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Caglar Oskay delivered an invited lecture at the Ohio State University – 11/02/2018

Nov. 2, 2018—Lecture Title: Viscoelastic Phononic Crystals: Unraveling Their Dynamic Behavior through Multiscale Modeling and Simulation Location: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH. Abstract: Acoustic wave propagation in manufactured composite materials such as phononic crystals and metamaterials has been receiving tremendous interest from the research community as well as many industries. This is...

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Ruize Hu presented his research at IUTAM Symposium on Architectured Material Mechanics – 10/16/2018

Oct. 16, 2018—Ruize presented his research as a part of the IUTAM Symposium on Architectured Material Mechanics held in Chicago, IL on September 17-19, 2018. The title of Ruize’s poster presentation was: “Multiscale Simulation Framework for Transient Wave Propagation in Viscoelastic Composites”

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Xiaoyu Zhang presented his research at the Gordon Research Seminar

Jun. 3, 2018—The title of Xiaoyu’s presentation was: “Experimental and Computational Investigations of Interface Chemistry Dependence and Parameter Sensitivity of Dynamic Response and Fracture in Energetic Materials” Abstract: Energetic materials are sensitive to mechanical shock and defects caused by a high velocity impact may result in unwanted detonation due to hot-spot formation. In order to understand the...

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Ruize Hu wins Award at the EMI 2018 conference. Congratulations Ruize!

Jun. 2, 2018—Ruize was selected as a Runner-up in the Computational Mechanics Best Poster Competition. The title of Ruize’s poster was: “Multiscale Modeling of Wave Dispersion and Attenuation in Periodic Viscoelastic Composites”. Congratulations Ruize!

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Alessandro Fascetti, Yang Liu and Ruize Hu presented their research at EMI 2018 in Boston, MA

Jun. 1, 2018—The title of the Alessandro’s presentation was: “Dual Random Lattice Modeling of Backward Erosion Piping”. The title of the Yang’s presentation was: “Multiscale Prediction of Crack Initiation in Titanium Alloy, Ti-6242S”. The title of the Ruize’s presentation was: “Multiscale Modeling of Wave Dispersion and Attenuation in Periodic Viscoelastic Composites”.

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Xiaoyu Zhang presented his research at the 2018 Mach Conference in Annapolis, MD

Apr. 6, 2018—The title of the Xiaoyu’s presentation was: “Material Properties and Morphology Parameters Sensitivity Analysis in Polymer-Bonded Polycrystalline Energetic Materials”. Abstract: We present a novel parameter sensitivity analysis framework for damage and failure modeling of particulate composite materials subjected to dynamic loadings. The proposed framework is employed to quantify the contributions of model parameters to the...

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Caglar Oskay delivered an invited lecture at Virginia Commonwealth University

Mar. 16, 2018—Lecture Title: Bridging Computational Materials Science and Structural Mechanics: A New Paradigm for Predictive Simulation Location: Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering Department, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA. Abstract: Over the past couple of decades, tremendous effort has been devoted to the development of multiscale computational modeling and simulation strategies for physics-based prediction of structural response. Among...

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Caglar Oskay delivered an invited lecture at the University of Tennessee

Feb. 15, 2018—Lecture Title: Bridging Computational Materials Science and Structural Mechanics: A New Paradigm for Predictive Simulation Location: Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Abstract: Over the past couple of decades, tremendous effort has been devoted to the development of multiscale computational modeling and simulation strategies for physics-based prediction of structural response. Among these...

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