Gary Cloud

Contact Information

Address: 2727 Alliance Dr
Room: 2555
Lansing , MI 48910

Phone:

(517) 355-9574

Email:

cloud@msu.edu

Website:

University Distinguished Professor

Mechanical Engineering

Education

  • Ph.D., Michigan State University 1966
  • M.S., Michigan Technological University 1961
  • B.S., Michigan Technological University 1959

Research Interests

  • Experimental Mechanics
  • Optical Techniques in Strain Measurement
  • Fracture
  • Fasteners
  • Mechanics of Composite Materials

Selected Publications

  1. Dejardin, L.M., Arnoczky, S.P., and Cloud, G.L., "Determination of Strain Patterns in the Normal Equine Hoof Using Photoelasticity - An In Vitro Study," Equine Veterinary Journal, 31, 3, pp 232-37,1999.
  2. Lanza di Scalea, F., Cappello, F. and Cloud, G.L., "On the Effect of Interference Fits in Composite Pin-Joints," Journal of Thermoplastic Composite Materials, 12, pp23-32, Jan. 1999.
  3. Lanza di Scalea, F., Hong, S.S. and Cloud, G.L., "Whole-Field Strain Measurement in Pin-Loaded Plate by ESPI and FEM," Experimental Mechanics, 38,1,56-61 (March 1998).

MSU Scholar

Awards

  • Fellow, Society for Experimental Mechanics
  • Fellow, Institute of Physics