[Under Review] Santangelo, M., Spulak, N., Schneider, J. (2025). Effects of geometrical specimen scaling on mechanical properties. Journal of Testing and Evaluation.

[Under Review] Marler, T.E., King, L., Schneider, J., Spulak, N. (2025). Comparison of strain rate sensitivity between as-built and heat-treated additively manufactured 316L stainless steel. Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance.

[Under Review] Marler, T.E., Spulak, N. (2025). The effect of the strain tensor when using the local strain within the necked region to determine the post-necking material plasticity response. Experimental Mechanics.

Spulak, N., Siedt, J., Ruggeri, C., Revilock, D., Gilat. A. (2025). Direct impact Hopkinson compression bar experiment for testing at strain rate of 50,000 s-1. International Journal of Impact Engineering.

Spulak, N., Seidt, J., Gilat, A., 2023. Ductile fracture of 2024 aluminum under unequal biaxial in-plane tension and out-of-plane compression. Mechanics of Materials, 179, p.104585.

Spulak, N., Lowe, R.L., Seidt, J.D., Gilat, A., Park, C.K. and Carney, K.S., 2020. Ductile fracture under in-plane biaxial tension and out-of-plane compression. International Journal of Solids and Structures, 202, pp.234-242.

Daignault, D., Robertson, T., and Spulak, N. (2025). Development of a Novel Method for Simultaneous Measurements of Multiple Constant Elevated Strain Rates. In Proceedings of the 2025 Society of Experimental Mechanics Annual Conference.

Gerstein, E., Robertson, T., Baumgardner, A., Custodio, P., and Spulak, N. (2025). Novel Experiment Design to Investigate High-Rate Shear Fracture of Composites. In Proceedings of the 2025 Society of Experimental Mechanics Annual Conference.

Resnick, S., and Spulak, N. (2025). Evaluation of Various Pulse Shaper Materials for Tension Split-Hopkinson Bar Experiments. In Proceedings of the 2025 Society of Experimental Mechanics Annual Conference.

Schauer, A., Gober, M., O’Donoghue, W., Spulak, N., and Nelson, G. (2024). Development of a coupled electro-mechanical model of cylindrical cell LR61 batteries within LS-DYNA. In Proceedings of the 2024 Ansys Transportation Summit and International LS-DYNA User’s Conference.

Schauer, A., and Spulak, N., “Experimental and Numerical Analysis of Battery Mechanical Behavior,” SEM Annual Conference and Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, Vancouver, WA, June 2024.

Daignault, D., and Spulak, N., “Filtering Techniques of Full-Field Data for More Accurate VFM Analysis,” SEM Annual Conference and Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, Vancouver, WA, June 2024.

Marler, T.E., and Spulak, N., “Quasi-Static and Dynamic Tension Testing of As-Built and Heat-Treated Additively Manufactured 316L Stainless Steel,” SEM Annual Conference and Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, Vancouver, WA, June 2024.

Spulak, N., Seidt., J.D., Ruggeri, C., Revilock, D., Pereira, M., and Gilat, A. (2023). Direct Impact Split-Hopkinson Bar Experiments to Achieve Strain Rates in Excess of 10,000 s-1. In Proceedings of the 2023 SEM Annual Conference.

Spulak, N., Siedt., J.D., and Gilat, A., (2023). Ductile fracture of titanium 6Al-4V and Inconel 718 under equi-biaxial in-plane tension and out-of-plane compression. In Proceedings of Aerospace Structural Impact Dynamics International Conference.

Spulak, N., Seidt, J., and Gilat, A., “Investigation of ductile fracture under stress states relevant to ballistic impact,” SEM Annual Conference and Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, Pittsburgh, PA, June 2022.

Spulak, N., Seidt, J. and Gilat, A., “Determining Strain to Failure Under Various Ratios of In-Plane Tension and Out-of-Plane Compression,” SEM Society of Experimental Mechanics Annual Conference, online June 2021.

Spulak, N., Lowe, R., Seidt, J. and Gilat, A., “Ductile failure under out-of-plane compression and various ratios of in-plane tension,” SEM XIV International Congress-Virtual, online September 2020.

Spulak, N., Lowe, R., Seidt, J. and Gilat, A., (2019). Failure Testing Under In-Plane Biaxial Tension and Out-of-Plane Compression. In Fracture, Fatigue, Failure and Damage Evolution, Volume 6 Editors: Carroll, J., Shuman, X., Beese, A.M., Berke, R.B., Pataky, G.J. (Eds.), pp. 17-19, Springer, Cham., 2019

Gilat, A., Seidt, J., Spulak, N., Smith, J., (2019). “New Testing in Support of LS-DYNA MAT 224 Material Model,” 12th European LS-DYNA Conference, Koblenz, Germany, May 2019.

Spulak, N., Lowe, R., Seidt, J., and Gilat, A., “Failure of Ductile Materials Under Three Dimensional Stress States,” SEM Society of Experimental Mechanics Annual Conference, Reno, NV, June 2019.

Spulak, N., Lowe, R., Seidt, J. and Gilat, A., “Failure Testing Under In-Plane Biaxial Tension and Out-of-Plane Compression,” SEM Society of Experimental Mechanics Annual Conference, Greenville, SC, June 2018.

Spulak, N., Foeldi, S., Koller, M., Niemier, M., Schmiedeler, J. and Cserey, G., (2016). Wrist pulse detection and analysis using three in-line sensors and linear actuators. In CNNA 2016; 15th International Workshop on Cellular Nanoscale Networks and their Applications.

Daignault, D. (2025). Determination of material deformation at truly constant strain rates utilizing full-field stress and strain measurements. Master's Thesis. The University of Alabama in Huntsville. 

Schauer, A. (2025). Experimental and numerical investigation of combined mechanical, electrical, and thermal response of LR61 alkaline batteries at various loading rates. Master's Thesis. The University of Alabama in Huntsville. 

Marler, T. E. (2024). Quasi-static and dynamic tension testing of as-built and heat-treated additively manufactured 316L stainless steel. Master's Thesis. The University of Alabama in Huntsville. 

Baumgardner, Andrew Paul. (2023). Development of New High-Rate Shear Test Technique for Fiber-Reinforced Composites.  Honors Capstone Projects and Theses. The University of Alabama in Huntsville. https://louis.uah.edu/honors-capstones/848