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I)  Postdoctoral researchers and visiting scholars

 
Dr. Sunwoo Park
Postdoctoral Scientist October 1997 to October 1999
Research:
Impact Damage and Residual Strength of Structural Composites
Constitutive and Failure Behavior of Granular Materials

Dr. Jiyun Yang
Visiting Scholar     July 2008 to January 2009

Dr. Hongwei Li
Postdoctoral Scientist               May 2009 to October 2010
Research: Multiscale modeling of the behavior of cementitious materials

Dr. Yanqing Wu
Visiting Professor               May 2013 to April 2014
Research: Ignition behavior of composite energetic

II) Ph.D. students

Karel Minnaar Ph.D. (January 1996 to August 2002)
Thesis:  Experimental and Numerical Analyses Damage in Laminate Composites under Low Velocity Impact Loading

Jun Zhai Ph.D. (September 1996 to January 2000)
Thesis:  Micromechanical Simulations of Dynamic Fracture in Ceramic Composites.

Vikas Tomar Ph.D. (May 2001 to December 2005)
Thesis: Molecular dynamics simulations of the shock response and Shock-induced chemical reactions.

Wuwei Liang Ph.D. (September 2001 to July 2006)
Thesis: Molecular dynamics simulations of the mechanical behavior of nanowires

Ambarish Jayant Kulkarni  Ph.D. (January 2004 to October 2007)
Thesis: Atomistic modeling and continuum representation of the thermomechanical behavior of semiconducting metal oxide nanobelts​

Xiang Guo  Ph.D. (August 2006 to January 2009)
Thesis: Thermal and mechanical behaviors of nanomaterials and nanostructured materials

Ananda Barua Ph.D. (August 2008 to May 2013)
Thesis: Microscopic deformation and fracture of soft composites

Yifan Gao  Ph.D. (January 2009 to May 2013)
Thesis: Nanoscale electromechanical properties of Si as anode material

Yan Li   Ph.D. (May 2009 to July 2014)
Thesis: Microstructure-based fracture toughness design

D. Barrett Hardin  Ph.D. (August 2010 to January 2015)
Thesis: Three-dimensional modeling of the dynamic response of energetic materials

III) M.S. students

Karel Minnaar M.S.  (January 1996 to August 1997)
Thesis:  Comparison and Analysis of Dynamic Shear failure Behavior of Structural Metals.

Douglas Lucas Grote M.S.  (January 1997 to March 1999)
Thesis:  Experimental Investigation of the Dynamic Response of Concrete and Mortar

Qingxi Xia M.S.  (September 1996 to March 1998)
Thesis:  Finite Element Modeling of the Dynamic Response of Concrete

Joshua Weage M.S. (September 1997 to March 1999)
Thesis:  Time-dependent Behavior of Piezoelectric Ceramics

Andrew Keller M.S. (September 1998 to Sept. 2000)
Thesis:  Micromechanical Toughening of Advanced Ceramic Composites

Gregory Ingram M.S. (September 2001 to May 2003)
Thesis: Experimental Characterization of the Effect of Inertia on Ductility

Sam Martin M.S. (September 2002 to May 2004)
Thesis: Experimental Characterization of the Effect of Microstructure on the Dynamic Behavior of SiC.

Nitin Patel M.S. (September 2002 to October 2004)
Thesis: Intermediate Strain Rate Response of the Al/Fe2O3 Reactive Metal Powder Mixtures

Jonathan Buck M.S. (August 2010 to May 2012)
Thesis: Fiber Effects on the Dynamic Response of UHPC

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