Selected Research Projects  


Laminates Journal Articles in Review

Interfacial Mechanics in Laminate Composite Materials

Effect of Contact Zone on the Fracture and Fatigue in Composites

Finite Element Analysis of Effect of Contact Zone on Crack in Composites

Local Strain Effects on Graphite Fiber Composites

Random Fiber

Random Fiber Reinforced Composites using FEM and Random Sequential Adsorption

Material Characterization and Damage Mechanism Identification in RaFCs

Composites’ Design

Optimization of Interlaminar Fracture Toughness Through Novel Approach Combining Statistical, Gradient and Discrete Optimization Techniques

Design of Composites Using a Generic Unit Cell Model Coupled With a Hybrid Genetic Algorithm

Biological Anisotropic Materials (Soft Tissues)

Modeling of Tissue with Hard Inclusion

A Mechanical Model to Compute Elastic Modulus of Tissues for Harmonic Motion Imaging

Comparison of Locked Plates for the Treatment of Schatzker V and VI Tibial Plateau Fractures

nanoindentation of Thin Films

Nanoindentation on Soft Film, Hard Substrate and Hard Film, Soft Substrate Material Systems

Finite Element Analysis on Nanoindentation With Friction Contact at the Film/Substrate Interface

Aluminosilicate Composites (Geopolymers)

Flexural Properties of Geopolymer Based Composite Sandwich Structures at Room and High Temperatures

Design of Mechanical Systems 

Rutgers Battlebot (RU_Box)

Human Powered Vehicle

Deflection Measurements of Laminated Thin Plates Using Electronic Speckle Pattern Interferometry