• Collaborators:
  • Professor: J. Mc Kitttrick
  • Students: Albert Lin and Jennifer Ko

	powerpoint slide show: Growth, Structure, and Mechanical Properties of Abalone
	powerpoint slide show: Mechanical Properties and Structure of Haliotis Rufescens, Strombus Gigas, and Tridacna Gigas Sea Shells: A Comparative Study

 

• Toucan Beak:

• Collaborators
  • Student: Matt Schneider
  • Student: Yasuaki Seki

	powerpoint slide show: Mechanical properties & Structure of a Toco Toucan beak
Visit http://emeraldforestbirds.com/ for articles, pictures and more on Toucans.

 

Explosive Welding

• Collaborators:
  • Professor: D. Benson
  • Professor: K. Vecchio
• Research Engineer:
  • Franck Grignon

	powerpoint slide show: Explosive Welding Of Aluminum To Aluminum: Analysis, Computations And Experiments

Impact Damage of Ceramics

• Collaborator:
  • Visiting Scientist: Hyung Khang; Daejon, S. Korea
  • Professor: L. W. Meyer, Chemnitz, Germany
  • Professor: V. F. Nesterenko

Laminate Materials: MIL

• Collaborators
  • Professor: K. Vecchio
  • Professor: E. Olevski; SDSU
  • Student: Eric Li

	powerpoint slide show: Elastic Properties
	powerpoint slide show: Physical Modeling

 

Laser Induced Defects

• Collaborators
• Dr. B. Remington, LLNL
• Dr. D. Kalantar, LLNL
• Dr. E. Bringa, LLNL
• Professor: V. Lubarda
• Dr. B. Kad, UCSD

	powerpoint slide show: Laser-induced Shock Compression of Mono-crystalline Copper and Copper- (2-6wt%) Aluminum
	powerpoint slide show: Constitutive Modeling of Twinning in Martensitic Transformations
	powerpoint slide show: Plastic Deformation In Laser-Induced Shock Compression Of Mono-Crystalline Copper
	powerpoint slide show: Laser Shock Compression And Void Formation Of Mono-Crystalline Copper

 

Nanocrystalline Metals By Severe Plastic Deformation

• Collaborators
  • Professor: R. J. Asaro
  • Professor: D. Benson
  • Dr. B. Kad, UCSD
  • Professor: M. Kassner, USC
  • Student: Anuj Mishra

powerpoint slide show: Nanostructured Materials & Severe Plastic Deformation

 

Shear Localization

• Collaborators
  • Professor: V. F. Nesterenko
  • Professor: A. Molinari; Metz, France
  • Professor E. Olevsky, SDSU
  • Professor Y. B.  Xu, China
  • Student: Q. Xue (completed studies-currently at LANL)
  • Student: Hussam Jarmakani
• Projects
• Self Organization of Shear Bands
• Effect of Dynamic Strain Aging or Instability

powerpoint slide show: Microstructural Evolution Of Shear Bands Induced During Dynamic Deformation Of Fe-15cr-15ni And Ti-6al-4v

 

Dynamic and Shock Deformation of Metals

• Collaborators
  • Dr. D. H. Lassila; LLNL
  • Dr. J. McNaney, LLNL
  • Student: Buyang Cao

Deformation of Single Crystal Copper Under Extreme Conditions - Effect of Loading Path

Combustion Synthesis/Deformation of Ceramics and Cements

	powerpoint slide show: Combustion Synthesis, Structure and Transformation Characteristics of TiC-NiTi Composites
	powerpoint slide show: Synthesis of Dense TiC-Ti Cermets via SHS and QIP