Materials and Structures

Current solid mechanics research includes:

• Effects of microstructural damage on the response of metal-matrix and laminated polymeric composites
• Theoretical and experimental studies of the thermomechanical behavior of high strength metal alloys at elevated temperatures
• Fracture mechanics of nonlinear viscoelastic media such as solid rocket propellant and toughened composites
• Fundamentals of experimental mechanics, including
• Moir interferometry and ultrasound techniques
• Active materials and SMART structures

Materials and structures research groups/labs:

• Adaptive Finite Element Research Group
• Aerospace Engineering Materials Laboratory
• SMART: Shape Memory Alloy (SMA) Research Team
• Wave Propagation and Damping Lab

Materials and structures program of study:

Research opportunities exist for students pursuing both Master of Science and Ph.D. degrees. Research efforts are supported by a broad range of experimental equipment located in the Department of Aerospace Engineering Materials Laboratory and the Mechanics and Materials Center (MMC) on the main campus at Texas A&M. Included are numerous MTS and Instron testing machines with complex environmental/mechanical load control features, advanced wave propagation facilities and non-destructive testing equipment. These experimental facilities are supplemented by several lab technicians as well as a large array of micro/miniprocessor computers available for data acquisition and reduction.

Materials and structures-related courses:

Undergraduate:

• Aero 201, Introduction to Aerospace Engineering. (3-0). Credit 3. I, II.
• Aero 302, Aerospace Engineering Laboratory I. (1-3). Credit 2. I, II.
• Aero 304, Structural Analysis I. (3-0). Credit 3. I, II.
• Aero 305, Aerospace Engineering Laboratory II. (1-3). Credit 2. I, II.
• Aero 306, Structural Analysis II. (3-0). Credit 3. I, II.
• Aero 312, Materials Science. (2-3). Credit 3. I, II, S.
• Aero 320, Numerical Methods. (2-3). Credit 3. I, II, S.
• Aero 401, Aerospace Vehicle Design I. (1-3). Credit 2. I.
• Aero 402, Aerospace Vehicle Design II. (1-6). Credit 3.
• Aero 405, Aerospace Structural Design. (3-0). Credit 3. II.
• Aero 420, Aeroelasticity. (3-0). Credit 3. II.
• Aero 430, Numerical Simulation. (3-0). Credit 3. II.

Graduate:

• Aero 603, Continuum Mechanics. (3-0) Credit 3.
• AERO 616 Damage and Failure in Composite Materials (3-0). Credit 3.
• MSEN 601 Fundamental Materials Science and Engineering. (4-0). Credit 4.
• MSEN 602 Advanced Materials Science and Engineering (4-0). Credit 4.
• MEMA Courses

Materials & Structures Faculty

Name	E-mail	Telephone	Office
Benzerga, Amine	benzerga@aero.tamu.edu	(979) 845-1602	HRBB 736C
Boyd, Jim	jboyd@aero.tamu.edu	(979) 458-0419	HRBB 741C
Davis, Daniel	davis@aero.tamu.edu	(979) 845-8152	WERC 223W
Haisler, Walter	haisler@tamu.edu	(979) 845-1640	HRBB 719C
Kinra, Vikram	kinra@tamu.edu	(979) 845-1667	HRBB 739
Lagoudas, Dimitris	d-lagoudas@tamu.edu	(979) 845-1604	HRBB 710
Ounaies, Zoubeida	zounaies@tamu.edu	(979) 458-1330	HRBB 736B
Slattery, John	slattery@tamu.edu	(979) 845-0407	HRBB 746C
Strouboulis, Theofanis	fanis@aero.tamu.edu	(979) 845-1676	HRBB 746B
Talreja, Ramesh	talreja@aero.tamu.edu	(979) 458-3256	HRBB 736A
Whitcomb, John	jdw@tamu.edu	(979) 845-4006	HRBB 724