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MCML relocated to its new facility at the 17th Ave S.!
Jan. 3, 2014—MCML has relocated to the newly renovated 17th Avenue facility. MCML will be a part of the new Vanderbilt Multiscale Modeling and Simulation (MuMS) Center. The center currently consists of four core faculty members and additional affiliate members from across Vanderbilt University. The other members of the new Center are Professor Peter Cummings (Chemical Engineering),...
ASU – MCML team receive NEUP R&D award: Multi-Resolution In-Situ Testing and Multiscale Simulation for Creep-Fatigue Damage Analysis of Alloy 617
Sep. 20, 2013—This project is a collaboration between MCML and the Prognostic Analysis and Reliability Assessment Laboratory at Arizona State University led by Prof. Yongming Liu. Brief Overview of the Project: The overall goal of this project is to develop novel testing and experimentally validated prediction methodologies for creep-dominated creep-fatigue response of structural materials for advanced reactor...
Vanderbilt Team with MCML receive NEUP R&D award: Development of a Nano-Modified Concrete for Next Generation of Storage Systems
Sep. 20, 2013—This project is led by Prof. Florence Sanchez. The co-PIs are Profs. Caglar Oskay and David Kosson. All PIs are faculty of the Civil and Environmental Engineering at Vanderbilt University. This project addresses the NE research needs in the development of a superior concrete for extended storage of used nuclear fuel. Brief Overview of the...
Paul Sparks featured in the “Insight Into Diversity” magazine!
Sep. 11, 2013—Paul Sparks, a Ph.D. student and a member of MCML, is featured in the September/October issue of the Insight Into Diversity magazine. The article discusses programs introduced to prepare doctoral students for careers as college and university professors. The magazine can be reached at the website: www.insightintodiversity.com.
Dr. Robert Crouch, Paul Sparks and Mike Bogdanor presented their research at EMI 2013.
Aug. 11, 2013—The title of Dr. Crouch’s talk was “Multiple temporal scale life prediction in composite structures undergoing cyclic loadings”. The title of Paul Sparks’ talk was “Reduced order homogenization of heterogeneous materials with overlapping failure paths”. The title of Mike Bogdanor’s talk was “Failure prediction of composite structures: Capturing uncertainty and rate dependence
Dr. Robert Crouch and Mike Bogdanor presented their research at USNCCM’12
Jul. 24, 2013—The title of Dr. Crouch’s talk was “Multiple temporal scale life prediction in composite structures undergoing cyclic loadings”. The title of Mike Bogdanor’s talk was “Failure prediction of composite structures: Capturing uncertainty and rate dependence
A new course for Fall 2013: “Computational Methods in Multiscale Modeling and Simulation”
Apr. 16, 2013—For more information on this course, click here
Caglar Oskay delivers an invited Tutorial Lecture at the Mach Conference
Apr. 11, 2013—Caglar Oskay delivered the Tutorial Lecture titled “Scale Bridging in Hierarchical Multiscale Modeling: A Tutorial” during the Inaugural Mach Conference at Annapolis, Maryland. The Mach Conference is organized by the Hopkins Extreme Materials Institute.