Thomas Bouchenot
- MS Candidate and Graduate Research Assistant
- thomas.bouchenot@knights.ucf.edu
- CV
Activities
- Numerical Simulation of Notch Tip Response in Notched DS Materials.
James Williams
- Graduate Research Assistant
- jwghw@knights.ucf.edu
- CV
Activities
- Experimental and theoretical solid mechanics.
- Correlating constitutive models for predicting viscoelastic behavior of Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) gasket material, a key material for aerospace applications.
Nathan O'Nora
- Honors College Student, Honors-In-the Major Candidate, and Undergraduate Research Associate
- nathanonora23@knights.ucf.edu
- CV
Activities
- Optimizing constants for a viscoplasticity model.
- Expansion of viscoplasticity modeling capabilities.
Sanna Siddiqui
Activities
- Researching Properties of Additively Manufactured Materials.
Michael Sedlack
- Undergraduate Student and Undergraduate Research Assistant
- M.Sedlack@knights.ucf.edu
- CV
Activities
- Platform for Combined Extreme Environments (PCEEn), a novel test platform for column-buckling fatigue in conditions analogous to hypersonic flight.
- Experimental Platform for Long-Term Creep Fatigue Testing.
- Experimental Mechanics.
Nicholas Stoll
- Undergraduate Student and Undergraduate Research Assistant
- Nstoll@knights.ucf.edu
- CV
Activities
- Platform for Tensile-Compressive Creep Fatigue (TCCF), a novel test platform for long term cyclic creep-fatigue testing.
- Platform for Combined Extreme Environments (PCEEn), a novel test platform for column-buckling fatigue in conditions analogous to hypersonic flight.
- Electrical and electronic design, construction, and implementation for control systems and data acquisition devices.
Jennifer Ambrose
- Undergraduate Student, Undergraduate Research Assistant, Burnett Honors College Student, RAMP Scholar
- jambrose@knights.ucf.edu
- CV
Activities
- A Fractographic Analysis of Inconel 718 Failure Modes.
- Notch Size Effect on the Tensile-Compressive Creep-Fatigue Behavior of Nylon 66.
Jose Cotelo
- Undergraduate Student, Undergraduate Research Associate, Honors-in-the-Major Candidate, McNair Scholar
- josecotelo@knights.ucf.edu
- CV
Activities
- Mechanical Optimization of FDM PLA.
- Micromechanical Modeling of Heterogenous Materials.
- Mechanical Performance of Aerospace Materials in Extreme Environments.
Emily Judd
- Undergraduate Research Assistant, Burnett Honors College Student
- emily.judd@knights.ucf.edu
- CV
Activities
- Small Punch Tests: Fixture Design and Experimental Testing.
- Website Maintenance.
- Lab Support.
Wilson Perez
- Honors-in-the-Major Candidate
- wilson13524@live.com
- CV
Activities
- Mechanical Characterization of Strength Response of Next Generation Adhesives for Composites.
- Finite Element Analysis of Single-Lap Shear Testing.
Cristian Mejia
- Undergraduate Student, Undergraduate Research Assistant, EXCEL
- mejia.cristian72@knights.ucf.edu
- CV
Activities
- Research on hypersonic flight; specifically, fatigue failure of aero-structures.
- We develop tools to predict the lives of materials used on the planned vehicle.
Ryan Reedy
- Undergraduate Student, Undergraduate Research Assistant, Burnett Honors College Student
- r.reedy@knights.ucf.edu
- CV
Activities
- Constitutive modelling of gold subjected to thermomechanical fatigue conditions.
Alex Strebeck
- Undergraduate Research Assistant
- alexucf294@knights.ucf.edu
- CV
Activities
- Model simulations of the Small Punch Test (SPT).
Allyssa Paul
- Undergraduate Student and Undergraduate Research Assistant
- a.paul@knights.ucf.edu
- CV
Activities
- A Novel Test Platform for Tensile-Compressive Cyclic Creep.
Matthew Shuler
- MS Student, Undergraduate Student, Honors-in-the-Major Candidate, Burnett Honors College Student
- matthewcshuler@knights.ucf.edu
- CV
Activities
- Collaborating with Dr. Gordon in the efforts to develop and optimize an auxetic meso-structure for mechanical properties.
- Developing simulations for parametric study of the auxetic structures.
- Conducting experiments for comparisons with simulations.
Sean Khan
- Undergraduate Student and EXCEL
- SeanKhan@knights.ucf.edu
- CV
Activities
- Numerical Simulation of Fluid Structure Interaction of Hypersonic Fuselage Panels.
Michael Hurtado
Activities
- Cycle Counting focus group.
- Matlab programming.
- Locating research articles.
Dominick Munno
Activities
- Fatigue Cycle Counting Focus Group.
- Programming Counting Algorithms in MatLab.
- Creating a user interface for a variety of counting techniques.