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Peer-reviewed articles

  1. "Active superelasticity in three-dimensional epithelia of controlled shape", E. Latorre, S. Kale, L. Casares, M. Gomez-Gonzalez, M. Uroz, L. Valon, R. V. Nair, E. Garreta, N. Montserrat, A. del Campo, B. Ladoux, M. Arroyo, and X. Trepat, Nature, 563 (7730), 203–8, 2018. [https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-018-0671-4]

  2. “Tunneling-percolation model of multicomponent nanocomposites”, S. Kale, P. Karimi, F. Sabet, I. Jasiuk, and M. Ostoja-Starzewski. Journal of Applied Physics, 123(8), 085104, 2018. [https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5019945]

  3. “Effect of filler alignment on percolation in polymer nanocomposites using tunneling-percolation model”, S. Kale, F. Sabet, I. Jasiuk, and M. Ostoja-Starzewski, Journal of Applied Physics, 120, 045105-1-10, 2016. [https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4959610]

  4. “Representing stochastic damage evolution in disordered media as a jump Markov process using the fiber bundle model”, S. Kale and M. Ostoja-Starzewski, International Journal of Damage Mechanics (George Z. Voyiadjis special issue), 26 (1), 147-161, 2016. [https://doi.org/10.1177/1056789516650249]

  5. “Stochastic Continuum Damage Mechanics using Spring Lattice Models”, S. Kale, S. Koric and M. Ostoja-Starzewski, Applied Mechanics and Materials, 784, 2015. [https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.784.350]

  6. “Tunneling-percolation behavior of polydisperse prolate and oblate ellipsoids”, S. Kale, F. Sabet, I. Jasiuk, and M. Ostoja-Starzewski, Journal of Applied Physics, 118(15), 154306, 2015. [https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4933100] (Featured on the cover)

  7. “Scaling and bounds in thermal conductivity of planar Gaussian correlated microstructures”, S. Kale, A. Saharan, S. Koric and M. Ostoja-Starzewski, Journal of Applied Physics, 117(10), 104301, 2015. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4914128]

  8. “Morphological study of elastic-plastic-brittle transitions in disordered media”, S. Kale, and M. Ostoja-Starzewski, Physical Review E, 90(4), 042405, 2014. [https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.90.042405]

  9. “Elastic-plastic brittle transitions and avalanches in disordered media”, S. Kale, and M. Ostoja-Starzewski, Physical Review Letters, 112(4), 045503, 2014. [https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.045503]

  10. “Fracture model for cemented aggregates,” A. Zubelewicz, A. Ionita, D. Thompson, D. Shunk, M.W. Lewis, J. Lawson, S. Kale and S. Koric, AIP Advances, 3(1), 012119, 2013. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4789791]

  11. “Advancing front scanning for three fringe photoelasticity”, S. Kale and K. Ramesh, Optics and Lasers in Engineering, 51(5), 592-599, 2013.  [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optlaseng.2012.12.013]

 

Book chapters

  1. “Lattice and Particle Modeling of Damage Phenomena”, S. Kale and M. Ostoja-Starzewski, Handbook of Damage Mechanics: Nano to Macro Scale for Materials and Structures (edited by G. Voyiadjis), 203-238, Springer, 2015. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-5589-9_20]

  2. “Scaling to RVE in random media”, M. Ostoja-Starzewski, S. Kale, P. Karimi, A. Malyarenko, B. Raghavan, S.I. Ranganathan , J. Zhang, Advances in Applied Mechanics, 49, 2016. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/bs.aams.2016.07.001]

 

Invited conference presentations

  1. "Vertex modeling of active superelasticity in epithelial tissues", S. Kale, E. Latorre, M. Arroyo, and X. Trepat, SES meeting, Madrid, Spain, 2018.

  2. “Nanofiller geometry effects on electrical properties of composites", P. Karimi, S. Kale, F. Sabet, I. Jasiuk, and M. Ostoja-Starzewski, 32nd American Society for Composites Annual Technical Conference, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA, 2017.

  3. “Modeling the effect of filler polydispersity and alignment on percolation in polymer nano-composites with anisotropic fillers”, F.A. Sabet, S. Kale, I. Jasiuk, and M. Ostoja-Starzewski. ASME's International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE), AZ, USA, 2016.

  4. “Stochastic damage evolution in disordered media as a jump Markov process”, S. Kale and M. Ostoja-Starzewski, Fracture Mechanics of Concrete and Concrete Structures (FraMCoS-9), Berkeley, CA, 2016.

  5.  “Avalanches, percolation, and size-effect in disordered media using a spring lattice model”, S. Kale, S. Koric and M. Ostoja-Starzewski, 1st Midwest Mechanics of Materials and Structures workshop, UIUC, 2015.

  6. “Stochastic Continuum Damage Mechanics using Spring Lattice Models”, S. Kale, S. Koric and M. Ostoja-Starzewski, International Conference on Damage Mechanics, Troyes (France).

  7. “Elastic-plastic-brittle transitions and avalanches in disordered media”, S. Kale and M. Ostoja-Starzewski, Material Science and Technology, Pittsburgh, 2014.

  8. “Multi-scale modeling and characterization of random microstructures with Gaussian correlations”, A. Saharan, S. Kale and M. Ostoja-Starzewski, Material Science and Technology, Pittsburgh, 2014.

  9. “Block dynamics method for modeling rockburst phenomena”, S. Kale, A. Zubelewicz and M. Ostoja-Starzewski, SES conference, Evanston, 2012.

 

Other presentations and talks

  1. “Project E2: Modeling electrical conductivity of polymer nanocomposites”, S. Kale, F. Sabet, I. Jasiuk, and M. Ostoja-Starzewski, NSF Center for High Voltage and Temperature Materials and Structures, Biannual Proposal and review meetings, 2012-2016.

  2. “Modeling electrical behavior of polymer nanocomposites”, S. Kale, Spring presentation workshop, Mavis future faculty fellowship, UIUC, 2016.

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