Research Group

Doctoral Students

Current

  1. Chris Whitney (Committee Advisor, Spring 2021 – Present)
  2. Mohamed Hamza (Fall 2021 – Present)
  3. Jose Roman (Fall 2022 – Present)
  4. Mostafa Mohamed (Spring 2023 – Present)
  5. Hyeonho Hwang (Fall 2023 – Present)
  6. Obed Tetteh (Spring 2024 – Present)
  7. Jacob Eaton (Summer 2024 – Present)

Past

  1. Javaid Ikram, October 2023 “Nonlinear Synchrosqueezing for Dispersive Signal Analysis” Co-Advisor)
  2. Md Fazle Rabbi, July 2023 “Mechanical Behavior of Meteorites: Multiscale Characterization of the Strength and Failure Mechanism”
  3. Khaled Khafagy, May 2022 “High-fidelity Multiscale Modeling and In-situ Experiments of Advanced Aerospace Composites in Extreme Environments”
  4. Jacob J. Schichtel, May 2022 “Fundamental Investigations into the Properties and Performance of Advanced Materials” (Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering 2022 Dean’s Dissertation Award)
  5. Christopher Sorini, November 2021 “Multiscale Modeling of Polymer and Ceramic Matrix Composites”
  6. Hyunseong Lee, September 2021 “Health Management of Complex Systems Integrating Multisource Sensing, Nondestructive Evaluation, and Machine Learning”
  7. Karthik Venkatesan, July 2021 “High Fidelity Modeling and Analysis of Nanoengineered Composites and Complex Sandwich Structures”
  8. Travis Skinner, May 2021 “Deformation and Damage in Fiber Reinforced Polymer and Ceramic Matrix Composite Materials”
  9. Abhay Singh, May 2021 “Micro- and Macro-Scale Characterization of Fatigue Damage Behavior in Metallic Materials Under Constant and Variable Amplitude Multiaxial Loading”
  10. Guoyi Li, April 2019 “Health Management and Prognostics of Complex Structures and Systems”
  11. Siddhant Datta, August 2018 “Characterization of Fatigue Damage In Aerospace Materials Under Complex Multiaxial Loading”
  12. Ashwin Rai, February 2018 “Novel Methodology for Atomistically Informed Multiscale Modeling of Advanced Composites”
  13. Nithya Subramanian, February 2018 “Physics-Based Modeling of Material Behavior and Damage Initiation in Nanoengineered Composites” 
  14. Bonsung Koo, May 2017 “A New Atomistic Simulation Framework for Mechanochemical Reaction Analysis of Mechanophore Embedded Nanocomposites”
  15. Joel Johnston, July 2016 “Stochastic Multiscale Modeling and Statistical Characterization of Complex Polymer Matrix Composites”
  16. Rajesh Kumar Neerukatti, July 2016 “Systems Health Management and Prognosis using Physics Based Modeling and Machine Learning”
  17. Inho Kim, January 2016 “Feature and Statistical Model Development in Structure Health Monitoring”
  18. Luke Borkowski, May 2015 “Multiscale Modeling of Advanced Materials for Damage Prediction and Structural Health Monitoring”
  19. Jin Zou, November 2014 “Development of Mechanochemically Active Polymers for Early Damage Detection”, Co-Chair
  20. Zeaid Hasan, July 2014 “Multiscale Analysis of Nanocomposites and their use in Structural Level Applications”
  21. Jinjun Zhang, July 2014 “Multiscale Modeling of Heterogeneous Material Systems”
  22. Albert Moncada, December 2012 “Advances in Micromechanics Modeling of Composites Structures for Structural Health Monitoring”
  23. Yingtao Liu, March 2012 “Integrated Structural Health Management of Complex Carbon Fiber Reinforced Composite Structures”
  24. Chuntao Luo, August 2011 “Multiscale Modeling & Virtual Sensing for Structural Health Monitoring”
  25. Kuang Liu, July 2011 “Micromechanics Based Multiscale Modeling of the Inelastic Response and Failure of Complex Architecture Composites”
  26. Clyde Coelho, June 2011 “Sensing and Knowledge Mining for Structural Health Management”
  27. Masoud Yekani Fard, August 2011 “Nonlinear Inelastic Mechanical Behavior of Epoxy Resin Polymeric Materials”
  28. Sunil Soni, August 2010 “Structural Health Management of Aerospace Hotspots under Fatigue Loading”
  29. Subhasish Mohanty, May 2010 “Structural Health Monitoring and Condition Based Fatigue Damage Prognosis of Complex Metallic Structures”
  30. Cynthia Swann, May 2009 “Structural Health Monitoring of Heterogeneous Materials Using Damage Index Methods and Piezoelectric Sensors”
  31. Chaitanya Deenadayalu, August 2007 “Multiscale Damage Modeling and Detection Using a Combination of High Fidelity Analysis, Optimization and Dynamic Neural Networks”
  32. Santanu Das, August 2007 “Development of a Wave-based Sensor- Integrated Structural Health Monitoring Procedure for Composite Laminates”
  33. Sorin Munteanu, May 2007 “An Efficient Approach to Solve Nonlinear Aeroelastic Problems Including Thermal Effect”
  34. Linfa Zhu, July 2006 “Multiscale High Strain Rate Models for Polymer Matrix Composites”
  35. Heungsoo Kim, December 2003 “A Comprehensive Coupled Theory for Smart Composite Structures Including Delaminations”
  36. Robert Thornburgh, August 2002 “A Unified Approach to Modeling Delamination and Matrix Cracking in Smart Composite Structures”        
  37. Xu Zhou, August 2002 “Modeling of Piezoceramics and Piezoelectric Laminates Addressing Complete Coupling and Hysteresis Behavior”
  38. Adrian Radu, August 2001 “Dynamic Stability of Composite Laminates in the Presence of Delaminations”
  39. Qiang Liu, December 2000 “Development of Smart Composite Rotor Blade Concept for Improved Vibration and Stability Characteristics”
  40. Shashishekara Talya, May 2000 “Multidisciplinary Design Optimization Procedure for Turbomachinery Blades and Sensitivity Analysis Technique for Aerospace Applications”
  41. Ratneshwar Jha, May 1999 “Development of Multidisciplinary Design Optimization Procedures for Smart Composite Wings and Turbomachinery Blades”
  42. Charles E. Seeley, May 1997 “Analysis and Optimization of Smart Composite Using Piezoelectric Materials”
  43. Haozhong Gu, August 1996 “A New Approach for Buckling and Postbuckling Analysis of Delaminated Composites”
  44. Narayanan Pagaldipti, August 1996 “Semi-Analytical Sensitivity Analysis Procedure and Multidisciplinary Design Optimization Techniques for Aerospace Applications”
  45. Ruijiang Guo, August 1996 “Analytical Design Sensitivity Analysis of Nonlinear Composite Structures with Application to Energy Absorption”
  46. Thomas R. McCarthy, August 1996 “A New Higher-Order Composite Theory for Analysis and Design of High Speed Tilt-Rotor Blades”

Masters Students

Past

  1. Ravya Ranade, July 2024 (MS) “Multiscale Investigation of the Effects of Thermal and Mechanical Properties on the Performance of Advanced Materials”
  2. Kartik Tripathi, May 2024 (MSME) “Electrical and Mechanical Characterization of Hybrid Buckypaper/Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer Matrix Composites”
  3. Trevor Johnson, December 2014 (MSE)
  4. Cristopher Heitland, November 2014 (MSE)
  5. Kevin Hensberry, May 2013 (MS) “Probabilistic Fatigue Damage Localization at Unknown Temperatures Using Guided Wave Methods”
  6. Ryan Lawson, May 2013 (MSE)
  7. Anthony Vizzini, April 2012 “Damage Detection in Blade-Stiffened Anisotropic Composite Panels Using Lamb Wave Mode Conversions”
  8. Kuang Liu, December 2010 (MSE)
  9. Cristobal Hiche Schwarzhaupt, August 2010 (MS) “Impact Damage Characterization and the Localization on Aircraft Composite Components using FBG Sensors”
  10. Steve Lewis Patterson, May 2010 (MSE)
  11. Whitney Reynolds, May 2009 “Structural Health Monitoring in Composite Materials using Guided Waves”
  12. Siddarth Sharma, Fall 2008 (MSE) “Detection of Plastic Zones in Lug Joints using the Aramis Optical Imaging System”
  13. Santosh Ramachandran, November 2006 “Modeling Structural Response of Composite Beams Using Fiber Optic Bragg Grating Sensors”
  14. David Krzyzanowski, October 2006 “Elastic and Inelastic Behavior of Carbon Nanotube Reinforced Polystyrene”
  15. William Lee, December 2005 “Statistical approach to multiscale damage modeling”
  16. David Miller, April 2005 “Wave Propagation in Structural Health Monitoring”
  17. Jeff Koldhoff, August 2004 (MSE)
  18. Rajan Beri, August 2000 “Optimization of Smart Composite Plates with Segmented Active Constrained Layer Damping”
  19. Dan Dragemir-Daescu, May 1999 “Modeling and Detection of Delaminations in Smart Composite Structures”
  20. Jingmei Li, August 1998 “A Thermo-Piezoelectric-Mechanical Coupled Model for Smart Composite Laminates”
  21. Wensheng Xu, May 1998, (MSE)
  22. Lori Mitchell, May 1998 “First Order Shear Deformation Theory Based Modeling of Curved C-Block Actuators”
  23. Ralph Andy Jury, December 1997 “An Enhanced Multiobjective Optimization Formulation Techniques for Multidisciplinary Design Optimization”
  24. Sen Zhang, December 1996 “Modeling of Composite Wing Box Sections Using Higher Order Laminate Theory”
  25. Charles E. Seeley, December 1993 “Optimization of Intelligent Structures Using Piezoelectric Materials”
  26. Jay M. Ferreira, May 1992 “Structural Optimization and Design Sensitivity of Composite Cylindrical Shells for Buckling and Postbuckling” 
  27. Thomas R. McCarthy, December 1992 “An Integrated Multidisciplinary Optimization Approach for Rotary Wing Design” 

Post-Doctoral and Visiting Professor Supervision

  1. Venkatasatyanand Mutnuri (Post-doctoral Research Associate, School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy, ASU Tempe Campus, 2021-2023)
  2. Karthik Venkatesan (Post-doctoral Research Associate, School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy, ASU Tempe Campus, 2021-2022)
  3. Hyeonho Hwang (Current Position: Exchange Student, Dongguk University, Seoul, South Korea, 2021 – 2022)
  4. Hwayoung Kim (Current Position: Exchange Student, Dongguk University, Seoul, South Korea, 2021 – 2022)
  5. Siddhant Datta (Current position: Engineer, Oakridge National Lab)
  6. Bonsung Koo (Current position: Engineer Mechanics Core Competency Group, Intel)
  7. Hyungjin Lim (Current position: Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Kyonggi University, Seoul, South Korea).
  8. Maskurkar Aziz Faezz (Post-doctoral Research Associate, School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy, ASU Tempe Campus, 2020-2021)
  9. Kranthi Balusu (Current position: Post-doctoral Research Associate, Comp. & Data Engineering Team, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA)
  10. Ashwin Rai (Current position: Data Scientist, IVADO Labs, Toronto, Canada)
  11. Nithya Subramanian (Current Position: Post-doctoral Scholar, Delft University of Technology (TU Delft)
  12. Heung Soo Kim (Current Position: Professor, Dongguk University), Visiting Professor, 2016-2017.
  13. Masoud Yekani Fard (Current Position: Assistant Research Professor, School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy, ASU Tempe Campus), 2011-Present.
  14. Yingtao Liu (Current Position: William H. Barkow Presidential Professor, Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, The University of Oklahoma).
  15. Kuang C. Liu (Current position: Senior Package Engineer, Intel).
  16. Seung Bum Kim (Current position: Senior Research Engineer, Applied Physics Group United Technologies Research Center)
  17. Sourav Banerjee (Current position: Assistant Professor, University of South Carolina)
  18. Jun Wei (Current position: Assistant Research Professor, Missouri University of Science and Technology). Topics: solid mechanics, composite materials
  19. Santanu Das (Current position: DMTS – Algorithms/Big Data Analytics, Verizon). 
  20. Xu Zhou (Current position: Boeing, Seattle).
  21. Xing Jibo (Visiting Professor), Topics: Micromechanics, High Velocity Impact. January 2003-December 2003.
  22. Anindya Ghoshal (Current position: Prognostics and Diagnostics Team Lead Mechanics Division, Vehicle Technology Directorate U.S. Army Research Laboratory)
  23. Jon-Sung Kim (Current position: Associate Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Hankuk Aviation Inst., Seoul, S. Korea)
  24. Changho Nam (Current position: Associate Professor, Dept. of Engineering Technology, College of Technology and Innovation ASU Polytechnic Campus)
  25. Haozhong Gu (Current position: Senior Research Engineer, Boeing Research & Technology, St. Louis, Missouri) 

Mentorship

  1. Dr. Cindy Li (SEMTE Mentoring Communities Program 2024)
  2. Dr. Jifeng Sun (SEMTE Mentoring Communities Program 2024)
  3. Matthew Martin (AEOP Recipient: Summer 2024)
  4. Connor Olson (AEOP Recipient: Summer 2024)
  5. Trae Nelson (AEOP Recipient: Summer 2024; Undergraduate Research Aide: Fall 2024)
  6. Kaia Thompson (AEOP High School Recipient: Summer 2024)
  7. Shreyansh Lalan (High School Lab Volunteer: Summer 2024)
  8. Xavier Lujan-Flores (SURI Recipient: Summer 2023)
  9. Vinicius Oliveira Fontes (Phd student: Fall 2023 – Spring 2024)
  10. Jacob Eaton (SURI Recipient: Summer 2023; Undergraduate Research Aide: Fall 2023 – Spring 2024)
  11. Amanda Stone (SURI Recipient: Summer 2022, Lab Volunteer: Fall 2022)
  12. Rayva Ranade (FURI Recipient: Spring 2022 – Summer 2022)
  13. Charles Galluscio (SURI Recipient: Summer 2022)
  14. Cole Errico (FURI Recipient: Fall 2021 – Spring 2022)
  15. Jose Roman (SURI Recipient: Summer 2022; Lab Volunteer: Fall 2021 – Summer 2022; Graduate Research Associate)
  16. Ian Chandra (SURI Recipient: Spring 2021 – Summer 2021, Lab Volunteer: Spring 2021 – current)
  17. Ian Kelley (Lab Volunteer: Summer – Fall 2021)
  18. Ruslan Polichsuk (Spring 2021 – Fall 2022)
  19. Noah Gorman (Lab Volunteer: Fall 2020)
  20. Christian Burgoyne (Lab Volunteer, UG Researcher: Spring 2020, Management Intern: Summer 2021)
  21. Paul Parker (AIMS/NGC Intern, Lab Volunteer: Spring 2020 – Fall 2020, UG Researcher: Fall 2021)
  22. Nicholas Denisuk (AIMS/NGC Intern, Lab Volunteer: Spring 2020)
  23. Alex Gardeck (AIMS/NGC Intern, Lab Volunteer: Spring 2020)
  24. Marcus Gambatese (AIMS/NGC Intern, Lab Volunteer: Spring 2020)
  25. Michael Alex (UG Researcher: Spring – Summer 2020)
  26. Noah Kurus (UG Researcher: Fall 2019 – Spring 2020)
  27. Nicholas Galvach (URAP Recipient: Fall 2018)
  28. Nathaniel Briggs (URAP Recipient: Summer – Fall 2018)
  29. Collin Overall (FURI Recipient: Fall 2018, Lab Volunteer: 2017)
  30. Catherine Hong (HSAP Recipient: Summer 2018)
  31. Bradley Northern (Lab Volunteer 2017)
  32. Aldo Soberon (FURI Recipient: 2017, URAP Recipient: 2017)
  33. Jack Miller (URAP Recipient: Summer – Fall 2017)
  34. Bhavik Patel (URAP Recipient: Summer – Fall 2017)
  35. Andrew Sweeney (Lab Volunteer: Spring 2017 – Spring 2018)
  36. Collin Foster (FURI Recipient: Fall 2017, Lab Volunteer: Spring 2017 – Spring 2018)
  37. Eric Probst (FURI Recipient: 2017, Lab Volunteer: Spring 2017 – Spring 2018)
  38. Michael Tucker (FURI Recipient: 2017, Lab Volunteer: Spring 2017 – Spring 2018)
  39. Suparva Paruthy (FURI Recipient: 2017, Lab Volunteer: Spring 2017 – Spring 2018)
  40. Marissa Palermo (Lab Volunteer: Summer 2016 – Summer 2017)
  41. Chase Lee (HSAP Recipient: Summer 2017)
  42. Akshay Nalla (FURI Recipient: 2017, Lab Volunteer: Fall 2016 – 2017)
  43. Daniel Orr (Lab Volunteer: Fall 2017)
  44. Michael Padilla (Lab Volunteer: Summer 2016 – Spring 2017)
  45. Matthew Schneider (FURI Recipient: Fall 2016,  Fall 2017, Lab Volunteer: 2016 – 2017)
  46. Carlos Lopez (FURI Recipient: Fall 2016, Lab Volunteer: 2015 – 2017)
  47. John Woodward (Lab Volunteer: Spring 2015 – 2017)
  48. Abhishek Rajadas (FURI Recipient: Fall 2015, Lab Volunteer: 2013, 2016, 2017)
  49. Travis Skinner (Lab Volunteer: 2017, NASA Space Grant Recipient 2016, URAP Recipient: Fall 2016)
  50. John McCrea (FURI Recipient: Fall 2015, Lab Volunteer: 2016)
  51. Elizabeth Quigley (FURI Recipient: Fall 2015, Lab Volunteer: 2016, NASA Space Grant Recipient 2015, URAP Recipient: Fall 2015)
  52. Steve Thach (Lab Volunteer: 2016)
  53. Mateo Oramas (Lab Volunteer: Fall 2015 – Fall 2016)
  54. Joshua Oremland (FURI Recipient: Fall 2015, Lab Volunteer: 2015)
  55. Christopher Sorini (Lab Volunteer: 2013, NASA Space Grant Recipient 2015, URAP Recipient: Fall 2015)
  56. Jack Griffin (HS Volunteer: 2015)
  57. Sam Frommer (UG Researcher: Spring 2013 – Fall 2014)
  58. Kolby Devery (HS Volunteer: 2013)
  59. Joseph Williams (Lab Volunteer: 2012 – 2013)
  60. Lee Burke (FURI Recipient: Fall 2013, Lab Volunteer: 2012)
  61. Xiao Cheng (Lab Volunteer: Fall 2012 – Spring 2013)
  62. Brianna Duong (Lab Volunteer: 2012)