Center for Composite Materials - University of Delaware

Summer Research Posters

CCM offers students at all levels (high school to graduate students) internship opportunities at the University’s Composites Manufacturing Science Laboratory. Students work under the guidance of CCM staff and/or affiliated faculty as members of multidisciplinary teams, addressing problems on a variety of research topics. Research areas span all aspect of composite materials, from basic materials research, design, manufacturing, characterization and evaluation, and additive manufacturing. Below are the research posters presented by our interns at the Summer Research Symposium.

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2024 Summer Research Posters Winners

First Place	Authors
Viscoelastic Behavior of Highly Aligned Discontinuous Fiber Thermoplastic Melts	Charles Whealton, (BME) Honors, Thomas A. Cender, Ph.D.
Second Place	Authors
Out of Plane Compression Characterization of Woven Fabric S2 Glass Epoxy Composites	Alexander Barry, (BMS Cornell University), Lucas Castle, (BME), Kushal Mehta, (MME), Paul D. Samuel, (Ph.D.M.E.), Dr. Sagar M. Doshi, Prof. John W. Gillespie, Jr.
Third Place	Authors
The Recyclability of a Flax Fiber Reinforced Polymer FFRF Composite	Megan Malherb, University of South Carolina, Dan Luckenberg, (MCE), Shagata Das, (Ph.D.C.E.), Dr. Sagar Doshi, Dr. Jovan Tatar

2024 Summer Research Posters

Poster Title	Authors
Single Fiber Tensile Testing to evaluate Strengths of Original and 14 minute oxidized t700 foe Unidirectional Carbon Fibers	Cayden Walker, (BME), Tekin Ozdemir, Ph.D., Joseph M. Deitzel, Ph.D.
Enhancing Polyethylene Fiber Strength-Insights from Molecular Dynamics	Iveena Mukherjee, Charter School of Wilmington, Nuwan Dewapriya, Ph.D., Joseph Deitzel, Ph.D., Prof. John W. Gillespie, Jr.
In Plane Mechanical Property and Damage Characterization of Glass Epoxy	Lucas Castle, (BME), Alexander Barry, (BMS, Cornell Univeristy), Kushal Mehta, (MME), Paul D. Samuel, (Ph.D.M.E.), Dr. Sagar Doshi, Prof. John W. Gillespie, Jr.
Different Acoustic Signals in Tensile Testing of Continuous and Short Carbon Fiber Composites	James Pollock, (BME), Amit Chaudhari, Ph.D., Prof. Erik Thostenson
Damage Evaluation and Correlation to Tensile Strength as a Function of Consolidation Pressure for UHMWPE	Sohaib Ahmad Aub Obaid, Arda Ozdemir, Molla Ali, Sagar Doshi, Ph.D., Joseph M. Deitzel, Ph.D., Prof. John W. Gillespie, Jr.
Effects of Novel Solvolysis Recycling Process on Mechanical Properties of Carbon Fibers	Stephen Wagner, (Aerospace Eng, Syracuce University), Matthew Blair, (BME), Munetaka Kubota, (Ph.D.M.S.E.), Joseph M. Deitzel, Ph.D.
Effects of Fiber Sizing on Fiber-Matrix Interface of Carbon Fiber	Matthew Blair, (BME), Stephen Wagner, (Aerospace Eng, Syracuce University), Matthew Blair, (BME), Munetaka Kubota, (Ph.D.M.S.E.), Joseph M. Deitzel, Ph.D.
Creating Non-Isocyanate Thermoplastic Polyrethane from Waste PET	Meghana Akella, (BChE), Dr. Kasturee Nayak, Prof. Srikanth Pilla
Measurement of Fluid Conditions for the TuFF Fiber Alignment Process	Lucas Christman, (John Dickenson HS), Dr. John Tierney
Understanding the Characterization of Thermal Deconsolication for Flax Fiber Reinforcements in Thermoplastic Composites	Shawn Yong, (BBME), Sai Pradeep, Ph.D., Amit M. Deshpande, (Ph.D.M.E.)
Thermoset Tape Placement for Multifunctional Composite Structures	Aditya Rustagi, Charter School of Wilmington, Aiden Ford, Prof. Mark Mirotznik, Dr. Shridhar Yarlagadda
Additive Manufacturing of Lunar Regolith for Electromagnetic Applications	Melanie Heider, (BMsE), Batuhan Mirac Alashahin, (Ph.D.E.C.E.), Prof. Mark Mirotznik
Compact and Fast-Scanning Passive mmWave Imaging Testbed	Greg Marella, (BChE), Furdeen Hasan, (BChE), Thomas Dillon, (Ph.D.), Prof. Mark Mirotznik, Prof. Vishal Saxena
Electrophoretic Depostions of Carbon Nanoubes on Long Discontinuous Carbon Fibers	Gianluca Tiso, (BME), Amit Chaudhari, Ph.D., Prof. Erik Thostenson
Exploring Ceramic Nanparticles for Conductive ABS Filaments in Additive Manufacturing	Myles Wommack, (BME) Luck Ballengar, BECE), Prof. Mark Mirotznik
Sqwueeze Flow of Continuous IM7/977-3 PrePreg to Characterize Transverse Viscosity	Kamy Taneja (BME), Prof. Suresh G. Advani

2023 Summer Research Posters Winners

First Place	Authors
Molecular Dynamics Modeling of Traction Between Polyethylene Fibrils	Iveena Mukherjee, Charter School of Wilmington, Nuwan Dewapriya, Ph.D., Joseph Deitzel, Ph.D., Prof. John W. Gillespie, Jr.Iveena Mukherjee, Charter School of Wilmington, Nuwan Dewapriya, Ph.D., Joseph Deitzel, Ph.D., Prof. John W. Gillespie, Jr.
Second Place	Authors
Effect Of Processing On Polymer Structure In Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene Composites	James Tallman, (Cornell University), Hayden Marquard, (BChE), Dr. Sagar M. Doshi, Prof. John W. Gillespie, Jr.
Third Place	Authors
Microstructure Evolution in Aligned Discontinuous Fibers	Erin McKnight, (BChE), Kyle Morris, (MMsE), Dr. Thomas Cender

2023 Summer Research Posters

Poster Title	Authors
Digital Image Correlation Calibration for High Deformation	Nicholas Duncan, (BSME), Loren Tomlin, (MSME), Dr. Thomas A. Cender, Prof. Suresh G. Advani
Forming Cell for TuFF Thermoset Part Fabrication	Jiro Guillen, (BBME), Matt Yezek, (BME), Shashank Sharma, MBA, Dr. Shridhar Yarlagadda
Automated Test Bed for Passive Millimeter Wave Imaging	Benjamin Mirotznik, (BEE), Nathaniel Riehl, (BCPE), Vishal Saxena, Ph.D., Richard Martin, Ph.D., Mark Mirotznik, Ph.D., Thomas Dillon, Ph.D.
Application of UV-Curing Resins for In-Place Pipeline Repair	Gerard Skourlis, (BChE), Shagata Das, (Ph.D.C.E.), Lukas Fuessel, (Ph.D.M.E.), Prof. John W. Gillespie, Jr.
Durability of a Recyclable Thermoset Resin Under Different Temperature and Saturation Conditions	Kayshavi Bakshi (BME), Dr. Sagar M. Doshi, Shagata Das, (Ph.D.C.E.), Prof. Jovan Tatar
Investigating the Network Test Interfacial Healing Performance of a New Vitrimeric Single Fiber Composite	Obed Tetteh (MME), Munetaka Kubota, (Ph.D.M.S.E.), Prof. Patrick Mensah, Prof. Guoqiang Li, Prof. John W. Gillespie, Jr.
Characterization Of Viscoelastic Material Response of highly Aligned Discontinuous Fiber Composites	Charles Whealton (BME), Dr. Thomas A. Cender
Characterization of IM7-Tuff-8552 Composites-	Alexander Barry (H.S.), Dr. Sagar M. Doshi, Dr. Shridhar Yarlagadda, Dr. Dirk Heider, Dr. John W. Gillespie, Jr.
Rheology of Thermosetting Resins During Cure for Process Modeling of Composite Materials	Andrew T. Brown (BME), Dr. Thomas A. Cender
Stretch Forming of Aligned Discontinuous Fiber Composites-Effects of Environmental Conditions on Forming Optimization	Owen Ferrone (BME), Dr. Thomas A. Cender
Recyclability of Flax Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composites with a Covalent Adaptable Network Matrix	Steffen Ghin, Dan Luckenbill, Dr. Sagar M. Doshi, Prof. Jovan Tatar
Additive Manufacturing Of Multimaterial Graded Dielectrics	Wiley Gong (H.S.), Theodore Fessaras, (Ph.D.E.C.E.), Prof. Mark Mirotznik
Investigation of Tensile Strength of UHMWPE Fibers Extracted from Composite Panels	Adam Higazi (BCPE), Tyler Phommachanh (BME), Dr. Ahmed Abu Obaid, Dr. Sagar M. Doshi, Dr. Joseph M. Deitzel
Effect of Silane Density on Wettability of Silane-Grafted Silica	Suraj Reddy (H.S.), Dr. Abhishek Bhesania, Prof. John W. Gillespie, Jr.
Discovering & Optimizing Silane Chemistry with Variational Autoencoder Model	Matthew Benvenuto, BChE, Dr. Abhishek Bhesania, Munetaka Kubota, (Ph.D.M.S.E.) Prof. John W. Gillespie, Jr.
Developing Extractable Tooling To Adapt Bladder Molding Of Short Fiber Composites To Create Bent Formations	Logan Blackburn (BECE), Aidan Ford, BME, Dr. Thomas A. Cender
Evaluating the Effects of Recycling Conditions on Carbon Fiber Strength and their Adhesion with PMMA	Abigail Conklin (BChE), Uday Balaga, (Ph.D.M.E.), Dr. Tekin Ozdemir (PD), Munetaka Kubota, (Ph.D.M.S.E.), Dr. Joseph M. Deitzel
Improving damage Tolerance of Epoxy Resin Based Composites via Interlayer Toughening Strategies	Hayden Marquard, (BChE), James Tallman, BMSE, Dr. Sagar M. Doshi, Dr. Joseph M. Deitzel, Prof. John W. Gillespie, Jr.
Resin Cure Kinetics and Exploring the Possibilities of Material Degradation	Elizabeth Rock, (BChE), Dr. Steve Sauerbrunn, Dr. Thomas A. Cender

2022 Summer Research Posters Winners

First Place	Authors
Composite Manufacturing with Elium 188 O Resin and T700sc F0E Sized Carbon Fibers in Bladder Molding Process	Fynn Saenger (Visiting Scholar), Uday Balaga (Ph.D.M.E.), Munetaka Kubota, (Ph.D.M.S.E.), Kolby Tonkin (B.Ch.E.), Chris Blackwell, MME, Mark Davis, Dr. Dirk Heider, Dr. Joseph M. Deitzel
Second Place	Authors
Recycling Plastics in Cementitious Materials	Kenneth (KJ) Olsen (B.C.E.E.), Dr. Monique Head, Prof. Suresh G. Advani
Third Place	Authors
Flow And Fiber Orientation Measurements Of Dilute Suspensions Down an Inclined Plane	Bhavana Palla (B.E.E.), Dr. Navid Niknafs Kermani, Dr. John Tierney, Prof. Suresh G. Advani

2022 Summer Research Posters

Poster Title	Authors
Automating System for Measuring Permeability	Sean Magee (B.M.E.), Prof. Suresh G. Advani.
Effect of TPU Interlayer on Permeability of Stacked Fabrics to Manufacture a Laminate with VARTM Process	Kushal Mehta (B.M.E.), Tania Lavaggi, (Ph.D.M.E.), Dr. Sagar M. Doshi, Prof. Suresh G. Advani
Rheology – Resin Viscosity Using Continuous Rotation Shear or Oscillating Shear	Arda Ozdemir (H.S.), Dr. Steve Sauerbrunn
Design and Manufacturing Of Custom Carbon Fiber Ankle-Foot Orthoses (AFO)	Stephen Li (BChE), Nidhi Rao (H.S.), Shashank Sharma, MBA
Digital Image Processing with Matlab to Analyze	Spencer Toth (BCEE), Dr. Monique Head, Prof. Suresh G. Advani
Effect of Sub-Laminate Stacking Sequence on the Transverse Impact	Eli Bogetti, (M.M.E.), Dr. Bazle Z. (Gama) Haque
Damage Characterization of Dyneema HB210 Via Xray Computer Tomography	Aaron Fieger (B.M.E.), Malika Iyer, (B.M.E.), Derik Spedden, (B.M.E.), Molla Ali, Dr. Bazle Z. (Gama) Haque
Development of Hexagonal Mesh for Finite Element Analysis of UHWMPE Fibers	Malika Iyer, (B.M.E.), Eli Bogetti, (M.M.E.), Abdelrahman Abounabet (H.S.), Dr. Bazle Z. (Gama) Haque
Perforation Mechanics of Dupont Tensylon 30A	Derik Spedden (B.M.E.), Molla Ali, Aaron Fieger, (B.M.E.), Dr. Bazle Z. (Gama) Haque
Strenth and Surface Morphology of UHMWPE Fibers Extracted from Fatigued Polyethelyne Based Composites	Adam Higazi (B.Ch.E.), Dr. Ahmad Abu-Obaid, Dr. Joseph M. Deitzel
Molecular Modeling Of Amorphous Polyethylene	Timothy Longoria (B.Ch.E.), Dr. Sanjib Chowdhury, Prof. John W. Gillespie, Jr.
Low Velocity Impact Testing at Extreme Temperature Conditions Durability and Influence of Interlayers	Megan Monteleone (B.M.E.), Dr. Sagar M. Doshi, Dr. Joseph M. Deitzel, and Prof. John W. Gillespie, Jr.
Effects of Processing Parameters on Mechanical and Thermal Properties of Dyneema Fibers	Hayden Marquard (B.Ch.E.), Yae June Jang (B.M.E.), Dr. Ahmad Abu-Obaid, Dr. Sagar M. Doshi, Dr. Joseph M. Deitzel
Characterization Of Fiber-Matrix Interface For Upcycling Composites	Kolby Tonkin (B.Ch.E.), Cara Huang (H.S.), Fynn Saenger (Visiting Scholar), Munetaka Kubota, (Ph.D.M.S.E.), Dr. Joseph M. Deitzel, and Dr. Dirk Heider
Development of a Recyclable Flax Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FFRP) Composite	Emmanuel Millan (Visiting Scholar), Shagata Das, (Ph.D.C.E.E.), Dr. Sagar M. Doshi, Prof. Jovan Tater
Use and Application of the NETZSCH DMA	James Pollock (H.S.), Dr. Steve Sauerbrunn, Dr. Joseph M. Deitzel
Characterization Of Organo-Functionalized Silanes For Controlled Vapor Deposition onto S-2 Glass® Fabrics	Matthew Conlon, (B.Ch.E.), Justin Abrams (H.S.), Joshua Yu (B.Ch.E.), Munetaka Kubota, (Ph.D.M.S.E.), Prof. John W. Gillespie, Jr.
Remote Interface to Track Process and Material Data for the Tailorable universal Feedstock for Forming Process (TuFF)	Heni Patel (B..C.E.E.), Dr. Dirk Heider
Use of the High-Pressure DSC for Curing Reactions	Zeynep Melis Ozdemir (H.S.), Dr. Steve Sauerbrunn
Shear Strength Tests by Using Hexply M77 Resin Film and Virgin T800 Fibers	Timothy Hough (B.M.E.), Dr. Tekin Ozdemir (P.D.), Dr. Joseph M. Deitzel

2021 Summer Research Posters

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Poster Title	Authors
Extensional Viscosity of Highly Aligned Discontinuous Fiber ‘TuFF’ Composites in Stretch Forming Processes	Henry Fidlow (BME), Dr. Thomas A Cender, Dr. Pavel Simacek, Prof. Suresh G. Advani.
Closed Loop Recycling of CFRP Into Highly Aligned, High Performance Short Fiber Composites Using the ‘TuFF’ Process: Fiber Recovery Through Pyrolysis	Neel Kher (BChE), Uday Kiran Balaga (MSME), Dr. Dirk Heider, Dr. Joseph M. Deitzel, Dr. Steve Sauerbrunn
Automation in Composite Research	Nicholas Sobocinski (BME), Dr. Dirk Heider
The Process of Measuring and Interpreting Areal Weight	Alexandra McWatters (H.S.), Alex Vanarelli, Dr. Dirk Heider
Evaluation of Surface Wettability of Thin Silane Coated Glass Fibers	James Tallman (BMSE), Dylan Huang (BChE), Joshua Yu (BChE), Mr. Munetaka Kubota (MSME/MBA), Dr. Steve Sauerbrunn, Dr. Joseph M. Deitzel
Manufacturing of Custom Carbon Fiber Ankle-Foot Orthoses (AFO)	Austin Barry (BME), Mr. Shashank Sharma, Dr. Shridhar Yarlagadda
Toward Using Recycled Thermoset Plastic Material For Roadway Surface Overlays	Kenneth (KJ) Olsen (CE), Dr. Monique Head, Prof. Suresh G. Advani
Stabilizing ‘TuFF’ by Electrospinning Ultra Low Aerial Weight Binder Veil	Danny Thiemann (BS), Dr. Tekin Ozdemir (P.D.), Dr. Joseph M. Deitzel
Investigating the Influence of Environmental Conditioning on Epoxy Resin Properties at High Strain Rates	Alex Schneider (BME), Dr. Sagar M. Doshi (P.D.), Dr. Joseph M. Deitzel
Impact and Leak Rate Testing of Composites for Spacesuit Structures	Thomas (TJ) Kaifer (BME), Mr. Dave Roseman, Dr. Shridhar Yarlagadda
Studying the Structure-Property Relationships of Glass Systems Using Molecular Dynamics Simulations	Christopher Alevrontas (BMSE), Dr. Sanjib Chowdhury, Prof. John W. Gillespie, Jr.
Atomic Level Stress Analysis In Glass Fibers	Tim B. Longoria (BChE), Dr. Sanjib Chowdhury, Prof. John W. Gillespie, Jr.
Atomistic Analysis of Interphase and Polyethlyene Fibers	Paul A. Zaloga, Jr. (BEE), Dr. Sanjib Chowdhury, Prof. John W. Gillespie, Jr.
Innovative Textile-Based Functional Nano-Composites for Finger Motion Recognition	Edwin Rivera (BME), Amit Chaudhari (Ph.D.M.E.), Prof. Erik Thostenson
Stochastic Continuum Damage Modelling of Composites and Automated Data Processing	Eli Bogetti (BME), Andrew Stack (BME), Dr. Bazle Z. (Gama) Haque
Investigation of Strength and Surface Morphology of UHMW PE Fibers Extracted From Fatigued Panels	Eric K. Kang (BChE), Dr. Ahmad Abu Obaid, Dr. Joseph M. Deitzel
Investigating The Effects Of Extreme Environmental Conditions On Peel Strength of Composite Armor With Interlayers	Kyle Morris (BME), Rohan Yarlagadda (BME), Dr. Sagar M. Doshi (P.D.), Dr. Joseph M. Deitzel
Tracking Glass Fiber Integrity Through A Novel Vapor-Based Silane Deposition	Dylan Huang (BChE), James Tallman (BMSE), Joshua Yu (BChE), Mr. Munetaka Kubota (MSME/MBA), Dr. Joseph M. Deitzel
Developing A Framework For Estimating The Material Operating Limit Of Epoxy Resins	Lorrha Hitchner (BME), Dr. Sagar M. Doshi (P.D.), Dr. Joseph M. Deitzel
Additive Manufacturing of Grenade Launchable Aerial Sensor Platform	Evan Battaglia (BEE), Prof. Mark Mirotznik
Material Characterization of Cold Sprayed 3D Printed Copper Parts	Jacob Robinson (BME), Cameron Pepi (BME), Mr. Larry ‘LJ’ Holmes