Research Areas

 

• Innovative and eco-efficient materials and structures

- Energy-efficient functionally graded materials

- Building integrated photovoltaic thermal systems

- High performance and sustainable light-weight concrete

- Foamed asphalt materials and warm mix asphalt processes

- Sandwich and high energy absorption materials

• Analytical and computational applied mechanics

- Multi-scale and multi-physical modeling of granular materials

- Fracture and fatigue of thin film and laminate composite materials/structures

- Visco-elastoplastic modeling of particulate composites

- Durability and service-life modeling/prediction of composite/pavement materials

• Sensing and nondestructive assessment of infrastructure components and systems

- Nuclear/non-nuclear nondestructive methods for highway infrastructures

- Smart monitoring/repair system for ship, aircraft and civil infrastructural integrities

- Damage identification in FRP laminated composite structures