Current Research

o Design of engineered UHTC composites with enhanced fracture toughness and damage tolerance

o Crack propagation in polycrystalline brittle materials

o Metamaterials with quasi-crystalline structure: A tailored 3D Penrose design

o A coupled multi-phase/multi-scale hybrid numerical and experimental damage characterization in CMCs

o Characterization of fusion welding in SiC-based ceramic composites: An integrated experimental and ICME-based approach

o Reusability assessment of metallic powders for AM: A computer vision and machine learning approach

o SLM additively manufactured oxide dispersion strengthened TiAl alloy for high-temperature applications

o Multi-metallic interlayer design for FGMs: A Thermodynamics-based approach

o Neural-network multi-physics modeling of powder flow in DMLD additive manufacturing: Trace unmelted powders in functionally graded materials

o Computational modeling of DRI/HBI melting electric arc furnace (EAF)

o Continuous casting mold flux in-service property and heat transfer characterization

o A Knowledge-based welding process design for advanced high-strength steel (AHSS) and high-strength low-alloy steel (HSLA)