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Composite Technologies Research Group
Graduate Student Directory
Graduate students from the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering and Civil Engineering participate in the Composites Group.
Thesis copies may be obtained from the Montana State University - Bozeman Library or via email by contacting Daniel Samborsky by email (listed at bottom of this page) or at 406-994-3597. Most published papers are available in the www.sandia.gov and www.nrel.gov websites. Some papers are also available in pdf format under the publications section.
Current Composite Students
| Name | Degree | Topic |
| Tiok Agastra | PhD | Manufacturing and Structural Performance |
Humor: Things you should not do during your thesis defense
Matriculated Graduate Students
| Name | Degree (year) | Thesis Topic- (click link PDF) |
| Tim Wilson | MS ME (07) | Modeling of In-Plane and Interlaminar Fatigue Behavior of Glass and Carbon Fiber Composite Materials |
| Jay Smith | MS ME (07) | Internal Damage Characterization of Composite Materials under Multi-Axial Loading |
| Rogier Nijssen | PhD Aerospace Engineering (06) Delft University - The Netherlands | Fatigue Life Prediction and Strength Degradation of Wind Turbine Rotor Blade Composites (Knowledge Centre Wind Turbine Materials and Constructions) |
| Aaron Collett | MS ME (06) |
A Validation
Study of
the Montana State
University In-Plane Loader |
| Bryan Bundy | MS ME (05) | Carbon fiber extruded rods |
| Dan Mastbergen | MS ME (04) | Modeling pressure bag molding |
| Will Ritter | MS ME (04) | Energy methods and failures |
| Erik Larsen | MS ME (04) | Pressure bag molding |
| Tiok Agastra | MS ChE (03) | Mixed mode fracture |
| Dongfang Huang | MS ME (03) | Modeling composites |
| Lei Wang | MS ChE (01) | In-plane fiber waviness |
| Neil Wahl | PhD ME (01) | Spectrum fatigue of fiberglass |
| Aaron Cook | MS ME (01) | Fracture mechanics, impact |
| Russ Evertz | MS ME (00) | Balsa core closeouts/transitions |
| Scott Rossell | MS ChE (00) | RTM- flow modeling |
| Rob Morehead | MS ME (00) | T-section fatigue |
| Luke Turoski | MS ME (00) | Carbon fiber tow gaps in compression |
| Dallas Parkins | MS ChE (00) | Dry carbon tow testing |
| Mei Li | MS ChE (00) | Environmental effects on fiberglass |
| Daniel Samborsky | MS CE (99) | DOE/MSU Fatigue Database (I-beams, tubes, unidirectional, angle plies, gigacycle fatigue) |
| Aaron Sears | MS ME (99) | Sandwich panel buckling |
| Ricardo Orozco | MS ChE (99) | Fiberglass resin systems |
| Jon Skramstad | MS ME (99) | Composite manufacturing |
| Darrin Haugen | MS ME (98) | T-stiffener fracture |
| Kris Battleson | MS ChE (98) | Carbon fiber surfaces |
| Ethan Scott | MS ChE (97) | Fiberglass ply drops |
| Dell Humbert | MS ChE (97) | RTM flow modeling |
| Jinhua Bian | MS ChE (96) | Glass fiber coatings |
| David Combs | MS ChE (95) | Composite I-beam modeling |
| Guangxi Wei | MS ChE (95) | Fiberglass fatigue |
| Andrew Belinki | MS ChE (94) | Fiberglass fatigue |
| Chuck Hedley | MS ChE (94) | Resin transfer molding (RTM) |
| Rena Pan | MS ChE (94) | Fiberglass fatigue |
| Ramazan Kaharaman | PhD ChE (93) | Nicalon fiber interphase |
| Modayur Shrinivas | MS ME (93) | Matrix crack modeling |
| Richard Creed | MS ChE (93) | Fiberglass fatigue |
| Raj Shreeram | MS ME (91) | Ceramic bonded joints |
| Robert Reed | MS ChE (91) | Fiberglass fatigue |
| Joshi Magadi | MS ME (90) | Ceramic matrix cracking |
updated March 27, 2008
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