Andrew J. Higgins, Ph.D.

Affiliations: 
1991-1996 Aeronautics & Astronautics University of Washington, Seattle, Seattle, WA 
 1999- Mechanical Engineering McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada 
Area:
detonation, shock waves, propulsion
Website:
https://www.mcgill.ca/mecheng/andrew-j-higgins
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Parents

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Adam P. Bruckner grad student 1996 University of Washington
 (Investigation of Detonation Initiation by Supersonic Blunt Bodies (Ph.D. dissertation) / Gas Dynamic Limits of the Ram Accelerator (M.S. thesis))

Children

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Charles B. Kiyanda grad student 2002-2005 McGill (Physics Tree)
Oren E Petel grad student 2000-2013 McGill
Xiaocheng Mi grad student 2013-2018 McGill
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Huneault J, Kamil J, Higgins A, et al. (2018) Dynamic Tensile Strength of Silicone Oils Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 1979: 70016
Navarro PF, Chiu P, Higgins A, et al. (2018) Shear band patterning and post-critical behavior in AISI 4340 steel with different microstructure International Journal of Impact Engineering. 112: 144-154
Lam F, Mi X, Higgins AJ. (2017) Front roughening of flames in discrete media. Physical Review. E. 96: 013107
Georges W, Loiseau J, Higgins A, et al. (2017) Effect of Scale, Material Strength, and Loading on Ejecta Formation from Explosively Driven Aluminum Journal of Dynamic Behavior of Materials. 3: 485-496
Mi X, Higgins AJ. (2015) Influence of discrete sources on detonation propagation in a Burgers equation analog system. Physical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics. 91: 053014
Olney KL, Chiu PH, Benson DJ, et al. (2015) Localized microjetting in the collapse of surface macrocavities. Physical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics. 91: 022405
Olney KL, Chiu PH, Ribero Vairo MS, et al. (2015) Influence of mesoscale properties on the mechanisms of plastic strain accommodation in plane strain dynamic deformation of concentric Ni-Al laminates Journal of Applied Physics. 117
Huneault J, Loiseau J, Hildebrand M, et al. (2015) Down-Bore Velocimetry of an Explosively Driven Light-Gas Gun Procedia Engineering. 103: 230-236
Olney KL, Chiu PH, Higgins A, et al. (2014) The mechanisms of plastic strain accommodation during the high strain rate collapse of corrugated Ni-Al laminate cylinders Philosophical Magazine
Chiu PH, Olney KL, Higgins A, et al. (2013) The mechanism of instability and localized reaction in the explosively driven collapse of thick walled Ni-Al laminate cylinders Applied Physics Letters. 102
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