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.
Effects of Cooling Rates on IFSS for Continuous Fiber Reinforced TPO Composites
Manufacturing and Integrating Nanocomposite-Based Wearable Technology
Seyda Naz Alasahin, Dr. Amit Chaudhari, Prof. Erik T. Thostenson, Dr. Sagar M. Doshi
Exploring Reinforcement Learning as a Means to Generalize RTM Flow Control
Dr. Navid Niknafs, Prof. Suresh G. Advani
Integration of Algae-Based Biochar Core-Shell Particles in Thermoplastic Composites: Effects of Feedstock, Processing, and Interfacial Design
Microwave-Assisted Polyethylene Terephthalate Aminolysis
Characterization and Testing of TPU Impregnation into Glass Fabric for Enhancing Peel Strength Over the Operational Temperature Range
Molla Ali, Dr. Sagar Doshi, Prof. John W. Gillespie Jr.
Investigation of IR Heating of Thermoplastic Composites for Thermoforming Process Optimization
Examining The Structural Differences of Composites with Varying Resin Rations and Compaction Levels
Effect of Thermoplastic Binders on Interlaminar Shear Strength of Additively Manufactured Thermoset Composites
Shaharear Emtiaz, (Ph.D.M.E.), Nicola Shepherd (Intern), Sandra Baji (Intern), Prof. Suresh G. Advani
Electrophoretic Deposition of Carbon Nanotubes on Single Continuous Fibers and Discontinuous Carbon Fiber Composites
Prof. Erik Thostenson
Thermoset Tape Placement for Multifunctional Composite Structures
Aidan Ford, Prof. Mark Mirotznik, Shridhar Yarlagadda, Ph.D.
UV Resin-Epoxy Mixture and Compaction Pressure Impact on Part Consolidation
Shaharear Emtiaz (Ph.D.M.E.), Sandra Baji (Intern), Nicola Shepherd (Intern), Prof. Suresh G. Advani
Low-Cost Manufacturing of Conformal Frequency Selective Surfaces using Tailored universal Feedstock for Forming (TuFF)
Michael Earley, Prof. Mark Mirotznik
Drone Based Radar Sensing Based on Luneburg Lens Antenna
Prof. Mark Mirotznik
Process Development of CF -PLA Filament with Long Fibers for Orientation Investigations in Complex Curvatures In 3D Printing
Uday Balaga (Ph.D.M.E.), Prof. Suresh G. Advani
Viscoelastic Behavior of Highly Aligned Discontinuous Fiber Thermoplastic Melts
Thomas A. Cender, Ph.D.
Out of Plane Compression Characterization of Woven Fabric S2 Glass Epoxy Composites
Kushal Mehta, MS, Paul Dason Samuel, Ph.D.M.E., Dr. Sagar Doshi, Prof. John W. Gillespie Jr.
The Recyclability of a Flax Fiber Reinforced Polymer FFRF Composite
Dan Luckenberg, MCE, Shagata Das, Ph.D.C.E., Dr. Sagar Doshi, Dr. Jovan Tatar
Creating Non-Isocyanate Thermoplastic Polyrethane from Waste PET
Dr. Kasturee Nayak, Prof. Srikanth Pilla
Effects of Fiber Sizing on Fiber-Matrix Interface of Carbon Fiber
Munetaka Kubota, (Ph.D.M.S.E.), Joseph M. Deitzel, Ph.D.
In Plane Mechanical Property and Damage Characterization of Glass Epoxy
Kushal Mehta, MME, Dr. Sagar Doshi, Paul D. Samuel, Ph.D.M.E., Prof. John W. Gillespie, Jr
Measurement of Fluid Conditions for the TuFF Fiber Alignment Process
Dr. John Tierney
Additive Manufacturing of Lunar Regolith for Electromagnetic Applications
Batuhan Mirac Alashahin, (Ph.D.E.C.E.), Prof. Mark Mirotznik
Compact and Fast-Scanning Passive mmWave Imaging Testbed
Thomas Dillon, Ph.D., Prof. Mark Mirotznik, Vishal Saxena, Ph.D.
Enhancing Polyethylene Fiber Strength-Insights from Molecular Dynamics
Nuwan Dewapriya, Ph.D., Joseph Deitzel, Ph.D., Prof. John W. Gillespie, Jr.
Damage Evaluation and Correlation to Tensile Strength as a Function of Consolidation Pressure for UHMWPE
Molla Ali, Dr. Sagar M. Doshi, Dr. Joseph M. Deitzel, Prof. John W. Gillespie, Jr.
Different Acoustic Signals in Tensile Testing of Continuous and Short Carbon Fiber Composites
Amit Chaudhari, Ph.D., Prof. Erik Thostenson
Thermoset Tape Placement for Multifunctional Composite Structures
Aidan Ford, Prof. Mark Mirotznik, Jesse Brown, Dr. Shridhar Yarlagadda
Squeeze Flow of Continuous IM7/977-3 PrePreg to Characterize Transverse Viscosity
Prof. Suresh G. Advani
Electrophoretic Depostions of Carbon Nanoubes on Long Discontinuous Carbon Fibers
Amit Chaudhari, Ph.D., Prof. Erik Thostenson
Effects of Novel Solvolysis Recycling Process on Mechanical Properties of Carbon Fibers
Munetaka Kubota, (Ph.D.M.S.E.), Joseph M. Deitzel, Ph.D.
Exploring Ceramic Nanparticles for Conductive ABS Filaments in Additive Manufacturing
Prof. Mark Mirotznik
Understanding the Characterization of Thermal Deconsolication for Flax Fiber Reinforcements in Thermoplastic Composites
Sai Aditya Pradeep, Ph.D., Amit M. Deshpande, Ph.D.M.E.
Single Fiber Tensile Testing to evaluate Strengths of Original and 14 minute oxidized t700 foe Unidirectional Carbon Fibers
Tekin Ozdemir, Ph.D., Joseph M. Deitzel, Ph.D., Dr. Dirk Heider
Molecular dynamics modeling of traction between polyethylene fibrils
Dr. Nuwan Dewapriya, Dr. Joseph M. Deitzel, Prof. John W. Gillespie Jr.
Effect of processing on polymer structure and performance in ultra high molecular weight polyethylene composites
Dr. Sagar Doshi, Joseph M. Deitzel, Ph.D.
Microstructure evolution in aligned discontinous fibers
Kyle Morris, Dr. Thomas A. Cender
Durability of a recyclable thermoset resin under different temperature and saturation conditions
Sagar Doshi, Shagata Das (PhD), Jovan Tatar
Characterization of im7-tuff-8552 composites: influence of Defects
Dr. Sagar Doshi, Dr. Shridhar Yarlagadda, Dr. Dirk Heider, Prof. John W. Gillespie Jr.
Discovering & optimizing silane chemistry with variational Autoencoder model
Dr. Abhishek Bhesania (P.D.), Munetaka Kubota, (Ph.D.M.S.E.), Dr. Sanjib Chowdhury, Prof. John W. Gillespie, Jr
Developing extractable tooling to adapt bladder molding of short fiber composites to create bent formations
Aidan Ford, Dr. Thomas A Cender
Rheology of thermosetting resins during cure for process modeling of composite materials
Dr. Thomas Cender
Evaluating the effects of recycling conditions on carbon fiber strength and their adhesion with pmma
Uday Balaga (Ph.D.M.E.), Dr. Tekin Ozdemir (P.D.), Munetaka Kubota (Ph.D.M.S.E.), Dr. Joseph M. Deitzel
Digital image correlation calibration for high deformation
Loren Tomlin (MSME), Dr. Thomas A. Cender, Prof. Suresh G. Advani
Stretch forming of aligned discontinuous fiber composites: effects of environmental conditions on forming optimization
Dr. Thomas Cender
Additive Manufacturing of Multi-material Graded Dielectrics
Theodore Fessaras, (Ph.D.), Prof. Mark Mirotznik
Developing a method to measure vaporization rate and vapor pressure for organosilane adhesion promoters
Munetaka Kubota, (Ph.D.M.S.E.), Prof. John W. Gillespie Jr.
Investigation of tensile strength of uhmwpe fibers extracted from composite panels
Dr. Ahmed Abu Obaid, Dr. Sagar M. Doshi, Dr. Joseph M. Deitzel
Forming cell for tuff thermoset part fabrication
Shashank Sharma, MBA, Dr. Shridhar Yarlagadda
Improving damage tolerance of epoxy resin-based composites via interlayer toughening strategies
James Tallman (BMSE), Dr. Sagar M. Doshi, Dr. Joseph M. Deitzel, Prof. John W. Gillespie, Jr.
Automated test bed for passive millimeter wave imaging
Prof. Vishal Saxena, Prof. Richard Martin, Prof. Mark Mirotznik, Thomas Dillon
Effect of silane density on wettability of silane-grafted silica
Dr. Abhishek Bhesania (PD), Prof. John W. Gillespie Jr.
Application of UV-Curing Resins for In-Place Pipe Repair
Shagata Das (Ph.D.), Prof. John W. Gillespie, Jr., Lukas Fuessel (Ph.D.)
Evaluation of the interfacial shear strength and self-healing of a new im7 single fiber-reinforced vitrimer composite
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
Dr. Thomas Cender
Automated Manufacturing for Autonomous Systems Solutions (AMASS)
Ben Caro, MS Robotics, Jacob Robinson, MS, Prof. Herbert Tanner
Recyclability of flax fiber reinforced polymer composites with a covalent adaptable network (can) matrix
Sagar Doshi, Shagata Das (PhD), Dr. Jovan Tatar
Resin cure kinetics and exploring the possibilities of material degradation
Dr. Steve Sauerbrunn, Dr. Thomas A. Cender