The Mechanics of Composites for Energy and Mobility Laboratory team is characterized by international diversity, combined with training in diverse backgrounds, including applied mathematics, mechanical engineering, aeronautics & astronautics, material science, civil engineering, and computer science. Our team consists of research scientist, postdoctoral research fellows, PhD candidates/students, Masters students (who are encouraged to undertake a successful career in research), visiting students and administrative/research support staff.
Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Associate Dean for Faculty (PSE Division)
Research Interest: Aging of Composite Structures, Computational Strategies, Damage Modeling, Coupling Strategies, Degradation of Composite Structures, Environmental Degradation, Mechanical Degradation
PhD (TMU), MEng (NUS), BS (ITB)
Research Interest: Composite Materials, Mechanical Characterisation, Measuring Damage Mechanisms, Fracture mechanics
PhD, MS (Universitat de Girona), BS (Zagazig University)
Research Interest: Nanomaterials, Mechanical Degradation, Damage Modeling
PhD, MS (Université de Bordeaux), BS (Lebanese Univ)
Research Interest: Electromagnetics and optoelectronics, Multifunctional Nanocomposites, Electro-mechanical coupling of thin films in flexible elctronics, Flexible Electronics
PhD (Univ College Dublin), MS (ONPU), BS (ONPU)
Research Interest: micro/nano texturing
PhD (Univ. Portsmouth), PhD (HIT), MS (HIT), BS (HIT)
Research Interest: Computational Strategies
MSc (TU Delft), BSc (TU Delft)
Research Interest: Finite Element Method, Continuum Mechanics, Peridynamic Theory, Damage Mechanics, Digital Image Correlation, Data-Driven Modeling
MSc (Cairo University), BSc (Cairo University)
Research Interest: Finite Element Method, Peridynamic Theory, Computational Mechanics, Fracture mechanics, Mechanical Testing
MS (KAUST), BSc (Manchester)
Research Interest: Composite Materials, Materials modeling, Mechanical Characterisation, Interface Degradation, Aerospace, Measuring Damage Mechanisms, Damage Characterization, Oil and Gas
MSc (KAUST), BSc (UW-Madison)
Research Interest: Nanomaterials, Structural and Chemical Characterizations
BEng (Nazarbayav)
Research Interest: Digital Image Correlation, Finite Element Method, Mechanical Testing, Identification - Full Field Measurement, Optical Measurements
MSc (Beihang Univ), BSc (Beihang Univ)
Research Interest: Computational Mechanics, Finite Element Method, Damage Modeling, Coupling Strategies, Degradation of Composite Structures, Interface Degradation
MSc (CUA), BSc (KFUPM)
Research Interest: Composite Materials, Mechanics of thin films
BEng (Carleton)
Research Interest: Composite Materials, Flexible Electronics, Mechanical Characterisation, Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) of Composites, strain sensing
BS (University of Rochester)
Research Interest: Finite Element Method, Topology Optimization, 3D Printed Composites