Dr. Kravchenko visited Johns Manville head quarters to give an invited seminar on supporting design and manufacturing of advanced composites and discussed possible collaborations.

With our collaborators from Case Western Reserve University we published a study on the role of cure rates in epoxies on fatigue behavior of glass fiber reinforced composites in Polymers

CMM Research group was awarded Jeffress Trust Awards Program in Interdisciplinary Research to study how computational modeling can be used to inform manufacturing of advanced hybrid composites.

Composites Summer Camp (CSC) was focused on design and manufacturing of advanced lightweight composite materials to enhance the future of aerospace. The camp included hands-on experience working in a research laboratory setting with ODU faculty and graduate students, as well… Continue Reading →

Published our findings on the effect of density and morphology on the mechanical properties in polymerized high internal phase emulsions in Soft Matter: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/322779849_Modeling_Compressive_Behavior_of_Open-Cell_Polymerized_High_Internal_Phase_Emulsions_Effects_of_Density_and_Morphology

Published research findings on cure history dependent residual deformation in thermosetting composites with carbon fiber reinforcement. This research can allow reducing detrimental residual deformation and thermal stresses resulting from manufacturing cure cycles.

The thermal expansion behavior of polymer carbon nanotube (CNT) nanocomposites was investigated, and a micromechanical model was proposed to explain the highly nonlinear dependence of the coefficient of thermal expansion of the nanocomposite with CNT content for the CNT/polyimide nanocomposite…. Continue Reading →

Our study on employing carbon nanostructure into glass fiber/epoxy composite materials to enable enhanced resistance to delamination along with delamination monitoring capability. Research Gate link to publication  

Presented our findings on the mechanics of poly(HIPE) foams using computational micromechanics: Link to Abstract