Faculty
Dr. Theocharis Baxevanis
Associate Professor of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Office Location N232 Engineering Building 1
Phone 713-743-9165
Fax 713-743-4503
Email tbaxevanis [at] uh.edu
Education
Ph.D., Dept. of Civil Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, 2003
Certificate in Construction Science and Technology, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, 1998
BSc, Dept. of Mathematics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, 1996
Professional Experience
Associate Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, University of Houston, 2022 –
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, University of Houston, 2016–2022
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Dept. of Aerospace Engineering, Texas A&M University, 2016–2019
TEES Research Assistant Professor, Dept. of Aerospace Engineering, Texas A&M University, 2014–2016
Research Associate & Lecturer, Dept. of Aerospace Engineering, Texas A&M University, 2010–2014
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Dept. of Applied Mathematics, University of Crete, Greece, 2005–2010
Research Associate, Génie Civil et Mécanique, École Centrale de Nantes, France, 2004–2005
Research Associate, Formation Physics, SINTEF Petroleum Research, Norway, 2003–2004
Professional and Scientific Affiliations
Consortium for the Advancement of Shape Memory Alloy Research and Technology (CASMART)
ASM International
The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Society of Engineering Sciences (SES)
Director of Operations, Center for Intelligent Multifunctional Materials & Structures (CiMMS), Texas A&M Experimentation Station, 2014 – 2016
Courses Taught
MECE 6377: Continuum Mechanics
MECE 6397: Micromechanics
MECE 6384: Methods of Applied Math I
MECE 3369: Solid Mechanics
MECE 3336: Mechanics II–Dynamics
MECE 3381: Finite Elements For Mech. Eng.
MECE 4331: Design of Machine Elements
Research Interests
Deformation and failure response of inelastic materials — Continuum thermodynamics; Fracture mechanics; Computational micromechanics; Localization and bifurcation
Professional Activities
Editorial Board Member: Associate Editor of Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures
Guest Editor: Special Issue “Mechanics and Physics of Active Materials" in Shape Memory and Superelasticity, April 2021
Professional Committees: Adaptive Structures and Material Systems (ASMS) Group, Fracture and Failure Mechanics Technical Committee of ASME’s Applied Mechanics Division, Multifunctional Materials Committee of ASME’s Applied Mechanics Division
Selected Publications
- Phase-field description of fracture in NiTi single crystals, D Kavvadias, T Baxevanis, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering 419, 116677
- A finite-strain phase-field description of thermomechanically induced fracture in shape memory alloys, MM Hasan, M Zhang, T Baxevanis, Shape Memory and Superelasticity 8 (4), 356-372
- A finite strain thermomechanically-coupled constitutive model for phase transformation and (transformation-induced) plastic deformation in NiTi single crystals, MA Hossain, T Baxevanis, International Journal of Plasticity 139, 102957
- A top-down characterization of NiTi single-crystal inelastic properties within confidence bounds through Bayesian inference, P Honarmandi, MA Hossain, R Arroyave, T Baxevanis, Shape Memory and Superelasticity 7, 50-64
- On the driving force for crack growth during thermal actuation of shape memory alloys, T Baxevanis, AF Parrinello, DC Lagoudas, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 89, 255-271
- Review and perspectives: shape memory alloy composite systems, BT Lester, T Baxevanis, Y Chemisky, DC Lagoudas, Acta Mechanica 226, 3907-3960
- Fracture mechanics of shape memory alloys: review and perspectives, T Baxevanis, DC Lagoudas, International Journal of Fracture 191, 191-213
Books / Book Chapters
- Baxevanis, Th., A. Solomou, I. Karaman and D. Lagoudas, “Full-field micromechanics of precipitated shape memory alloys” in Micromechanics and Nanomechanics of Composite Solids, Eds. George Weng and Shaker Meguid, Springer Verlag, 2017.
- Baxevanis, Th. and E. Papamichos, “Compactive cataclastic flow in Tuffeau de Maastricht calcarenite: Mechanical deformation and permeability reduction” in Bifurcations, Instabilities, Degradation in Geomechanics, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 95–126, 2007 (edited by George E. Exadaktylos and Ioannis G. Vardoulakis).