Journal Publications

(My advisees are in bold)

Year 2017

  • Patil, D.C., and Higgs III, C.F., "Experimental Investigations on the Coefficient of Restitution for Sphere-Thin Plate Inelastic Impact", Accepted for Publication, ASME Journal of Tribology, 2017.
  • Patil, D.C., Higgs III, C. F., "A Coefficient of Restitution Model for Sphere-Plate Elastoplastic Impact with Flexural Vibrations", Accepted for Publication, Nonlinear Dynamics, 2017.

Year 2016

  • Patil, D.C., Higgs III, C. F., "Critical Plate Thickness for Energy Dissipation during Sphere-Plate Elastoplastic Impact Involving Flexural Vibrations", Accepted for Publication, ASME Journal of Tribology, 2016.
  • W. L. Ong, E. O'Brien, P. S. M. Dougherty, C. F. Higgs III, A. J. H. McGaughey, J. A. Malen, X. Roy, Orientational order controls crystalline and amorphous thermal transport in superatomic crystals, Nature Materials, In Press.
  • J. A. Sierra-Suarez, S. Majumdar, A. J. H. McGaughey, J. A. Malen, C. F. Higgs III, Morse potential-based model for contacting composite rough surfaces: Formulation and application to self-assembled monolayer junctions, Journal of Applied Physics,  119 (14), 145306 (2016).
  • Patil, D.C., Marinack Jr., M.C., DellaCorte, C., Higgs III, C.F., "Experimental Investigations on the Coefficient of Restitution of Prestressed and Non-Prestressed NiTiNOL 60 (NiTi60)", Tribology Transaction, 2016.

Year 2015

  • Dougherty, P., Marinack, M., Patil, D.C., Evans, R., Higgs III, C.F. "The Influence of W-DLC and CrxN Thin Film Coatings on Impact Damage between Bearing Materials," Tribology Transactions, 2015. (Accepted for publication)
  • Warren, K.M., Mpagazehe, J.N., LeDuc, P.R., Higgs III, C.F. "Understanding the Geometric Effects in Microfluidics on Heterogeneous Cell Stress Using an Eulerian-Lagrangian Approach.", Lab on a Chip, 2015. (DOI: 10.1039/C5LC01482D)
  • S. Majumdar, J. A. Sierra-Suarez, S. N. Schiffres, W.-L Ong, A. H. J. McGaughey, C. F. Higgs, J. A. Malen, " Vibrational Mismatch of Metal Leads controls Thermal Conductance of Self Assembled Monolayer Junctions", Nanoletters, 15 (5), pp 2985-2991, 2015.
  • G. Srivastava, & Higgs, C. F., An Industrial-Scale, Multi-Wafer CMP Simulation Using the PAML Modeling Approach, ECS Journal of Solid State Science and Technology, 4 (11), P5088-P5096, 2015.
  • J. A. Sierra-Suarez, Higgs III, C. Fred, " A Contact Mechanics Formulation for Predicting Dishing and Erosion in Integrated Circuits", Tribology Letters, August 2015, 59, 2, 2015.
  • Srivastava, G. & Higgs, C. F., A Full Wafer Scale PAML Modeling Approach to Predicting CMP, A Full Wafer Scale PAML Modeling Approach to Predicting CMP. Tribology Letters, 59, 2, 2015.
  • Dougherty, P., Mpagazehe, J., Shelton, J., Higgs III, C.F. "Elucidating PDC Rock Cutting Behavior in Dry and Aqueous Conditions using Tribometry," Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 133, pp. 529-542, September 2015.

Year 2014

  • Marinack Jr., M.C., Higgs III, C.F., "Three-Dimensional Physics-Based Cellular Automata Model for Granular Shear Flow", Powder Technology, 277, pp.287-302, 2015.
  • Dougherty, P.S.M., Marinack Jr., M.C., Sunday, C.M., Higgs III, C.F., "Shear-Induced Particle Size Segregation in Composite Transfer Films," Powder Technology, 264, pp. 133-139, 2014.
  • Dougherty, P., Pudjoprawoto R., Higgs III, C.F. "Bit Cutter-on-Rock Tribometry: Analyzing Friction and Rate-of-Penetration for Deep Well Drilling Substrates", Tribology International, 77, pp. 178-185,April 2014
  • Dougherty, P., Srivastava, G., Onler, R., Ozdoganlar, O.B., and Higgs III, C. F., "Lubrication Enhancement for UHMWPE Sliding Contacts through Surface Texturing", Tribology Transactions, 58 (1), 79-86, 2014.
  • Warren, K.M., Mpagazehe, J.M., LeDuc, P.R., Higgs III, C.F. "Probing the Elastic Response of Microalga Scenedesmus dimorphus in Dry and Aqueous Environments through Atomic Force Microscopy". Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 163701 (2014).
  • Mpagazehe, J. N., Street, K. W., Delgado, I. R., and Higgs, C. F., "An experimental study of lunar dust erosive wear potential using the JSC-1AF lunar dust simulant," Wear, vol. 316, pp. 79-91, 2014. doi: 10.1016/j.wear.2014.04.018
  • Menezes, P., Lovell, M. Avdeev, I., Lin, J.S., and Higgs III, C. F. "Studies on the formation of discontinuous chips during rock cutting using an explicit finite element model", International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 70, 1-4, pp 635-648, 2014.
  • Menezes, P. L., Avdeev, I. V., Lovell, M. R., and Higgs III, C. F.. "An explicit finite element model to study the influence of rake angle and friction during orthogonal metal cutting." The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology 73, 5-8 (2014), pp. 875-885.

Year 2013

  • Marinack Jr., M.C., Musgrave, R.E., Higgs III, C.F., "Experimental Investigations on the Coefficient of Restitution of Single Particles," Tribology Transactions, 56(4), pp. 572-580, 2013.
  • Alenzi, A. Marinack, M., Higgs, C. F., McCarthy, J.J, "DEM validation using an annular shear cell", Powder Technology, 248, pp. 131-142, 2013.
  • Pudjoprawoto, R., Dougherty, P., Higgs, C. F., "A volumetric fractional coverage model to predict frictional behavior for in situ transfer film lubrication", Wear, 304, 1-2, pp. 173-182, 2013.
  • Mpagazehe, J. N. and Higgs, C. F., "A Comparison of Active Particle Models for Chemical Mechanical Polishing," ECS Journal of Solid State Science and Technology, 2, 3, pp. P87-P96, 2013.
  • Mpagazehe, J. N. and Higgs, C. F., "A three-dimensional transient model to predict interfacial phenomena during chemical mechanical polishing using computational fluid dynamics," Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part J, Journal of Engineering Tribology, 227, 7, pp. 777-786, 2013.
  • Mpagazehe, J., Queiruga, A., and Higgs III, C.F., "Towards an Understanding of the Drilling Process for Fossil Fuel Energy: A Continuum-Discrete Approach", Tribology International, 59, pp. 273-283, 2013.

Year 2012

  • Marinack, M., Mpagazehe, J., Higgs III, C. F., "An Eulerian, Lattice-Based Cellular Automata Approach for Modeling Multiphase Flows", Powder Technology, 221, pp. 47-56, 2012. (Invited paper)

Year 2011

  • Dougherty, P., Pudjoprawoto, R., Higgs, C. F., "An Investigation of the Wear Mechanism Leading to Self-Replenishing Transfer Films", Wear, 272, 1, pp. 122-132, 2011.
  • Marinack, M. Jasti, V., Choi, Y., Higgs III, C. F., "Couette grain flow experiments: The effects of the coefficient of restitution, global solid fraction, and materials", Powder Technology, 211, 1, pp. 144-155, 2011.
  • Marinack, M., and Higgs, C. F., "The Inclusion of Friction in Lattice-Based Cellular Automata Modeling of Granular Flows", ASME Journal of Tribology, 133, 3, 2011.

Year 2010

  • Wornyoh, E. and Higgs, C.F., "An Asperity-based Fractional Coverage Model for Transfer Films on a Tribological Surface", Wear, 270, 3-4, 2011.
  • Lovell, M., Kabir, M., Menezes, P. and Higgs, C. F., "Influence of boric-acid additive size on green lubricant performance", Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A, 368, 1929, pp. 4851-4868, 2010.
  • McCarthy, J.J., Jasti, V., Marinack, M., Higgs, C.F., "Quantitative Validation of the Discrete Element Method using an Annular Shear Cell", Powder Technology, 203, 1, 2010. (Invited paper)
  • Jhurani, S. and Higgs, C. F., "An Elastohydrodynamic Lubrication (EHL) Model of Wear Particle Migration in an Artificial Hip Joint", Tribology International, 43, 8, 2010.
  • Comes, R., Terrell, E., and Higgs, C.F., "Pad Deflection-Based Model of Chemical Mechanical Polishing for Use in CAD IC Layout", IEEE Transactions of Semiconductor Manufacturing, 23, 1, 2010.
  • Jasti, V. and Higgs III, C.F., "A fast first order model of a rough annular shear cell using cellular automata", Granular Matter, 12, 1, pp. 97-106, 2010.
  • Terrell, E., Comes, R., and Higgs III, C.F., "Analysis of Feature-Scale Wear in Chemical Mechanical Polishing: Modeling and Experiments", Tribology Letters, 37, 2, pp. 327-336, 2010.

Year 2009

  • Beschorner, K., Lovell, M., Higgs, C. F., Redfern, M., "Modeling Mixed-Lubrication of a Shoe-Floor Interface Applied to a Pin-on-Disk Apparatus", Tribology Transactions, 52, 4, pp. 560-568, 2009.
  • Terrell, E. Kabir, A., and Higgs III, C.F., "Contact Stress Analysis for Lightly Compressed Thin Films: Modeling and Experiments", J. of Applied Physics, 105, 12, 2009.
  • Beschorner, K., Higgs, C.F., and Lovell, M., "Solution of Reynolds Equation in Polar Coordinates Applicable to non-Symmetric Entrainment Velocities", ASME J. of Tribology, 131, 2009.
  • Terrell, E. and Higgs III, C.F., "A Particle-Augmented Mixed Lubrication Modeling Approach to Predicting Chemical Mechanical Polishing", ASME Journal of Tribology, 131, 1, 2009.

Year 2008

  • Jasti, V. and Higgs III, C.F., "An Experimental Study of Granular Flows in a Rough Annular Shear", Physical Review E, 78, 4, 2008.
  • Higgs III, C. F. and Tichy, J., "The Effect of Particle and Surface Properties on Granular Lubrication Flow", Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part J, Journal of Engineering Tribology, 222, 6, pp. 703-713, 2008. (Invited paper)
  • Kabir, A., Jasti, V., Higgs III, C. F., Lovell, M., "Granular Flow Lubrication: Explicit Finite Element Method Modeling and Simulation", Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part J: Journal of Engineering Tribology, 222, 6, pp. 715-723, 2008. (Invited paper)
  • Kabir, A., Lovell, M., Higgs III, C. F. "Utilizing the Explicit Finite Element Method for Studying Granular Flows", Tribology Letters, 29, 2, pp. 85-94, 2008.
  • Kabir, A., Higgs III, C. F., Lovell, M., "A Pin-on Disk Experimental Study On A Green Particulate-Fluid Lubricant", ASME J. of Tribology, 130, 4, 2008.
  • Higgs, C.F. III and Wornyoh, E., "An In Situ Mechanism for Self-replenishing Powder Lubrication: Experiments and Modeling", Wear, 264, 1-2, pp. 131, 2008.

Year 2007

  • Wornyoh, E., Jasti. V., and Higgs, C.F. III, "A Review of Dry Particulate Lubrication: Powder and Granular Materials", ASME Journal of Tribology, 129, 2007.
  • Terrell, E. and Higgs III, C.F., "A Simulation of Contaminates Around the Solid Immersion Lens in a Near Field Optical Recording System", IEEE Trans. Magnetics, 43, 6, 2007.
  • Helmick, D, Messner, W., Higgs III, C.F., "Experimental Bias Measurement and Physical Correlations", Microsystem Technologies, 2007, 13, 8-10, 2007.
  • Terrell, E. and Higgs III, C.F., "A modeling approach for predicting the abrasive particle motion during chemical mechanical polishing", ASME Journal of Tribology, 129, 2007.

Year 2006

  • Lovell, M. Higgs III, C.F., Deshmukha, P. , Mobley, A., "Increasing formability in sheet metal stamping operations using environmentally friendly lubricants", Journal of Materials Processing Technology, 177, 1-3, 3, 2006.
  • Terrell, E. and Higgs III, C.F., "Hydrodynamics of Slurry Flow in Chemical Mechanical Polishing:  A Review", Journal of Electrochemical Society, 2006, 153, 6.
  • Higgs, C.F. III, Graham, S., and Mattei, N.J., "Development of New Faculty: A Summary of the NSF-CMS WEE Workshop", Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice, 132, No. 2, 2006.
  • Jasti, V. and Higgs III, C.F., "A Lattice-based Cellular Automata Modeling Approach for Granular Flow Lubrication", ASME Journal of Tribology, 128, pp.1-7, 2006.

Year 2005

  • Ng, S.H., Borucki, L., Higgs III, C. F., Yoon, I., Danyluk, S., "Tilt and Interfacial Fluid Pressure Measurements of a Disk Sliding on a Polymeric Pad", ASME Journal of Tribology, v 127 (1), pp.198-205, 2005.
  • Higgs III, C. F., Ng, S.H., Yoon, I., Borucki, L, Danyluk, S., "A Mixed-Lubrication Approach to predicting CMP fluid pressure: Modeling and Experiments", Journal of Electrochemical Society, 152 (3), pp.1-6, 2005.
  • Ng, S. H., Higgs III, C. F., Yoon, I., and Danyluk, S., "An Analysis of Mixed Lubrication in Chemical Mechanical Polishing". ASME Journal of Tribology, 127, pp.287, 2005.

Year 2004

  • Ng, S. H., Yoon, I., Higgs III, C. F., and Danyluk, S., "Wafer Bending Experiments in Chemical Mechanical Polishing". Journal of the Electrochemical Society, v 151, n 12, 2004, pp. G819-G823
  • Higgs, C. Fred III and Tichy, J., "Granular Flow Lubrication: Continuum Modeling of Shear Behavior", ASME Journal of Tribology, 124, pp.499-510, 2004.

Year 2001

  • Higgs III, C. F. and Heshmat, H., "Characterization of Pelletized MoS2 Powder: Particle Detachment Process", ASME Journal of Tribology, 123, pp. 455-461, July 2001.
  • Kaur, R, Higgs III, C. F., and Heshmat, H., "Pin-On Disc Tests of Pelletized Molybdenum Disulfide", STLE Tribology Transactions, 44 (No.1, p. 79-87.), Jan. 2001.

Year 1999

  • Higgs III, C. F., Heshmat, C., and Heshmat, H., "Comparative Evaluation of MoS2 and WS2 as Powder Lubricants in High Speed, Multi-Pad Journal Bearings", ASME J. of Tribology, 121, pp. 625, 1999.