Faculty
Bliss Professor of Aerospace Engineering and Executive Associate Dean of the Grainger College of Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
geubelle@illinois.edu
306 Engineering Hall
1308 W. Green St., Urbana, IL 61801
Current Postdocs, Graduate Students, and Undergraduate Students
Dr. Yuan Gao
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Multiphysics modeling of frontal polymerization (FP)
Sagar Vyas
PhD student in AE
Process modeling and optimization of FP-based manufacturing of composites
Matthew Zhu
PhD student in CEE
Multiphysics modeling of FP-based ‘growth manufacturing’
Dr. Qibang Liu
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Machine learning modeling of frontal polymerization (FP)
Michael Zakoworotny
PhD student in AE
FP-based 3D printing of thermoset polymers and composites
Devanjith Fonseka
PhD student in AE (co-advised with Prof. Lambros)
Effect of confinement on the dynamic response of ductile granular media
Gavin Lebrun
Undergraduate student in Engineering Physics
Modeling FP-based 3D printing
Alumni – Ph.D.
| Name | Degree/Dept/Year | Research |
| Kazem Alidoost | PhD, TAM, 2020 Co-advised with Prof. D. Tortorelli | Topological derivative-based estimation of the energy release rate and design of fracture-resistant structures |
Alejandro M. Aragón | PhD, CEE, 2010 | Computational design of microvascular materials for active cooling |
| Xiaopeng Bi | PhD, AE, 2003 Co-advised with Prof. J. Lambros | Dynamic fiber debonding and push-out in model composites |
| David Brandyberry | PhD, AE, 2020 | Multiscale analysis and design of electrets |
M. Scot Breitenfeld | PhD, AE, 2014 | Quasi-static non-ordinary state-based peridynamics for the modeling of 3D fracture |
| Elena Caraba | PhD, CS, 2014 Co-advised with Prof. M. Heath | Computational modeling and simulation of composite materials based on tomographic images |
Elyas Goli | PhD, CEE | Multiphysics modeling of composite processing based on rapid polymerization |
Helen M. Inglis | PhD, ME, 2008 | Multiscale modeling of the effect of debonding on the constitutive response of heterogeneous materials |
Rajeev Jaiman | PhD, AE, 2007 | Accuracy and stability of transient multiphysics simulations |
| Soma Kandula | PhD, AE, 2008 | Delamination of thin film patterns using laser-induced stress waves |
Isaiah Kim | MS, AE | Impact response of granular media |
| Dhirendra Kubair | PhD, AE, 2001 | Cohesive modeling of dynamic fracture: rate dependence and intersonic crack motion |
Mohan Kulkarni | PhD, AE, 2009 | Multiscale cohesive modeling of heterogeneous adhesives |
| Spandan Maiti | PhD, AE, 2002 | Grain-level simulation of dynamic failure in ceramic materials |
Mohith Manjunath | PhD, AE, 2014 | Wave tailoring granular materials: effect of randomness and plane wave propagation |
Ahmad R. Najafi | PhD, TAM, 2016 | Multiscale design of nonlinear materials using a shape optimization scheme based on an interface-enriched GFEM |
Christopher M. Ostoich | PhD, AE 2013 Co-advised with Prof. D. Bodony | Multi-physics modeling of thermal/fluid/solid coupling in hypersonic vehicles |
Raj Kumar Pal | PhD, TAM, 2014 | Wave tailoring in elastic and elasto-plastic granular systems |
| Zhu Qi | PhD, AE, 2000 | Dimensional accuracy of thermoset polymer composites: Process simulation and optimization |
Soheil Soghrati | PhD, CEE, 2013 | An interface-enriched generalized finite element method for the design of actively-cooled microvascular composites |
Karthik Srinivasan | PhD, AE, 2008 | Thermomechanical meso-scale modeling of combustion of heterogeneous solid propellants |
Fernando V. Stump | PhD, TAM, 2013 | Multiscale modeling of rate dependence and size effects on nanocrystalline metallic thin films |
Mahesh M. Sucheendra | PhD, AE, 2013 Co-advised with Prof. D. Bodony | Structural/acoustic coupled analysis of thin-walled aerospace structures |
| Marcus H. Y. Tan | PhD, TAM, 2017 | IGFEM-based modeling and design of microvascular composites with complex embedded networks |
Phuong Tran | PhD, TAM, 2010 Co-advised with Prof. N. Sottos | Laser-induced delamination test protocol for thin films: modeling and experiments |
| Chen Zhang | PhD, AE, 2018 | Molecular tailoring of delamination properties of thin films using self-assembled monolayers: Multiscale modeling |
| Kedi Zhang | PhD, ECE, 2017 Co-advised with Prof. J. Jin (ECE) | Computational analysis and design of electro-magnetic composites |
Alumni – M.S.
| Name | Degree/Dept/Year | Research |
| Angel Agrawal | MS, AE, 2019 | Mesoscale analysis of transverse cracking in composite laminates |
| Jeff Baylor | MS, AE, 1997 | A numerical simulation of impact-induced damage of composites |
| M. Scot Breitenfeld | MS, AE, 1997 | Simulations of dynamic failure of interfaces using a spectral method |
| Qi Dang | MS, AE, 2017 | NURBS-based enriched finite element mesh generation for complex materials |
| Varma Dantuluri | MS, AE, 2004 | Cohesive modeling of delamination in Z-pin reinforced composites |
| Michael Danyluk | MS, AE, 1996 | Visco-elastodynamic fracture using a spectral method |
| Heath Dewey | MS, AE, 2006 | Large-scale three-dimensional simulations of aeroelastic phenomena |
| Arjan Hegeman | MS, AE, 1997 | Self-repairing polymers: repair mechanisms and micro-mechanical modeling |
| Soma Kandula | MS, AE, 2004 | Cohesive modeling of fracture in functionally graded materials |
| Anthony Klepacki | MS, ME, 2018 | Mesoscale IGFEM analysis of composite failure |
Natarajan Kumar | MS, AE, 2006 | Genetic algorithm based reconstruction of periodic unit cells of random particulate composites |
| Sandhya Mangala | MS, AE, 2006 | Dynamic fracture simulations with adaptive mesh modification in parallel framework |
| Parag Nittur | MS, AE, 2006 | Mesoscale analysis of fragmentation of ceramics under dynamic multiaxial compression |
| Lale Ozhkaya | MS, AE, 2004 | Flutter analysis of a single flap system under supersonic flow |
Jay Patel | MS, AE, 2009 | Deterministic and stochastic analysis for debonding of fibrous composites using micromechanics modeling |
| Sri Krishna Potukuchi | MS, AE, 2015 | Fracture analysis of carbon fiber/epoxy matrix interface through microbond and cruciform tests |
| Brad Roe | MS, AE, 2006 | Coupled thermal simulations of fluid-structure problems |
| Viswanathan Sabarivasan | MS, AE, 2000 | Micromechanical modeling of self-healing polymeric composites |
Premsainath C. Selvarasu | MS, AE, 2011 | Role of residual stresses and inelasticity on dynamic delamination of thin films |
Kyle J. Smith | MS, AE, 2009 | Wave propagation in granular media |
| Jay Thomas | MS, AE, 2002 | Multi-scale spectral/molecular dynamics simulation of dynamic fracture in brittle materials |
| Brett Wood | MS, AE, 1999 | Aeroelastic simulations of a novel bleeding system for supersonic inlets |
Scott Zacek | MS, AE, 2017 | Impact of microstructural statistics on the failure of unidirectional composites |
| Mario Zaczek | MS, AE, 2001 | Adaptive cohesive volumetric finite element method for dynamic fracture simulations |
Alumni – Postdocs
| Name | Title and Year | Research |
| Alejandro Aragón | 2010-2011 | Multi scale modeling of heterogeneous adhesives |
Amnaya P. Awasthi | 2010-2014 | Wave-tailoring granular media and molecular tailoring of interfaces |
| Fabian Barras | Visiting scholar, EPFL, Switzerland, 2014 | Dynamic fracture mechanics |
| René Carpaij | Visiting scholar, EPFL, Switzerland, 2017 | Transient intersonic motion of mode I cracks |
| Julie Hemmer | Beckman Postdoctoral Fellow, 2019-2021 | Multiphysics modeling of frontal-polymerization-driven instabilities |
| Julien Hendrickx | Visiting scholar, UCL, Belgium, 2005 | Dynamic failure of thin films |
| Changyu Hwang | 1999-2003 | Multi physics modeling of solid propellant rockets |
| Aditya Kumar | 2020-2022 | Tjermo-chemo-structural modeling of frontal polymerization |
| Guoyu Lin | 1998-1999 | Cohesive modeling of fiber pushout in model composite |
| Spandan Maiti | 2002-2005 | Cohesive modeling of self-healing materials |
| Karel Matous | CSAR research scientist, 2003-2009 | Multiscale modeling of materials and interfaces |
| Masoud Safdari | 2013-1025 | NURBS-based IGFEM, transverse failure of composites |
Maryam Shakiba | 2016 | IGFEM modeling of transverse failure on fiber-reinforced composites |
| Damien Spielmann | Visiting scholar, EPFL, Switzerland, 2015 | Spectral analysis of mode II crack front waves |
| Xiang Zhang | 2018-2019 | Thermo-chemical modeling of frontal polymerization and multi scale modeling and design of heterogeneous materials |