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Professional Conferences
  1. “Micromechanical Analysis of Interphase Effects on the Multi-functional Nature of Carbon Nanotube Composites”, G.D. Seidel and D.C. Lagoudas, Keynote Address for Session 19-3-1 Active Nanocomposites I: Modeling of Carbon-Nanotube Based Composites at McMat 2007: ASME Applied Mechanics and Materials Conference, Austin, Texas, 3-7 June, 2007. (Presented by D.C. Lagoudas) (MCMAT2007-30503)
  2. “Micromechanics Modeling of the Multi-Functional Nature of Carbon Nanotube-Epoxy Nanocomposites: Effective Elastic Thermal and Electrical Properties”, D.C. Lagoudas and G.D. Seidel, COMP07: 6th International Symposium on Advanced Composites, Corfu, Greece, 16-18 May, 2007. (COMP2007-021)
  3. “Micromechanics Aspects of Multi-scale Modeling of Multi-functional Nanocomposites: Effective Thermal Conductivity”, G.D. Seidel and D.C. Lagoudas, 48th AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii, 23-26 April, 2007. (Presented by D.C. Lagoudas) (AIAA 2007-2172)
  4. “Micromechanical Characterization and Analysis of the Elastic Behavior of Carbon Nanotube Composites”, D.C. Lagoudas, G.D. Seidel, and P.R. Thakre, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE06), November 5th-10th, 2006, Chicago, Illinois. (Presented by D.C. Lagoudas)
  5. “Micromechanical Analysis of Interphase and Interface Effects on Load Transfer in Carbon Nanotube Composites”, G.D. Seidel, D.C. Lagoudas, The 43rd Annual Technical Meeting of the Society of Engineering Science, State College, Pennsylvania, August 13-16, 2006.
  6. “Micromechanics modeling of functionally graded interphase regions in carbon nanotube-polymer composites”, G.D. Seidel, D.C. Lagoudas, S.J.V. Frankland, and T.S. Gates, 47th AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference, Newport, Rhode Island, 1-4 May, 2006. (AIAA 2006-1678)
  7. “Modeling the Effects of Clustering and Gradient Interphase Regions on the Effective Elastic Properties of Carbon Nanotube Reinforced Epoxy Composites”, D.C. Lagoudas and G.D. Seidel, The 2005 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Orlando, Florida, November 5-11, 2005.
  8. “Modeling functionally graded interphase regions in carbon nanotube reinforced composites”, G. D. Seidel, D.C. Lagoudas, S.J.V. Frankland, and T.S. Gates, 20th American Society for Composites Technical Conference, Drexel University, September, 2005.
  9. “Micromechanical analysis of clustering and load transfer in carbon nanotube composites” G.D. Seidel , D.C. Lagoudas and D.C. Hammerand. ASME/ASCE/SES Conference, June 2005, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
  10. “Finite element micromechanical analysis of clustering and load transfer in carbon nanotube composites” D.C. Hammerand, G.D. Seidel and D.C. Lagoudas. National Congress on Computational Mechanics, June 2005, Austin, Texas. (Presented by D.C. Hammerand)
  11. “Micromechanical Analysis of Clustering and Load Transfer in Carbon Nanotube Composites” D.C. Lagoudas, G.D. Seidel, and D.C. Hammerand. 41st Annual Technical Meeting of the Society of Engineering Science, October 10-13, 2004, Lincoln, Nebraska (Presented by D.C. Lagoudas)
  12. “Micromechanical Analysis of Clustering and Load Transfer in Carbon Nanotube Composites” G.D. Seidel, D.C. Lagoudas, and D.C. Hammerand. Graduate Student Session of the 41st Annual Technical Meeting of the Society of Engineering Science, October 10-13, 2004, Lincoln, Nebraska.
  13. “Effective Elastic Properties of Carbon Nanotube Reinforced Composites” D. Lagoudas and G. Seidel. 45th AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics & Materials Conference, Palm Springs, CA, April 19-22, 2004. (Presented by D.C. Lagoudas)
  14. “A Micromechanical Study on the Clustering Effect of Carbon Nanotube Reinforced Composites,” D.C. Lagoudas and G. D. Seidel. ASME Winter Conference, Washington, D.C., Nov. 16-22, 2003.
  15. “A Model for Predicting the Evolution of Damage in Viscoelastic Particle Reinforced Compsoites” G.D. Seidel, D.H. Allen, and S.E. Groves. ASME Winter Conference, Washington, D.C., Nov. 16-22, 2003. (Presented by D.H. Allen)
  16. “Raman Spectroscopy approach to mechanics of single wall carbon nanotubes composites,” V. Hadjiev, D. Lagoudas, D. Davis, G. Seidel, ASME Summer Meetings, Scottsdale, AZ, June 17-20, 2003 (Presented by V. Hadjiev)
  17. “Elastic Properties of Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes: Transitioning Atomic to Continuum Scales” E.-S. Oh, A.P. Awasthi, G.D. Seidel, D.C. Lagoudas, and J.C. Slattery. ICCES '03 Corfu, Greece, July 24-29, 2003 (Presented by D.C. Lagoudas).

 

Student Conferences and Poster Sessions

  1. “Multiscale Modeling of Carbon Nanotube Sprayed Carbon Fiber Composites via Micromechanics”, G.D. Seidel an D.C. Lagoudas, Nanohour at the Beckman Institute, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, October 18th, 2006.
  2. “Multiscale Modeling of Carbon Nanotube Sprayed Carbon Fiber Composites via Micromechanics”, Student Research Week – Texas A&M University, March 28, 2006, College Station, Texas. (1st Place in Session)
  3. “Micromechanical Analysis of Clustering and Load Transfer in Carbon Nanotube Composites” G.D. Seidel. Poster Session at 3rd Annual TiiMS-URETI Review Meeting, August 2-3, 2005, College Station, Texas. (3rd Place Poster in Division)
  4. “Modeling the Effects of Clustering and Gradient Interphase Regions on the Effective Elastic Properties of Carbon Nanotube Reinforced Epoxy Composites” Student Research Week – Texas A&M University, March 29, 2005, College Station, Texas. (1st Place in Session)
  5. “Modeling of carbon nanotube composites” G. Seidel and D. Lagoudas. Poster Session at NASA URETI Workshop, October 13-15, 2004, College Park, Maryland.
  6. “Micromechanical Analysis of the Effective Elastic Properties of Carbon Nanotube Reinforced Composites” G.D. Seidel and S. Vaitkunas. Poster Session at 2nd Annual TiiMS-URETI Review Meeting, July 28-29, 2004, Houston, Texas. (Honorable Mention)
  7. “Micromechanics of Carbon Nanotube-Reinforced Composites” G.D. Seidel. Student Research Week – Texas A&M University, March 30, 2004, College Station, Texas. (2nd Place in Session)
  8. “Modeling of Carbon Nanotube Composites”, G.D. Seidel, E.-S. Oh, A.P. Awasthi, and D.C. Lagoudas, Student Poster Session at 1st Annual TiiMS-URETI Review Meeting, July 14-15, 2003, Houston, Texas. (1st Place Poster)
  9. “A Model for the Predicting of the Evolution of Damage in Particle-Reinforced Composites” G.D. Seidel. Student Research Week – Texas A&M University, March 24, 2003, College Station, Texas.

 

Informal Presentations
  1. “Effective Elastic Properties of Carbon Nanotubes and Nanocomposites” While visiting Sandia National Laboratories, August 22, 2004.
  2. “Effective Elastic Properties of Caron Nanotubes and Carbon Nanotube Reinforced Composites” D.C. Lagoudas, E-S Oh, G.D. Seidel, A. Awasthi, Y. Bisrat, and C-G Chao. While visiting NASA Langley, July, 2004. (Presented by D.C. Lagoudas)

 

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Last Updated: August 22, 2007