. Keulen, and A. M. Aragón. "An improved stress recovery technique for low-order 3D finite elements." International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering 113.1 (2017), pp. 88–103    
  20. A. Cuba-Ramos, and A. M. Aragón, S. Soghrati, P. H. Geubelle, and J.-F. Molinari. "A new formulation for imposing Dirichlet boundary conditions on non-matching meshes." International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering 103.6 (2015), pp. 430–444  
  21. A. M. Aragón. "A C++11 implementation of arbitrary-rank tensors for high-performance computing." Computer Physics Communications 185.6 (2014), pp. 1681–1696  
  22. A. M. Aragón and J.-F. Molinari. "A hierarchical detection framework for computational contact mechanics." Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering 268.0 (2014), pp. 574–588  
  23. A. M. Aragón. "A measure for the impact of research." Scientific Reports 3 (2013), p. 1649    
  24. A. M. Aragón, R. Saksena, B. D. Kozola, P. H. Geubelle, K. T. Christensen, and S. R. White. "Multi-physics optimization of three-dimensional microvascular polymeric components." Journal of Computational Physics 233 (2013), pp. 132–147  
  25. A. M. Aragón, S. Soghrati, and P. H. Geubelle. "Effect of in-plane deformation on the cohesive failure of heterogeneous adhesives." Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 61.7 (2013), pp. 1600–1611  
  26. A. M. Aragón, V. A. Yastrebov, and J.-F. Molinari. "A constrained-optimization methodology for the detection phase in contact mechanics simulations." International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering 96.5 (2013), pp. 323–338  
  27. S. Soghrati, A. M. Aragón, and P. Geubelle. "Design of actively-cooled microvascular materials: a genetic algorithm inspired network optimization." Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization 49.4 (2014), pp. 643-655  
  28. S. Soghrati, A. M. Aragón, C. Armando Duarte, and P. H. Geubelle. "An interface-enriched generalized FEM for problems with discontinuous gradient fields." International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering 89.8 (2012), pp. 991–1008  
  29. A. M. Aragón, K. J. Smith, P. H. Geubelle, and S. R. White. "Multi-physics design of microvascular materials for active cooling applications." Journal of Computational Physics 230.13 (2011), pp. 5178–5198  
  30. A. M. Aragón, C. A. Duarte, and P. H. Geubelle. "Generalized finite element enrichment functions for discontinuous gradient fields." International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering 82.2 (2010), pp. 242–268  
  31. S. C. Olugebefola, A. M. Aragón, C. J. Hansen, A. R. Hamilton, B. D. Kozola, W. Wu, P. H. Geubelle, J. A. Lewis, N. R. Sottos, and S. R. White. "Polymer Microvascular Network Composites." Journal of Composite Materials 44.22 (2010), pp. 2587–2603  
  32. W. Wu, C. J. Hansen, A. M. Aragón, P. H. Geubelle, S. R. White, and J. A. Lewis. "Direct-write assembly of biomimetic microvascular networks for efficient fluid transport." Soft Matter 6 (4 2010), pp. 739–742  
  33. A. M. Aragón, J. K. Wayer, P. H. Geubelle, D. E. Goldberg, and S. R. White. "Design of microvascular flow networks using multi-objective genetic algorithms." Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering 197.49–50 (2008), pp. 4399–4410  

Conference publications

  1. H. Q. Do, A. M. Aragón, and D. L. Schott. "Automated discrete element method calibration using genetic and optimization algorithms." Powders and Grains – 8th International Conference on Micromechanics on Granular Media 140 (2017), p. 15011  
  2. S. J. van den Boom, A. M. Aragón, and F. van Keulen. "Mesh-independent design of phononic crystals using an advanced finite element formulation." Proceedings of the ASME 2016 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition (2016)  
  3. A. M. Aragón, P. H. Geubelle, and S. R. White. "Bio-mimetic microvascular material for autonomic healing, cooling and sensing applications." Proceedings of the US-Korea Workshop on Bio-Inspired Sensor Technology and Infrastructure Monitoring (2008) Jeju, Korea.
  4. A. M. Aragón, C. J. Hansen, W. Wu, P. H. Geubelle, J. A. Lewis, and S. R. White. "Computational design and optimization of a biomimetic self-healing/cooling material." Proceedings of SPIE. 6526 (2007), pp. 4399–4410  
  5. W. Wu, C. J. Hansen,, A. M. Aragón, N. R. Sottos, S. R. White, P. H. Geubelle, and J. A. Lewis. "Direct ink writing of microvascular networks." Proceedings of the First International Conference on Self Healing Materials. (2007), Noordwijk aan Zee, The Netherlands.