Summer 2010 Research and Participants
Modeling Shape Memory Alloy Characteristics
Faculty mentor: Dr. Dimitris Lagoudas
REU Student: Stephen Oehler, Texas A&M University, Aerospace Engineering
Advanced Materials’ Modeling for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Faculty mentor: Dr. John Whitcomb
REU Student: Kyle Benson, Texas A&M University, Aerospace Engineering
Multifunctional Solid Rocket Propellant/Supercapacitors
Faculty mentor: Dr. Jim Boyd
REU Student: Mitch Pace, Texas A&M University, Aerospace Engineering
Generating Irregular Geometries’ Meshes and Grid Transformation for Modeling Polymer Nano-Composites
Faculty mentor: Dr. Jacques C. Richard
REU Student: Travis Sikes, Texas A&M University, Mechanical Engineering
Modeling Clay Polymer Nano-Composites
Faculty mentor: Dr. Jacques C. Richard
REU Student: Yawo Semanu Ezunkpe, San Jose State University, Aerospace Engineering
Optimization of Crystallinity In Organophosphate Porous Materials
Faculty mentor: Dr. Abraham Clearfield
REU Student: Nancy Garcia, Texas A&M University, Chemistry
Energy Harvest from Frictional Heating caused by Polymer Wear
Faculty mentor: Dr. Cris Schwartz
REU Student: Alejandro Camou, Texas A&M University, Mechanical Engineering
Texas Engineering Experiment Station Texas A&M University System College Station, Texas. This Research Experience for Undergraduates Site is Sponsored By: Air Force Office of Scientific Research, U.S. Air Force, Department of Defense National Science Foundation NSF Grant #EEC-1005178. The Texas A&M Aerospace Engineering department would like to extend special thanks to Joseph Cole, AFOSR REU-ASSURE Project.