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Paul Sparks successfully defended his PhD dissertation. Congratulations Dr. Sparks!

Feb. 27, 2015—The title of Dr. Sparks’ dissertation is: “Reduced Order Homogenization Models for Failure of Heterogeneous Materials”

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Caglar Oskay delivered an invited presentation at the Euromech Colloquium

Feb. 23, 2015—The Euromech Colloquium “Multiscale Computational Methods for Bridging Scales in Materials and Structures” was held at Eindhoven Technical University in the Netherlands on February 23-25, 2015. The title of the presentation was “Spatio-temporal multiscale modeling of composites for fatigue life prediction”.

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Hao Yan successfully defended his PhD dissertation. Congratulations Dr. Yan!

Jan. 29, 2015—The title of Dr. Yan’s dissertation is: “Computational Modeling of Coupled Oxygen Transport and Mechanical Deformation in Titanium Structures Subjected to Extreme Environments”

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MCML-Purdue team receives a new grant from AFOSR

Jan. 9, 2015—Title: Multiscale Experiments and Modeling of Dynamic Energetic Material Failure including Stochastic Interfaces Vanderbilt Team : MCML Purdue Team : Dr. Vikas Tomar and Dr. Emre Gunduz Source of Support : Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Dynamic Materials and Interactions Program. Program Manager Dr. Jennifer Jordan. Synopsis: The goal of this research is to...

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Michael Bogdanor presented his research at AIAA Scitech Conference

Jan. 8, 2015—The title of his presentation was: Application of Reduced Order Multiscale Homogenization to Assess and Quantify the Benefits of Applying Damage Tolerant Design Principles to Advanced Composite Aircraft Structures Presentation Abstract: This study demonstrates the applicability and performance of the space-time multiscale composites failure model developed at the Multiscale Computational Mechanics Laboratory at Vanderbilt University...

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