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 scientists, 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.
Principal Investigator
Professor of Mechanical Engineering, PI of Mechanics of Composites for Energy and Mobility (MCEM)
Research Interests: Aging of Composite Structures, Computational Strategies, Damage Modeling, Coupling Strategies, Degradation of Composite Structures, Environmental Degradation, Mechanical Degradation
Research Scientist
PhD, MS (Universitat de Girona), BS (Zagazig University)
Research Interests: Nanomaterials, Mechanical Degradation, Damage Modeling
Postdoctoral Fellow
PhD (Bogazici University), MSc (Bogazici University), BSc (Istanbul Technical University)
Research Interests: Damage Mechanics, Mechanical Characterisation, Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) of Composites, Composite Materials
PhD (Univ. Portsmouth), PhD (HIT), MS (HIT), BS (HIT)
Research Interests: Computational Strategies
PhD (BME), MS (BME), BS (Ataturk University, Erzurum)
Research Interests: 3D Printed Composites, Composite Materials, Damage Characterization, Mechanical Testing, Nanocomposites, Thermal Characterisation, Sustainable Design, Mechanical Characterisation
PhD Student
MSc (TU Delft), BSc (TU Delft)
Research Interests: Finite Element Method, Continuum Mechanics, Peridynamic Theory, Damage Mechanics, Digital Image Correlation, Data-Driven Modeling
MSc (Cairo University), BSc (Cairo University)
Research Interests: Finite Element Method, Peridynamic Theory, Computational Mechanics, Fracture mechanics, Mechanical Testing
BEng (Ecole Polytechnique de Tunisie)
Research Interests: Composite Materials, Computational Mechanics, Finite Element Method, Mechanical Characterisation
BEng (Ecole Polytechnique de Tunisie)
Research Interests: Composite Materials, Computational Damage Mechanics, Computational Mechanics, Continuum Mechanics, Damage Characterization, Damage Mechanics, Damage Modeling, Finite Element Method
MSc (KAUST), BSc (UW-Madison)
Research Interests: Nanomaterials, Structural and Chemical Characterizations
MSc (CUA), BSc (KFUPM)
Research Interests: Composite Materials, Mechanics of thin films
Master Student
BSc (Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Mexico)
Research Interests: Composite Materials, Continuum Mechanics, Degradation of Composite Structures, Mechanical Characterisation
BSc (Penn State)
Research Interests: Aging of Composite Structures, Composite Materials, Mechanical Testing, Oil and Gas, Structural and Chemical Characterizations, Thermal Characterisation