Justin Porter

  • Program Years: 2020-2024
  • Academic Institution: Rice University
  • Field of Study: Mechanical Engineering
  • Academic Advisor: Matthew Brake
  • Practicum(s):
    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (2022)
    National Renewable Energy Laboratory (2023)
  • Degree(s):
    B.S, Mechanical Engineering, University of Oklahoma, 2019
    M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Rice University, 2022
    PhD, Mechanical Engineering, Rice University, 2024

Current Status

  • Status: Director's Postdoctoral Fellow, NREL
  • Research Area: Mechanical Engineering

Publications

Journal Articles:
J. H. Porter & M. R. W. Brake (2024) Tracking Superharmonic Resonances for Nonlinear Vibration of Conservative and Hysteretic Single Degree of Freedom Systems, Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, DOI: 10.1016/j.ymssp.2024.111410. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2401.08790

M. A. Puso, J. H. Porter, & T. Slavik (2024) Structure preserving and energy dissipative contact approaches for implicit dynamics, International Journal of Numerical Methods in Engineering, DOI: 10.1002/nme.7454.

M. R. W. Brake, J. H. Porter & M. M. Karpov (2023) Masing manifolds: Reconciling the Masing conditions with real hysteresis in jointed structures, Journal of Structural Dynamics, DOI: 10.25518/2684-6500.154.

J. H. Porter & M. R. W. Brake (2023) Towards a predictive, physics-based friction model for the dynamics of jointed structures, Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, DOI: 10.1016/j.ymssp.2023.110210.

J. H. Porter, N. N. Balaji, C. R. Little & M. R. W. Brake (2021) A Quantitative Assessment of the Model Form Error of Friction Models Across Different Interface Discretizations for Jointed Structures, Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, DOI: 10.1016/j.ymssp.2021.108163.

J. H. Porter & P. S. Harvey (2019) Imposing a Node at a Desired Location Along a Beam Under Harmonic Base Excitation: Theory and Experiment, Journal of Vibrations and Acoustics, DOI: 10.1115/1.4044186.

J. H. Porter, T. M. Cain, S. L. Fox & P. S. Harvey (2018) Influence of infill properties on flexural rigidity of 3D-printed structural members, Virtual and Physical Prototyping, DOI: 10.1080/17452759.2018.1537064.

Conference Presentations:
J. H. Porter & M. R. W. Brake, "Tracking superharmonic and internal resonances in frictional systems" at IMAC XLII, January 29-February 1, 2024.

R. Teloli, A. Morsy, V. Pinto, J. H. Porter, J. Gross, M. Krack, & M. R. W. Brake, "Hysteretic manifold-based harmonic balance for efficient frequency domain calculation of hysteretic systems" at IMAC XLII, January 29-February 1, 2024.

J. H. Porter & G. Vijayakumar, "Modeling Stall-/Vortex-Induced Vibration with High Fidelity Aerodynamics for a 2D Cross Section" at NAWEA/WindTech 2023, October 30-November 1, 2023.

J. H. Porter & M. R. W. Brake, "Tracking Superharmonic Resonances in Frictional Systems" at Tribomechadynamics, August 2-4, 2023.

J. H. Porter & M. R. W. Brake, "Quantitatively Understanding the Mechanisms of Modal Coupling" at IMAC XLI, February 13-16, 2023.

J. H. Porter, M. R. W. Brake, & N. M. Karpov, "Reconciling Real Hysteresis with the Masing Conditions via Masing Manifolds" at ISMA, September 12-14, 2022.

J. H. Porter & M. R. W. Brake, "A High Resolution Rough Contact Model for Bolted Joints and Its Sensitivity to Topology and Material Properties" at IMAC XL, February 7-10, 2022.

N. M. Karpov, J. H. Porter, & M. R. W. Brake, "Masing Manifolds: Reconciling the Masing Conditions with Real Hysteresis" at IMAC XL, February 7-10, 2022.

J. H. Porter, N. N. Balaji & M. R. W. Brake, "A rough contact modeling framework for arbitrarily varying normal pressure" presented at Tribomechadynamics, August 3-5, 2021.

J. H. Porter, N. N. Balaji & M. R. W. Brake, "A non-Masing microslip rough contact modeling framework for spatially and cyclically varying normal pressure" presented at IMAC-XXXIX, February 8-11, 2021.

J. H. Porter, C. R. Little, N. N. Balaji & M. R. W. Brake, "An assessment of the applicability and epistemic uncertainties inherent to different classes of friction models for modeling bolted interfaces" presented at IMAC-XXXVIII, February 10-13, 2020.

T. F. Schoenherr, J. K. Lee & J. H. Porter, "Using modal projection error to predict success of a six degree of freedom Shaker Test" presented at IMAC-XXXVIII, February 10-13, 2020

J. H. Porter, T. M. Cain & P. S. Harvey, "Characterizing and testing 3D printed structures" presented at the University of Oklahoma Undergraduate Research Day, April 7, 2018.

Masters Thesis:
J. H. Porter, Constitutive modeling of friction in bolted connections, Masters Thesis, Houston, Texas: Rice University, 2021.

Awards

-Rice University, Thomas Michael Panos Family Engineering Student Award (2024)
-Rice Mechanical Engineering, Emmett T. and Geraldyne Smith Roberts Award (2021-2022)
-Rice University, Dean's Fellowship (2019-2020)
-University of Oklahoma, Honors College, Graduated Summa cum Laude (Spring 2019)
-University of Oklahoma, President's Honor Roll (Fall 2015-Spring 2019)
-University of Oklahoma, Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Grant (Spring 2018)
-University of Oklahoma, National Merit Scholar (Fall 2015-Spring 2019)
-Lockheed Martin Corporate National Merit Scholarship (Fall 2015-Spring 2019)
-Tau Beta Pi (Initiated April 2017)