PHD STUDENTS

 

 

 

 

 

Taufiq Abdullah, PhD 2023. Thesis title: “Regularized continuum damage models for dynamic fracture of brittle materials and woven composites” Currently Senior Analytical Engineer at American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc

 

Jing Xue, PhD 2021, titled “Multiscale Constitutive Modeling of Compressive Fracture and Size Effect in Composite Materials”  She currently works as an Applications Development Engineer at KLA-Tencor

MS THESIS STUDENTS

 

 

 

 

 

Jamshid Ochilov (MS 2023) Thesis title: Impact Damage Modeling of Woven Composite Laminates. Currently PhD student at University of Minnesotta

 

 

 

 

 

Leana Grotz (MS 2023) Thesis title: Experimental Characterization of Failure Behavior of Woven Composites under On-axis and Off-axis Compression. Currently Machine Shop Instructor at Stony Brook University

Mersim Redzematovic completed his MS thesis in Aug 2020, titled “Micromechanics of the Mooney-Rivlin constants for soft polymer graphene sandwich nanocomposites”. Currently Associate Project Manager (R&D) at ULC Technologies 

 

 

 

 

 

Yu Foong Lam completed his MS thesis in Aug 2021, titled “Penetration and branching of dynamic cracks at material interfaces analyzed via a strain-rate dependent continuum damage model”. Currently mechanical design engineer at Apple Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

Garret Smith completed his MS thesis in December 2021, titled “Microplane Constitutive Model for the Damage Behavior of Polymers and Extension to their Nanocomposites”. Currently Process Engineer at AMES Goldsmith

MS PROJECT STUDENTS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Malik John (MS 2023), Project title: Investigation of Mode II Intralaminar Failure and Size Effect in Woven Composites. Currently project manager at Turner Construction Company

 

 

 

 

 

Felix Liu (M.S. 2022) Project title: Characterization of their mechanical properties of woven composites, with specific focus on biaxial flexure via the ring on ring bending test. Currently Mechanical Engineer at US Army Test and Evaluation Command

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jose C. Arango (M.S., 2022) Project title: Investigation of the effect of processing parameters on the dispersion of helical carbon nanotubes in epoxy nanocomposites. He currently works as an engineer at Boeing.

Anar Nurizada (M.S. 2020) – Project Title: Characterization and size effect analysis of the anisotropy and quasibrittleness in 3D printed parts. Currently, PhD student at Mechanical Engineering, Stony Brook University  

Eric Yurman (M.S. 2019) – MEC 596 Project Title: Electrical properties of carbon fiber composites as structural capacitance and effect of biaxial damage.

Daniel Deland (M.S. 2018) – MEC 596 Project Title : Biaxial flexural strength testing of fiber reinforced composites. Currently program manager at Telephonics

Kevin Gonzalez (M.S. 2018) – MEC 596 Project Title: Experimental characterization of strength scaling in PDMS. Currently at Cemtrex Inc.

Zongyan Zhang (M.S. 2018) MEC 596 Project Title: Numerical analysis of the biaxial flexure test for composites. Currently Grounds Engineer at Delta Airlines

Andy Chu  (M.S., 2017); MEC 596 Project Title: Numerical analysis of size effect in the strength of soft elastomers using cohesive elements. Currently Structural Engineer at Northrop Grumman

UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCHERS

Soroush Saririan (BS, 2024). Project title: “Experimental characterization of compressive failure of CNT/epoxy nanocomposites”

Chae Rin Ryu (BS, 2025). Project title: “PDMS specimen preparation for mechanical tests”

Thomas Londono (BS, 2024). Project title: Fabrication of epoxy/CNT nanocomposites

Michael Borynski (BS, 2024). Project title: Fabrication of epoxy/CNT nanocomposites

Ephraim Bryski (BS, 2022). Project title: Molecular dynamics simulations on amorphous Silica using ReaxFF/SiO 

Nazid Qadir (BS, 2022) Project title: Testing the material properties of a 2D woven composite under bending

Yanyan Cui (BS, 2021) Project title: Fabrication and characterization of carbon fiber woven composites. Currently graduate student at Carnegie Mellon University

Jamila Khanfri  (BS, 2021) Project title: Literature review on size effects in composites. Currently graduate student at Georgia Tech 

Peter Davis (B.S. 2020) MEC499 project title: Characterization of size effect in the strength of sandstone rocks. Currently structural engineer at SOM 

Devlin Donnelly (B.S. 2020) MEC499 project title: Optical measurement of dynamic crack velocity in PDMS. Currently pursuing his MS at USC

Brian Roberts (B.S. 2021) MEC499 project title: Design and fabrication of silicone molds for preparing fracture test specimens of epoxy nanocomposites. 

Donald Leung (B.S. 2020); MEC 499 project title: Design of a fixture to conduct elliptical ring on ring flexure tests.

Jose Menjivar (B.S., 2020, NASA LSAMP fellow); Project Title: Effect of carbon nanotubes on adhesion between epoxy and Aluminum. Currently, Engineer at Curtiss Wright