Research Projects
This page lists some of the current and recent research projects, together with the name of the researchers involved. For more information, please click on the link and/or consult the related publications.
MULTISCALE MODELING OF COMPLEX MATERIALS
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MULTISCALE MODELING OF MEMS FILMS (with Fernando Stump)
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MULTISCALE MODELING OF COMPOSITES (with Alejandro Aragón)
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HETEROGENOUS ADHESIVES (with Mohan Kulkarni)
- TRANSVERSE FAILURE OF COMPOSITE MATERIALS (with Scott Zacek, David Brandyberry, Dr. Masoud Safdari, Dr. Maryam Shakiba, Angel Agrawal)
COMPUTATIONAL DESIGN OF MATERIALS
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MICROVASCULAR MATERIALS FOR ACTIVE COOLING (with Soheil Soghrati, Ahmad Najafi, Marcus Tan, Dr. Masoud Safdari)
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WAVE PROPAGATION IN GRANULAR MEDIA (with Raj Pal, Mohith Manjunath, Dr. Amnaya Awasthi)
- MULTI SCALE DESIGN OF NONLINEAR MATERIALS (with Ahmad Najafi, Dr. Masoud Safdari)
- COMPUTATIONAL ANALYSIS AND MULTISCALE DESIGN OF ELECTRETS (with David Brandyberry)
DEVELOPMENT OF NUMERICAL METHODS
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PERIDYNAMICS FOR SIMULATING FRACTURE (with M Scot Breitenfeld)
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IGFEM: INTERFACE-ENRICHED GENERALIZED FINITE ELEMENT METHOD (with Soheil Soghrati, Ahmad Najafi, Marcus Tan, Dr. Masoud Safdari, Qi Dang, David Brandyberry, Dr. Maryam Shakiba)
- COMPUTATIONAL ANALYSIS AND DESIGN OF ELECTRO-MAGNETIC MATERIALS (with Kedi Zhang)
COUPLED FLUID/STRUCTURE MODELING
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COMPUTATIONAL AEROELASTICITY (with Rajeev Jaiman)
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AERO THERMO ACOUSTIC SIMULATIONS (with Chris Ostoich, Mahesh Sucheendran)
LASER INDUCED SPALLATION AND DELAMINATION OF THIN FILMS
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LASER-INDUCED DELAMINATION OF THIN FILMS (with Soma Kandula, Phuong Tran, Premsainath Selvarasu)
- MOLECULAR TAILORING OF INTERFACE USING SELF-ASSEMBLED MONOLAYERS (with Chen Zhang, Dr. Amnaya Awasthi)
SIMULATION OF MANUFACTURING PROCESSES
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MANUFACTURING COMPOSITE MATERIALS USING FRONTAL POLYMERIZATION (with Eyas Goli, Nathan Hibbard)
- RESIDUAL STRESS DEVELOPMENTS AND DIMENSIONAL ACCURACY OF THICK COMPOSITE COMPONENTS (with Qi Zhu)
DYNAMIC FRACTURE MECHANICS
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CRACK FRONT WAVES UNDER SUBSONIC AND INTERSONIC MODE II CONDITIONS (with Damien Spielmann, Fabian Barras)
- INTERSONIC MOTION OF MODE I CRACKS (with René Carpaij, Fabian Barras)