Mary Frecker

Affiliate Researcher
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Professor, Mechanical Engineering

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Recent Publications

Flexure-Based Locking Plates Can Modulate Interfragmentary Motion in Distal Femur and Diaphyseal Fractures: A Parametric Finite Element Analysis

Huxman, C., Updegrove, G., Armstrong, A., Wee, H., Frecker, M. I., Butler, J. & Lewis, G. S., Jan 1 2026, In: Journal of Biomechanical Engineering. 148, 1, 011008.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Target shape matching of a 1D lithium-ion battery actuator array

Gonzalez, C., Shan, S., Frecker, M. & Rahn, C., Jan 1 2025, In: Smart Materials and Structures. 34, 1, 015048.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Design and optimization of magneto-active elastomer (MAE) unimorphs using genetic algorithms

Pan, T., Greenwood, T., Seepersad, C., Ounaies, Z. & Frecker, M., Oct 1 2025, In: Smart Materials and Structures. 34, 10, 105026.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

A framework for analyzing goal alignment and social relevance of research papers to identify impact of women in design research communities

Parkinson, B., Kiani, G. F., Frecker, M. & Toh, C., Aug 1 2025, In: Proceedings of the Design Society. 5, p. 71-80 10 p.

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Frequency bandgap enhancement in locally resonant metasurfaces for S0 Lamb wave mode using topology-optimized resonators

Pillarisetti, L. S. S., Giraldo Guzman, D., Keirn, J., Sridhar, S., Lissenden, C., Frecker, M. & Shokouhi, P., Jan 28 2025, In: Journal of Applied Physics. 137, 4, 043104.

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Topology optimization of compliant mechanisms using augmented IFEM with adaptive mesh refinement and level set method

Soltani, Z. & Frecker, M., Jul 2025, In: Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization. 68, 7, 135.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Guest Editorial: Focused Section on Compliant Mechanisms for Mechatronics

Berselli, G., Catalano, M., Frecker, M., Herder, J. L. & Hopkins, J. B., Apr 1 2024, In: IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics. 29, 2, p. 807-809 3 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Surface wave propagation control with locally resonant metasurfaces using topology-optimized resonatorsa)

Giraldo Guzman, D., Pillarisetti, L. S. S., Frecker, M., Lissenden, C. J. & Shokouhi, P., May 1 2024, In: Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 155, 5, p. 3172-3182 11 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

An Analytical Model for Nonlinear-Elastic Compliant Mechanisms With Tension–Compression Asymmetry

Hargrove, B., Frecker, M., Nastevska, A. & Jovanova, J., Dec 1 2024, In: Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics. 16, 12, 121006.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Topology Optimization Design of Resonant Structures Based on Antiresonance Eigenfrequency Matching Informed by Harmonic Analysis

Giraldo Guzman, D., Lissenden, C., Shokouhi, P. & Frecker, M., Oct 2023, In: Journal of Mechanical Design. 145, 10, 101704.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Analytical modeling of a multilayer, multimorph lithium-ion battery actuator

Gonzalez, C. A., Shan, S., Frecker, M. I. & Rahn, C. D., Jul 2023, In: Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures. 34, 12, p. 1424-1439 16 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Analytical modeling of a magnetoactive elastomer unimorph

Pan, T., Leng, R., Uitz, O., Seepersad, C., Ounaies, Z. & Frecker, M., Sep 2023, In: Smart Materials and Structures. 32, 9, 095021.

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Reactive extrusion additive manufacturing (REAM) of functionally graded, magneto-active thermoset composites

Uitz, O., Leng, R., Pan, T., Zhao, X., Oridate, A., Seepersad, C., Ounaies, Z. & Frecker, M., Apr 5 2023, In: Additive Manufacturing. 67, 103486.

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Design of resonant elastodynamic metasurfaces to control S0 Lamb waves using topology optimization

Giraldo Guzman, D., Pillarisetti, L. S. S., Sridhar, S., Lissenden, C. J., Frecker, M. & Shokouhi, P., Nov 1 2022, In: JASA Express Letters. 2, 11, 115601.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Pseudo rigid body model for a nonlinear folding compliant mechanism

Hargrove, B., Nastevska, A., Frecker, M. & Jovanova, J., Oct 2022, In: Mechanism and Machine Theory. 176, 105017.

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