a little about myself
First of all, I am hardly a writer and to be honest, this tiny entry will probably have taken me a couple hours. Between watching tv, procrastinating, surfing the web, dealing with my recent concussion...
View ArticleLei Nie
I am a PhD student in Mechanical Engineering. My research field is the reliability of electronics and packaging. These topics have a big relationship with the manfacturing process of the electronics....
View ArticleRavikumar Sanapala
Dear All,My name is Ravikumar Sanapala. I am doing Master of Science (M.S) in Mechanical Engineering at University of Maryland. I recieved a Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) degree in Mechanical...
View ArticleMatthias Irmscher
My name is Matthias Irmscher and I am a graduate student currently visiting the University of Maryland for a year. I will finish my equivalent of a Master's degree at the Technical University of...
View ArticleMichael Mutaku
My name is Michael Mutaku and I am a mechanical engineering student at the University of Maryland. I am a senior and I hope to graduate in May of 2007 with my bachelor's degree in ME. I am mostly...
View ArticleFarbod A. Farahani
Farbod was born on a rainy day. Long before his birth, fortunetellers predicted that a child would be born and make a significant change in the world in the future. Farbod was born on NOV 3, 1982. His...
View ArticleBenjamin R. Marshall
My name is Ben Marshall and I am an undergraduate mechanical engineering student at the University of Maryland. I am currently enrolled into a flexible macroelectronics class at the University of...
View ArticleChristianna Ryon
My name is Christi Ryon.I am a senior undergraduate mechanical engineering student at the University of Maryland, College Park.I am taking a course in flexible macroelectronics for two reasons.First,...
View ArticleHongo Bi
My name is Hongbo Bi and I am a Ph.D candidate in Mechanical Engineering under Dr. Bongtae Han at the University of Maryland, College Park. I recieved Master of Science (M.S.) degree in Mechanical...
View ArticleAnand Pillarisetti
My name is Anand Pillarisetti. I am a graduate research assistant at University of Maryland, working towards my doctoral degree in mechanical engineering. I received Master of Science (MS) degree in...
View ArticleDan Forrest
My name is Dan Forrest and I am currently a biological resources engineering student at the University of Maryland. I am taking ENME489X: Flexible Macroelectronics to fulfill a degree requirement....
View ArticleNathan_Vickey
My name is Nathan and I am a Masters student in my second year at the University of Maryland, College Park studying mechanical engineering. I was born and raised in Erie, PA. For my undergraduate...
View ArticleJosh Crone
My name is Josh Crone and I am an undergraduate student in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Maryland. I am in the BS/MS program with a focus in mechanics and materials. My current research...
View ArticleAdam Rutherford
My name is Adam Rutherford and I am currently a senior mechanical engineering student at the University of Maryland. I am enrolled in Dr. Teng Li's class on flexible macroelectronics. I chose this...
View ArticleKurt Vargas
My name is Kurt Vargas. I am an international student from Costa Rica, currently attending the University of Maryland at College Park. I am a Christian who loves the Lord and serves Him full time. I...
View ArticleLecture 13 Crack bridging
G. Bao and Z. Suo, " Remarks on crack-bridging concepts," Applied Mechanics Review. 45, 355-366 (1992).Z. Suo, S. Ho and X. Gong, " Notch ductile-to-brittle transition due to localized inelastic band,"...
View ArticleDaniel Min
My name is Daniel Min. I am a senior mechanical engineering student at the University of Maryland. I am currently enrolled in Dr. Teng Li's flexible macroelectronics course. I chose to enroll in...
View ArticleENME489X - Introduction (V.Tsai)
What I want to gain from this course is to come to know how flexible macroelectronics are approached and researched. An increasing trend of "thin" applications poses new challenges in terms of low...
View Articlejianhao chen
Hi, I'm a Physics grad student working with Dr. Ellen Williams. My job is basically making nanoelectronic devices, measuring their characteristics and trying to understand the underlying "Physics". I...
View ArticleLectures 14 & 16; Matrix cracking, cracks intersecting an interface, and...
Matrix cracking in composites and the competition between penetration and deflection when a crack approaches an interface, and the competition between advance in the interface and kinking out of the...
View ArticleHomework problems 20-25, Fracture Mechanics
This set is related to buckle-driven delamination, crack bridging, and interfacial cracks.
View ArticleLecture 15 Ratcheting induced slow crack (RISC)
Slides are attached.Reading material: Section 4 of Z. Suo, " Reliability of interconnect structures." pp. 265-324 in Volume 8: Interfacial and Nanoscale Failure (W. Gerberich, W. Yang, Editors),...
View ArticleComplex variable methods
What types of PDEs can be solved using complex variable methodsAnti-plane shearElements of a function of a complex variable (contour integral, analytic continuation, conformal mapping) Line forceScrew...
View ArticleLecture 16 Corner singularity and applications
In this lecture I'll describe a recent PhD Thesis by Zhen Zhang.
View Articlelecture 17. Introduction to Computational Ductile Fracture
An overview of several approaches to computational fracture mechanics for ductile structural metals.
View ArticleInstabilities
Free energy and generalized coordinate. Equilibrium and stabilityControl parameterConfigurational transitions of two typesCritical point of configurational transition of the second type. Bifurcation...
View ArticleLecture 18--Aspects of dynamic fracture
A very breif introduction to aspects of dynamic fracture mechanics.
View ArticleES 241 Advanced Elasticity Final Examination
Update on 23 May 2009: I'm adding links to the slides as they are uploaded. The final exam will take the form of a pedagogical workshop. We have 8 students taking the class for credit. I have divided...
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