Lucas Bouck

Center for Computational Biology

Flatiron Institute

New York, NY

I am a Flatiron Research Fellow in the Center for Computational Biology at the Flatiron Institute.

My research interests are in mathematical modeling, partial differential equations, calculus of variations, and numerical analysis. Much of my work concerns the modeling, analysis, and finite element approximation of liquid crystals, liquid crystal elastomers, and thin elastic structures.

A PDF of my CV is available, and a list of my publications can be found on the publications page.

selected publications

Plate theory for metric-constrained actuation of liquid crystal elastomer sheets

Lucas Bouck, David Padilla-Garza, and Paul Plucinsky

Journal of Elasticity, 2025

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JMPS

Reduced membrane model for liquid crystal polymer networks: Asymptotics and computation

Lucas Bouck, Ricardo H. Nochetto, and Shuo Yang

Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 2024

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@article{bouck2024reduced,
  title = {Reduced membrane model for liquid crystal polymer networks: Asymptotics and computation},
  author = {Bouck, Lucas and Nochetto, Ricardo H. and Yang, Shuo},
  journal = {Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids},
  volume = {187},
  year = {2024},
  publisher = {Elsevier},
  doi = {10.1016/j.jmps.2024.105607},
}

J. Nonlinear Sci.

A hydrodynamical model of nematic liquid crystal films with a general state of orientational order

Lucas Bouck, Ricardo H. Nochetto, and Vladimir Yushutin

Journal of Nonlinear Science, 2024

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@article{bouck2024hydrodynamical,
  title = {A hydrodynamical model of nematic liquid crystal films with a general state of orientational order},
  author = {Bouck, Lucas and Nochetto, Ricardo H. and Yushutin, Vladimir},
  journal = {Journal of Nonlinear Science},
  volume = {34},
  number = {1},
  year = {2024},
  publisher = {Springer},
  doi = {10.1007/s00332-023-09970-6},
}