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Elon J. Terrell

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Elon J. Terrell is an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at Columbia University. He received his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Carnegie Mellon University in 2007, his M.S. in mechanical engineering in 2004, and his B.S. in mechanical engineering in 2002, both from the University of Texas at Austin.

His research interests involve the thermal-fluid sciences, energy, and tribology. In particular, he is interested in advancing research in hydrodynamic lubrication, surface engineering, and contact mechanics which can be applied to the following:

-Lubrication and wear in MEMS devices
-Efficiency and longevity maximization of energy systems
-Design improvement of biomedical devices
-Sustainable manufacturing

Publications

Peer-Reviewed Archival Publications:

Terrell, E. J., Comes, R. B., and Higgs, C. F., 2009, "Analysis of Feature-Scale Wear in Chemical Mechanical Polishing:  Modeling and Experiments," Tribology Letters, to appear.

Terrell, E. J., Kabir, M. A., and Higgs, C. F., 2009, "Contact Stress Analysis of Lightly Compressed Thin Films: Modeling and Experimentation", Journal of Applied Physics, vol. 105(12), pp. 124907-1 - 124907-6.

Terrell, E. J., and Higgs III, C. F., 2009, "A Particle-Augmented Mixed Lubrication Approach to Predicting Chemical Mechanical Polishing", Journal of Tribology, vol. 131(1), pp. 012201 - 012210.

Chaudhuri, S., Kumar, R., Joshi, M., Terrell, E., Higgs, F., Aleven, V., and Rose, C. P., 2008, "It's not easy being green:  Supporting collaborative ‘Green Design' learning," Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 5091, pp. 807-809.

Terrell, E. J. and Higgs III, C. F., 2007, "A Modeling Approach for Predicting the Abrasive Particle Motion During Chemical Mechanical Polishing," Journal of Tribology, vol. 129 (4), pp. 933 - 941.

Terrell, E. J., Kuo, M., and Higgs III, C. F., 2007, "An Approach to Modeling Particle-Based and Contact-Based Wear in CMP," Proceedings of the Materials Research Society Symposium C, vol. 991.

Higgs III, C. F., Terrell, E. J., Kuo, M., Bonivel, J., and Biltz, S., 2007, "On a Particle-Augmented Mixed Lubrication Approach to Predicting CMP," Proceedings of the Materials Research Society Symposium C, vol. 991.

Terrell, E. J., and Higgs III, C. F., 2007, "A Simulation of Contaminates Around the Solid Immersion Lens in a Near Field Optical Recording System," IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, vol. 43 (3), pp. 1086 - 1092.

Terrell, E. J., and Higgs III, C. F., 2006, "Hydrodynamics of Slurry Flow in Chemical Mechanical Polishing: A Review," Journal of the Electrochemical Society, vol. 153 (6), pp. K15 - K22.


Peer-Reviewed Conference Publications:

Terrell, E. J., Needelman, W. M., and Kyle, J. P., "Current and Future Tribological Challenges in Wind Turbine Power Systems," ASME Paper IJTC2009-15220.

Terrell, E. J., and Higgs III, C. F., "An Analytical Model for Predicting Contact Stress and Sliding Wear of a Three-Dimensional Textured Surface," ASME Paper IJTC2009-15219.

Terrell, E. J., Landry, E., McGaughey, A. M., and Higgs III, C. F., "Molecular dynamics simulation of nanoindentation," ASME Paper IJTC2008-71287.

Terrell, E. J., and Higgs III, C. F., 2008, "Multi-phase modeling of journal bearing with oil and boric acid lubricant," ASME Paper IJTC2008-71297. 

Terrell, E. J., and Higgs III, C. F., 2007, "A Multi-Physics Particle-Augmented Mixed Lubrication Approach for Studying CMP," ASME Paper IJTC2007-44487.

Terrell, E. J., and Higgs III, C. F., 2006, "Contact Stress Analysis of Thin Film Compression: Modeling, Simulation, and Experiment," ASME Paper IJTC2006-12300.

Terrell, E. J., and Higgs III, C. F., 2006, "A Model for Studying the Hydrodynamic Slurry Behavior in CMP: Discrete and Continuous Phases," ASME Paper IJTC2006-12229.

Terrell, E. J., Jasti, V. K., and Higgs III, C. F., 2005, "Modeling the Motion of Slurry Nanoparticles During Chemical Mechanical Polishing," ASME Paper IMECHE2005-82331.

Garcia., J. I., Terrell, E. J., and Higgs III, C. F., 2005, "CMP and Nano-characterization of Magnetic Head Wafer Films," ASME Paper WTC2005-63704.

Terrell, E. J., Garcia, J. I., and Higgs III, C. F., 2005, "Two-Phase Hydrodynamic Modeling of Particulate Fluids in Sliding Contacts," ASME Paper WTC2005-63778.

Mouzon, B. D., Terrell, E. J., Albert, J. E., and Bogard, D. G., 2005, "Net Heat Flux Reduction and Overall Effectiveness for a Turbine Blade Leading Edge," ASME Paper GT2005-69002.

Terrell, E. J., Mouzon, B. D., and Bogard, D. G., 2005, "Convective Heat Transfer Through Film Cooling Holes of a Gas Turbine Blade," ASME Paper GT2005-69003