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      Columbia, SC 29208
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Sarah C. Baxter

Associate Professor

Dr. Baxter's research and interests include mechanics of random heterogeneous materials , cell-extracellular matrix mechanics and mechanotransduction  and cardiac tissue mechanics.

Education
  • PhD, Applied Mathematics, University of Virginia, 1995
  • MS, Applied and Computational Mathematics, University of Minnesota, 1991
Selected Publications
  • “A Framework for Stochastic Mechanics” (2005) Todd O. Williams, Sarah C. Baxter, Probabilistic Engineering Mechanics, accepted for publication
  • “Light Scattering from Gold Nanorods: Tracking Material Deformation” (2005), Christopher J. Orendorff, Sarah C. Baxter, Edie C. Goldsmith, and Catherine J. Murphy, Nanotechnology, 16, 2601-2605
  • “Modeling the effects of material non-linearity using moving window micromechanics” (2005) Sarah C. Baxter, Lori L.Graham-Brady, Frank Xi Xu, International Journal of Nonlinear Mechanics, 40 351-359
  • “Evaluation of the FI-AD Analysis for Characterization of the Binding Properties of Molecularly Imprinted Polymers” (2004) R.J. Umpleby II, A.M. Rampey, S.C. Baxter, G.T. Rushton, R.N. Shah, J.C. Bradshaw and K.D. Shimizu, J. Chromatogr. B 804 141
  • “Impulse response evaluation of drilled shafts with pile caps: modeling and experiment” S.C. Baxter, M.O. Islam, and S.L. Gassman, (2004) Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, 31(2), 169-177
  • “Modeling Anisotropic Hardening with a Stochastic Cellular Automaton” S.C. Baxter and A.P. Reynolds, (2004) Probabilistic Engineering Mechanics, 19 3–8
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