Francis Zok
Professor and Associate Chair Materials
Contacts
Materials Department
University of California
Santa Barbara, CA 93106
tel: (805) 893-8699
fax: (805) 893-8486
zok@engineering.ucsb.edu
Personal web site
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Highlights from Zok's research programs
Research Description
Design, performance and mechanics of advanced engineering materials and structures, including high-temperature ceramic composites, blast-resistant sandwich panels, and armor systems for ground vehicles. Structure-function relationships in sclerotized biological materials and coatings.
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Biography
Professor Zok obtained his Ph.D. from McMaster University in 1989 and joined the faculty of UCSB in 1990. He is the associate chair of the department of materials.
Selected Publications
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- The Transition from Stiff to Compliant Materials in Squid Beaks, Science, 319 (2008), 2008, 1816-19, Ali Miserez, Todd Schneberk Chengjun Sun, Frank W. Zok, J. Herbert Waite
- A Non-Mineralized Approach to Abrasion Resistant Biomaterials, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 104 (2007), 2007, 13559-13564, M.G. Pontin, D.N. Moses, J.H. Waite and F.W. Zok
- Dynamic Shear Rupture of Steel Plates, Journal of Mechanics of Materials and Structures, 2 (2007), 2007, 2049-66, K. Nahshon, M. Pontin, A.G. Evans, J.W. Hutchinson and F.W. Zok
- Protective Coatings on Extensible Biofibres, Nature Materials, 6 (2007), 2007, 6365-71, N. Holten-Andersen, G.E. Fatner, S. Hohlbauch, J.H. Waite and F.W. Zok
- Interface Properties in a Porous-Matrix Oxide Composite, Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 89 (2006), 2006, 2689-73, J.H. Weaver, J. Rannou, M.A. Mattoni and F.W. Zok
- Developments in Oxide Fiber Composites (Feature Article), Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 89 (2006), 3309-3324, F.W. Zok
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