Opportunities for Graduate Students

There are four specific projects recruiting students at this time.

  • Integrating machine learning with an automated indentation test rig to drive the development of new contact models
  • Embedded sensors for hypersonic vehicle applications using ultrasonic additive manufacturing
  • Experimentation on multi-physics environments with application to hypersonic vehicles
  • Extension of turbulence theory to model mechanical structures

In addition to these projects, there is also a strong need in the lab for new students with expertise in design/manufacturing and experimental methods.

The primary set of research projects in the Tribomechadynamics Lab over the next few years include:

  • Debonding of multi-material interfaces
  • Static and dynamic failure of conventional and additively manufactured components
  • Thermal-mechanical modeling and experiments
  • In situ measurements of frictional behavior
  • Numerical methods involving generalized complex number theory
  • Joint mechanics (of course)

For all prospective applicants, a few resources may be of interest: