Julie Slaughter
Title(s):
Associate Scientist/Scientist
Office
128 Spedding
2416 Pammel Drive
Ames, IA 50011-2416
Information
Education
Ph.D., Engineering Mechanics, Iowa State University, 1997
Master of Science, Mechanical Engineering, Iowa State University, 1994
Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering, University of Missouri, Columbia, 1992
Research Interests
Applied research and development for energy-efficient design of actuators, sensors, and energy harvesters using caloric, magnetic, and shape memory technologies.
Publications
1. A. Czernuszewicz, L. Griffith, A. Scott, J. Slaughter, and V. Pecharsky, “Unlocking large compressive strains in thin active elastocaloric layers,” Appl. Therm. Eng. 190, 116850 (2021).
2. L. Griffith, A. Czernuszewicz, J. Slaughter, and V. Pecharsky, “Active magnetic regenerative cooling with smaller magnets,” Int. J. Refrig. 125, 44 (2021).
3. J. Slaughter, A. Czernuszewicz, L. Griffith, and V. Pecharsky, “Compact and efficient elastocaloric heat pumps—Is there a path forward?,” J. Appl. Phys., vol. 127, no. 19, May 2020.
4. Czernuszewicz, L. Griffith, J. Slaughter, and V. Pecharsky, “Low-force compressive and tensile actuation for elastocaloric heat pumps,” Appl. Mater. Today, vol. 19, p. 100557, Jun. 2020.
5. L. Griffith, A.Czernuszewicz, J. Slaughter, and V. Pecharsky, “CaloriSMART: Small-scale test-stand for rapid evaluation of active magnetic regenerator performance,” Energy Convers. Manag., vol. 199, Nov. 2019.
6. L. D. Griffith, Y. Mudryk, J. Slaughter, andV. K. Pecharsky, “Material-based figure of merit for caloric materials,” J. Appl. Phys., vol. 123, no. 3, 2018.
7. S. Bashash, K. Vora, N. Jalili, P. G. Evans, M. J. Dapino, and J. Slaughter, “Modeling major and minor hysteresis loops in galfenol-driven micro-positioning actuators using a memory-based hysteresis framework,” in 2008 Proceedings of the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference, DSCC 2008, 2009, no. PART B.
8. J. C. Slaughter, J. Raim, M. Wun-Fogle, and J. B. Restorff, “Effect of cyclic stresses and magnetic fields on stress-annealed Galfenol alloys,” in Proceedings of SPIE -The International Society for Optical Engineering, 2005, vol. 5761.
9. E. Summers, T. A. Lograsso, J. D. Snodgrass, and J. Slaughter, “Magnetic and mechanical properties of polycrystalline Galfenol,” in Proceedings of SPIE, 2004, vol. 5387.
10. J. C. Slaughter, “Experimental study of electrical point shorts in laminated TERFENOL-D,” in Proceedings of SPIE, 2002, vol. 4699.
11. J. C. Slaughter, M. J. Dapino, R. C. Smith, and A. B. Flatau, “Modeling of a Terfenol-D ultrasonic transducer,” in Proceedings of SPIE The International Society for Optical Engineering, 2000, vol. 3985.
12. J. A. Mann III, P. Spiker, R. Smith, J. Slaughter, T. Wiegandt, and D. H. Kruger, “Experiments and computations used to optimize noise reduction in noise control treatments,” in Proceedings National Conference on Noise Control Engineering, 1998.
13. J. C. Slaughter, J. Adin Mann III, and D. O. Adams, “Effect of controlled material variations on the farfield sound radiation from composite beams,” in American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Noise Control and Acoustics Division (Publication) NCA, 1996, vol. 23, no. 23.
14. G. R. Luecke and J. Slaughter, “Design, development, and testing of an automated window shade controller,” J. Sol. Energy Eng. Trans. ASME, vol. 117, no. 4, 1995.