Dr. Benjamin is an Assistant Professor in the School of Engineering Medicine at Texas A&M University, where he leads the Soft Matter Mechanics Laboratory. His research focuses on the experimental and theoretical mechanics of soft materials, including hydrogels, polymeric systems, and biological tissues such as the aorta. With his background in engineering mechanics, he studies how complex fluids and soft solids respond to deformation, with the goal of advancing the understanding and design of biomedical and functional materials.
Research Interests
Physics of Soft Condensed Matter
Continuum Mechanics
Engineering Mechanics
Engineering Physics
Publications
M. Arjmand, C. Benjamin, and I. Szlufarska. “Analytical elastoplastic analysis of heteroepitaxial core-shell nanowires.” : 055119.
C.C. Benjamin, M. Myneni, A. Muliana, K.R. Rajagopal “Motion of a finite composite, cylindrical annulus comprised of nonlinear elastic solids subject to periodic shear”,
C.C. Benjamin, R. J. Craven, W. C. Crone, and R. S. Lakes. “Viscoelastic characterization of pH-sensitive 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate (2-dimethylamino) ethyl methacrylate HEMA-DMAEMA hydrogels.”
C.C. Benjamin, R.S. Lakes, W.C. Crone, “Measurement the stiffening parameter for 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate (2-dimethylamino) ethyl methacrylate (HEMA-DMAEMA) stimuli-responsive hydrogels.
C.C. Benjamin, R.S. Lakes, W.C. Crone, Viscoelastic Relaxation of HEMA-DMAEMA Responsive Hydrogels, Proceedings of the 2016 SEM Annual Conference and Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics.
C.C. Benjamin, J.C. Springmann, S.A. Chindhy, W.C. Crone, “Experimental Tools for Responsive Hydrogel Characterization”, In Fracture and Fatigue, Volume 7, pp 7-11, Proceedings of the 2013 Annual Conference on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, Springer International Publishing.