Wen S. Chan-Director of the Center, Professor of Mechanical Engineering.

Areas of Expertise: mechanics of composite materials, composite structure analysis and design, finite element modeling, delamination analysis, damage tolerance and durability, fatigue and fracture mechanics, smart structures.

Pranesh B. Aswath- Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering.

Areas of Expertise: deformation and fracture of high temperature materials; fatigue, thermomechanical properties; processing and characterization of ceramics, intermetallics and composites; analytical electron microscopy, Auger spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, EPMA.

Ronald L. Elsenbaumer, Chairman of Materials Science and Engineering, Professor of Chemistry.

Areas of Expertise: electrically conductive polymers, polymer synthesis and properties, electroluminescent polymers.

Roger D. Goolsby, Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering.

Areas of Expertise: mechanical metallurgy, characterization and evaluation of polymers and composites, fracture mechanics, fatigue and failure analysis of materials.

A. Haji-Sheikh, Professor of Mechanical Engineering.

Areas of Expertise: thermal modeling of cure cycle for composites, flow and eat transfer characteristics of autoclaves, thermophysical properties of heterogeneous materials.

Shiv P. Joshi, Professor of Aerospace Engineering.

Areas of Expertise: solid mechanics and structures with emphasis on composite materials impact damage; damage mechanics; design and evaluation of smart structures, active control and optimization.

Kent L. Lawrence, Professor of Mechanical Engineering.

Areas of Expertise: finite element methods, structural dynamics, adaptive analysis methods.

Seiichi Nomura, Professor of Mechanical Engineering.

Areas of Expertise: physical and mechanical properties of composite materials. Micromechanics, application of computer algebra to continuum mechanics.

Bo Ping Wang, Professor of Mechanical Engineering.

Areas of Expertise: structural dynamics, finite element analysis, sensitivity analysis, structural optimization.

Robert L. Yuan, Professor of Civil Engineering.

Areas of Expertise: structure analysis, column stability, testing of large scale structures.