Center for Composite Materials - University of Delaware

CCM CONNECTS: Research Series

The annual Research Series comprise of monthly overviews of CCM’s research focus areas with presentations on topics ranging from composites process modeling, interface characterization, thermoplastic composites, micromechanics of composites, additive manufacturing and many more. The Research Series are free and open to the public, and speakers include graduate students, post-docs, research associates, affiliated faculty members and invited speakers from the government and industry. CCM CONNECTS is co-sponsored by NASA ULI.

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January 14, 2025 – Register

Presenter Advisor Presentation Title
Sagar Doshi, Ph.D.
Associate Scientist		 Prof. Joseph M. Deitzel Environmental Durability and Damage Tolerance of Glass-Epoxy Composites: Resin Characterization and Adhesion Mechanisms with Ductile Interlayers
Munetaka Kubota, (Ph.D.M.S.E.)
Materials Engineer		 Prof. John W. Gillespie, Jr. Improving Durability and Damage Tolerance of Glass Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composites

 
February 4, 2025 – Register

Presenter Advisor Presentation Title
Megan Maher
Financial Analyst		 Effort Certification and Reporting
Batu Alasahin, (Ph.D.E.C.E.)
Graduate Student		 Prof. Mark Mirotznik Coming Soon
Paul Samuel, (Ph.D.M.E.)
Graduate Student		 Prof. John W. Gillespie, Jr. Coming Soon

 
March 4, 2025

Presenter Advisor Presentation Title
Uday Balaga, (Ph.D.M.E.)
Graduate Student		 Prof. Suresh G. Advani Coming Soon
Ankita Bisht, (Ph.D.M.E.)
Postdoctoral Researcher		 Munetaka Kubota Coming Soon
Corinne Hamed
Admisitrative Specialist		 Coming Soon

 
May 2025 – Distinguished Speaker Series

Presenter Presentation Title
Coming Soon

 
 

PREVIOUS SESSIONS

2024

 
January 9, 2024

Presenter Advisor Presentation Title
Sandra Milev, (Ph.D.C.E.)
Graduate Student		 Prof. Jovan Tater Self-healable And Recyclable Sealants-A sustainable Solution for Aging Infrastructure
Munetaka Kubota, (Ph.D.M.S.E.)
Materials Engineer		 Prof. John W. Gillespie, Jr. Designing a Functionally Graded S-2 Glass/Epoxy Composites for Improved Energy Absorption
Sophie Sharafi, (Ph.D.M.E.)
Graduate Student		 Prof. Suresh G. Advani Additive Manufacturing of High Temperature Polymer Composites

 
February 6, 2024

Presenter Advisor Presentation Title
Paul Samuel, (Ph.D.M.E.)
Graduate Student		 Prof. John W. Gillespie, Jr. Experimental Measurement of Mode-I Fracture Toughness and Traction Laws for Delamination in Plain Weave Composites
Seyda Naz Alasahin, (Ph.D.E.C.E)
Graduate Student		 Prof. Erik Thostenson and Prof. Mark Mirotznik Utilization Of Carbon Nanotube Based Sensors To Monitor Resin Flow In Resin Transfer Molding
Hasan Ulus
Visiting Scholar		 Prof. Monique Head and Prof. Suresh G. Advani Effect of Particle Size and Replacement Ration on Mechanical Performance of Concrete Containing Ground-Recycled ABS Waste Plastics

 
March 5, 2024

Presenter Advisor Presentation Title
Uday Balaga, (Ph.D.M.E.)
Graduate Student		 Prof. Suresh G. Advani and Dr. Dirk Heider Effect of Fiber Aspect Ration on the Mechanical Performance of Aligned Short Fiber Composites (TuFF)
Mohammad Tofayel Ahmed, (Ph.D.M.S.E.)
Graduate Student		 Prof. Erik Thostenson Sensing of Resin Flow and Cure in Continuous Fiber Additive Manufacturing
Shaharear Emtiaz, (Ph.D.M.E.)
Graduate Student		 Prof. Suresh G. Advani Modeling the Effect of Fiber Clustering Resin Bleeding on Void Formation During Additive Manufacturing of Continuous Carbon Fiber Thermoset Composites

 
April 2, 2024

Presenter Advisor Presentation Title
Amit Chaudhari, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Researcher		 Prof. Erik T. Thostenson Flexible Carbon Nanocomposite Sensors: Validation Using Robotics and Virtual Reality (VR)
Aidan Ford
Materials Process Engineer		 Dr. Thomas Cender Performance of Stretch-Steered Aligned Discontinuous Fiber Tape with Automated Fiber Placement
Tania Lavaggi, (Ph.D.M.E.)
Graduate Student		 Prof. Suresh G. Advani and Prof. John W. Gillespie, Jr. Improvement of the Densification Process of Carbon/Carbon Composites

 
May 7, 2024

Presenter Advisor Presentation Title
Lukas Fuessel, (Ph.D.M.E.)
Graduate Student		 Prof. John W. Gillespie, Jr. Determination of a Stabile Stain Window for Highly Aligned Discontinuous Fiber Tapes using Stretch – Tape – Placement
Tekin Ozdemir, Ph.D.
Research Associate III		 Dr. Joseph Deitzel Stabilization of TuFF Material by Electrospinning Ultra low Areal Weisht Binder Veils from Aqueous Solutions
Colin Bonner, (Ph.D.E.C.E.)
Graduate Student		 Prof. Mark Mirotznik Manufacturing Approaches for Experimental Validation of Numerically Designed Conformal Metasurfaces

 
June 4, 2024

Presenter Advisor Presentation Title
John Tierney, Ph.D.
Sr. Scientist		 Prof. John W. Gillespie, Jr. TuFF: The Evolution and Revolution of the World’s Strongest Short Fiber Composite Material for Sustainability and Recycling
Sai Aditya Pradeep, Ph.D.
Research and Development Engineer		 Prof. Srikanth Pilla Understanting Matreial Process Microstructure perfomance Relationships of Thermoplastic Olefins Foams

 
July 9, 2024

Presenter Advisor Presentation Title
Molla Ali
Research Associate III		 Dr. Joseph Deitzel Influence of Consolidation Pressure on Tensile Strength of Thin Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene Composites
Pavel Simacek, Ph.D.
Research Associate III		 Prof. Suresh G. Advani Fiber Deposition in TuFF Process The Determination of Processing Window_Simacek_2024

 
August 6, 2024

Presenter Advisor Presentation Title
Abdalsalam Fadeel, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Researcher		 Dr. Joseph Deitzel Effect of Consolidation Pressure on the Deformation and Void Content Reduction within a Stochastic Array of Fibrils
Amit Deshpande, (Ph.D.M.E.)
Graduate Student		 Prof. Srikanth Pilla Investigation of Woven Composite Lattice Reinforcements for Thermoforming of Thermoplastic Composite Sturctures
Maximilian Pitto
Graduate Intern		 Prof. Suresh G. Advani Spatial Fiber Volume Fraction Quantification of Core Shell Structured Thermoset Tow Pregs

 
August 12, 2024 – 10:00 am

Presenter Presentation Title
Dr. Francois Mahe
University of Rennes, Rennes, France		 Development of a Staistical Mechanics-Based Approach to Model the Compression Flow of Long-Fiber Compoiste Materials

 
October 1, 2024

November 12, 2024, 11:00 am

Presenter Advisor Presentation Title
Navid Niknafs, Ph.D.
Research Associate III		 Prof. Suresh G. Advani AI-Driven Process Control for Resin Injection Molding
Tom Cender, Ph.D.
Scientist		 Prof. John W. Gillespie, Jr. Forming Properties of Highly Aligned Discontinuous Fiber Lamina
Andrew Stack, (M.M.E.)
Graduate Student		 Prof. Suresh G. Advani Modeling the Strain Softening Behavior of Aligned Discontinous Fiber Prepreg during Thermoforming

December 10, 2024 – Register

Presenter Presentation Title
Nicholas Rorrer, Ph.D.
Manager and Sr. Researcher – Polymer Science and Engineering Renewable Resources and Enabling Sciences Center
National Renewable Energy Laboratory		 Scaling Recyclable and Dynamic Thermosets: From Beaker to Wind blade and Beyond
Presenter Advisor Presentation Title
Nithin Parambil, Ph.D.
Research Associate III		 Prof. John W. Gillespie, Jr. Multi-Scale Modeling and Experimental Characterization of Adhesion in Microelectronics Applications
Shih Wen Chen, (Ph.D.M.E.)
Graduate Student		 Prof. Suresh G. Advani Characterization of Bubble Mobility during Flow Through Fibrous Porous Media

 

 
November 18, 2024, 11:00 am

Presenter Presentation Title
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Prof. h.c. (RGU) Jens Schuster
Hochschule Kaiserslautern
University of Applied Sciences		 3D-Printing Under High Pressure

 

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