Eric Michael Stewart

Dr. Eric Stewart is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering at the University of Cincinnati. His research and instructional work is in the broad area of solid mechanics. Dr. Stewart's research involves development of theory and finite-element simulation tools for modeling coupled "multi-physics" phenomena in the mechanics of solids. 

Ph.D.: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA, 2024 (Mechanical Engineering)

M.S.: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA, 2021 (Mechanical Engineering)

B.S.: Georgia Tech Atlanta, GA, 2018 (Aerospace Engineering)

Coupled multi-physics mechanics of solid materials
Inelasticity, inertial effects, and damage in solid materials
Computational solid mechanics
Electromagnetic fields and forces
Soft robotic sensors and actuators

Peer Reviewed Publications

E. M. Stewart and L. Anand (2025. ) Magnetostriction of soft-magnetorheological elastomers .Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, ,

H. Yang, T. Henzel, E. M. Stewart, M. Guo (2024. ) An interpenetrating-network theory of cytoplasm .Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, ,

E. M. Stewart and L. Anand (2024. ) A large deformation viscoelasticity theory for elastomeric materials and its numerical implementation in the open-source finite element program FEniCSx .International Journal of Solids and Structures, ,

E. M. Stewart and L. Anand (2023. ) Magneto-viscoelasticity of hard-magnetic soft-elastomers: Application to modeling the dynamic snap-through behavior of a bistable arch .Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, ,

E. M. Stewart, S. Narayan, and L. Anand (2023. ) An electro-chemo-mechanical theory for hydrogel ionotronics: Application to modeling a capacitive sensor and a dynamic actuator .Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, ,

E. M. Stewart, S. Narayan, and L. Anand (2022. ) On modeling the infiltration of water in a PEG-DA hydrogel and the resulting swelling under unconstrained and mechanically-constrained conditions .Extreme Mechanics Letters, ,

S. Narayan, E. M. Stewart, and L. Anand (2021. ) Coupled electro-chemo-elasticity: Application to modeling the actuation response of ionic polymer-metal composites .Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, ,

2022 -2024 National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship U.S. Department of Defense (DoD)

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