Publications

Selected media articles, patents, journal covers, journal and conference publications.

Selected media articles

BBC

Have scientists designed the 'perfect' chocolate?

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The Washington Post

How to make a tastier chocolate? Use geometry.

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Advanced Science News

3D printing the perfect piece of chocolate

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Engineering Designer

A new dimension to design education with AR

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Gizmodo

Crispier chocolate using 3D printers

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Our book

Enrich your knowledge of finite element analysis!

Delve into the world of enriched finite element formulations for solving problems with discontinuities  in solid mechanics. From multiphase materials to fracture, immersed boundary problems to contact, and topology optimization, this book will teach you everything you need to know to implement enriched finite element methods on any FEA package. 

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Journal Covers

  1. J. Zhang, E. Zhebel, S. J. van den Boom, D. Liu, and A. M. Aragón. “Featured Cover.” International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering 123.21 (2022), pp. i–i  
  2. S. J. van den Boom, J. Zhang, F. van Keulen, and A. M. Aragón. “Cover Image.” International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering 120.10 (2019), pp. i–i

Patents

  1. A. M. Aragón, S. V. Valappil, and J. Hogendoorn. Ultrasonic Transducer and Ultrasonic Flowmeter. US2023/0130690 A1, Apr. 27, 2023.  
  2. A. M. Aragón, J. Jovanova, and A. C. Azevedo Vasconcelos. Load transfer interface, system for selectively applying a mechanical load to an object, method for designing a load transfer interface, and method for driving an object into the ground. Patent WO 2023/017013 A1, 2023.   

Journal Publications

    1. S. V. Valappil and A. M. Aragón. “Analytical modeling of damped locally-resonant metamaterials”. Wave Motion 136 (2025), p. 103527.  
    2. Z. Li, F. Alijani, A. Sarafraz, M. Xu, R. A. Norte, A. M. Aragón, and P. G. Steeneken. “Finite element-based nonlinear dynamic optimization of nanomechanical resonators.” Microsyst Nanoeng   11.1 (2025), p. 16.   
    3. Y. Gandhi, A. M. Aragón, J. Norato, and G. Minak. “A geometry projection method for the topology optimization of additively manufactured variable-stiffness composite laminates.” Comput Methods Appl Mech Eng   435 (2025), p. 117663.   
    4. S. Valiya Valappil, A. M. Aragón, and J. F. L. Goosen. “Directional band gap phononic structures for attenuating crosstalk in clamp-on ultrasonic flowmeters.” Mech Syst Signal Process   224 (2025), p. 112173.   
    5. J. Zhang, Y. Yan, C. A. Duarte, and A. M. Aragón. “A Discontinuity-Enriched Finite Element Method (DE-FEM) for modeling quasi-static fracture growth in brittle solids.” Comput Methods Appl Mech Eng   435 (2025), p. 117585.   
    6. D. Liu, J. Zhang, A. M. Aragón, and A. Simone A. “The discontinuity-enriched finite element method for multiple intersecting discontinuities.” Comput Methods Appl Mech Eng   433 (2025), p. 117432.   
    7. G. Reales Gutiérrez, F. van Keulen, J. F. L. Goosen, A. M. Aragón, and A. Bornheim. “Enhancing the cooling performance of thermocouples: a power-constrained topology optimization procedure.” Struct Multidiscip O   61.11 (2024), p. 189.   
    8. G. Reales Gutiérrez, F. van Keulen, A. M. Aragón, J. F. L. Goosen, and A. Bornheim. “Multi-objective scintillator shape optimiza- tion for increased photodetector light collection.” J Opt Soc Am B   41.9 (2024), pp. 2014–2032.   
    9. J. Rommers, V. van der Wijk, A. M. Aragón, and J. L. Herder. “The STAGE method for simultaneous design of the stress and geometry of flexure mechanisms.” Precis Eng   89 (2024), pp. 103–112.   
    10. Z. Li, M. Xu, R. A. Norte, A. M. Aragón, P. G. Steeneken, and F. Alijani. “Strain engineering of nonlinear nanoresonators from hardening to softening.” Commun Phys   7.1 (2024), p. 53.   
    11. S. van Bergen, R. A. Norte, and A. M. Aragón. “An interface-enriched generalized finite element method for the analysis and topology optimization of 2-D electromagnetic problems.” Comput Methods Appl Mech Eng   421 (2024), p. 116748.   
    12. A. C. Azevedo Vasconcelos, S. Valiya Valappil, D. Schott, J. Jovanova, and A. M. Aragón. “A metamaterial-based interface for the structural resonance shielding of impact-driven offshore monopiles.” Eng Struct   300 (2024), p. 117261.   
    13. S. Valiya Valappil, J. F. L. Goosen, and A. M. Aragón. “Multi-objective design of 3D phononic crystal waveguide by design space trimming.” Mater Des   237 (2024), p. 112594.   
    14. S. J. van den Boom, R. Abedi, F. van Keulen, and A. M. Aragón. “A level set-based interface-enriched topology optimization for the design of phononic crystals with smooth boundaries.” Comput Methods Appl Mech Eng   408 (2023), p. 115888.   
    15. A. Keşkekler, V. Bos, A. M. Aragón, F. Alijani, and P. G. Steeneken. “Multimode Nonlinear Dynamics of Graphene Resonators” Phys Rev Applied 20 (2023), p. 064020.   
    16. A. O. Krushynska, D. Torrent, A. M. Aragón, R. Ardito, O. R. Bilal, B. Bonello, F. Bosia, Y. Chen, J. Christensen, A. Colombi, S. A. Cummer, B. Djafari-Rouhani, F. Fraternali, P. I. Galich, P. D. Garcia, J.-P. Groby, S. Guenneau, M. R. Haberman, M. I. Hussein, S. Janbaz, N. Jiménez, A. Khelif, V. Laude, M. J. Mirzaali, P. Packo, A. Palermo, Y. Pennec, R. Picó, M. R. López, S. Rudykh, M. Serra-Garcia, C. M. Sotomayor Torres, T. A. Starkey, V. Tournat, and O. B. Wright. “Emerging topics in nanophononics and elastic, acoustic, and mechanical metamaterials: an overview” Nanophotonics   12.4 (2023), pp. 659–686.   
    17. Z. Li, M. Xu, R. A. Norte, A. M. Aragón, F. van Keulen, F. Alijani, and P. G. Steeneken. “Tuning the Q-factor of nanomechanical string resonators by torsion support design” Appl Phys Lett 122.1 (2023), p. 013501.   
    18. S. Valiya Valappil, A. M. Aragón, and J. F. L. Goosen. “Phononic crystals’ band gap manipulation via displacement modes” Solid State Commun   361 (2023), p. 115061.   
    19. S. Valiya Valappil, J. F. L. Goosen, and A. M. Aragón. “Phononic Crystals for Suppressing Crosstalk in Ultrasonic Flowmeters.” IEEE Trans Instrum Meas   72 (2023), pp. 1–11.   
    20. S. Valiya Valappil, A. O. Krushynska, and A. M. Aragón. “Analytical characterization of the dynamic response of viscoelastic metamaterials.” Comput Mater Sci 229 (2023), p. 112385.  
    21. A. Chandrashekar, A. Givois, P. Belardinelli, Casper L. Penning, A. M. Aragón, U. Staufer, and F. Alijani. “Sensitivity of viscoelastic characterization in multi-harmonic atomic force microscopy.” Soft Matter   18.46 (2022), pp. 8748–8755.   
    22. D. Liu, S. J. van den Boom, A. Simone, and A. M. Aragón. “An interface-enriched generalized finite element formulation for locking-free coupling of non-conforming discretizations and contact.” Comput Mech 70.3 (2022), pp. 477–499.   
    23. J. Zhang, E. Zhebel, S. J. van den Boom, D. Liu, and A. M. Aragón. “An object-oriented geometric engine design for discontinuities in unfitted/immersed/enriched finite element methods.” Int J Numer Meth Eng   123.21 (2022), pp. 5126-5154.   
    24. A. Souto, J. Zhang, A. M. Aragón, K. P. Velikov, and C. Coulais. “Edible mechanical metamaterials with designed fracture for mouthfeel control.” Soft Matter   18 (2022), pp. 2910-2919.   
    25. J. Zhang and A. M. Aragón. “An improved stress recovery technique for the unfitted finite element analysis of discontinuous gradient fields.” Int J Numer Meth Eng   123.3 (2022), pp. 639–663.   
    26. J. Zhang, F. van Keulen, and A.M. Aragón. “On Tailoring Fracture Resistance of Brittle Structures: A Level Set Interface-enriched Topology Optimization Approach.” Comput Methods Appl Mech Eng   388 (2022), p. 114189.    
    27. S. J. van den Boom, F. van Keulen, and A. M. Aragón. “Fully decoupling geometry from discretization in the Bloch–Floquet finite element analysis of phononic crystals.” Comput Methods Appl Mech Eng   382 (2021), p. 113848.   
    28. E. De Lazzari, S. J. van den Boom, J. Zhang, F. van Keulen, and A. M. Aragón. “A critical view on the use of Non-Uniform Rational B-Splines to improve geometry representation in enriched finite element methods.” Int J Numer Meth Eng   122.5 (2021), pp. 1195-1216.   
    29. S. J. van den Boom, J. Zhang, F. van Keulen, A. M. Aragón. “An interface-enriched generalized finite element method for level set-based topology optimization.” Struct Multidiscip O   63.1 (2021), pp. 1–20.   
    30. A. M. Aragón, B. Liang, H. Ahmadian, and S. Soghrati. “On the stability and interpolating properties of the Hierarchical Interface-enriched Finite Element Method.” Comput Methods Appl Mech Eng   362 (2020), p. 112671.   
    31. A. M. Aragón and A.Simone. “Discussionon ’A linear complete extended finite element method for dynamic fracture simulation with non-nodal enrichments’ [Finite Elem. Anal. Des. 152 (2018)] by I. Asareh, T.-Y. Kim, and J.-H. Song.” Finite Elem Anal Des 168 (2019), p. 103340.   
    32. S. J. van den Boom, J. Zhang, F. van Keulen, and A. M. Aragón. “A stable interface-enriched formulation for immersed domains with strong enforcement of essential boundary conditions.” Int J Numer Meth Eng 120.10 (2019), pp. 1163–1183.   
    33. M. Mengolini, M. F. Benedetto, and A. M. Aragón. “An engineering perspective to the virtual element method and its interplay with the standard finite element method.” Comput Methods Appl Mech Eng 350 (2019), pp. 995–1023.   
    34. J. Zhang, S. J. van den Boom, F. van Keulen, and A. M. Aragón. “A stable discontinuity-enriched finite element method for 3-D problems containing weak and strong discontinuities.” Comput Methods Appl Mech Eng   355 (2019), pp. 1097–1123.   
    35. H. Q. Do, A. M. Aragón, and D. L. Schott. “A calibration framework for discrete element model parameters using genetic algorithms.” Adv Powder Technol 29.6 (2018), pp. 1393–1403.   
    36. A. M. Aragón and A. Simone. “The Discontinuity-Enriched Finite Element Method.” Int J Numer Meth Eng 112.11 (2017), pp. 1589–1613.   
    37. F. Demoures, F. Gay-Balmaz, M. Desbrun, T. S. Ratiu, and A. M. Aragón. “A multisymplectic integrator for elastodynamic frictionless impact problems.” Comput Methods Appl Mech Eng   315 (2017), pp. 1025–1052.   
    38. D. K. Gupta, G. J. van der Veen, A. M. Aragón, M. Langelaar, and F. van Keulen. “Bounds for decoupled design and analysis discretizations in topology optimization.” Int J Numer Meth Eng 111.1 (2017), pp. 88–100.   
    39. R. Sharma, J. Zhang, M. Langelaar, F. Keulen, and A. M. Aragón. “An improved stress recovery technique for low-order 3D finite elements.” Int J Numer Meth Eng 113.1 (2017), pp. 88–103.  
    40. A. Cuba-Ramos, and A. M. Aragón, S. Soghrati, P. H. Geubelle, and J.-F. Molinari. “A new formulation for imposing Dirichlet boundary conditions on non-matching meshes.” Int J Numer Meth Eng 103.6 (2015), pp. 430–444.   
    41. A. M. Aragón. “A C++11 implementation of arbitrary-rank tensors for high-performance computing.” Comput Phys Commun 185.6 (2014), pp. 1681–1696.   
    42. A. M. Aragón and J.-F. Molinari. “A hierarchical detection framework for computational contact mechanics.” Comput Methods Appl Mech Eng 268.0 (2014), pp. 574–588.   
    43. S. Soghrati, A. M. Aragón, and P. Geubelle. “Design of actively-cooled microvascular materials: a genetic algorithm inspired network optimization.” Struct Multidiscip O   49.4 (2014), pp. 643-655.   
    44. A. M. Aragón. “A measure for the impact of research.” Sci Rep   3 (2013), p. 1649.   
    45. A. M. Aragón, R. Saksena, B. D. Kozola, P. H. Geubelle, K. T. Christensen, and S. R. White. “Multi-physics optimization of three-dimensional microvascular polymeric components.” J Comput Phys 233 (2013), pp. 132–147.   
    46. A. M. Aragón, S. Soghrati, and P. H. Geubelle. “Effect of in-plane deformation on the cohesive failure of heterogeneous adhesives.” J Mech Phys Solids 61.7 (2013), pp. 1600–1611.   
    47. A. M. Aragón, V. A. Yastrebov, and J.-F. Molinari. “A constrained-optimization methodology for the detection phase in contact mechanics simulations.” Int J Numer Meth Eng 96.5 (2013), pp. 323–338.   
    48. S. Soghrati, A. M. Aragón, C. Armando Duarte, and P. H. Geubelle. “An interface-enriched generalized FEM for problems with discontinuous gradient fields.” Int J Numer Meth Eng 89.8 (2012), pp. 991–1008.   
    49. A. M. Aragón, K. J. Smith, P. H. Geubelle, and S. R. White. “Multi-physics design of microvascular materials for active cooling applications.” J Comput Phys 230.13 (2011), pp. 5178–5198.   
    50. A. M. Aragón, C. A. Duarte, and P. H. Geubelle. “Generalized finite element enrichment functions for discontinuous gradient fields.” Int J Numer Meth Eng   82.2 (2010), pp. 242–268.   
    51. S. C. Olugebefola, A. M. Aragón, C. J. Hansen, A. R. Hamilton, B. D. Kozola, W. Wu, P. H. Geubelle, J. A. Lewis, N. R. Sottos, and S. R. White. “Polymer Microvascular Network Composites.” J Compos Mater 44.22 (2010), pp. 2587–2603.   
    52. W. Wu, C. J. Hansen, A. M. Aragón, P. H. Geubelle, S. R. White, and J. A. Lewis. “Direct-write assembly of biomimetic microvascular networks for efficient fluid transport.” Soft Matter   6 (4 2010), pp. 739–742.   
    53. A. M. Aragón, J. K. Wayer, P. H. Geubelle, D. E. Goldberg, and S. R. White. “Design of microvascular flow networks using multi-objective genetic algorithms.” Comput Methods Appl Mech Eng   197.49–50 (2008), pp. 4399–4410.   

Conference Publications

  1. A. C. Azevedo Vasconcelos, D. Schott, A. M. Aragón, and J. Jovanova. “Single-Phase Elastic Metamaterials for Wave Filtering.” ASME 2021 Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems.   V001T01A015 (2021).
  2. H. Q. Do, A. M. Aragón, and D. L. Schott. “Automated discrete element method calibration using genetic and optimization algorithms.” Powders and Grains – 8th International Conference on Micromechanics on Granular Media   140 (2017), p. 15011.
  3. S. J. van den Boom, A. M. Aragón, and F. van Keulen. “Mesh-independent design of phononic crystals using an advanced finite element formulation.” Proceedings of the ASME 2016 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition   (2016).
  4. A. M. Aragón, P. H. Geubelle, and S. R. White. “Bio-mimetic microvascular material for autonomic healing, cooling and sensing applications.” Proceedings of the US-Korea Workshop on Bio-Inspired Sensor Technology and Infrastructure Monitoring   (2008) Jeju, Korea.
  5. A. M. Aragón, C. J. Hansen, W. Wu, P. H. Geubelle, J. A. Lewis, and S. R. White. “Computational design and optimization of a biomimetic self-healing/cooling material.” Proceedings of SPIE.   6526 (2007), pp. 4399–4410.
  6. W. Wu, C. J. Hansen,, A. M. Aragón, N. R. Sottos, S. R. White, P. H. Geubelle, and J. A. Lewis. “Direct ink writing of microvascular networks.” Proceedings of the First International Conference on Self Healing Materials.   (2007), Noordwijk aan Zee, The Netherlands.
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