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Corey O'Hern Named 2015 APS Outstanding Referee

03/22/2015

Departments: Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science

Corey O'Hern, associate professor of mechanical engineering & materials science, physics, and applied physics, has been named a 2015 Outstanding Referee by the American Physical Society (APS).

Yale Summer Research Program Receives Renewed NSF Funding

03/03/2015

Departments: Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science

Yale University has been awarded a three-year Research Experience for Undergraduates Site (REU) grant from the National Science Foundation.

Doctoral Student Named Finalist for APS Student Speaker Award

02/28/2015

Departments: Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science

Thibault Bertrand, a mechanical engineering doctoral student in associate professor Corey O'Hern's lab, has been selected as a finalist for the American Physical Society’s (APS) Group on Stat

O’Hern to Lead International Symposium on Macroscale Particulate Materials

01/09/2015

Departments: Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science

Associate professor of mechanical engineering & materials science, physics, and applied physics Corey O’Hern O’Hern has been awarded a $20,000 National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to organize and host the symposium, “Statics and Dynamics of Dense Granular Material” at the

A New Theory to Describe Packings of Frictional Particles

09/25/2014

Departments: Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science

Say you’re trying to organize your glassware—an even mixture of small Japanese teacups and larger mugs—so that they fit efficiently into your cupboard. The shelves are too close together to stack the glasses, and since you use both teacups and mugs regularly, a random arrangement is convenient.

Yale engineer awarded $1 million for pioneering research of macroscale self-assembly

07/14/2014

Departments: Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science

Have you ever been frustrated by pills that clog when you try to pour them out of a container, annoyed that your unopened box of cereal is only half-filled, or awed by the wind-formed ripples in desert sand? Corey O'Hern, associate professor of mechanical engineering & materials science, applied physics, and physics at Yale, has been awarded a $1 million grant from the W.M.

Engineering Beautiful Music Together

10/24/2013

Departments: Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science

Students in the Center for Engineering Innovation and Design (CEID) have been treated this week to the pure, dulcet tones of newly-built guitars, plucked by—who else?—engineers.

Corey S. O'Hern

Website:

O'Hern Research Group

Professor of Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science, Physics, Applied Physics & Graduate Program in Computational Biology & Bioinformatics

Room / Office: Mason 203

Office Address:

9 Hillhouse Avenue

New Haven, CT 06511

Mailing Address:

P.O. Box 208286

New Haven, CT 06520

Phone: (203) 432-4258

Email: corey.ohern@yale.edu

Degrees:

Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania

Interests:

Statistical mechanics of nonequilibrium systems; glass and jamming transitions in soft matter; computational biology; protein structure, interactions, and design.

Selected Awards & Honors:

Ackerman Teaching Award (2018)
Elected Fellow of the American Physical Society (2017)
Cyber-Enabled Discovery and Innovation Award from the National Science Foundation (2008)
Faculty Early Career Development Award from the National Science Foundation (2005)

Selected Publications:

G. Liu, S. Sohn, C. S. O'Hern, A. Gilbert, and J. Schroers, ''Effective subgrouping enhances machine learning prediction in complex materials science phenomena: Inoue's subgrouping in discovering bulk metallic glasses,'' Acta Materialia 265 (2024) 119590.
A. Ton, A. K. MacKeith, M. D. Shattuck, and C. S. O'Hern, ''Mechanical plasticity of cell membranes enhances epithelial wound closure,'' Phys. Rev. Research 6 (2024) L012036.
V. Fotopoulos, C. S. O'Hern, M. D. Shattuck, and A. L. Shluger, ''Modeling the effects of Ti concentration on the mechanical properties of Cu-Ti alloys,'' ACS Omega 9 (2024) 10286.
A. T. Grigas, A. Fisher, M. D. Shattuck, and C. S. O'Hern, ''The connection between polymer collapse and the onset of jamming,'' Phys. Rev. E 109 (2024) 034406
A. Nawano, J. Schroers, M. D. Shattuck, and C. S. O'Hern, ''Characterizing the mechanical response of metallic glasses to uniaxial tension using a spring network model,'' Phys. Rev. Materials 7 (2023) 073605.
S. Zhang, W. Jin, D. Wang, D. Xu, J. Zhang, M. D. Shattuck, and C. S. O'Hern, ''Local and global measures of the shear moduli of jammed disk packings,'' Phys. Rev. E 107 (2023) 054903.
N. Pashine, D. Wang, J. Zhang, S. K. Patiballa, S. Witthaus, M. D. Shattuck, C. S. O'Hern, and R. Kramer-Bottiglio, ''Tessellated granular metamaterials with tunable elastic moduli,'' Extreme Mech. Lett. 63 (2023) 102055.
J. Zhang, D. Wang, W. Jin, A. Xia, N. Pashine, R. Kramer-Bottiglio, M. D. Shattuck, and C. S. O'Hern, ''Designing the pressure-dependent shear modulus using tessellated granular metamaterials,'' Phys. Rev. E 108 (2023) 034901.
W. Jin, A. Datye, U. D. Schwarz, M. D. Shattuck, and C. S. O'Hern, ''General framework for the mechanical response of metallic glasses during strain-rate-dependent uniaxial compression,'' Phys. Rev. Materials 7 (2023) 105604.
G. Liu, S. Sohn, S. A. Kube, A. Raj, A. Mertz, A. Nawano, A. Gilbert, M. D. Shattuck, C. S. O'Hern, and J. Schroers, ''Machine learning versus human learning in predicting glass-forming ability of metallic glasses,'' Acta Materialia 243 (2023) 118497.
M. Galanis, M. D. Shattuck, C. S. O'Hern, and N. T. Ouellette, ''Directional strengthening and weakening in hydrodynamically sheared granular beds,'' Phys. Rev. Fluids 7 (2022) 013802.
Y.-C. Hu, W. Jin, J. Schroers, M. D. Shattuck, and C. S. O'Hern, ''The glass-forming ability of binary Lennard-Jones systems,'' Phys. Rev. Materials 6 (2022) 075601.
J. D. Treado, A. B. Roddy, G. Théroux-Rancourt, C. Ambrose, C. Brodersen, M. D. Shattuck, and C. S. O'Hern, ''Localized growth drives spongy mesophyll morphogenesis,'' J. R. Soc. Interface 19 (2022) 20220602.
Y. Cheng, J. D. Treado, B. Lonial, P. Habdas, E. R. Weeks, M. D. Shattuck, and C. S. O'Hern, ''Hopper flows of deformable particles,'' Soft Matter 17 (2022) 8071.
A. T. Grigas, Z. Liu, L. Regan, and C. S. O'Hern, ''Core packing of well-defined x-ray and NMR protein structures is the same,'' Protein Science 31 (2022) e4373.
M. Galanis, P. Wang, M. D. Shattuck, C. S. O'Hern, and N. T. Ouellette, ''Onset of grain motion in eroding subaqueous bimodal granular beds,'' Phys. Rev. Fluids 6 (2021) 094301.
D. Wang, J. D. Treado, A. Bormand, B. Norwick, M. P. Murrell, M. D. Shattuck, and C. S. O'Hern, ''The structural, vibrational, and mechanical properties of jammed packings of deformable particles in three dimensions,'' Soft Matter 17 (2021) 9901.
S. Y. Kim, S. Liu, S. Sohn, J. Jacobs, M. D. Shattuck, C. S. O'Hern, J. Schroers, M. Loewenberg, and R. Kramer-Bottiglio, ''Static-state particle fabrication via rapid vitrification of a thixotropic medium,'' Nature Communications 12 (2021) 3768
P. Wang, S. Zhang, P. J. Tuckman, N. T. Ouellette, M. D. Shattuck, and C. S. O'Hern, ''Shear response of granular packings compressed above jamming onset,'' Phys. Rev. E 103 (2021) 022902.
J. Zhang, K. VanderWerf, C. Li, S. Zhang, M. D. Shattuck, and C. S. O'Hern, ''Mechanical response of packings of non-spherical particles: A case study of 2D packings of circulo-lines,'' Phys. Rev. E 104 (2021) 014901.
J. D. Treado, D. Wang, A. Boromand, M. P. Murrell, M. D. Shattuck, and C. S. O'Hern, ''Bridging particle deformability and collective response in soft solids,'' Phys. Rev. Materials 5 (2021) 055605.
K. VanderWerf, A. Boromand, M. D. Shattuck, and C. S. O'Hern, ''Pressure-dependent shear response of jammed packings of spherical particles,'' Phys. Rev. Lett. 124 (2020) 038004.
Z. Mei, J. D. Treado, A. T. Grigas, Z. A. Levine, L. Regan, and C. S. O'Hern, ''Analyses of protein cores reveal fundamental differences between solution and crystal structures,'' Proteins: Structure, Function, and Bioinformatics 88 (2020) 1154.
Y.-C. Hu, K. Zhang, S. A. Kube, J. Schroers, M. D. Shattuck, and C. S. O'Hern, ''Glass formation in binary alloys with different atomic symmetries,'' Phys. Rev. Materials 4 (2020) 105602.
P. J. Tuckman, K. VanderWerf, Y. Yuan, S. Zhang, J. Zhang, M. D. Shattuck, and C. S. O'Hern, ''Contact network changes in ordered and disordered disk packings,'' Soft Matter 16 (2020) 9443.
W. Jin, C. S. O'Hern, C. Radin, M. D. Shattuck, and H. L. Swinney, ''Homogeneous crystallization in cyclically sheared frictionless grains,'' Phys. Rev. Lett. 125 (2020) 258003.
A. T. Grigas, Z. Mei, J. D. Treado, Z. A. Levine, L. Regan, and C. S. O'Hern, ''Using physical features of protein core packing to distinguish real proteins from decoys,'' Protein Science 29 (2020) 1931.
Q. Wu, C. Cui, T. Bertrand, C. S. O'Hern, and M. D. Shattuck, ''Active acoustic switches using 2D granular crystals,'' Phys. Rev. E 99 (2019) 062901.
Y.-C. Hu, J. Schroers, M. D. Shattuck, and C. S. O'Hern, ''Tuning the glass-forming ability of metallic glasses through energetic frustration,'' Phys. Rev. Materials 3 (2019) 085602.
A. Boromand, A. Signoriello, J. Lowensohn, C. S. Orellana, E. R. Weeks, F. Ye, M. D. Shattuck, and C. S. O'Hern, ''The role of deformability in determining the structural and mechanical properties of bubbles and emulsions,'' Soft Matter 15 (2019) 5854.
J. D. Treado, Z. Mei, L. Regan, and C. S. O'Hern, ''Void distributions reveal structural link between jammed packings and protein cores,'' Phys. Rev. E 99 (2019) 022416.
A. Boromand, A. Signoriello, F. Ye, C. S. O'Hern, and M. D. Shattuck, ''Jamming of deformable polygons,'' Phys. Rev. Lett. 121 (2018) 248003.
C. Oi, J. T. Treado, Z. A. Levine, C. S. Lim, K. M. Knecht, Y. Xiong, C. S. O'Hern, and L. Regan, ''A threonine zipper that mediates protein-protein interactions: Structure and prediction,'' Protein Science 27 (2018) 1969.
S. Chen, T. Bertrand, W. Jin, M. D. Shattuck, and C. S. O'Hern, ''Stress anisotropy in shear-jammed packings of frictionless disks,'' Phy. Rev. E 98 (2018) 042906.
A. H. Clark, M. D. Shattuck, N. T. Ouellette, and C. S. O'Hern, ''Critical scaling near the yielding transition in granular media,'' Phys. Rev. E 97 (2018) 062901.
J. C. Gaines, S. Acebes, A. Virrueta, M. Butler, L. Regan, and C. S. O'Hern, ''Comparing side chain packing in soluble proteins, protein-protein interfaces, and transmembrane proteins,'' Proteins: Structure, Function, and Bioinformatics 86 (2018) 581.
K. VanderWerf, W. Jin, M. D. Shattuck, and C. S. O'Hern, ''Hypostatic jammed packings of frictionless nonspherical particles,'' Phys. Rev. E 97 (2018) 012909.
J. C. Gaines, A. Virrueta, D. A. Buch, S. J. Fleishman, C. S. O'Hern, and L. Regan, ''Collective repacking reveals that the structures of protein cores are uniquely specified by steric repulsive interactions,'' Protein Eng. Des. Sel. 30 (2017) 387.
J. C. Gaines, A. H. Clark, L. Regan, and C. S. O'Hern, ''Packing of protein cores,'' J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 29 (2017) 293001.
K. Zhang, C.-C. Kuo, N. See, C. S. O'Hern, and M. Dennin, "Stable small bubble clusters in two-dimensional foams,'' Soft Matter 13 (2017) 4370.
Q. Wu, T. Bertrand, M. D. Shattuck, and C. S. O'Hern, ''The response of jammed packings to thermal fluctuations,'' Phys. Rev. E 96 (2017) 062902.
A. H. Clark, N. T. Ouellette, M. D. Shattuck, and C. S. O'Hern, ''The role of grain dynamics in determining the onset of sediment transport,'' Phys. Rev. Fluids 2 (2017) 034305.
M. Fan, K. Zhang, J. Schroers, M. D. Shattuck, and C. S. O'Hern, ''Particle rearrangement and softening contributions to the nonlinear mechanical response of glasses,'' Phys. Rev. E 96 (2017) 032602.
M. Fan, M. Wang, K. Zhang, Y. Liu, J. Schroers, M. D. Shattuck, and C. S. O'Hern, ''The effects of cooling rate on particle rearrangement statistics: Rapidly cooled glasses are more ductile and less reversible,'' Phys. Rev. E 95 (2017) 022611.
T. Bertrand, R. P. Behringer, B. Chakraborty, C. S. O'Hern, and M. D. Shattuck, ''Protocol dependence of the jamming transition,'' Phys. Rev. E 93 (2016) 012901.
D. Caballero, A. Virrueta, C. S. O'Hern, and L. Regan, ''Steric interactions alone determine side chain conformations in protein cores,'' Protein Eng. Des. Sel. 29 (2016) 367.
J. C. Gaines, W. W. Smith, L. Regan, and C. S. O'Hern, ''Random close packing in protein cores,'' Phys. Rev. E 93 (2016) 032415.
A. Virrueta, C. S. O'Hern, and L. Regan, ''Understanding the physical basis for the side chain conformational preferences of Met,'' Proteins: Structure, Function, and Bioinformatics 84 (2016) 900.
M. Wang, K. Zhang, Z. Li, Y. Liu, J. Schroers, M. D. Shattuck, and C. S. O'Hern, ''Asymmetric crystallization during cooling and heating in model glass-forming systems,'' Phys. Rev. E 91 (2015) 032309.
K. Zhang, M. Fan, Y. Liu, J. Schroers, M. D. Shattuck, and C. S. O'Hern, ''Beyond packing of hard spheres: The effects of core softness, non-additivity, intermediate-range repulsion, and many-body interactions on the glass-forming ability of bulk metallic glasses,'' J. Chem. Phys. 143 (2015) 184502.
K. Zhang, Y. Liu, J. Schroers, M. D. Shattuck, and C. S. O'Hern, ''The glass-forming ability of model metal-metalloid alloys,'' J. Chem. Phys. 142 (2015) 104504.
K. Zhang, B. Dice, Y. Liu, J. Schroers, M. D. Shattuck, and C. S. O'Hern, ''On the origin of multi-component bulk metallic glasses: Atomic size mismatches and de-mixing,'' J. Chem. Phys. 143 (2015) 054501.
A. H. Clark, M. D. Shattuck, N. T. Ouellette and C. S. O'Hern, ''Onset and cessation of motion in hydrodynamically sheared granular beds,'' Phys. Rev. E 92 (2015) 042202.
M. Mai, K. Wang, G. Huber, M. Kirby, M. D. Shattuck, and C. S. O'Hern, ''Outcome prediction in mathematical models of immune response to infection,'' PLoS ONE 10 (2015) e0135861.
D. Caballero, W. W. Smith, C. S. O'Hern, and L. Regan, ''Equilibrium transitions between side chain conformations in leucine and isoleucine,'' Proteins: Structure, Function, and Bioinformatics 83 (2015) 1488.
T. Bertrand, C. F. Schreck, C. S. O'Hern, and M. D. Shattuck, ''Hypo-coordinated solids in particulate media,'' Phys. Rev. E 89 (2014) 062203.
K. Zhang, W. W. Smith, M. Wang, Y. Liu, J. Schroers, M. D. Shattuck, and C. S. O'Hern, ''Connection between the packing efficiency of binary hard spheres and the glass-forming ability of bulk metallic glasses,'' Phys. Rev. E 90 (2014) 032311.
W. W. Smith, P.-Y. Ho, and C. S. O'Hern, ''Calibrated Langevin dynamics simulations of intrinsically disordered proteins,'' Phys. Rev. E 90 (2014) 042709.
A. Q. Zhou, C. S. O'Hern, and L. Regan, ''Predicting the side-chain dihedral angle distributions of non-polar, aromatic, and polar amino acids using hard-sphere models,'' Proteins: Structure, Function, and Bioinformatics 82 (2014) 2574.
D. Caballero, J. Määttä, A. Q. Zhou, M. Sammalkorpi, C. S. O'Hern, and L. Regan, ''The intrinsic α-helical and β-sheet preferences: A computational case study of Alanine,'' Protein Science 23 (2014) 970.
T. Shen, S. Papanikolaou, C. S. O'Hern, and M. D. Shattuck, ''The statistics of frictional families,'' Phys. Rev. Lett. 113 (2014) 128302.
C. F. Schreck, C. S. O'Hern, and M. D. Shattuck, ''Vibrations of jammed disk packings with Hertzian interactions,'' Granular Matter 16 (2014) 209.

Positions

Chair for the American Physical Society Topical Group on Statistical and Nonlinear Physics (2010)
Co-founder and member of Executive Committee for Yale's Integrated Graduate Program in Physical and Engineering Biology (2008-present)
Director of Undergraduate Studies, Department of Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science (2011-present)

Additional Websites

Integrated Graduate Program in Physical and Engineering Biology (IGPPEB)