Congratulations to
Vasanth C. Shunmugasamy for completing M.S.
degree (Spring 2010) and winning the best M.S.
Thesis award of the department.
Check details.
Congratulations to Raymond Ye for graduating
with B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and winning
Noah Kahn Award for his research.
Dr. Gupta receives
grant to develop safer materials for the US
Navy. Check
news releases.
Two ASM-IIM lectures presented in India.
Check
details.
Dr. Gupta presented a
workshop on weight reduction of military
vehicles in the Tactical Vehicles Summit
organized by the Institute for Defense and
Government Advancement. Click
here for
details.
Congratulations to Nguyen Nguyen for defending
Ph.D. Details.
High-Speed Camera is Now
Available in CMML for Impact and High Strain
Rate Studies
The camera system is mounted on the
Split-Hopkinson Pressure Bar. Click
here to watch
a movie of the high-strain rate deformation
experiment at 16800 frames/second. This camera
will be used for studies related to impact and
blast response of materials.
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Nguyen Nguyen, a Ph.D.
candidate at CMML, wins American Society for
Composites Ph.D. Scholarship award
Nguyen is one of the two winners of the American
Society for Composites Ph.D. scholarship award
2008. Each year the society provides these
awards to recognize outstanding research in the
composite materials related area. His work on
development of fiber-optic sensors and their
applications in structural health monitoring of
composite materials has potential for a wide
ranging applications. He was presented this
award during the society's annual meeting in
Memphis from September 9-11, 2008. More
information on this award can be found
here.
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New Functionally Graded Composite designed at CMML
Two recent papers demonstrate superiority of functionally graded syntactic foams (FGSFs) designed by CMML to be higher damage tolerant and energy absorbent compared to the existing functionally graded and plain syntactic foams.
The First paper authored by Dr. Nikhil Gupta proposes the new FGSF structure. The Second paper presents results of an extensive experimental scheme that compares the compressive properties of traditional FGSFs created by a volume fraction gradient in their structure and the new types of FGSFs based on the microballoon wall thickness approach. The new syntactic foams designed by CMML are found to have 200-500% higher energy absorption capabilities under compression.
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