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11/13/2014: Our paper on cellulose was just published in Modelling and
Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering [PDF]
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10/16/2014: Our work on the mechanical analysis of the radular teeth of
Chitons has been selected for the cover page of Advanced Functional
Materials of October [Link]
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09/02/2014: Purdue University will hold the annual meeting of the
Society of Engineering Science in October after hosting the society's
first meeting 51 years ago. See press release [Link].
Web site www.conf.purdue.edu/ses2014 |
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06/12/2014: Our article "On the mechanics of sinusoidal interfaces
between dissimilar elastic-plastic solids subject to dominant mode I"
has been accepted in Engineering Fracture Mechanics. [Link] |
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05/28/2014: Prof. Zavattieri has been selected as one of the 83
nation's outstanding young engineers to attend the National Academy of
Engineering’s 2014 US Frontiers of Engineering Symposium in Sept. 11,
2014.Engineers ages 30 to 45 who are performing exceptional engineering
research and technical work in a variety of disciplines will come
together for the 2 1/2 day event. The participants -- from industry,
academia, and government -- were nominated by fellow engineers or
organizations and chosen from almost 300 applicants. [Link] [Link] |
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04/22/2014: Our work on Bio-Inspired Impact Resistant Composites in
collaboration with David Kisailus' group (UC-Riverside) has attracted
some media attention [Link
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| >> 04/18/2014: Our lab is part of a multi-university and multi- disciplinary team that has received a $7.5M Department of Defense Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) award to study over 20 organisms, including mammals, reptiles, birds, fish, mollusks, crustaceans, fosils, insects and plants to develop strong, tough materials based on their design structures. [Link] |  |
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03/28/2014: Our paper on "Bio-Inspired
Impact Resistant Composites" in collaboration with Prof. D. Kisailus's team
has been accepted in Acta Biomaterialia [Link to the
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03/18/2014: Congratulations to Fernando Dri who has been chosen as
the recipient of the Fall
2013 CE Best Dissertation Award.
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01/21/2014: Congratulations to Fernando Cordisco who sucesfully
defended his PhD Thesis on January 21, 2014. |
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