Jason Patrick
Assistant Professor

- 919-515-8748
- jfpatric@ncsu.edu
- Fitts-Woolard Hall 3349
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Dr. Patrick is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering at North Carolina State University. He is interested in the development of multifunctional, structural composites to address interdisciplinary challenges in modern aerospace, automotive, civil, and naval applications.
Dr. Patrick received both his B.S. and M.S. in Civil Engineering at North Carolina State University and a Ph.D. in Structural Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He was a postdoctoral fellow at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology on the Illinois campus before returning to NC State as a faculty member in 2017.
Dr. Patrick currently teaches CE 325/525– (Matrix) Structural Analysis I/II.
Education
Structural Engineering
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Civil Engineering
North Carolina State University
Civil Engineering
North Carolina State University
Research Description
Dr. Patrick develops next-generation, structural composites that can sense, respond and adapt to their environment. Motivated by natural phenomenon, his research is focused on creating "active" materials that achieve biomimetic, regulating functions such as self-healing. These multidisciplinary investigations span the fields of solid/fluid mechanics, chemistry, materials science, and even electrical engineering. Dr. Patrick has created novel fiber-composites containing 3D microvasculature that can achieve multifunctional performance (e.g. thermal regulation, electromagnetic modulation) via fluid circulation/substitution within the vascular networks. He employs the latest in materials fabrication techniques, e.g. 3D printing, to produce increasingly complex fiber-composite architectures. Dr. Patrick’s latest research involves the integration of microelectronic sensors into advanced composite systems for coupling structural health monitoring (i.e. self-sensing) with self-regulating functions. His vision for the future of fiber-composites remains focused on bioinspired enhancements to imbue these synthetic materials with evolutionary advantages in an engineered platform.
Publications
- Gradient-based hybrid topology/shape optimization of bioinspired microvascular composites
- Pejman, R., Aboubakr, S. H., Martin, W. H., Devi, U., Tan, M. H. Y., Patrick, J. F., & Najafi, A. R. (2019), INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER, 144. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2019.118606
- Repeated healing of delamination damage in vascular composites by pressurized delivery of reactive agents
- Hart, K. R., Lankford, S. M., Freund, I. A., Patrick, J. F., Krull, B. P., Wetzel, E. D., … White, S. R. (2017), Composites Science and Technology, 151, 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.COMPSCITECH.2017.07.027
- Robust sacrificial polymer templates for 3D interconnected microvasculature in fiber-reinforced composites
- Patrick, J. F., Krull, B. P., Garg, M., Mangun, C. L., Moore, J. S., Sottos, N. R., & White, S. R. (2017), Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 100, 361–370. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesa.2017.05.022
- Polymers with autonomous life-cycle control
- Patrick, J. F., Robb, M. J., Sottos, N. R., Moore, J. S., & White, S. R. (2016), Nature, 540, 363–370. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature21002
- Strategies for volumetric recovery of large scale damage in polymers
- Krull, B. P., Gergely, R. C. R., Cruz, W. A. S., Fedonina, Y. I., Patrick, J. F., White, S. R., & Sottos, N. R. (2016), Advanced Functional Materials, 26(25), 4561–4569. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201600486
- Automatic optical crack tracking for double cantilever beam (DCB) specimens
- Krull, B. P., Patrick, J. F., Sottos, N. R., & White, S. R. (2015), Experimental Techniques, 40(3), 937–945. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40799-016-0094-9
- Biopolymers: Multidimensional Vascularized Polymers using Degradable Sacrificial Templates (Adv. Funct. Mater. 7/2015)
- Gergely, R. C. R., Pety, S. J., Krull, B. P., Patrick, J. F., Doan, T. Q., Coppola, A. M., … White, S. R. (2015), Advanced Functional Materials, 25(7), 1042–1042. https://doi.org/10.1002/ADFM.201570048
- Multidimensional vascularized polymers using degradable sacrificial templates
- Gergely, R. C. R., Pety, S. J., Krull, B. P., Patrick, J. F., Doan, T. Q., Coppola, A. M., … White, S. R. (2015), Advanced Functional Materials, 25(7), 1043–1052. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201403670
- Continuous self-healing life cycle in vascularized structural composites
- Patrick, J. F., Hart, K. R., Krull, B. P., Diesendruck, C. E., Moore, J. S., White, S. R., & Sottos, N. R. (2014), Advanced Materials, 26(25), 4302–4308. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201400248
- Self-Healing: Continuous Self-Healing Life Cycle in Vascularized Structural Composites (Adv. Mater. 25/2014)
- Patrick, J. F., Hart, K. R., Krull, B. P., Diesendruck, C. E., Moore, J. S., White, S. R., & Sottos, N. R. (2014), Advanced Materials, 26(25), 4189–4189. https://doi.org/10.1002/ADMA.201470166
Grants
- Collaborative Research: Improving Undergraduate Education in Civil & Building Engineering through Student-centric Cyber-Physical Systems: Bringing Real-world Problems to Classrooms
- National Science Foundation (NSF)(10/01/20 - 9/30/23)
- Phase III IUCRC North Carolina State University: Center for Integration of Composites into Infrastructure
- National Science Foundation (NSF)(12/15/19 - 11/30/24)
- Integrated Self-Healing and Self-Sensing using Optical Waveguides in Microvascular Fiber-Composites
- US Air Force - Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR)(12/07/17 - 12/06/21)
- Collaborative Research: Center for Integration of Composites into Infrastructure (CICI)
- National Science Foundation (NSF)(11/01/14 - 12/31/20)