Fall 2011

Vascular composites enable dynamic structural materials

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Taking their cue from biological circulatory systems, University of Illinois researchers have developed vascularized structural composites, creating materials that are lightweight and strong with potential for self-healing, self-cooling, metamaterials and more. Read more...

Spacecraft Swarm Research Earns AE Graduate Student NASA Fellowship

AE graduate student Daniel J. Morgan has been awarded a fellowship from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for his research into swarms of small spacecraft. Morgan’s project, “Dynamics and Controls of Swarms of Femtosatelllites,” was successful in securing one of the highly competitive NASA Space Technology Research Fellowships, awarded to projects showing significant promise for future application toward NASA missions and strategic goals. Read more...

Chasiotis Delivers SEM Lecture; Group Chosen for Hetényi Award

AE Associate Prof. Ioannis Chasiotis delivered the 2011 Journal of Strain Analysis Young Investigator Lecture during the Society for Experimental Mechanics Annual Conference and Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics in June. Meanwhile, Chasiotis and colleagues have won SEM’s prestigious M. Hetényi Award for 2012. Read more on Lecture. Read more on Hetényi Award.

NASA Honors AE Grad Students for Inlet Design

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has recognized AE graduate students Michael Rybalko and Thomas G. Herges for their contributions to the design and fabrication of a large-scale low-boom inlet model for testing at the NASA Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio. Read more...

Geubelle Named Bliss Professor

Philippe H. Geubelle, respected internationally for his work in computational mechanics, has been named a Bliss Professor in the College of Engineering at Illinois. Geubelle's research focuses on developing and using advanced numerical techniques for the treatment of complex phenomena occurring in solid/fluid mechanics. Read more...