Dr Mark Schenk
PhD(Cantab.), MSc(Delft)
Current positions
Associate Professor of Aerospace Engineering
School of Civil, Aerospace and Design Engineering
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Research interests
Mark Schenk's research interests currently cover
- structural mechanics
- shape-adaptive engineering origami
- compliant/morphing/deployable structures
- experimental methods for nonlinear structures
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
8034 EPSRC INSTITUTIONAL SPONSORSHIP
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Department of Aerospace EngineeringDates
01/08/2016 to 31/01/2017
Thesis supervisions
Morphing Mechanisms Based on Nonlinear Helical Composite Elements
Supervisors
Composite compliant shell mechanisms
Supervisors
Fabrication of Tough Stretchable Light-Responsive Hydrogels and their Application as Biohybrid Robots
Supervisors
Exploiting stiffness matrix based methods for the design and analysis of tensegrity structures
Supervisors
Improving Atomic Oxygen Resistance of Composite Materials for Flexible Deployable Structures in Space Applications
Supervisors
Publications
Selected publications
29/01/2020Beyond the Fold
Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences
Structural Function from Sequential, Interacting Elastic Instabilities
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series A, Mathematical and Physical Sciences
Embedded Actuation for Shape-Adaptive Origami
Journal of Mechanical Design, ASME
Recent publications
19/01/2023WrapToR Truss Stiffeners: Lightweight Reinforcement for Composite Skin Panels
The Student-Led Design and Testing of an Imaging CubeSat Payload
Large impact of small vertex cuts on the mechanics of origami bellows
Extreme Mechanics Letters
Structural Function from Sequential, Interacting Elastic Instabilities
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series A, Mathematical and Physical Sciences
Volume Optimisation of Multi-stable Origami Bellows for Deployable Space Habitats
Acta Mechanica Solida Sinica
Teaching
Dr Schenk currently teaches across all years of the MEng Aerospace Engineering programme, including first-year fundamental mechanics (statics and dynamics), structures (2D elasticity, composite laminate analysis) and nonlinear structures and structural stability.
Dr Schenk is the Programme Director for the Aerospace Engineering undergraduate programmes.
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Dr Matthew O'Donnell
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