Areas of Expertise

• Stronger, more durable composite membranes for fuel cell hybrid vehicles and stationary power production
• Modeling and simulation for virtual composite manufacturing and process optimization for large-scale structures
• Multi-scale modeling of composite structure and performance (e.g., airplane fuselages, automotive hoods)
• Multifunctional composites for damage detection and structural health monitoring (e.g., pressurized tanks and bridges)

Affiliated Research Centers

• Center for Composite Materials (CCM)

Key Faculty

• Suresh Advani, George W. Laird Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Associate Director, Center for Composite Materials
• David Burris, Associate Professor
• Tsu-Wei Chou, Unidel Pierre S. du Pont Chair
• Joseph Feser, Assistant Professor
• Kun (Kelvin) Fu, Assistant Professor
• John Gillespie Jr., Professor
• James Glancey, Professor
• M. Zubaer Hossain, Assistant Professor
• Michael Keefe, Associate Professor
• Michael Santare, Professor
• Erik Thostenson, Associate Professor
• Bingqing Wei (B. Q. Wei), Professor