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Assistant Lab Coordinator

Elizabeth Jones

ecler2@illinois.edu

204 Talbot Laboratory

About

EDUCATION:

2015 Ph.D. – Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Dissertation: “Mechanics of Lithium-Ion Battery Electrodes”

2011 M.S. – Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

2009 B.S. – Engineering Mechanics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 

 

POSITIONS HELD:

2026 – present – Assistant Lab Coordinator, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL

2016 – 2025 – Research Scientist, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM

2015 – 2016 – Postdoctoral Research Assistant, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM

 

PATENTS:

 

JOURNAL ARTICLES:

International Digital Image Correlation Society (iDICs)

Thermographic Phosphor Digital Image Correlation (TP+DIC)

  • Optical model to correct the blue shift effect of interference bandpass filters for full-field, ratio method phosphor thermography, Optics Express, 2025.  DOI: 10.1364/OE.568164
  • A flexible polymer-based luminescent ink for combined thermographic phosphors and digital image correlation (TP+DIC), Optical Materials, 2023.  DOI: 10.1016/j.optmat.2023.113906
  • Combined thermographic phosphor and digital image correlation (TP+DIC) for simultaneous temperature and strain measurements, Strain, 2022.  DOI: 10.1111/str.12415
  • Advances in phosphor two-color ratio method thermography for full-field surface temperature measurements, Measurement Science and Technology, 2022.  DOI: 10.1088/1361-6501/ac69af

X-Ray Digital Image Correlation

Constitutive Model Calibration with DIC

  • Advancements in constitutive model calibration: Leveraging the power of full-field DIC measurements and in situ load path selection for reliable parameter inference, Strain, 2025.  DOI: 10.1111/str.70008
  • Identification uncertainty in inverse material model parameter determination: A sensitivity-based decision process for load path selection, Strain, 2025.  DOI: 10.1111/str.70007
  • Bayesian optimal experimental design for constitutive model calibration, International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 2024.  DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmecsci.2023.108881
  • On the importance of direct-levelling for constitutive material model calibration using digital image correlation and finite element model updating, Experimental Mechanics, 2023.  DOI: 10.1007/s11340-022-00926-7
  • Investigation of assumptions and approximations in the virtual fields method for a viscoplastic material model, Strain, 2019.  DOI: 10.1111/str.12309
  • Parameter covariance and non-uniqueness in material model calibration using the virtual fields method, Computational Materials Science, 2018.  DOI: 10.1016/j.commatsci.2018.05.037

Model Validation with DIC

  • Digital image correlation and infrared thermography data for seven unique
    geometries of 304L stainless steel, Scientific Data, 2024.  DOI: 10.1038/s41597-024-03949-y
  • Data set accompanying “Digital image correlation and infrared thermography
    data for seven unique geometries of 304L stainless steel”, Figshare+, 2024.  DOI: 10.25452/figshare.plus.25483534
  • A hybrid smoothed-particle hydrodynamics model of oxide skins on molten aluminum, Applied Mathematical Modelling, 2024.  DOI: 10.1016/j.apm.2024.02.027
  • 3D optical diagnostics for explosively driven deformation and fragmentation, International Journal of Impact Engineering, 2022.  DOI: 10.1016/j.ijimpeng.2021.104142
  • Anisotropic plasticity model forms for extruded Al 7079: Part II, validation, International Journal of Solids and Structures, 2021.  DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2020.11.031
  • Response of jointed-structures in shock-induced flow: Surface pressure and
    structural measurements with finite element modeling, AIAA Journal, 2021.  DOI: 10.2514/1.J059156
  • Validation of finite-element models using full-field experimental data:
    Leveling finite-element analysis data through a digital image correlation
    engine, Strain, 2020.  DOI: 10.1111/str.12350

Uncertainty Quantification of DIC Measurements

  • Generation of synthetic digital image correlation images using the open-source Blender software, Experimental Techniques, 2022.  DOI: 10.1007/s40799-021-00491-z
  • High-precision digital image correlation for investigation of fluid-structure interactions in a shock tube, Experimental Mechanics, 2020.  DOI: 10.1007/s11340-020-00610-8
  • DIC Challenge: Developing images and guidelines for evaluating accuracy and resolution of 2D analyses, Experimental Mechanics, 2018.  DOI: 10.1007/s11340-017-0349-0
  • Distortion of digital image correlation (DIC) displacements and strains from heat waves, Experimental Mechanics, 2018.  DOI: 10.1007/s11340-017-0354-3

Mechanics of Lithium-Ion Battery Electrodes

  • Electrochemical stiffness of lithium-ion battery electrodes, Nature Materials, 2016.  DOI: 10.1038/NMAT4708 
  • Reversible and irreversible deformation mechanisms of composite graphite electrodes in lithium-ion batteries, Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 2016.  DOI: 10.1149/2.0751609jes
  • In situ measurements of strains in composite battery electrodes during electrochemical cycling, Experimental Mechanics, 2016.  DOI: 10.1007/s11340-014-9873-3