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Current Research Group Members:

• Grace Chen
  Project: Fracture mechanics of nanoreinforced polymers
• Keith Gall
  Project: Digital Image Correlation on NiTi and NiTi Foams
• Lesley Meade
  Project: Self-healing polymer nanocomposites utilizing a biomimetic initiator
• Marc Palmeri
  Project: Toughening Mechanisms in Nanocomposites
• Michele Panico
  Project: Multiscale modeling of shape memory alloys and NiTi Foams
• Karl Putz
  Project: Thermoset polymer nanocomposites and nanoinclusion shape effects
• Ray Qiao
  Project: Percolation in Polymer Nanocomposites
• Dr. T. (Ram) Ramanathan
  Projects: "Synthesis and Characterization of Nanoreinforced Polymers" and "Characterization of Polymer Films by Impedance Spectroscopy and Mechanical Testing"
• Andy Schoch
  Project: Morphology Control in Polymer Nanocomposites
• Supinda Watcharone
  Project: Dispersion of nanoparticles in nanocomposites: quantification

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Research Group Alumni:

• Dr. Hui Shen
  Projects: "Numerical Micromechanics for Porous Metallic Materials" and "Indentation Mechanics for Polymer Coatings"
  Last seen: Assistant Professor at Ohio Northern University
• James Washington, MS Feb 2006
  Thesis: Multi-scale Measurements of Viscoelastic Properties of Polymeric Materials by Tensile and Indentation Deformations
• Ray Qiao, MS Feb 2006
  Thesis: Numerical Modeling of Shape Memory Alloys and Interfacial Effects in Self-Healing Composites
• Huanlong Li, PhD June 2006
  Thesis: Foam Materials for Use in Bone Implants: Microstructure and Loading Effects on Mechanical Properties and Bone Ingrowth
  Last seen: studying for MBA at University of Chicago
• Debbie Burton, PhD June 2005
  Thesis: Continuum Models for Shape Memory Alloys for Simulations
• Dr. Frank Fisher, PhD June 2002
  MS Thesis: Interphase Effects in Viscoelastic Composites; MS awarded 12/98
  PhD Thesis: Nanomechanics and the viscoelastic behavior of carbon nanotube-reinforced polymers
  last seen: Assistant Professor, Stevens Institute of Technology
• Dr. Xiujie Gao, PhD June 2002
  Thesis: Multivariant Modeling and Characterization of SMAs Based on Hierarchical Characteristics of Martensite Crystallography
  last seen: Research Engineer at General Motors Corporation: Research & Development Division
• Zhu He, MS Dec 2004
  Thesis: Use of Electrical Resistance Testing to Redefine the transformation Kinetics and Phase Diagram for SMAs (co-advised with M. Peshkin)
• Tao Bai
  PhD Thesis topic: Impedance Spectroscopy and Mechanical Response effects of Physical and Chemical Aging of Polymers
  Last seen: Motorola Corporation
• Nagendra Akshantala, Postdoc, 11/97 - 9/99
  Project: Physical Aging and Damage Mechanics in Composites
  Last seen: Goodyear Rubber and Tire Company, Akron, OH
• Alex Bekker, PhD Fall 1997
  Thesis: Mathematical Modeling of One-Dimensional Shape Memory Alloy Behavior: Phase Diagram Kinetics and Temperature Induced transformation
  Last seen: somewhere in Silicon Valley
• Roger Bradshaw, PhD Summer 1997
  Thesis: Nonisothermal Physical Aging in Polymer Composite Material
  Last seen: Professor at University of Louisville.
• Richard Hansen, M.S. Spring 1997
  Thesis: Multiviscoelastic Materials in a Single Constrained Layer
• Miinshiou Huang, PhD Fall 1997
  Thesis: A Multivariant Shape Memory Alloy Model
  Last seen: Ford Motor Company, Detroit, MI
• Shiyi Hwang, M.S. Winter 1994
  Thesis: Behavior of One-Dimensional Shape Memory Alloy Wires with Heat transfer Effects
• Wensheng Lin, M.S. Winter 1996
  Thesis: Micromechanics Studies of Multiphase Viscoelastic Composite
• Sarah Thelen, M.S. June 2000
  Thesis: Titanium Foam for Use in Bone Implants: Microstructure Effects on Effective Properties and Local Stress States
  Last seen: Zimmer Corporation, IN
• Xiangyang Zhang, Postdoc, 2/99 - 9/99
  Thesis: Use of SEM and EBSD on SMA Single Crystal Response to Thermomechanical Loading in situ
  Last Seen: Principal Engineer, Edwards LifeSciences, Irvine, CA

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