Mary C. Boyce

Gail E. Kendall Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Head of Department

Room 3-173
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge MA 02139-4307
Phone: 617-253-2342
Fax: 617-258-8742
Email: mcboyce@mit.edu

Administrative Contact:
Tony Pulsone
Room 3-173
Phone: 617-253-2201
Email: pulsone@mit.edu

Research Interests
Solid Mechanics; Micromechanics; Nanomechanics; Materials; Polymers; Elastomers; Mechanics of Biological Cells, Mechanics of Natural Materials

Teaching Interests
Solid Mechanics; Mechanical Behavior of Materials; Continuum Mechanics; Plasticity; Polymer Mechanics, Rubber Elasticity

Educational Background
B.S. 1981 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
S.M. 1983 MIT
Ph.D. 1987 MIT

MIT Service
Assistant Professor, 1987-1992
Associate Professor, 1992-1999
Professor, 1999-2000
Gail E. Kendall Professor of Mechanical Engineering, 2000-present

Principal Publications (last 5 years)
1. Boyce, M.E., Argon, A.S., Parks, D.M., "Mechanical Properties of Compliant Particles Effective in Toughening Glassy Polymers", Polymer, 28, 1680-1694, September 1987.
2. Boyce, M.C., Parks, D.M., Argon, A.S., "Large Inelastic Deformation of Glassy Polymers, Part I: Rate-Dependent Constitutive Model", Mechanics of Materials, 7 15-33, 1988.
3. Boyce, M.C., Parks, D.M., Argon, A.S., "Large Inelastic Deformation of Glassy Polymers, Part II: Numerical Simulation of Hydrostatic Extrusion", Mechanics of Materials, 7 35-47, 1988.
4. Boyce, M.C., Weber, G.G., Parks, D.M., "On the Kinematics of Finite Strain Plasticity", Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 37, 647-665, 1989.
5. Boyce, M.C., Parks, D.M., Argon, A.S., "Plastic Flow in Oriented Glassy Polymers", International Journal of Plasticity, 5, 593-615, 1989.
6. Boyce, M.C., Arruda, E.M., "An Experimental and Analytical Investigation of the Large Strain Compressive and Tensile Response of Glassy Polymers", Journal of Polymer Engineering and Science, 30, 1288-1298, 1990.
7. Boyce, M.C., Palmer, M.L., Seo, M.H., Schwartz, P., Backer, S., "A Model of the Tensile Failure Process in Woven Fabrics", Journal of Applied Polymer Science, Applied Polymer Symposium 47 - Fiber Society 50th Anniversary Technical Conference, 383-402, 1991.
8. Realff, M.L., Seo, M.H., Boyce, M.C., Backer, S., "On the Mechanical Properties of Fabric Woven from Yarns Produced on Different Spinning Technologies - Yarn Failure as a Function of Gauge Length", Textile Research Journal, 61, 517-530, 1991.
9. Karafillis, A.P., Boyce, M.C., "Tooling Design Accommodating Springback Error", J. Mat. Process. Tech., 32, 144, 1991.
10. Sim, A.B., Boyce, M.C., "Finite Element Analyses of Real-Time Stability Control in Sheet Forming Processes", Trans. ASME Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology, 114, 180-188, 1992.
11. Boyce, M.C., Montagut, E., Argon, A.S., "The Effects of Thermomechanical Coupling on the Cold Drawing Process of Glassy Polymers", Journal of Polymer Engineering and Science, 32, 1073-1085, 1992.
12. Karafillis, A.P., Boyce, M.C., "Tooling Design in Sheet Metal Forming Using Springback Calculations", International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 34, 113-131, 1992.
13. Arruda, E.M., Boyce, M.C., "A Three-Dimensional Constitutive Model for the Large Stretch Behavior of Rubber Elastic Materials", Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 41, 389-412, 1993.
14. Hasan, O.A., Boyce, M.C., Li, X.S., Berko, S., "An Investigation of the Yield and Post-Yield Behavior and Corresponding Structure of PMMA", Journal of Polymer Science, Part B: Polymer Physics Edition, 31, 185-197, 1993.
15. Li, X.S., Boyce, M.C., "On the Measurement of Structural Relaxation in Glassy Polymers Using Positron Annihilation Lifetime Spectroscopy", Journal of Polymer Science, Polymer Physics Edition, 31, 869-873, 1993.
16. Arruda, E.M., Boyce, M.C., "Evolution of Plastic Anisotropy in Amorphous Polymers during Finite Straining", International Journal of Plasticity, 9, 697-720, 1993.
17. Seo, M.H., Realff, M.L., Pan, N., Boyce, M.C., Schwartz, P., Backer, S., "Mechanical Properties of Fabric Woven from Yarns Produced by Different Spinning Technologies: Yarn Failure in Woven Fabric", Textile Research Journal, 63, 123-134, 1993.
18. Arruda, E.M., Boyce, M.C., Quintus-Bosz, H., "Effects of Initial Anisotropy on the Finite Strain Deformation Behavior of Glassy Polymers", International Journal of Plasticity, 9, 783-811, 1993.
19. Hasan, O.A., Boyce, M.C., "Energy Storage during Inelastic Deformation of Glassy Polymers", Polymer, 34, 5085-5092, 1993.
20. Jayachandran, R., Boyce, M.C., Argon, A.S., "Mechanics of the Indentation Test and Its Use to Assess Adhesion of Polymeric Coatings", Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology, 7, 813-836, 1993.
21. Karafillis, A., Boyce, M.C., "A General Anisotropic Yield Criteria Using Bounds and a Transformation Weighting Tensor", Journal of Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 41, 1859-1886, 1993.
22. Boyce, M.C., Arruda, E.M., Jayachandran, R., "The Large Strain Compression, Tension, and Simple Shear of Polycarbonate", Polymer Engineering and Science, 34, 716-725, 1994.
23. Scelzo, W.A., Backer, S., Boyce, M.C., "Mechanistic Role of Yarn and Fabric Structure in Determining Tear Resistance of Woven Cloth - Part I: Understanding Tongue Tear", 64, 291-304, Textile Research Journal, 1994.
24. Scelzo, W.A., Backer, S., Boyce, M.C., "Mechanistic Role of Yarn and Fabric Structure in Determining Tear Resistance of Woven Cloth - Part II: Modelling Tongue Tear", 64, 321-329, Textile Research Journal, 1994.
25. Arruda, E.M., Boyce, M.C., Jayachandran, R., "Effects of Strain Rate, Temperature, and Thermo-Mechanical Coupling on the Large Strain Deformation of Glassy Polymers", Mechanics of Materials, 19, 193-212, 1994.
26. Jayachandran, R., Boyce, M.C., Argon, A.S., "Thermomechanical Analysis of Indentation Behavior of Thin PMMA Coatings", Journal of Computer Aided Materials Design, September, 1994.
27. Hasan, O.A., Boyce, M.C., "A Constitutive Model for the Nonlinear Viscoelastic Viscoplastic Behavior of Glassy Polymers", Polymer Engineering and Science, 35, 331-344, 1995.
28. Jayachandran, R., Boyce, M.C., Argon, A.S., "Design of Multi-Layer Polymeric Coatings for Indentation Resistance", Journal of Computer Aided Materials Design, 2, 151-166, 1995.
29. Taylor, L., Cao, J., Karafillis, A.P., Boyce, M.C., "Numerical Simulation of Sheet Metal Forming", J. Mater. Process. Tech., 29, 1995.
30. Karafillis, A.P., Boyce, M.C., "Tooling and Binder Design for Sheet Metal Forming Processes Compensating Springback Error", Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacture, 36, 503-526, 1995.
31. Sunseri, M., Cao, J., Karafillis, A.P., Boyce, M.C., "Accommodation of Springback in Channel Forming Using Active Binder Control", Tran. ASME Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology, 118, 426-435, 1996.
32. Cao, J., Boyce, M.C., "Wrinkling Behavior of Rectangular Plates under Lateral Constraint", International Journal of Solids and Structures, 34, 153-176, 1997.
33. Zaroulis, J., Boyce, M.C., "Temperature, Strain Rate, and Strain State Dependence of Evolution in Mechanical Behavior and Structure of PET with Finite Strain", Polymer, 38, 1303-1315, 1997.
34. Boyce, M.C., "Direct Comparison of the Gent and the Arruda-Boyce Constitutive Models of Rubber Elasticity", Rubber Chemistry and Technology, 69, 781-785, 1997.
35. Cao, J., Boyce M.C., "A Predictive Tool for Delaying Wrinkling and Tearing Failure in Sheet Metal Forming", Trans. ASME Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology, 119, 354-365, 1997.
36. Realff, M.L., Boyce, M.C., Backer, S., "A Micromechanical Model of the Tensile Behavior of Woven Fabric", Textile Research Journal, 67, 445-459, 1997.
37. Bergstrom, J.S., Boyce, M.C., "Constitutive Modelling of the Large Strain Time-Dependent Behavior of Elastomers", Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 46, 931-954, 1998.
38. Chui, C., Boyce, M.C., "A Control Volume Technique for Computing Continuum Deformation Measures in Discrete Polymeric Systems", Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 235, 612-618, 1998.
39. Ayala, H.M., Hart, D.P., Yeh, O.C., Boyce, M.C., "Wear of Elastomeric Seals in Abrasive Slurries", Wear, 220, 9-21, 1998
40. Llana, P.G., Boyce, M.C., "Finite Strain Behavior of Poly (ethylene terephthalate) above the Glass Transition Temperature", Polymer, 40, 6729-6751, 1999.
41. Chui, C., Boyce, M.C., "Monte Carlo Modelling of Amorphous Polymer Deformation: Evolution of Stress with Strain", Macromolecules, 32 (11), 3795-3808, 1999.
42. Bergstrom, J.S., Boyce, M.C., "Mechanical Behavior of Particle Filled Elastomers", Rubber Chemistry and Technology, 72, 633-656, 1999.
43. Realff, M.L., Pan, N., Seo, M., Boyce, M.C., Backer, S., "Stochastic Simulation of the Failure Process and Ultimate Strength of Blended Continuous Yarns", Textile Research Journal, 70 (5), 415-430, 2000.
44. Socrate, S., Boyce, M.C., "Micromechanics of Toughened Polycarbonate", Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 48, 233-273, 2000.
45. Boyce, M.C., Socrate, S., Llana, P.G., "Constitutive Model for the Finite Deformation Stress-Strain Behavior of PET above the Glass Transition", Polymer, 41, 2183-2201, 2000.
46. Tzika, P., Boyce, M.C., Parks, D.M., "Micromechanics of Deformation in Particle-Toughened Polyamides", Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 48, 1893-1929, 2000.
47. Boyce, M.C., Arruda, E.M., "Constitutive Models of Rubber Elasticity: A Review", Rubber Chemistry and Technology, 73, 504-523, 2000.
48. Cao, J., Yao, H., Karafillis, A., Boyce, M.C., "Prediction of Localized Thinning in Sheet Metal Using a General Anisotropic Yield Criterion", International Journal of Plasticity, 16, 1105-1129, 2000.
49. Bergstrom, J.S., Boyce, M.C., "Large Strain Time-Dependent Behavior of Filled Elastomers", Mechanics of Materials, 32, 627-644, 2000.
50. Boyce, M.C., Kear, K., Socrate, S., Shaw, K., "Deformation of Thermoplastic Vulcanizates", Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 49, 1073-1098, 2001
51. Boyce, M.C., Socrate, S., Yeh, O.C., Kear, K., Shaw, K., "Micromechanisms of Deformation and Recovery in Thermoplastic Vulcanizates", Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 49, 1323-1342, 2001.
52. Boyce, M.C., Yeh, O.C., Socrate, S., Kear, K., Shaw, K., "Micromechanisms of Cyclic Softening in Thermoplastic Vulcanizates", Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 49, 1343-1360, 2001.
53. Bergstrom, J.S., Boyce, M.C., "Deformation of Elastomeric Networks: Relation between Molecular Level Deformation and Classical Statistical Mechanical Models of Rubber Elasticity", Macromolecules, 34(3), 614-626, 2001.
54. Socrate, S., Boyce, M.C., Lazzeri, A., "A Micromechanical Model for Multiple Crazing in High Impact Polystyrene", Mechanics of Materials, 33, 155-175, 2001.
55. Socrate, S., Boyce, M.C., "A Finite Element Based Die Design Algorithm for Sheet Metal forming on Reconfigurable Tools", Trans. ASME Journal of Materials Engineering and Technology, 123 (4), 489-495, 2001.
56. Boyce, M.C., Arruda, E.M., "Swelling and Mechanical Stretching of Elastomeric Materials", Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids, 6, 641-659, 2001.
57. Bergstrom, J.S., Boyce, M.C., "Constitutive Modeling of the Time-Dependent and Cyclic Loading of Elastomers and Application to Soft Tissues", Mechanics of Materials, 33, 523-530, 2001.
58. Xia, Q.S., Boyce, M.C., Parks, D.M., "A Constitutive Model for the Anisotropic Elastic-Plastic Deformation of Paper and Paperboard", International Journal of Solids and Structures, 39, 4053-4071, 2002.
59. Danielsson, M., Parks, D.M., Boyce, M.C., "Three-Dimensional Micromechanical Modeling of Particle-Toughened Polymeric Materials", Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 50, 351-379, 2002.
60. van Dommelen, J.A.W., Parks, D.M., Boyce, M.C., Brekelmans, W.A.M., Baaijens, F.P.T., "Micromechanical Modeling of the Thermo-Elasto-Viscoploastic Behavior of Semi-Crystalline Polymers", Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 51, 519-541, 2003.
61. Qi, H., Joyce, K., Boyce, M.C., "Durometer Hardness and the Stress-Strain Behavior of Elastomeric Materials", Rubber Chemistry and Technology, 76, 419-435, 2003.
62. Capaldi, F.M., Boyce, M.C., Rutledge, G.C., "Enhanced Mobility Accompanies the Active Deformation of a Glassy Amorphous Polymer", Physical Review Letters, 89 (17), 175505-(1-4), 2002.
63. Danielsson, M., Parks, D.M., Boyce, M.C., "Constitutive Modelling of Porous Hyperelastic Materials", 36(4), 347-358, Mechanics of Materials, 2004.
64. van Dommelen, J.A.W., Parks, D.M., Boyce, M.C., Brekelmans, W.A.M., Baaijens, F.P.T., "Micromechanical Modeling of Intraspherulitic Deformation of Semicrystalline Polymers", Polymer, 44, 6089-6101, 2003.
65. Qi, H.J., Teo, K.B.K., Lau, K.K.S., Boyce, M.C., Milne, W.I., Roberston, J., Gleason, K.K., "Determination of Mechanical Properties of Carbon Nanotubes and Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotube Forests using Nanoindentation", Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 51(11-12), 2213-2237, 2003.
66. Capaldi. F.M., Boyce, M.C., Boyce, Rutledge, G.C., "Molecular Response of a Glassy Polymer to Active Deformation", Polymer, 45(4), 1391-1399, 2003.
67. Sheng, N., Boyce, M.C., Parks, D.M., Rutledge, G.C., Abes, J.J., Cohen, R.E., "Multiscale Micromechanical Modeling of Polymer/Clay Nanocomposites and the Effective Clay Particle", Polymer, 45(2), 487-506, 2004.
68. Pantano, A., Boyce, M.C., Parks, D.M., "Nonlinear Structural Mechanics Based Modeling of Carbon Nanotube Deformation", Physical Review Letters, 91(14), Art. No. 145504, 2003.
69. Pantano, A., Boyce, M.C., Parks, D.M., "Mechanics of Deformation of Single- and Multi-Wall Carbon Nanotubes", Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 52, 789-821, 2004.
70. Parsons, E., Boyce, M.C., Parks, D.M., "An Experimental Investigation of the Large Strain Tensile Behavior of Neat and Rubber-Modified Polycarbonate", Polymer, 45, 2665-2684, 2004.
71. Pantano, A., Parks, D.M., Boyce, M.C., "Mechanics of Axial Compression of Single and Multi-wall Carbon Nanotubes", Trans. ASME Jnl. Engineering Materials and Technology, 126 (3), 279-284, 2004.
72. Qi, H.J., Boyce, M.C., "Constitutive Model for Stretch-Induced Softening of the Stress-Stretch Behavior of Elastomeric Materials", Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 52, 2187-2205, 2004.
73. Pantano, A., Boyce, M.C., "Mixed Finite Element-Tight Binding Electromechanical Analysis of Carbon Nanotubes", Journal Applied Physics, 96 (11), 6756-6760, 2004.
74. Qi, H.J., Boyce, M.C., "Stress-Strain Behavior of Thermoplastic Polyurethane", Mechanics of Materials, 31, 817-839, 2005.
75. Parsons, E., Boyce, M.C., Parks, D.M., Weinberg, M., "3D Large Strain Tensile Behavior of Neat and Calcium Carbonate Filled HDPE", Polymer, 46, 2257-2265, 2005.
76. Dupaix, R.B., Boyce, M.C., "Finite Strain Behavior of PET and PETG", Polymer, 46, 4827-4838, 2005.
77. Mulliken, A., Boyce, M.C., "Mechanics of the Rate-Dependent Elastic-Plastic Deformation of Glassy Polymers from Low to High Strain Rates", International Journal of Solids and Structures, 43, 1331-1356, 2006.
78. Qi, H.J., Bruet, B.F.J., Palmer, J.S., Ortiz, C., Boyce, M.C., "Micromechanics of Nacre", Chapter in Mechanics of Biological Tissue, Ed. Holzapfel and Ogden, Proceedings of IUTAM, Springer Verlag, 2006.
79. Ha, Y-H., Kwon, Y., Beiner, T., Chan, E.P., Tzianetopolou, T., Cohen, R.E., Boyce, M.C., Thomas, E.L., "An Orientationally Ordered Hierarchical Exfoliatated Clay Block Copolymer Nanocomposites", Macromolecules, 38, 5170-5179, 2005.
80. Capaldi, F.M., Rutledge, G.C., Boyce, M.C., "Structure and Dynamics of Blends of Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxanes and Polyethylene by Atomistic Simulation", Macromolecules, 38, 6700-6709, 2005.
81. Arslan, M., Boyce, M.C., "Constitutive Modeling of the Finite Deformation Behavior of Membranes Possessing a Triangulated Network Microstructure", Journal of Applied Mechanics, 73, 536-543, 2006.
82. Bruet, B.F.J., Panas, R., Tai, K., Frick, L., Ortiz, C., Qi, H.J., Boyce, M.C., "Nanoscale Morphology and Indentation of Individual Nacre Tablets from the Gastropod Mollusk Trochus Niloticus", Journal of Materials Research, 20, 2400-2419, 2005.
83. Yi, J., Boyce, M.C., Balizer, E., Lee, G., "Large Deformation Rate-Dependent Stress-Strain Behavior of Polyurea and Polyurethane", Polymer, 47, 319-329, 2006.
84. Danielsson, M., Parks, D.M., Boyce, M.C., "Micromechanics, Macromechanics and Constitutive Modeling of the Elasto-Viscoplastic Deformation of Rubber-Toughened Glassy Polymers", Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, in press, 2006.
85. Dupaix, R.B., Boyce, M.C., "Constitutive Modeling of the Finite Strain Behavior of Amorphous Polymers in and above the Glass Transition", Mechanics of Materials, 39, 39-52, 2007 (on line, April 2006).
86. Mulliken, A.D., Boyce, M.C., "Polycarbonate and a Polycarbonate-POSS Nanocomposite at High Rates of Deformation", Trans. ASME, Jnl. Engineering Materials and Technology, 128, 543-550, 2006.
87. Capaldi, F.M., Boyce, M.C., Rutledge, G.C., "The Mechanical Properties of Crystalline Cyclopentyl Polyhedron Oligomeric Silsesquioxane", Jnl. Chemical Physics, 124, 214709, 2006.
88. Qi, H.J., Ortiz, C., Boyce, M.C., "Mechanics of Biomacromolecular Networks Containing Folded Domains", Trans. ASME, Jnl. Engineering Materials and Technology, 128, 509-518, 2006.
89. Sarva, S., Mulliken, A.D., Boyce, M.C., "Mechanics of Taylor Impact Tests on Polycarbonate", International Journal of Solids and Structures, in press (on-line), 2006.
90. Kearney, C., Zhao, Z., Bruet, B.J.F., Radovitzky, R., Boyce, M.C., Ortiz, C, "Nanoscale Anisotropic Plastic Deformation in Single Crystal Aragonite", Physical Review Letters, 96, 255505, 2006.
91. Soong, S.Y., Mulliken, A.D., Cohen, R.E., Boyce, M.C., "Rate Dependent Deformation Behavior of POSS-Filled and Plasticized PVC", Macromolecules, 39, 2900-2908, 2006.
92. Sarva, S., Mulliken, A.D., Boyce, M.C., "The Mechanics of Large Strain Inhomogeneous Deformation of Polymeric Materials under Dynamic Loading Conditions", Journal de Physique IV France, 134, 95-101, 2006.
93. Mulliken, A.D., Soong, S.Y., Boyce, M.C., Cohen, R.E., "High-rate Thermomechanical Behavior of Poly(vinyl choloride) and Plasticized Poly(vinyl choloride)", Journal de Physique IV France, 134, 217-223, 2006.
94. Cantournet, S., Boyce, M.C., Tsou, A.H., "Micromechanics and Macromechanics of Carbon Nanotube Enhanced Elastomers", Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, to appear, 2006.
95. Garg, M., Pantano, A., Boyce, M.C., "An Equivalent Orthotropic Representation of the Nonlinear Elastic Behavior of Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes", Jnl. Engineering Materials and Technology.

Scientific and Professional Societies
American Society of Mechanical Engineers; American Academy of Mechanics; American Physics Society; Materials Research Society; American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Honors and Awards
Bradley Foundation Career Development Chair (1988-1990); ALCOA Foundation Award ( 1988, 1991); NSF Presidential Young Investigator Award (1991-1996); DuPont Young Faculty Award (1992-1995); Joel and Ruth Spira Teaching Award (1997); GenCorp Signature University Award (1998); Joseph Henry Keenan Innovation in Undergraduate Education Award (1998); ASME Special Achievement Award for Young Investigator in Applied Mechanics (1998); Fellow, American Academy of Mechanics (1999); Member-At-Large, U.S. National Congress on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (2000-2002); Gail E. Kendall Professor of Mechanical Engineering (2000 -Present); MacVicar Faculty Fellow (2000-Present); ASME Applied Mechanics Division Executive Committee (1999-2004); Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (2004); Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2004)