Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies
I conduct fundamental, applied, and focused programmatic research on materials and structures, in particular in response to high-strain-rate and shock deformation. My research is focused on experimental and modeling structure/property studies of defect generation, substructure evolution, mechanical behavior, and dynamic damage-spallation of materials. These constitutive and damage models are utilized in engineering computer codes to support large-scale finite element modeling simulations of structures ranging from national defense (DOE, DoD, DARPA), industry (GM, Ford, Chrysler, and Bettis), foreign object damage, and manufacturing.
