Previous Group Members
Ph.D. Degrees Conferred
2010
Dr. Onobu Akogwu, Deformation and Failure Mechanisms in Flexible and Organic Electronic Structures
2009
Dr. Guoguang Fu, Drug Delivery Using Thermo-Responsive Poly (N-isopropylacrylamide) Based Hydrogel and Human Osteo-Sarcoma (HOS) Cell Adhesion on Biomaterials
Dr. Juan Meng, Nanoparticles and Drug Eluting Stents for Disease Detection and Treatment
Dr. Jianbo Chen, Multi-Scale Cell/Surface Interaction on Modified TI-6AL-4V Surfaces
2008
Dr. Nima Rahbar, Bio-inspired Design and Interfacial Failure of Biomedical Systems
Dr. Xinrui Niu, Contact Damage of Dental Multilayers
2007
Dr. Zong Zong, Adhesion and Contact at the Nano and Micron Scales
Dr. Yong Yang, Faigue and Fracture of LIGA Ni Thin Films
2006
Dr. Yifang Cao, Small-Scale Deformation and Contacts in Nano- and Bio- Systems
2005
Dr. Fred MacBogunluri, Fatigue and Dwell Fatigue in Ti-6242
2004
Dr. Jikou Zhou, Mechanical Properties of Metallic Foams and Lattice Block Structures
Dr. Jun Lou, Plasticity Length Scale and The Fatigue of LIGA Ni MEMS Materials
Dr. Edem Akpan, Viscoelastic Toughening of Alumino-silicate Ceramics
2002
Dr. Weimin Shen, Fatigue of Titanium Alloys and Intermetallics
2000
Dr. Sassan Shademan, Mechanism-Based Models of Fatigue Crack Growth
1999
Dr. Vikas Sinha, An Investigation of the Effects of Microstructure on Fatigue Crack Growth in Titanium Alloys
Dr. Mingwei Li, Toughening of Nickel Aluminide Composites
1997
Dr. Padu Ramasundaram, Fatigue and Fracture of Nickel Aluminide Based Composites
Dr. Fan Ye, Intinsic and Extrinsic Modification of Niobium Aluminides and Molybdenum Disilicide Composites
1996
Dr. Bakr Rabeeh, Acoustic Emission Studies of Damage in a Model Ti-15V-3Cr-3Al-3Sn/SCS-6 Composite and Its Constituents (Co-Advised With Prof. Stan Rokhlin)
Dr. Christopher Mercer, Fatigue and Fracture of Gamma-Based Titanium Aluminides
Masters Degrees Conferred
2010
Angelica Gonzalez, Nanoparticles for Brain Tumor Detection
2009
Emily Paetzell*, BioMEMS and Nanoparticles for Cancer Detection and Treatment
Jing Du*, Bio-inspired Design of Multilayers: Effect of Layer Thickness
Tiffany Tong*, Adhesion in Organic and Flexible Electronic Structures
Wali Akande*, Lamination and Cold Welding of Organic Electronic Structures
2008
Yusuf Oni*, BioMEMS For drug Delivery
Wanliang Shan*, Fatigue of Advanced Materials
Ting Tan*, Fracture Mechanics of Interfaces
Christian Theriault, Nanoparticles and BioMEMS For Cancer Detection and Treatment
2007
Onobu Akogwu*, Deformation of Flexible Electronic Structures
2006
Jianbo Chen, Multi-scale Cell Interactions on Biomedical Surfaces
Juan Meng*, Nanoparticles for Cancer Detection and Treatment
Guoguang Fu*, BioMEMS for Drug Delivery
2005
Nima Rabhar, Bioinspired Design of Materials
2004
Steve Mwenifunbo, Interactions Between Cells and Biomedical Surfaces
Christopher Milburn, BioMEMS Structures for Drug Delivery and Cell Detection
Xinrui Niu, Contact Damage of Dental Multilayers
Yong Yang, Fracture and Fatigue of Thin Films
2003
Christopher Schneider, Design of Trileaflet Valve
2002
Jun Lou, Plasticity Length Scale Effects in LIGA Ni MEMS Structures
2001
Jorge Penso, Thermal Fatigue of Steel Welds
Jikou Zhou, Mechanical Properties of Metallic Foams
Brad Nemetski, On The Interactions of Cells With Biomedical Surfaces
2000
Jun Lou, Fatigue and Fracture of Cast Gamma-Based Titanium Aluminides
1999
Rong Wang, A Finite Element Analysis of Fracture Toughness of MoSi2/Nb and NiAl/V Composites
Jikou Zhou, Fracture Mechanisms and Fracture Toughness of Coarse Grain Heat Affected Zones in A707 Steel Welds
1998
Mike Foster, An Investigation of The Effects of Multiple Variables on Fatigue Crack Growth and Fracture in Ti-6Al-4V
Mingwei Li, Toughening of Nickel Aluminide Composites
1997
Jeffrey DiPasquale, Fatigue and Fracture of Niobium Aluminide Based Intermetallics
Vikram Balasubramanian, Numerical Modeling of Friction Welding
Vikas Sinha, Effects of Microstructure on The Fatigue Behavior of Ti-6Al-4V
1996
Sharmistha Dubey, Fatigue and Fracture of Titanium Alloys and In-Situ Titanium Matrix Composites
Fan Ye, Toughening of Molybdenum Disilicide Composites
1995
Padu Ramasundaram, Fracture of NiAl Composites
1994
Bakr Rabeeh, Damage in Titanium Matrix Composites
1993
Christopher Mercer, Fatigue and Fracture of Gamma Titanium Aluminides
* denotes continuing Ph.D. Student