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Addis Kidane, Ph.D

Department of Mechanical Engineering

The University of South Carolina, Columbia

300 Main Street, Columbia, SC 29208

Tel: (803) 777-2502 |Fax: (803) 777- 0106 |Email: kidanea@cec.sc.edu

www.me.sc.edu/fs/kidane.html | http://www.me.sc.edu/Research/DBMML ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

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Postdoctoral Research Scholar, Graduate Aerospace Laboratories, 2009-2011

California Institute of Technology, Pasadena CA, (Research Advisor Dr. G. Ravichandran)

Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, (08/ 2009)

The University of Rhode Island, Kingston RI, (Advisor: Dr. Arun Shukla) Dissertation Title: An

experimental and analytical study of functionally graded materials under thermo- mechanical

dynamic loading

M.S., Aerospace Engineering, (08/ 2005)

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India (Advisor: Dr. N. K. Naik)

Thesis: Mechanical behavior of composites under high strain rate shear loading

B.S., Mechanical Engineering, (11/ 2001)

DEC, Debrezeit, Ethiopia

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

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Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, (8/2017-Present)

University of South Carolina, Columbia SC

Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, (8/2011-8/2017)

University of South Carolina, Columbia SC

Postdoctoral Research Scholar, Graduate Aerospace Laboratories, 2009-2011

California Institute of Technology, Pasadena CA, (Research Advisor Dr. G. Ravichandran)

Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Mechanical Engineering, 2006-2009

University of Rhode Island, Kingston RI, (Research Advisor: Dr. Arun Shukla)

Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Aerospace Engineering, 2003-2005

Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India, (Research Advisor: Dr. N. K. Naik)

Other Professional Experience

Summer Visiting Researcher, Sandia National Laboratory, May 21 – June 14, 2012.

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HONORS AND AWARDS _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Young Investigator Research Award, College of Engineering and Computing, the

University of South Carolina ( 2017)

ORR Early Career Award, ASME, Materials Division, (2016)

Young Investigator Research Program (YIP) Award, AFOSR, (2014)

Haythornthwaite Research Initiation Grants, the ASME Applied Mechanics Division,

(2013)

Broadening Participation Research Initiation Grants in Engineering (BRIGE) Award,

NSF, (2013)

Certificate of Excellence, Indian Institute of Technology, for outstanding contribution,

(2005)

Certificate of Merit, Aerospace Engineering Association, IIT Bombay, India, Excellent

student paper presentation, (2005)

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RESEARCH GRANT RECEIVED _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Optimal Functionally Graded Cellular Materials (FGCMs) to Mitigate Shock and Impact

Loading. Role sole PI, $390, 225.00, 2018-2020, ARO.

Progressive Damage Analysis in composites, Role Co-PI, Zafer Gurdal (PI), $1,564,579,

2017-2019, NASA.

High Energy Dynamic Impact, Role: Co-PI, Zafer Gurdal (PI), NASA, $1,285,700, 2017-

2019.

Acquisition of State-of-the-Art 3D Dynamic Deformation Measurement System and

Stereo-Microscope for Macro- to Micro-scale Studies with 200 Nano-second Temporal

Resolution, (DURIP) AFOSR, Role PI with Dr. Michael Sutton (CO-PI) $558, 165, 2016-

2017.

Developing a Robust, Non11111-contacting, Digital Image Correlation Based Full-field

Strain Measurement System for High Temperature Applications, SBRI, ARL, sole PI

$50,000, 07/ 30 / 2015-04 / 25 / 2016

Design Methodologies and Concepts for Future Composite Structures (Bucket 1) Boeing

Master Research Agreement, Role: Co-PI, PIs: Dr. Zafer Gurdal (pI), Dr. Ramy Harik

(CO-PI) Boeing , $339,376, 2015-2018,

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GreenTex Testing and Validation of Composite Plywood Alternative Sponsor, Role: Co-

PI, PI: Dr. Zafer- Gurdal, Green-Tex Solutions, $7,667, 2015-2016

On the Failure of PIVIDI Foams Subjected to Shock Loading, Sandia National

Laboratories/DOE, Sole PI $50,000 06/01/2015-09/30/2016

On the Failure of PIVIDI Foams Subjected to Shock Loading, Sandia National

Laboratories/DOE, Sole PI $20,000 06/01/2014-09/30/2014

Feasibility Study of Non-contacting Full-Field Displacement Measurement on Roof

Shingles under Wind Loads, Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety, 2013-2014,

$18,900, Role: Co-PI with PI: Dr. Fabio Matta and Dr. Michael Sutton (CO-PI)

Quantification of the meso-scale deformation of engineered and energetic materials,

Young Investigator Award, AFOSR, Sole PI, $360,000, Sep 1, 2014 - August 31, 2017.

Developing Tunable and Lightweight Material Systems Using Woodpile Phononic

Crystals, NASA, Sole PI, $60,000, October 18, 2013 – October 17, 2014

A Novel 3D Full-Field Deformation Measurement at a Temperature Higher Than 1000 oC,

ASME Applied Mechanics Division, Sole PI $20,000

Effect of Microstructure and Interface Layer on the Fracture and Thermal Behavior of

Nanocomposites, National Science Foundation (NSF), Sole PI $174,986 10/01/2014-

09/31/2016.

High Strain Rate Characterization of Foams Using Shock Tube, Sandia National

Laboratories/DOE, Sole PI $34,000 06/01/2013-09/30/2013

High temperature hot pressing for advanced, aerospace, nuclear, biomedical and fuel cell

material processing, the Office of the Vice President for Research USC, PI $93,130 05/

16/2012 – 08/15/2013.

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PUBLICATIONS _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Refereed Journals Published

Note: * represents graduate students, ** represents postdoctoral scholar

1. A. Tessema*, S. Ravindran*, A. Kidane, In-Situ Experimental Investigation of Gradual Damage

Evolution in Quasi-Isotropic CFRC under Quasi-static Loading, J of Composites Structures,

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2017.11.013

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2. A. Tessema, A. Kidane, Cross-property interaction between Stiffness, Damage and Thermal

Conductivity in Particulate Nanocomposite, Polymer Testing, 64: 127-135, 2017.

3. S. Ravindran, B. Koohbor, P. Malchow, A. Kidane, Experimental Characterization of Compaction

Wave Propagation in Cellular Polymers, International Journal of Solids and Structure, under

review

4. Heo H, Kim K, Tessema A, Kidane A, Ju J. Thermo-Mechanically Tunable Elastic Metamaterials

with Compliant Porous Structures. ASME. J. Eng. Mater. Technol.:. doi:10.1115/1.4038029, 2017

5. S. Ravindran*, A. Tessema*, A. Kidane, Multiscale damage evolution mechanisms in polymer

bonded sugars under dynamic loading, Mechanics of Materials, Mechanics of Materials 114 97–

106, 2017 ( One of the most downloaded paper in November, 2017)

6. B. Koohbor*, S. Ravindran* and A. Kidane , Effects of Cell-Wall Instability and Local Failure on

the Response of Closed-Cell Polymeric Foams Subjected to Dynamic Loading, Mechanics of

Materials 000, 1–10, 2017.

7. A. Kidane, H. L. Gowtham, N. K. Naik, Strain Rate Effects in Composites and Resins under Shear

Loading: A Critical Review, Dynamic Behavior of Materials, J. Dynam. Behav. Mater,

doi:10.1007/s40870-017-0098-2, 2017

8. Z. Wahab, Z.M. Marsh, A.Tessema*, A. Kidane, Morgan Stefik, Bruce L. Anneaux, and Harry J.

Ploehn, Effect of Nanodiamond Surface Functionalization on the Properties of Nanodiamond

/PEEK Composites, IEEE Transactions on Components, Packaging and Manufacturing

Technology DOI: 10.1109/TCPMT. 2016. 2646671, 2017

9. B. Koohbor*, A. Kidane , Michael A. Sutton, Analysis of Dynamic Bending Test Using Ultra High

Speed DIC and the Virtual Fields Method, International Journal of Impact Engineering,

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijimpeng.2016.12.021, 2017

10. A. Tessema*, D. Zhao, J. Moll, S. Xu, R. Yang, C. Li, SK. Kumar, A. Kidane, Effect of filler

loading, geometry, dispersion and temperature on thermal conductivity of polymer

nanocomposites, Polymer Testing 57, 101-106, 2017.

11. S. Ravindran*, B. Koohbor*, A. Kidane, Experimental Characterization of Meso-Scale

Deformation Mechanisms and the RVE Size in Plastically Deformed Polycrystalline Materials,

Strain, DOI: 10.1111/str.12217, 2017.

12. G. Valeri*, B. Koohbor*, A. Kidane , M. A. Sutton, Determining the tensile response of

materials at high temperature using DIC and the Virtual Fields Method, Optics and Lasers in

Engineering, 91: 53-61, 2017.

13. B. Koohbor*, S. Ravindran* and A. Kidane , Experimental Determination of the Length Scales

of Representative Volume Element (RVE) in Woven Composites”, Optics and Lasers in

Engineering, 90: 59-71, 2017

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14. B. Koohbor*, A. Kidane, and W-Y Lu , Effect of Specimen Size, Compressibility, and Inertia on

the Response of Rigid Polymer Foams Subjected to High Velocity Direct Impact Loading”,

International Journal of Impact Engineering, 98, 62-74, 2016

15. B. Koohbor*, A. Kidane, W. LU, Characterizing the constitutive response and energy

absorption of rigid polymeric foams subjected to intermediate-velocity impact, Polymer Testing

54, 48-58, 2016.

16. B. Koohbor* and A. Kidane, Design and Topology Optimization of Continuously and

Discretely Graded Foam Materials for Efficient Energy Absorption” Materials and Design 102,

151–161, 2016

17. S. Ravindran* A. Tessema* and A. Kidane, Note: Dynamic meso-scale full field surface

deformation measurement of heterogeneous materials, Review of Scientific Instrumentation , 87

(3): 036108: 2016

18. B. Koohbor*, S. Ravindran* and A. Kidane “Meso-scale study of non-linear tensile response

and fiber trellising mechanisms in woven composites”, Journal of Reinforced Plastics and

Composites DOI: 10.1177/0731684416633771, 2016

19. B. Koohbor*, A. Kidane, W. LU, M. A. Sutton, Investigation of the Dynamic Stress-Strain

Response of Compressible Polymeric Foam Using non-parametric analysis, Journal of Impact

Engineering, 91: 170–182, 2016

20. S. Ravindran*, A. Tessema*, A. Kidane, Local deformation and failure mechanisms of polymer

bonded energetic materials subjected to high strain rate loading" Journal Dynamic Behavior of

Materials. (DOI: 10.1007/s40870-016-0051-9), 2016 (best paper award)

21. Zhou, B., Shazly, T., Ravindran*, S., Ferdous, J., Kidane, A., Sutton, M. A. Using Digital Image

Correlation to Characterize Local Strains on Vascular Tissue Specimens. J. Vis. Exp. (2015),

e53625, doi:10.3791/53625, 2015

22. S. Mallon*, B. Koohbor*, A Kidane, A. P. Reynolds, On the effect of microstructure on the

torsional response of AA7050T-7651 at elevated strain rates, Materials Science & Engineering, A

639, 280–287, 2015

23. B. Koohbor*, S. Mallon*, A. Kidane, A. Anand and V. Parameswaran, Through thickness

elastic profile determination of functionally graded materials, Experimental Mechanics, 55,(8)

1427-1440, 2015

24. B. Koohbor*, S. Mallon*, A. Kidane, W Y Lu, The Deformation and Failure Response of

Closed-Cell PMDI Foams Subjected to Dynamic Impact Loading, Polymer Testing, 44: 112–124,

2015

25. B. Koohbor*, S. Ravindran*, A. Kidane, Meso-scale strain localization and failure response of

an orthotropic woven glass-fiber reinforced composite, Composites Part B 78 308-318, 2015

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26. S. Mallon*, B. Koohbor*, A. Kidane , M. Sutton, Fracture behavior of prestressed composites

subjected to shock loading: a DIC-based study, Experimental Mechanics, Experimental

Mechanics 55: 211–225, 2015

27. B. Koohbor*, A. Kidane, S. Mallon*, Effect of elastic properties of material composition on the

fracture response of transversely graded ceramic /metal material, Materials Science &

Engineering A 619 281–289, 2014

28. B. Koohbor*, S. Mallon*, A. Kidane , Michael Sutton , A DIC-based study of in-plane

mechanical response and fracture of orthotropic carbon fiber reinforced composite, Composites:

Part B: 66: 388–399,, 2014

29. J. Yu** and A. Kidane, Modeling of Functionally Graded Materials Containing Multiple

Heterogeneities, Acta Mechanica, 225,(7), 1931-1943, 2014

30. A. Kidane, “On the Failure and Fracture of Polymer Foam Containing Discontinuities,” ISRN

Materials Science, vol. 2013, Article ID 408596, 9 pages,doi:10.1155/2013/408596, 2013

31. J. Yu** and A. Kidane, Acoustic properties of composites containing multiple heterogeneities:

micromechanics modeling, Int. J. Theoretical and Applied Multiscale Mechanics, 2 (4), 271 – 286,

2013.

32. A. Kidane, A. Lashgari, B. Li, M. McKerns, M. Ortiz, H. Owhadi, G. Ravichandran, M. Stalzer,

T.J. Sullivan, Rigorous model-based uncertainty quantification with application to terminal

ballistics, Part I: Systems with controllable inputs and small scatter, J. Mech. Phys. Solids, 60, 983–

1001, 2012.

33. D. Rittel, A. Kidane, M. Alkhader, A. Venkert, P. Landau, G. Ravichandran, On the

dynamically stored energy of cold work in pure single crystal and polycrystalline copper, Acta

Materialia 60 3719–3728, 2012.

34. S. Abotula, A. Kidane, V. Chalivendra, A. Shukla, Dynamic curving cracks in functionally

graded materials under thermo-mechanical loading, International Journal of Solids and

Structures 49, 1637–1655, 2012.

35. B. Li, A. Kidane, G. Ravichandran, M. Ortiz, Verification and validation of the Optimal

Transportation Mesh-free (OTM) simulation of terminal ballistics, Inter. J. of Impact Engineering,

42, 25-36, 2012.

36. A. Kidane, V. Chalivendra, A. Shukla, and R. Chona, Mixed-mode dynamic crack propagation

in graded materials under thermo-mechanical loading, Eng. Fracture Mechanics, 77(14), 2864-

2880, 2010.

37. A. Kidane, V. Chalivendra, A. Shukla, Thermo-Mechanical Stress Fields and Strain Energy

associated with a Mixed-Mode Propagating Crack, Acta Mechanica, 215, 57–69, 2010.

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38. A. Kidane and A. Shukla, Quasi-Static and Dynamic Fracture Initiation Toughness of Ti/TiB

Layered Functionally Graded Material under Thermo-Mechanical Loading, Eng. Frac. Mec., 77,

479-491, 2010.

39. A. Kidane and A. Shukla, Dynamic Constitutive Behavior of Ti/TiB FGM under Thermo-

Mechanical Loading, Journal of Materials Science, 43 (8), 2771-2777, 2008.

40. N. K. Naik, Addis Asmelash, Venkatshwrara, V. Raju, Interlaminar Shear Properties Of

Polymer Matrix Composites: Strain Rate Effect, Mechanics of Materials, 39, 1043-1052, 2007.

41. N.k. Naik, D. Sitpal, Venkateswara Rao Kavala, Addis Asmelash, Compressive Split-

Hopkinson Bar Apparatus”: Part I: Design and Development, J. of Aero. Scie. and Tech., 59(2), 77-

86, 2007.

42. N.k. Naik, D. Sitpal, Venkateswara Rao Kavala, Addis Asmelash, Compressive Split

Hopkinson Bar Apparatus: Part II; Experimental Result, J. of Aero. Scie. and Tech., 59 (2),87-10,

2007.

Journals under Review

43. H. Ahmed; M. Van Tooren, J. Justice, R. Harik, A. Kidane, T. Reynolds, Investigation and

development of friction stir welding process for unreinforced polyphenylene sulfide and

reinforced polyetheretherketone, Thermoplastic , in review

44. A. Tessema*, W. Mitchell, B. Koohbor*, S. Ravindran*, A. Kidane and Michel Van Tooren, The

Effect of Nanosilica Inclusion on the Mechanical Response of Off-Axes Fiber Reinforced

Composite, Composites B, in review

45. B. Koohbor* and A. Kidane, A Simple One-Dimensional Model for Axial Inertia Stress

Calculation in Dynamic Testing of Cellular Polymers, Experimental Mechanics, in review

46. S. Ravindran*, A. Tessema*, R. Patel** and A. Kidane, Compaction wave characteristics at

macro-meso length scales in polymer bonded explosives, JPS, in review

47. Michael A. Sutton , Amos Gilat, Jeremy Seidt, Sreehari Rajan, Addis Kidane, Full Field

Deformation Measurements in Tensile Kolsky Bar Experiments: Studies and Detailed Analysis of

the Early Time History, Experimental Mechanics, under review

48. Michael A. Sutton, Sreehari Rajan, Ryan Fuerte, Addis Kidane Traction-Separation

Relationship for Polymer-Modified Bitumen Under Mode I Loading: Double Cantilever Beam

Experiment with Digital Image Correlation, Engineering Fracture Mechanics, under review

Journals prepared, to be submitted

49. A. F. Fahem* and A. Kidane, A Novel Method to Evaluate the Dynamic Fracture Initiation

Toughness of Materials, Engineering Fracture Mechanics, to be submitted

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50. S. Ravindran*, A. Tessema*, A. Kidane, Possible hot spot mechanisms and meso scale

dynamic response of polymer bonded explosives (pbx), Journal of applied physics, to be

submitted

51. A. Tessema*, S. Ravindrana*, A. Wohlforda*, N. Myersa* and A.Kidane Effect of Stacking

Sequence on the Damage and Failure modes of Quasi-isotropic CFRC laminate, Composite

Science and Technology, to be submitted

Refereed Conference Proceedings

1. Addis Tessema, Abigail Wohlford, Suraj Ravindran, Addis Kidane, Free-Edge Strain Localization

of Cross-Ply Laminates with Different Lamina Arrangements, American Society of Composites

(ASC) Proceedings, 2017

2. Karan Kodagali, Addis Kidane, Addis Tessema, Progressive Failure Analyses of a Single Layer

Composite lamina using Puck Failure Criterion, American Society of Composites (ASC)

Proceedings, 2017

3. Tessema, Addis; Ravindran, Suraj; Wohlford, Abigail; Kidane, Addis; In-Situ Observation of

Damage Evolution in Quasi-Isotropic CFRP Laminates Fracture, Fatigue, Failure and Damage

Evolution, Volume 7, 67-72, 2018, Springer, Cham

4. Behrad Koohbor, Suraj Ravindran, Addis Kidane; Impact Response of Density Graded

Cellular Polymers Dynamic Behavior of Materials, Volume 1, 17-23, 2018, Springer, Cham

5. Suraj Ravindran, Behrad Koohbor, Peter Malchow, Addis Kidane, Compaction Wave

Characteristics of Polymeric Foams Under Dynamic Loading Dynamic Behavior of Materials,

Volume 1, 175-180, 2018 Springer, Cham

6. Suraj Ravindran, Peter Malchow, Addis Tessema, Addis Kidane, Compaction Wave Propagation

Characteristics in Polymer Bonded Explosives at Macro-Meso Scale Dynamic Behavior of

Materials, Volume 1,163-168, 2018 Springer, Cham

7. A. F Fahem and A. Kidane, Hybrid Computational and Experimental Approach to Identify the

Dynamic Initiation Fracture Toughness at High Loading Rate Dynamic Behavior of Materials,

Volume 1, 141-146, 2018, Springer, Cham

8. S Ravindran, P Malchow, A Tessema, A Kidane Multiscale Deformation behavior of polymer

bonded explosives subjected to intermediate velocity impact, Bulletin of the American Physical

Society, 2017

9. Addis Tessema, Suraj Ravindran, Abigail Wohlford, and Addis Kidane, In-Situ Observation of

Damage Evolution in Quasi-Isotropic CFRP Laminates, J. Carroll et al. (eds.), Fracture, Fatigue,

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Failure and Damage Evolution, Volume 7, Conference Proceedings of the Society for

Experimental Mechanics, DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-62831-8_9, 2018

10. S. Ravindran*, A. Tessema*, A. Kidane, Effect of solid loading on multiscale behavior of polymer

bonded explosives under dynamic loading, Proceedings of the 2016 Annual Conference on

Experimental and Applied Mechanics, Challenges in Mechanics of Time Dependent Materials,

Volume 2, ISBN: 978-3-319-41542-0, 2017

11. A. Fahem* and A. Kidane, A General Approach to Evaluate the Dynamic Fracture Toughness of

Materials, Proceedings of the 2016 Annual Conference on Experimental and Applied Mechanics,

Dynamic Behavior of Materials, 2017

12. G. Valeri*, B. Koohbor*, A. Kidane, M.A. Sutton, Hubert Schreier, Investigating the Tensile

Response of Materials at High Temperature using DIC, Proceedings of the 2016 Annual

Conference on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, Advancement of Optical Methods in

Experimental Mechanics, 978-3-319-41599-4, 2017.

13. B. Koohbor*, A. Kidane, W.Y. Lu , R. Patel , Specimen Size Effect on Stress-Strain Response of

Foams under Direct-Impact, Proceedings of the 2016 Annual Conference on Experimental and

Applied Mechanics, Dynamic Behavior of Materials, 2017

14. B. Koohbor, A. Kidane, M.A. Sutton, X. Zhao, Analysis of Dynamic Bending Using DIC and

Virtual Fields Method, Proceedings of the 2016 Annual Conference on Experimental and Applied

Mechanics, Advancement of Optical Methods in Experimental Mechanics, 978-3-319-41599-4,

426490_1_En, (17), 2017.

15. A. Tessema*, S. Ravindran* and A. Kidane, Experimental Study of Residual Plastic Strain and

Damages Development in Carbon Fiber Composite Proceedings of the 2016 Annual Conference

on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, Fracture, Fatigue, Failure and Damage Evolution, 9783-

319-42194-0, 2017.

16. S Ravindran, B Koohbor, A Kidane, Experimental Investigation of Compaction Wave

Propagation in Cellular Polymers, International Digital Imaging Correlation Society, 113-115,

2017

17. A. Kidane, B. Koohbor*, W.Y. Lu, Characterizing the Energy Absorption of Rigid Polymeric

Foams under Compressive Direct Impact Loading, American Society of Composites (ASC)

Proceedings, 2016

18. B. Koohbor*, A. Kidane, Meso-Scale Constitutive Response of Woven Composites Subjected to

Large Deformation, American Society of Composites (ASC) Proceedings, 2016

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19. A.Tessema*, S. Ravindran*, A. Kidane, Experimental Investigation on Correlation between

Damage and Thermal Conductivity on CFRP, American Society of Composites (ASC)

Proceedings, 2016

20. B. Koohbor, G. Valeri, A. Kidane, and Michael A. Sutton. "Thermo-mechanical Properties of

Metals at Elevated Temperatures." In Advancement of Optical Methods in Experimental

Mechanics, Volume 3, pp. 117-123. Springer International Publishing, 2016,

21. H. Hyeonu, A. Tessema*, S. Iqbal, J. Ju, and A. Kidane. "Thermal Stress Analysis of Gypsum Shell

Cracking in Polyjet-Based Rapid Casting of Cellular Metals." In ASME 2015 International

Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, pp. V02AT02A016-V02AT02A016. American

Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2016.

22. S. Ravindran*, A. Kidane, "Meso-Scale Deformation Behavior of Polymer Bonded Energetic

Material Under Quasi-Static Compression." In Mechanics of Composite and Multi-functional

Materials, Volume 7, pp. 345-350. Springer International Publishing, 2016.

23. S. Ravindran*, A. Tessema*, A. Kidane, and M. A. Sutton. "Meso-scale Deformation Mechanisms

of Polymer Bonded Energetic Materials under Dynamic Loading." In Mechanics of Composite

and Multi-functional Materials, Volume 7, pp. 451-456. Springer International Publishing, 2016.

24. A. Tessema*, D. Zhaob, A. Kidane, S. Kumar, "Effect of Micro-Cracks on the Thermal

Conductivity of Particulate Nanocomposite." In Fracture, Fatigue, Failure and Damage Evolution,

Volume 8, pp. 89-94. Springer International Publishing, 2016.

25. A. Tessema*, W. Mitchell, B. Koohbor*, S. Ravindran*, A. Kidane, and M. V. Tooren, "On the

Mechanical Response of Polymer Fiber Composites Reinforced with Nanoparticles." Mechanics

of Composite and Multi-functional Materials, Volume 7, pp. 125-130. Springer International

Publishing, 2016.

26. B. Koohbor*, A. Kidane, W. Y. Lu, "Dynamic Flow Response of Rigid Polymer Foam Subjected to

Direct Impact." Dynamic Behavior of Materials, Volume 1, pp. 163-170. Springer International

Publishing, 2016.

27. Tessema*, W. Mitchell, B. Koohbor*, A. Kidane, M. VanTooren, Effects of nanoparticles on the

shear properties of polymer composites, American Society of Composites-30th Technical

Conference, ASC Proceedings, 2015.

28. B. Koohbor*, A. Kidane, W.Y Lu, Dynamic Compressive Response of Polymeric Foams Subjected

to Direct Impact Loading." American Society of Composites-30th Technical Conference, ASC

Proceedings 2015.

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29. X. Zhao, S. Mallon*, A. Kidane, M.A. Sutton, H. Schreier, Experimental Investigation on Material

Dynamic Behaviors using Ultra-high-speed Cameras, Conference Proceedings of the 2014

Society for Experimental Mechanics Series, Dynamic Behavior of Materials, (1) 341-350, 2015.

30. S Mallon*, B. Koobhor*, A. Kidane, "Fracture of pre-stressed woven glass fiber composite

exposed to shock loading." In Dynamic Behavior of Materials, Volume 1, pp. 213-219. Springer

International Publishing, 2015.

31. A. Tessema* and A. Kidane, Effect of particles size on the thermal conductivity of polymer

nanocomposite, Composite, Hybrid, and Multifunctional Materials, Conference Proceedings of

the Society for Experimental Mechanics Series 4: 151-156, 2015

32. S. Muthiramalil*, B. Koobhor*, A. Kidane, On the meso-macro scale deformation of low carbon

steel, Advancement of Optical Methods in Experimental Mechanics, Conference Proceedings of

the Society for Experimental Mechanics Series 3: 409-414, 2015. 10.1007/978-3-319-06986-9_50

33. S. Mallon*, A. Kidane, W. Y. Lu, Full-Field deformation Observation of Polymer Foam Subjected

to Shock Loading, Dynamic Behavior of Materials, Conference Proceedings of the Society for

Experimental Mechanics Series, 1: 83-89, 2015

34. B. Koobhor*, S. Mallon* and A. Kidane, "Through thickness fracture behavior of transversely

graded Ti/TiB material." In Fracture, Fatigue, Failure, and Damage Evolution, Volume 5, pp. 51-

56. Springer International Publishing, 2015.

35. N. Zohhadi, B. Koobhor*, F. Matta, A. Kidane, "Characterization of Fracture Behavior of

MultiWalled Carbon Nanotube Reinforced Cement Paste Using Digital Image Correlation." In

Fracture, Fatigue, Failure, and Damage Evolution, Volume 5, pp. 73-79. Springer International

Publishing, 2015.

36. R. Ghorbania, X.Zhaoa, F. Mattaa, M.A. Sutton, A. Kidane, Z. Liu, A. D. Cope, T. A. Reinhold,

Feasibility of non-contacting measurement of wind-induced full-field displacements on asphalt

shingles." In Advancement of Optical Methods in Experimental Mechanics, Volume 3, pp. 415421.

Springer International Publishing, 2015.

37. A. Kidane and Jy-An Wang “A New Method for Dynamic Fracture Toughness Determination

Using Torsion Hopkinson Pressure Bar” Dynamic Behavior of Materials, Proceedings of the

Society for Experimental Mechanics Series, Volume 1, pp 307-312, 2014.

38. J. Yu** and A. Kidane, Classical Micromechanics Modeling of Functionally Graded Materials

Containing Multiple Heterogeneities, American Society of Composites, 2013.

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39. N. Zohhadi, N. Aich, F. Matta, N. Saleh, P. Ziehl and A. Kidane, Graphene Nanoreinforcement

for Cement-based Composites, 4th Advances in Cement-based Materials: Characterization,

Processing, Modeling and Sensing, July 8-10, 2013, Urbana, IL

40. Jy-An Wang and A. Kidane, A new approach to determine the quasi-static and dynamic fracture

toughness of engineering Materials, Dynamic Behavior of Materials, Proceedings of the Society

for Experimental Mechanics Series, Volume 1, 545-551, 2013.

41. A. Kidane, G. Ravichandran, Dynamic Fracture Of Sandwich Core Foams, The 26th ASC Annual

Technical Conference (the Second Joint US-Canada Conference on Composites September 26-28,

2011, Montreal, Canada.), Page 1246, 2012.

42. A. Kidane, G. Ravichandran, Static and Dynamic Failure and Fracture Behavior of Polymer Foam

Core , The 18th International Conference on Composite Materials, August 21-26, 2011, Jeju Island,

Korea

43. A. Kidane, G. Ravichandran, Failure and Fracture Behavior of Brittle Polymer Foam,

Experimental and Applied Mechanics, Conference Proceedings of the Society for Experimental

Mechanics Series, Volume 6, 91-98, 2011.

44. A. Kidane, V. Chalivendra and A. Shukla “Effect of temperature and crack tip velocity in the

crack growth direction in graded materials” Dynamic Behavior of Materials, Conference

Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics Series Volume 1, 113-120, 2011.

45. Li, A. Kidane, G. Ravichandran, M. Ortiz, ‘The Optimal Transportation Meshfree Method for

Ballistic Impact Simulation’, IMPLAST 2010 SEM 2010 Fall Conference, Renaissance Providence

Hotel, October 12-14, 2010 Providence, Rhode Island USA

46. A. Kidane, G. Ravichandran, “Failure behavior of foam core with cracks, notches and circular

holes", Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Sandwich Structures ICSS 9, June 14-

16, 2010, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA

47. A. Kidane, A. Shukla, Static and Dynamic Constitutive Behavior and Fracture of Titanium Based

FGM under Thermo-mechanical Loading , Proceedings of the SEM Annual Conference and

Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, June 1-4, 2009, Albuquerque, New Mexico,

USA.

48. A. Kidane, A. Shukla, Effect of temperature on the dynamic constitutive behavior of functionally

graded materials, Proceedings SEM Annual Conference and Exposition on Experimental and

Applied Mechanics, June 2-5, 2008, Orlando, Florida.

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49. A. Kidane, V. Chalivendra and A. Shukla, Effect of temperature on the dynamic crack tip stress

field on FGM, Proceedings of SEM XI Annual Conference and Exposition on Experimental and

Applied Mechanics, June 2-5, 2008, Orlando. Florida.

50. K. Ho Lee, A. Kidane, V. Parameswaran, and A. Shukla, Dynamic crack propagation in

transparent functionally graded material, Proceeding of SEM Annual Conference and Exposition

on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, June 4-6, 2007, Springfield, MA, 2008

51. N. K. Naik and Addis Asmelash, Effect of Strain Rate on Shear Behavior of Composites,

SEMproceedings, 2005 SEM Annual Conference on Experimental Mechanics, Portland Mariott

Portland, OR, June, 7-9, 2006.

52. N.K Naik, Addis Asmelash and D. Sitpal, Behavior of composite materials under high strain rate

loading, Proceedings of IMECE 2005: ASME International mechanical engineering congress and

expositions, Florida, November 5-11, 2005

53. Addis Asmelash and N.K. Naik, Interlaminar shear properties of plain weave E-glass / epoxy

and Twill weave carbon / epoxy under high strain rate loading: Effect of strain rate, International

conference on computational and experimental mechanics, Proceedings of ICCES 2005.

54. N. K. Naik and A. K. Addis Mechanical behavior of composites at high strain rate shear loading,

Proceeding of ICTACEM 2004: Third international conference on theoretical, applied,

computational and experimental mechanics, December 28-30, 2004.

Refereed Conference Abstracts

1. B. Koohbor and A. Kidane , Experimental Study on the Meso-Scale Deformation Response of

Orthotropic Woven Composites Subjected to Tensile Loading, ASME 2016 International

Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, November 11-27, Phoenix Az,

2. A. Kidane, Fracture in Functionally Graded Materials, Award Lecture, ASME 2016 International

Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, November 11-27, Phoenix Az,

3. S. Ravindran*, P. Malcow, A. Tessema*, A. Kidane. Meso-macro scale experimental study of

compaction wave propagation in polymer bonded explosives, ASME 2016 International

Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, November 11-27, Phoenix Az,

4. S. Ravindran*, A. Tessema*, A. Kidane. Quantifying the Multi-Scale Deformation of Energetic

Materials Subjected to High Strain Rate Loading, Applied Mechanics and Materials, ASME, June

28-July1, 2015. Seattle WA.

5. A. Kidane, A Novel 3D Full-Field Deformation Measurement at a Temperature Higher than 1000

0C, ASME 2014 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, November 14-20,

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Montreal, Canada

6.S. Mallon*, B. Koohbor*, A. Kidane, Full field study of fracture of Woven/fiber composites

subjected to combined in plane and out of plane loading, ASME 2014

7. A. Kidane and S. Mallon*, “Use of shock tube to determine the dynamic fracture behavior of

engineering materials” Joint conference, Society of Engineering Science 50th annual technical

meeting and ASME-AMD Summer meeting, Brown, Providence RI. June 28-31, 2013.

8. A. Kidane and J. Yu*, Functionally Graded Particle Reinforced Composites for Transducer

Backings ASME 2012 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, November

15-21, 2013, Sandi ago CA

9. A. Kidane, Integrated Ultra-High Speed 3D Computer Vision for Dynamic Fracture Of

Functionally Graded Materials, ASME 2013 International Mechanical Engineering Congress &

Exposition, November 15-21, 2013, San Diego CA

10. A. Kidane, The Role of Cracks and Defects on the Thermal Transport Properties of Bi-phase

Materials, ASME 2012 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, November

9-15,2012, Houston, Texas.

11. A. Kidane, Dynamic Fracture Initiation Toughness and failure of Ti/TiB FGM Under

Thermomechanical Loading Student paper competition, SEM Annual Conference and Exposition

on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, June 1-4, 2009, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.

Conference Presentations

1. Thermo-Mechanical Properties of Metals at Elevated Temperatures, SEM 2015,

2. A Novel 3D Full-Field Deformation Measurement at a Temperature Higher than 1000 0C, ASME

2014 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, November 14-20, Montreal,

Canada

3. “Use of shock tube to determine the dynamic fracture behavior of engineering materials” Joint

conference, Society of Engineering Science 50th annual technical meeting and ASME-AMD

Summer meeting, Brown, Providence RI. June 28-31, 2013.

4. Functionally Graded Particle Reinforced Composites for Transducer Backings ASME 2012

International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, November 15-21, 2013, Sandi ago

CA

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5. Integrated Ultra-High Speed 3D Computer Vision for Dynamic Fracture Of Functionally Graded

Materials, ASME 2013 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, November

15-21, 2013, San Diego CA

6. Classical Micromechanics Modeling of Functionally Graded Materials Containing Multiple

Heterogeneities, American Society of Composites, 2013.

7. A New Method for Dynamic Fracture Toughness Determination Using Torsion Hopkinson

Pressure Bar” Dynamic Behavior of Materials, Proceedings of the Society for Experimental

Mechanics Series, Volume 1, pp 307-312, 2014.

8. The Role of Cracks and Defects on the Thermal Transport Properties of Bi-phase Materials, ASME

2012 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, November 9-15,2012,

Houston, Texas.

9. A new approach to determine the quasi-static and dynamic fracture toughness of engineering,

Materials, Dynamic Behavior of Materials, Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics

Series, Volume 1, 545-551, 2013.

10. Dynamic Fracture of Sandwich Core Foams, The 26th ASC Annual Technical Conference (the

Second Joint US-Canada Conference on Composites), September 26-28, 2011, Montreal, Canada.

11. Static and Dynamic Failure and Fracture Behavior of Polymer Foam Core , The 18th

International Conference on Composite Materials, August 21-26, 2011, Jeju Island, Korea

12. Failure and Fracture Behavior of Brittle Polymer Foam, Experimental and Applied Mechanics,

Conference Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics Series, Volume 6, 91-98, 2011.

13. The Optimal Transportation Meshfree Method for Ballistic Impact Simulation’, IMPLAST,

2010 SEM 2010 Fall Conference, Renaissance Providence Hotel, October 12-14, 2010 Providence,

Rhode Island USA

14. Failure behavior of foam core with cracks, notches and circular holes", 9th International

Conference on Sandwich Structures ICSS 9, June 14-16, 2010, California Institute of Technology,

Pasadena, California 91125, USA

15. “Effect of temperature and crack tip velocity in the crack growth direction in graded

materials” Dynamic Behavior of Materials, Conference Proceedings of the Society for

Experimental Mechanics Series Volume 1, 113-120, 2011.

16. Static and Dynamic Constitutive Behavior and Fracture of Titanium Based FGM under

Thermo-mechanical Loading , SEM Annual Conference and Exposition on Experimental and

Applied Mechanics, June 1-4, 2009, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.

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17. Dynamic Fracture Initiation Toughness and failure of Ti/TiB FGM Under Thermo-mechanical

Loading Student paper competition, SEM Annual Conference and Exposition on Experimental

and Applied Mechanics, June 1-4, 2009, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.

18. Dynamic constitutive behavior and fracture toughness of Ti/TiB FGM under

thermomechanical loading, Proceedings of the International Symposium on Advances in

Mechanics, Materials and Structures, China 2008.

19. Effect of temperature on the dynamic constitutive behavior of functionally graded materials,

SEM Annual Conference and Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, June 2-5, 2008,

Orlando, Florida.

20. Effect of temperature on the dynamic crack tip stress field on FGM, SEM XI Annual

Conference and Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, June 2-5, 2008, Orlando,

Florida.

21. Dynamic crack propagation in transparent functionally graded material, SEM Annual

Conference and Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, June 4-6, 2007, Springfield,

MA.

Invited Workshop, Conference and Symposium Talks

22. Stereo-DIC to investigate the Constitutive Response of Low Impedance Materials Subjected to

High Strain Rate Loading, IDICS meeting, 2015

23. Dynamic Fracture in Pre-stressed Composites, Dynamic Symposium on “Performance of

Materials and Structures under Extreme Loading Conditions” In honor of Professor Arun

Shukla’s 60th Birthday, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI.

24. Use of shock tube to determine the dynamic fracture behavior of engineering materials” Joint

conference, Society of Engineering Science 50th annual technical meeting and ASME-AMD

Summer meeting, Brown, Providence RI. June 28-31, 2013.

25. Motion and Velocity Measurements in Viscous Fluids Undergoing Processes Mimicking

Friction Stir Extrusion, Dynamic Symposium on “Performance of Materials and Structures under

Extreme Loading Conditions” In honor of Professor Arun Shukla’s 60 th Birthday, Kingston, RI.

26. Experimental Study of Thin Composites Undergoing Large Deformations in Combined

Bending–Compression Loading, ASME 2012 International Mechanical Engineering Congress &

Exposition James W. Dally Symposium for ASME Drucker Medal, Houston, Texas 2012.

27. Mechanics of Advanced materials at different Time and Length Scales, Poster presentation,

2011 CAREER Award Regional Forum Louisiana State University November 7-9, 2011

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Academic Invited Seminars

28. Direct impact response of cellular and polymer based soft materials at high strain rate loading,

University of Nevada Las Vegas, November 18, 2016

29. Deformation mechanisms of cellular and polymer based soft materials subjected to impact and

shock loading: A Digital Image Based Approach, University of North Carolina Charlotte, October

20, 2016

30. Vision based experiments to quantify the multi-scale deformation mechanisms of

heterogeneous materials subjected to different loading conditions, Department of Mechanical

Engineering, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, March 26, 2015.

31. Mechanics of materials at extreme environment, at different time and length scale: A Digital

Image Based Approach, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Southern

California, Los angles, CA, November 5, 2014.

32. Dynamic Thermo-Mechanical Behavior of Functionally Graded Materials, Department of

Mechanical Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Manhattan College, New York,

February 28, 2011

33. Dynamic Thermo-Mechanical Behavior of Functionally Graded Materials, Department of

Mechanical Engineering, University of South Carolina, Columbia SC, November 29, 2010.

National Laboratories Invited Seminars

34. Meso-macro scale digital image based experiments to understand materials subjected to

extreme conditions, Army Research Laboratory, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD, Jan 11, 2017.

35. Quantify the multi‐scale deformation mechanisms of heterogeneous materials subjected to

different loading conditions, Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Eglin Fl, 05/04/2015.

36. Quantifying the meso-scale deformation of Energetic materials using digital image

correlation, 2014 Triservice Energetic Materials Basic Science Review, Arlington, VA September,

15-18, 2014

37. On The Failure and Fracture of Engineering Materials Subjected to Dynamic Loading and

High Temperature, Sandia National Laboratory, Livermore CA, 05/31/2012

Professional Meetings Presentation Contributed

1. Suraj Ravnidran and A. Kidane, Meso/scale Quasi static and dynamic behavior of energetic

materials, 2015 Southeast Experimental Mechanics Graduate Student Symposium, University of

South Carolina SC, March 2015.

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2. Behrad Koohbor and A. Kidane, Dynamic Constitutive Response of Rigid Polymeric Foams under

Direct Impact, 2015 Southeast Experimental Mechanics Graduate Student Symposium, University

of South Carolina SC, March 2015.

3. A. Tessema and A. Kidane, Effect of Nano-fillers on the Elastic properties of Woven CFRC, 2015

Southeast Experimental Mechanics Graduate Student Symposium, University of South Carolina SC,

March 2015.

4. G. Valeri and A. Kidane, Full-field deformation measurement at extreme temperature conditions

using 3D DICA. 2015 Southeast Experimental Mechanics Graduate Student Symposium, University

of South Carolina SC, March 2015.

5. A. Kidane, B. Koohbor and S. Mallon. Full field study of fracture and failure of woven composites

subjected to combined in-plane and out of plane loading. ASME 2014 International Mechanical

Engineering Congress and Exposition, Montreal, QC, November 2014.

6. B. Koohbor and A. Kidane. Investigation of the through thickness fracture response of a

transversely graded Ti/TiB material. 2014 Southeast Experimental Mechanics Graduate Student

Symposium, University of Florida, FL, March 2014.

7. Silas Mallon and A. Kidane, Deformation behavior of polymeric foam subjected to quasi-static and

dynamic loading using full field optical measurements. 2014 Southeast Experimental Mechanics

Graduate Student Symposium, University of Florida, FL, March 2014.

Professional Meetings Attended Advanced Composites Project (ACP) Technical Interchange Meeting (TIM) and Ideation

Workshop at NASA Langley, May 10-12, 2016.

Computational Material Modeling of Energetic Materials (CMME), AFRL, Doolittle Institute at

Uptown Station, May 04-05, 2015.

2015 SC Aerospace Conference & Expo, Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center, Columbia,

SC, August 26-27, 2015

2014 Triservice Energetic Materials Basic Science Review, Arlington, VA September, 15-18, 2014

2014 SC Aerospace Conference and Expo, Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center, Columbia,

SC, August 19, 2014

The Dynamic Materials and Interactions Portfolio Review, Basic Research Collaboration Center

(BRICC), Arlington, VA, October 15-16, 2013.

Workshop on Future Directions of Engineered Materials, October 17-18, 2013 Columbia, South

Carolina

2013 Multi-Scale Structural Mechanics and Prognosis Annual Grantees Meeting, Basic Research

Collaboration Center (BRICC), Arlington, VA, July 22-25, 2013.

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Fracture Mechanics at Fifty - George R. Irwin Centennial Conference, held at the University of

Maryland-College Park, University of Maryland College Park, College Park, MD, March 18-20, 20,

2007

Workshop 1. NSF Science: Becoming the Messenger workshop on Wednesday, January 16, 2013, at the Madren

Conference Center at Clemson University, 230 Madren Center Drive, Clemson, South Carolina 29634.

BOOKS

Addis Kidane “An Experimental and Analytical Study of Graded Materials under Thermo-

Mechanical Dynamic Loading’ Ph.D. Dissertation, National Bible Press, ISBN: 1243652756

DISSERTATION AND THESIS DIRECTED

Doctorate 1. “Deformation of Multifunctional Materials at Various Time and Length Scales: A Dic-Based

Study”, Behrad Koohbor, 2016.

Master 2. On The Development of High Strain Rate Experiments for the Characterization of Engineering

Materials, Silas Mallon, 2014.

3. Ultra-High Temperature Full Field Deformation Measurements Of Materials Subjected To

Thermo-Mechanical Loading: A DIC Based Study, Guillermo A. Valeri, 2016.

4. On The Microstructural Behavior Of Pure Magnesium Under Various Strain Rates, Peter

Malchow, 2017

5. Progressive Failure Analysis Of Composite Materials Using The Puck Failure Criteria, Karan

Kodagali, 2017

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STUDENT AND POSTDOCTORAL SCHOLAR ADVISED

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Postdoctoral scholar

James Yu, Postdoctoral Scholar ( 06/2012-04/30/2013)

Ph. D

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Behrad Koobhor, Ph.D. Student, (01/2013 – 08/2016)

Current : Postdoctoral School, University of Illinoi at Urbana-Champion,

Suraj Ravindran, Ph.D student (08/2013 - present)

Addis Tessema, Ph.D student (08/2013 - present )

Ali Fahem, Ph.D student (08/2013 - present)

M.S

Abigail Wohlford M.S 08/2016 –present

Peter Malchow M.S student ( 08/2015-11/2017)

Karan Kodagali, M.S Student (08/2014 – 11/2017)

Guillermo Valeri Paoli M. S Student (01/2015 – 08/2016)

Silas Mallon, M.S. Student, (01/2013 - 08/2014)

Undergraduate Student

Gary Huneault 01/2012- 05/2012 Compressive Hopkinson pressure bar

Silas Mallon 01/2012- 12/2012 Torsional Hopkinson bar, Shock tube

Matthew Williamson 01/2014- 08/2014 High temperature DIC

Corbin Collier 01/2014- 04/2014 Quasi-static compression

Garrett Abernethy 01/2015- 04/2015 High strain dynamic loading

Ronak Patel 01/2015- 05/2016 Shock tube loading

Abigail Wohlford 07/2015-05/2016 High temperature materials

Nicholas Myers 07/2015-05/2016 Composite materials

David 01/2016-12/2016 design a tensile SHPB apparatus

Burton Kotti 01/2017- present, develop a tensile SHPB apparatus

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PROFESSIONAL SYNERGISTIC ACTIVITIES

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Member Of Editorial Board

International Journal of Theoretical and Applied Multi-scale mechanics (IJTAMM) (03/2012-

present)

Research Reviewer: The Deanship of Research at King Fahd University of Petroleum &

Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran, Saudi Arabia (www1.kfupm.edu.sa/dsr) (June 15, 2013-

present)

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Technical Program Committee

CMSE2013, 2nd Global Conference on Materials Science and Engineering, 2013, Xianning,

Hubei, China, Nov. 20~22, 2013

9th International Conference on Sandwich Structures ICSS9, California Institute of

Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA, June 14-16, 2010

Conference /session Organizer/ Chair

Conference organizer: 2015 Southeast Experimental Mechanics Graduate Student Symposium,

University of South Carolina, Columbia, March 13-14, 2015

9th International Conference on Sandwich Structures ICSS 9, June 14-16, 2010, California Institute

of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA

Session organizer, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, Huston,

Texas, 2013

Symposium Organizer on “Novel Testing”, SEM (Society of Experimental Mechanics), Greenville,

SC, 2013.

Symposium Organizer on “Novel Testing”, SEM (Society of Experimental Mechanics), Greenville,

SC, 2014.

Session organizer, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, Huston,

Texas, 2012, Modeling and simulation of failure mechanics-III

Session organizer, SEM XII International Congress & Exposition of Experimental and Applied

Mechanics, Fracture and Failure of Material, under Dynamic Behavior of Materials technical

divisions, Costa Mesa, CA, USA June 11-14, 2013

Conference organizer, International Conference in Sandwich Structures (ICSS-9), California

Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA, 2010.

Session Chair Society for Experimental Mechanics Annual Conference, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015,

2016, 2017, 2018

SEM South Regional conference, Columbia SC, 2012, 2015

ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, 2012, 2013, 2016,

2017

Journal Reviewer

• Experimental Mechanics,

• International Journal of Solids and

Structures,

• Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids,

• Journal of Materials

• Sensors

• Polymer composites

• Materials

• Journal of reinforced Polymer

composites,

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• Composite Structures,

• Composite Science Technology,

• Composites Part B,

• Composite Part A,

• Smart Materials,

• Mechanics of Materials,

• Journal of Energetic materials,

• Strain

• Engineering Fracture Mechanics

• Polymer Testing,

• Journal Of Dynamic Behavior of

Materials,

• Mechanics of Time-Dependent

Materials, Journal of Materials Design,

• Journal of Materials: Design and

Applications,

• Journal of Nanomechanics and

Micromechanics,

• Measurement Science and Technology,

Proposal Reviewer • Department of Energy Office of Science, 2017

• NDSEG Program review, American Society for Engineering Education, reviewed 22 proposal,

2016

• Oak ridge university association, 2013

• Army Office of Research, 2013 (twice)

• Army Office of Research, 2015

• Air force Scientific Research office, 2016

Panelist National Science Foundation CMMI 2012, CMMI 2015, ENE 2016 (twice), ENE 2017.

Community Service Judge, Student Presentations, Forty-third (45th) Annual South Carolina, Junior Science and

Humanities Symposium, 01/25/2016. (In competition for scholarships and travel to 54th National

Junior Science & Humanities Symposium)

Judge, The 19th Annual Discovery Research Symposium, March 7th, 2015, Spring Valley

High School, Columbia SC

Judge, Student Presentations, Forty-third (44th) Annual South Carolina, Junior Science and

Humanities Symposium, 01/30/2015. (in competition for scholarships and travel to 53rd National

Junior Science & Humanities Symposium, April 29-May 2, 2015, Hunt Valley, Maryland).

Lead-Judge, Student Presentations, Forty-third (43rd) Annual South Carolina, Junior Science and

Humanities Symposium, 01/17/2014. (in competition for scholarships and travel to 52nd National

Junior Science & Humanities Symposium April 23-27, 2014, Washington DC.

Judge, Student Presentations, Forty-Second (42nd) Annual South Carolina, Junior Science and

Humanities Symposium, 02/01/2013. (in competition for scholarships and travel to the 51st 2013

National JSHS May 1– 5, 2013 –Dayton, Ohio)

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“STEAM, Empowering the Future” Lecture, Solar Design (Harness the unlimited energy of the

Sun to power a solar car) winter professional development conference, School District Five of

Lexington and Richland Counties, SC 02/ 20/2012.

Experimental mechanics for high school students

Digital image correlation based experiments: A day event for local high school students through

the Enhanced Learning Experiences (ELE) program of the college

Indian Land High School, 25 students, October 23, 2014

Columbia High School, 15 students, October 31,2014

Aiken Tech College, 10 students & Columbia High school 13 students, December 04,

2014

Royal Live Oaks Academy, Hardeeville, SC , 17 students ( 6 female, 9 AA)

November 10, 2015

Students from Richland 2 engineering program SC, 25 students, December 5,

2016.

River Bluff High School, SC 25 students, November 5, 2017.

Professional Membership Society of Experimental Mechanics (SEM), (2007-present)

American Society of Composites (ASC) (2011-present)

American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) (2011-present)