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: