University of St. Thomas : School of Engineering : Katherine A. Acton, Ph.D.

School of Engineering

Katherine Acton
	Assistant Professor Ph.D. Johns Hopkins kacton@stthomas.edu Phone: 651-962-5753 Mail OSS100 2115 Summit Ave. St. Paul, MN 55105 Office Location: OSS 320


Education: Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, 2009 M.S.E. in Civil Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, 2008 B.A. in Mathematics and English, Williams College 2000 Research Interests: Computational modeling of composites Plasticity and viscoelasticity in heterogeneous materials Stochastic simulation of random heterogeneous materials Meso-scale homogenization and finite element modeling Career: Prior to joining the faculty at St. Thomas in 2012, Dr. Acton was an Assistant Professor at the University of Minnesota Duluth. Dr. Acton has performed research in the behavior of metal matrix composites, functionally graded materials, laminates and polymers. She has received funding support through the Information Storage Industry Consortium (INSIC), the National Aeronautics and Space Agency (NASA) and the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE). Dr. Acton has teaching experience in Statics, Mechanics, Structural Analysis, and Finite Element Analysis. She has acted as a Society for Women Engineers (SWE) faculty advisor both at the University of Minnesota Duluth and at the University of St. Thomas.