Summer Research Posters
| CCM offers students at all levels (high school to graduate students) internship opportunities at the University’s Composites Manufacturing Science Laboratory. Students work under the guidance of CCM staff and/or affiliated faculty as members of multidisciplinary teams, addressing problems on a variety of research topics. Research areas span all aspect of composite materials, from basic materials research, design, manufacturing, characterization and evaluation, and additive manufacturing. Below are the research posters presented by our interns at the Summer Research Symposium. |
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2023 Summer Research Posters Winners
| First Place | Authors |
| Molecular Dynamics Modeling of Traction Between Polyethylene Fibrils | Iveena Mukherjee, (H.S.), Dr. Nuwan Dewapriya, (PD), Dr. Joseph M. Deitzel, Prof. John W. Gillespie, Jr. |
| Second Place | Authors | Effect of Processing on Polymer Structure in Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene Composites | James Tallman, BMsE, Hayden Marquard, (BChE), Dr. Sagar M. Doshi, Dr. Joseph M. Deitzel | Third Place | Authors |
| Microstructure Evolution in Aligned Discontinuous Fibers | Erin McKnight, (BChE), Kyle Morris, (MSMS), Dr. Thomas Cender |
2023 Summer Research Posters
| Poster Title | Authors |
| Digital Image Correlation Calibration for High Deformation | Nicholas Duncan, (BSME), Loren Tomlin, (MSME), Dr. Thomas A. Cender, Prof. Suresh G. Advani |
| Forming Cell for TuFF Thermoset Part Fabrication | Jiro Guillen, (BBME), Matt Yezek, (BME), Shashank Sharma, MBA, Dr. Shridhar Yarlagadda |
| Automated Test Bed for Passive Millimeter Wave Imaging | Benjamin Mirotznik, (BEE), Nathaniel Riehl, (BCPE), Vishal Saxena, Ph.D., Richard Martin, Ph.D., Mark Mirotznik, Ph.D., Thomas Dillon, Ph.D. |
| Application of UV-Curing Resins for In-Place Pipeline Repair | Gerard Skourlis, (BChE), Shagata Das, (Ph.D.C.E.), Lukas Fuessel, (Ph.D.M.E.), Prof. John W. Gillespie, Jr. |
| Durability of a Recyclable Thermoset Resin Under Different Temperature and Saturation Conditions | Kayshavi Bakshi (BME), Dr. Sagar M. Doshi, Shagata Das, (Ph.D.C.E.), Prof. Jovan Tatar |
| Investigating the Network Test Interfacial Healing Performance of a New Vitrimeric Single Fiber Composite | Obed Tetteh (MME), Munetaka Kubota, (Ph.D.M.S.E.), Prof. Patrick Mensah, Prof. Guoqiang Li, Prof. John W. Gillespie, Jr. |
| Characterization Of Viscoelastic Material Response of highly Aligned Discontinuous Fiber Composites | Charles Whealton (BME), Dr. Thomas A. Cender |
| Characterization of IM7-Tuff-8552 Composites- | Alexander Barry (H.S.), Dr. Sagar M. Doshi, Dr. Shridhar Yarlagadda, Dr. Dirk Heider, Dr. John W. Gillespie, Jr. |
| Rheology of Thermosetting Resins During Cure for Process Modeling of Composite Materials | Andrew T. Brown (BME), Dr. Thomas A. Cender |
| Stretch Forming of Aligned Discontinuous Fiber Composites-Effects of Environmental Conditions on Forming Optimization | Owen Ferrone (BME), Dr. Thomas A. Cender |
| Recyclability of Flax Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composites with a Covalent Adaptable Network Matrix | Steffen Ghin, Dan Luckenbill, Dr. Sagar M. Doshi, Prof. Jovan Tatar |
| Additive Manufacturing Of Multimaterial Graded Dielectrics | Wiley Gong (H.S.), Theodore Fessaras, (Ph.D.E.C.E.), Prof. Mark Mirotznik |
| Investigation of Tensile Strength of UHMWPE Fibers Extracted from Composite Panels | Adam Higazi (BCPE), Tyler Phommachanh (BME), Dr. Ahmed Abu Obaid, Dr. Sagar M. Doshi, Dr. Joseph M. Deitzel |
| Effect of Silane Density on Wettability of Silane-Grafted Silica | Suraj Reddy (H.S.), Dr. Abhishek Bhesania, Prof. John W. Gillespie, Jr. |
| Discovering & Optimizing Silane Chemistry with Variational Autoencoder Model | Matthew Benvenuto, BChE, Dr. Abhishek Bhesania, Munetaka Kubota, (Ph.D.M.S.E.) Prof. John W. Gillespie, Jr. |
| Developing Extractable Tooling To Adapt Bladder Molding Of Short Fiber Composites To Create Bent Formations | Logan Blackburn (BECE), Aidan Ford, BME, Dr. Thomas A. Cender |
| Evaluating the Effects of Recycling Conditions on Carbon Fiber Strength and their Adhesion with PMMA | Abigail Conklin (BChE), Uday Balaga, (Ph.D.M.E.), Dr. Tekin Ozdemir (PD), Munetaka Kubota, (Ph.D.M.S.E.), Dr. Joseph M. Deitzel |
| Improving damage Tolerance of Epoxy Resin Based Composites via Interlayer Toughening Strategies | Hayden Marquard, (BChE), James Tallman, BMSE, Dr. Sagar M. Doshi, Dr. Joseph M. Deitzel, Prof. John W. Gillespie, Jr. |
| Resin Cure Kinetics and Exploring the Possibilities of Material Degradation | Elizabeth Rock, (BChE), Dr. Steve Sauerbrunn, Dr. Thomas A. Cender |
2022 Summer Research Posters Winners
| First Place | Authors |
| Composite Manufacturing with Elium 188 O Resin and T700sc F0E Sized Carbon Fibers in Bladder Molding Process | Fynn Saenger (Visiting Scholar), Uday Balaga (Ph.D.M.E.), Munetaka Kubota, (Ph.D.M.S.E.), Kolby Tonkin (B.Ch.E.), Chris Blackwell, MME, Mark Davis, Dr. Dirk Heider, Dr. Joseph M. Deitzel |
| Second Place | Authors | Recycling Plastics in Cementitious Materials | Kenneth (KJ) Olsen (B.C.E.E.), Dr. Monique Head, Prof. Suresh G. Advani | Third Place | Authors |
| Flow And Fiber Orientation Measurements Of Dilute Suspensions Down an Inclined Plane | Bhavana Palla (B.E.E.), Dr. Navid Niknafs Kermani, Dr. John Tierney, Prof. Suresh G. Advani |
2022 Summer Research Posters
| Poster Title | Authors |
| Automating System for Measuring Permeability | Sean Magee (B.M.E.), Prof. Suresh G. Advani. |
| Effect of TPU Interlayer on Permeability of Stacked Fabrics to Manufacture a Laminate with VARTM Process | Kushal Mehta (B.M.E.), Tania Lavaggi, (Ph.D.M.E.), Dr. Sagar M. Doshi, Prof. Suresh G. Advani |
| Rheology – Resin Viscosity Using Continuous Rotation Shear or Oscillating Shear | Arda Ozdemir (H.S.), Dr. Steve Sauerbrunn |
| Design and Manufacturing Of Custom Carbon Fiber Ankle-Foot Orthoses (AFO) | Stephen Li (BChE), Nidhi Rao (H.S.), Shashank Sharma, MBA |
| Digital Image Processing with Matlab to Analyze | Spencer Toth (BCEE), Dr. Monique Head, Prof. Suresh G. Advani |
| Effect of Sub-Laminate Stacking Sequence on the Transverse Impact | Eli Bogetti, (M.M.E.), Dr. Bazle Z. (Gama) Haque | Damage Characterization of Dyneema HB210 Via Xray Computer Tomography | Aaron Fieger (B.M.E.), Malika Iyer, (B.M.E.), Derik Spedden, (B.M.E.), Molla Ali, Dr. Bazle Z. (Gama) Haque |
| Development of Hexagonal Mesh for Finite Element Analysis of UHWMPE Fibers | Malika Iyer, (B.M.E.), Eli Bogetti, (M.M.E.), Abdelrahman Abounabet (H.S.), Dr. Bazle Z. (Gama) Haque | Perforation Mechanics of Dupont Tensylon 30A | Derik Spedden (B.M.E.), Molla Ali, Aaron Fieger, (B.M.E.), Dr. Bazle Z. (Gama) Haque |
| Strenth and Surface Morphology of UHMWPE Fibers Extracted from Fatigued Polyethelyne Based Composites | Adam Higazi (B.Ch.E.), Dr. Ahmad Abu-Obaid, Dr. Joseph M. Deitzel |
| Molecular Modeling Of Amorphous Polyethylene | Timothy Longoria (B.Ch.E.), Dr. Sanjib Chowdhury, Prof. John W. Gillespie, Jr. | Low Velocity Impact Testing at Extreme Temperature Conditions Durability and Influence of Interlayers | Megan Monteleone (B.M.E.), Dr. Sagar M. Doshi, Dr. Joseph M. Deitzel, and Prof. John W. Gillespie, Jr. |
| Effects of Processing Parameters on Mechanical and Thermal Properties of Dyneema Fibers | Hayden Marquard (B.Ch.E.), Yae June Jang (B.M.E.), Dr. Ahmad Abu-Obaid, Dr. Sagar M. Doshi, Dr. Joseph M. Deitzel | Characterization Of Fiber-Matrix Interface For Upcycling Composites | Kolby Tonkin (B.Ch.E.), Cara Huang (H.S.), Fynn Saenger (Visiting Scholar), Munetaka Kubota, (Ph.D.M.S.E.), Dr. Joseph M. Deitzel, and Dr. Dirk Heider |
| Development of a Recyclable Flax Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FFRP) Composite | Emmanuel Millan (Visiting Scholar), Shagata Das, (Ph.D.C.E.E.), Dr. Sagar M. Doshi, Prof. Jovan Tater | Use and Application of the NETZSCH DMA | James Pollock (H.S.), Dr. Steve Sauerbrunn, Dr. Joseph M. Deitzel |
| Characterization Of Organo-Functionalized Silanes For Controlled Vapor Deposition onto S-2 Glass® Fabrics | Matthew Conlon, (B.Ch.E.), Justin Abrams (H.S.), Joshua Yu (B.Ch.E.), Munetaka Kubota, (Ph.D.M.S.E.), Prof. John W. Gillespie, Jr. | Remote Interface to Track Process and Material Data for the Tailorable universal Feedstock for Forming Process (TuFF) | Heni Patel (B..C.E.E.), Dr. Dirk Heider |
| Use of the High-Pressure DSC for Curing Reactions | Zeynep Melis Ozdemir (H.S.), Dr. Steve Sauerbrunn |
| Shear Strength Tests by Using Hexply M77 Resin Film and Virgin T800 Fibers | Timothy Hough (B.M.E.), Dr. Tekin Ozdemir (P.D.), Dr. Joseph M. Deitzel |
2021 Summer Research Posters
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