Honors & Awards

  • NASA Early Career Public Achievement Medal, NASA (2019)
  • NASA Group Achievement Award, NASA (2017)

Contact

  • Academic
    jcfergus@stanford.edu
    University - Student Department: Mechanical Engineering Position: Graduate

Additional Info

  • Mail Code: 3030

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All Publications

  • Gas-surface interactions in lightweight fibrous carbon materials COMPUTATIONAL MATERIALS SCIENCE Gopalan, K., Borner, A., Ferguson, J. C., Panerai, F., Mansour, N. N., Stephani, K. A. 2022; 205

    View details for DOI 10.1016/j.commatsci.2022.111190

    View details for Web of Science ID 000789973500011

  • Continuum to rarefied diffusive tortuosity factors in porous media from X-ray microtomography COMPUTATIONAL MATERIALS SCIENCE Ferguson, J. C., Borner, A., Panerai, F., Close, S., Mansour, N. N. 2022; 203

    View details for DOI 10.1016/j.commatsci.2021.111030

    View details for Web of Science ID 000734352300010

  • Update 3.0 to "PuMA: The Porous Microstructure Analysis software", (PII:S2352711018300281) SOFTWAREX Ferguson, J. C., Semeraro, F., Thornton, J. M., Panerai, F., Borner, A., Mansour, N. N. 2021; 15

    View details for DOI 10.1016/j.softx.2021.100775

    View details for Web of Science ID 000695854600039

  • Anisotropic analysis of fibrous and woven materials part 2: Computation of effective conductivity COMPUTATIONAL MATERIALS SCIENCE Semeraro, F., Ferguson, J. C., Acin, M., Panerai, F., Mansour, N. N. 2021; 186

    View details for DOI 10.1016/j.commatsci.2020.109956

    View details for Web of Science ID 000594746000004

  • Pore-resolved simulations of porous media combustion with conjugate heat transfer PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMBUSTION INSTITUTE Ferguson, J. C., Sobhani, S., Ihme, M. 2021; 38 (2): 2127-2134

    View details for DOI 10.1016/j.proci.2020.06.064

    View details for Web of Science ID 000651831800025

  • Anisotropic analysis of fibrous and woven materials part 1: Estimation of local orientation COMPUTATIONAL MATERIALS SCIENCE Semeraro, F., Ferguson, J. C., Panerai, F., King, R. J., Mansour, N. N. 2020; 178

    View details for DOI 10.1016/j.commatsci.2020.109631

    View details for Web of Science ID 000522389500002

  • Prediction of gas transport properties through fibrous carbon preform microstructures using Direct Simulation Monte Carlo INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER Jambunathan, R., Levin, D. A., Borner, A., Ferguson, J. C., Panerai, F. 2019; 130: 923-937

    View details for DOI 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2018.11.006

    View details for Web of Science ID 000456226400078

  • PuMA: the Porous Microstructure Analysis software SOFTWAREX Ferguson, J. C., Panerai, F., Borner, A., Mansour, N. N. 2018; 7: 81-87

    View details for DOI 10.1016/j.softx.2018.03.001

    View details for Web of Science ID 000457139300016

  • Theoretical study on the micro-scale oxidation of resin-infused carbon ablators CARBON Ferguson, J. C., Panerai, F., Lachaud, J., Mansour, N. N. 2017; 121: 552-562

    View details for DOI 10.1016/j.carbon.2017.06.013

    View details for Web of Science ID 000405294400061

  • Micro-tomography based analysis of thermal conductivity, diffusivity and oxidation behavior of rigid and flexible fibrous insulators INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER Panerai, F., Ferguson, J. C., Lachaud, J., Martin, A., Gasch, M. J., Mansour, N. N. 2017; 108: 801-811

    View details for DOI 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2016.12.048

    View details for Web of Science ID 000399357800067

  • Modeling the oxidation of low-density carbon fiber material based on micro-tomography CARBON Ferguson, J. C., Panerai, F., Lachaud, J., Martin, A., Bailey, S. C., Mansour, N. N. 2016; 96: 57-65

    View details for DOI 10.1016/j.carbon.2015.08.113

    View details for Web of Science ID 000366078000008

  • Ingested RNA interference for managing the populations of the Colorado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE Zhu, F., Xu, J., Palli, R., Ferguson, J., Palli, S. R. 2011; 67 (2): 175-182

    Abstract

    RNA interference (RNAi) is a breakthrough technology for conducting functional genomics studies and also as a potential tool for crop protection against insect pests. The major challenge for efficient pest control using RNAi in the field is the development of efficient and reliable methods for production and delivery of double-stranded RNA (dsRNA). In this paper, the potential of feeding dsRNA expressed in bacteria or synthesized in vitro to manage populations of Colorado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Say) (CPB), was investigated.Feeding RNAi successfully triggered the silencing of all five target genes tested and caused significant mortality and reduced body weight gain in the treated beetles. This study provides the first example of an effective RNAi response in insects after feeding dsRNA produced in bacteria.These results suggest that the efficient induction of RNAi using bacteria to deliver dsRNA is a possible method for management of CPB. This could be also a promising bioassay approach for genome-wide screens to identify effective target genes for use as novel RNAi-based insecticides.

    View details for DOI 10.1002/ps.2048

    View details for Web of Science ID 000286071200007

    View details for PubMedID 21061270