Expertise

Areas of Research

  • Cyclic Metal Plasticity
  • Multiaxial Fatigue
  • Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis
  • Nonlinear Notch Analysis
  • Structural Durability

Research areas include nonlinear notch analysis, cyclic metal plasticity, structural durability, and multiaxial fatigue.


Research Areas

  • Aerospace Systems
  • Computational Materials and Mechanics
  • Fatigue, Durability, Corrosion
  • Finite Element Analysis
  • Mechanical Testing
  • Solid Mechanics
Past Affiliations

Department Head, Department of Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, College of Engineering, University of Alabama

Mechanics Program Coordinator, Department of Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, University of Alabama

Associate Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, College of Engineering, University of Alabama

Communities
Aerospace Engineering
Degrees
PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, 1993
MS, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, 1991
BS, University of Missouri, Engineering, 1989
Keywords
aerospace engineering