CCM CONNECTS: Research Series
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November 12, 2024, 11:00 am
Presenter | Presentation Title |
Nicholas Rorrer, Ph.D. Manager and Sr. Researcher – Polymer Science and Engineering Renewable Resources and Enabling Sciences Center National Renewable Energy Laboratory |
Scaling Recyclable and Dynamic Thermosets: From Beaker to Wind blade and Beyond |
November 18, 2024, 11:00 am
Presenter | Presentation Title |
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Prof. h.c. (RGU) Jens Schuster Hochschule Kaiserslautern University of Applied Sciences |
3D-Printing Under High Pressure |
December 10, 2024, 11:00 am- Register
Presenter | Advisor | Presentation Title |
Nithin Parambil, Ph.D. Graduate Student |
Prof. John W. Gillespie, Jr. | Coming Soon |
Dhanashree Shinde, (Ph.D.M.S.E.) Graduate Student |
Prof. Srikanth Pilla | Coming Soon |
Shih Wen Chen, (Ph.D.M.E.) Graduate Student |
Prof. Suresh G. Advani | Coming Soon |
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2024
January 9, 2024
Presenter | Advisor | Presentation Title |
Sandra Milev, (Ph.D.C.E.) Graduate Student |
Prof. Jovan Tater | Self-healable And Recyclable Sealants-A sustainable Solution for Aging Infrastructure |
Munetaka Kubota, (Ph.D.M.S.E.) Materials Engineer |
Prof. John W. Gillespie, Jr. | Designing a Functionally Graded S-2 Glass/Epoxy Composites for Improved Energy Absorption |
Sophie Sharafi, (Ph.D.M.E.) Graduate Student |
Prof. Suresh G. Advani | Additive Manufacturing of High Temperature Polymer Composites |
February 6, 2024
Presenter | Advisor | Presentation Title |
Paul Samuel, (Ph.D.M.E.) Graduate Student |
Prof. John W. Gillespie, Jr. | Experimental Measurement of Mode-I Fracture Toughness and Traction Laws for Delamination in Plain Weave Composites |
Seyda Naz Alasahin, (Ph.D.E.C.E) Graduate Student |
Prof. Erik Thostenson and Prof. Mark Mirotznik | Utilization Of Carbon Nanotube Based Sensors To Monitor Resin Flow In Resin Transfer Molding |
Hasan Ulus Visiting Scholar |
Prof. Monique Head and Prof. Suresh G. Advani | Effect of Particle Size and Replacement Ration on Mechanical Performance of Concrete Containing Ground-Recycled ABS Waste Plastics |
March 5, 2024
Presenter | Advisor | Presentation Title |
Uday Balaga, (Ph.D.M.E.) Graduate Student |
Prof. Suresh G. Advani and Dr. Dirk Heider | Effect of Fiber Aspect Ration on the Mechanical Performance of Aligned Short Fiber Composites (TuFF) |
Mohammad Tofayel Ahmed, (Ph.D.M.S.E.) Graduate Student |
Prof. Erik Thostenson | Sensing of Resin Flow and Cure in Continuous Fiber Additive Manufacturing |
Shaharear Emtiaz, (Ph.D.M.E.) Graduate Student |
Prof. Suresh G. Advani | Modeling the Effect of Fiber Clustering Resin Bleeding on Void Formation During Additive Manufacturing of Continuous Carbon Fiber Thermoset Composites |
April 2, 2024
Presenter | Advisor | Presentation Title |
Amit Chaudhari, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Researcher |
Prof. Erik T. Thostenson | Flexible Carbon Nanocomposite Sensors: Validation Using Robotics and Virtual Reality (VR) |
Aidan Ford Materials Process Engineer |
Dr. Thomas Cender | Performance of Stretch-Steered Aligned Discontinuous Fiber Tape with Automated Fiber Placement |
Tania Lavaggi, (Ph.D.M.E.) Graduate Student |
Prof. Suresh G. Advani and Prof. John W. Gillespie, Jr. | Improvement of the Densification Process of Carbon/Carbon Composites |
May 7, 2024
Presenter | Advisor | Presentation Title |
Lukas Fuessel, (Ph.D.M.E.) Graduate Student |
Prof. John W. Gillespie, Jr. | Determination of a Stabile Stain Window for Highly Aligned Discontinuous Fiber Tapes using Stretch – Tape – Placement |
Tekin Ozdemir, Ph.D. Research Associate III |
Dr. Joseph Deitzel | Stabilization of TuFF Material by Electrospinning Ultra low Areal Weisht Binder Veils from Aqueous Solutions |
Colin Bonner, (Ph.D.E.C.E.) Graduate Student |
Prof. Mark Mirotznik | Manufacturing Approaches for Experimental Validation of Numerically Designed Conformal Metasurfaces |
June 4, 2024
Presenter | Advisor | Presentation Title |
John Tierney, Ph.D. Sr. Scientist |
Prof. John W. Gillespie, Jr. | TuFF: The Evolution and Revolution of the World’s Strongest Short Fiber Composite Material for Sustainability and Recycling |
Sai Aditya Pradeep, Ph.D. Research and Development Engineer |
Prof. Srikanth Pilla | Understanting Matreial Process Microstructure perfomance Relationships of Thermoplastic Olefins Foams |
July 9, 2024
Presenter | Advisor | Presentation Title |
Molla Ali Research Associate III |
Dr. Joseph Deitzel | Influence of Consolidation Pressure on Tensile Strength of Thin Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene Composites |
Pavel Simacek, Ph.D. Research Associate III |
Prof. Suresh G. Advani | Fiber Deposition in TuFF Process The Determination of Processing Window_Simacek_2024 |
August 6, 2024
Presenter | Advisor | Presentation Title |
Abdalsalam Fadeel, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Researcher |
Dr. Joseph Deitzel | Effect of Consolidation Pressure on the Deformation and Void Content Reduction within a Stochastic Array of Fibrils |
Amit Deshpande, (Ph.D.M.E.) Graduate Student |
Prof. Srikanth Pilla | Investigation of Woven Composite Lattice Reinforcements for Thermoforming of Thermoplastic Composite Sturctures |
Maximilian Pitto Graduate Intern |
Prof. Suresh G. Advani | Spatial Fiber Volume Fraction Quantification of Core Shell Structured Thermoset Tow Pregs |
August 12, 2024 – 10:00 am
Presenter | Presentation Title |
Dr. Francois Mahe University of Rennes, Rennes, France |
Development of a Staistical Mechanics-Based Approach to Model the Compression Flow of Long-Fiber Compoiste Materials |
October 1, 2024
Presenter | Advisor | Presentation Title |
Navid Niknafs, Ph.D. Research Associate III |
Prof. Suresh G. Advani | AI-Driven Process Control for Resin Injection Molding |
Tom Cender, Ph.D. Scientist |
Prof. John W. Gillespie, Jr. | Forming Properties of Highly Aligned Discontinuous Fiber Lamina |
Andrew Stack, (M.M.E.) Graduate Student |
Prof. Suresh G. Advani | Modeling the Strain Softening Behavior of Aligned Discontinous Fiber Prepreg during Thermoforming |
2023
April 4, 2023
Presenter | Advisor | Presentation Title |
Shagata Das, (Ph.D.C.E.) Graduate Student |
Dr. Jovan Tatar | Mechanical Behavior Of UV-Cured Composite Stepped Lap Adhesive Joints |
Tania Lavaggi, (Ph.D.M.E.) Graduate Student |
Prof. Suresh G. Advani | Vacuum Induced Preform Relaxation For The Manufacturing Of Thermoset Composites With Impermeable Interlayers |
Alexander Legenstein, (Ph.D. Polymer Science) Graduate Student, Montanuniversität Leoben |
Dr. Thomas Cender | Stretch Steering of Aligned Discontinuous Fiber Tapes on Highly Curved Paths Using Automated Fiber Placement |
May 2, 2023
Presenter | Advisor | Presentation Title |
Lukas Fuessel, (Ph.D.M.E.) Graduate Student |
Prof. John W. Gillespie, Jr. | Influence of Deformation of Compliant Rollers on Tape Steering during Automated Tape Placement |
Sagar M. Doshi, Ph.D. Associate Scientist |
Dr. Joseph Deitzel | Characterizing Adhesion of Polyimide Pi Silica Composite Copper for Applications in Microelectronics |
Professor Mark Mirotznik Associate Dean for Research and Entrepreneurship UD-CCM, Associate Director for Digital Design and Additive Manufacturing |
Design of Multifunctional TuFF for Electromagnetic Applications |
June 6, 2023
Presenter | Advisor | Presentation Title |
Colin Bonner, (Ph.D.E.C.E.) Graduate Student | Prof. Mark Mirotznik | The Additive Manufacturing of Conformal Electromagnetic Devices on Composite Substrates |
Tekin Ozdemir, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Researcher |
Dr. Joseph Deitzel | Polymer and Carbon Fiber Reclamation of Elium 188 O Infused TuFF Composites |
Abhishek Bhesania, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Researcher |
Prof. John W. Gillespie, Jr. | Molecular Dynamics And Machine Learning Based Silane Chemistry Optimization For High Strain Rate Application |
July 11, 2023
Presenter | Advisor | Presentation Title |
John Tierney, Ph.D. Sr. Scientist |
Prof. John W. Gillespie, Jr. | UD-CCM CDS Composite Design Software: Overview and Demonstrations |
Pavel Simacek, Ph.D. Research Associate III |
Prof. Suresh Advani | Modeling Resin Infusion with LIMS |
Bazle Z. Haque, Ph.D. Sr. Scientist |
Prof. John W. Gillespie, Jr. | Composite Damage Modeling with Rate Dependent Progressive Continuum Damage Model (rdpCDM) MAT162 in LS-DYNA |
August 1, 2023
Presenter | Advisor | Presentation Title |
Branndon Chen, (Ph.D.M.S.E.) Graduate Student |
Prof. John W. Gillespie, Jr. | Micro-Mechanical Fiber Waviness development in Thermoplastic Carbon Fiber Reinforced Composite Processing |
Theodore Fessaras, (Ph.D.E.C.E.) Graduate Student |
Prof. Mark Mirotznik | Design and Additive Manufacture of Gradient Dielectrics for RF Devices |
Nuwan Dewapriya, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Researcher |
Prof. John W. Gillespie, Jr. | Molecular Dynamics Study Of The Effects Of Defects And Transverse Pressure On The Axial Tensile Properties Of Polyethylene |
September 5, 2023
Presenter | Advisor | Presentation Title |
Eli Bogetti, (M.M.E.) Graduate Student |
Prof. John W. Gillespie, Jr. | Analytical Buckling Analysis For Tow-steered Laminates |
Nithin Kaliyath Parambil, Ph.D. Research Associate III |
Prof. John W. Gillespie, Jr. | Fatigue Performance Of Thermoplastic Tuff Composites |
Shih Wen Chen, (Ph.D.M.E.) Graduate Student |
Prof. Suresh G. Advani | Experimental Investigation Of Bubble Mobility In Porous Media During Resin Transfer Molding |
October 3, 2023
Presenter | Advisor | Presentation Title |
Kyle Morris, (M.M.S.) Graduate Student |
Prof. Erik Thostenson & Prof. Suresh G. Advani | Methodology for Characterizing Forming Limits of Highly Aligned Discontinuous Fiber Reinforced Composites>/td> |
Ankita Bisht, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Researcher |
Mr. Munetaka Kubota | Investigating The Structure Of CVD Deposited Amino Silane On Silica Substrate Via High Resolution Characterization Methods |
Loren Tomlin, (M.M.S.) | Prof. Suresh G. Advani & Thomas Cender, Ph.D. | Methodology to Establish a Forming Process Window for Thermoset Aligned Discontinuous Fiber Composites |
November 7, 2023
Presenter | Advisor | Presentation Title |
Munetaka Kubota, (Ph.D.M.S.E.) Graduate Student |
Prof. John W. Gillespie, Jr. | Designing a Functionally Graded S-2 Glass/Epoxy Composites for Improved Energy Absorption |
Navid Niknafs, Ph.D. | Prof. John W. Gillespie, Jr. | Advances in Fiber Alignment for TuFF Preforms: Investigating Fiber Orientation Dynamics and Process Optimization |
Alex Vanarelli, M.M.E. Composites Design Manager |
Prof. John W. Gillespie, Jr. | Hydrostatic Processing of UHMWPE Composites using Distributed Elastomer Networks |
December 5, 2023
Presenter | Advisor | Presentation Title |
Kaiyue Deng, (Ph.D.M.E.) Graduate Student/td> | Prof. Kun Fu | Core-Shell Structured Tow-Preg Enabled Additive Manufacturing |
Ahmad AbuObaid, Ph.D. Associate Scientist |
Dr. Joseph Dietzel and Prof. John W. Gillespie, Jr. | Effect of Consolidation Process on Tensile Strength of UHMPE Fibers Extracted from Composite Panels |
Shivansh Gour & Suraj Reddy Charter School of Wilmington, Seniors |
Prof. John W. Gillespie, Jr. | Nikoi: An AI-Driven Productivity Application for Research Projects |
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