Mechanical, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

Failure Fracture Fatigue Lab History

Previous Director

Dr. Ali Fatemi, Professor Emeritus

PHD STUDENTS

Mohammad Reza Amjadi - Dissertation Title: "Co-extruded HDPE Multilayer Material Fatigue for Applications to Fuel Tank" (currently at University of Memphis)

Niloofar Sanaei - Dissertation Title: "Multiaxial Fatigue Behavior and Modeling of Additive Materials" (currently at University of Memphis)

ALUMNI

PHD ALUMNI (SINCE 1990) AND EMPLOYMENT

  • Shahriar Sharifimehr, PhD 2018
  • Mohammadreza Eftekhari, PhD 2016 Ford Motor Company
  • Nicholas Gates, PhD 2016 Cummins Emission Solutions
  • Seyed Vahid Mortazvian, PhD 2015 Ford Motor Company
  • Touhid Zarrin-ghalami, PhD 2013 Chrysler Group LLC
  • Nima Shamsaei, PhD 2010 Mississippi State University
  • Julie Colin, PhD 2009 Cummins Engine Inc.
  • Ryan Harbour, PhD 2006 Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
  • Atousa Plaseied, PhD 2006 University of Colorado at Denver
  • Fengjie Yin, PhD 2006 2H Offshore Engineering
  • Hui Zhang, PhD 2006 University of Science &Tech.- Beijing
  • Mehrdad Zoroufi, PhD 2004 Element Materials Technology.
  • Bing Li, PhD 2002 General Motors
  • William Mars, PhD 2001 Endurica LLC
  • Daiyun Fang, PhD 2001 Ford Motor Company
  • Zhaojing Zeng, PostDoc 1996 Canada Nuclear Safety Commission
  • Jin Qian, PhD 1995 John Deere
  • Linsheng Yang, PhD 1994 Chrysler LLC

MSME ALUMNI

  • Bohua Zhang, MSME 2019
  • Mahdi Rajabpour, MSME 2015
  • Nick Meyer, MSME 2014
  • Narjes Momeni, MSME 2014
  • Stephen Mellott, MSME 2012
  • Zachery Lopez, MSME 2012
  • Justin Lindsey, MSME 2011
  • Chad Poeppelman, MSME 2011
  • Sean McKelvey, MSME 2011
  • Nisha Cyril, MSME 2007
  • Jonathan Williams, MSME 2007
  • Farzin Montazersadgh, MSME 2007
  • Pravardhan Shenoy, MSME 2004
  • Adila Afzal, MSME 2004
  • Dane McClaflin, MSME 2001
  • Hui Zhang. MSMS 2000
  • Daniel Keil, MSME 1999
  • Matthew Roessle, MSME 1998
  • Fen Chen, MSME 1998
  • Xinchun Gong, 1997
  • David Moses, 1997
  • Edwin Stanley, MSME 1995
  • Gagan Tandon, MSME 1995
  • Mohamed Abu-Haiba, MSME 1993
  • Harry Willis, MSME 1992
  • Todd Krukemyer, MSME 1991
  • Doo-Hwan Kim, MSME 1991
  • Donald Flowers, MSME 1991
  • Swami Subramanian, MSME 1990
  • Tim Wehner, MSME 1990
  • Satish Reddy, MSME 1990

COMPLETED PROJECTS

  • "Fatigue Behavior & Modeling of HPDC Aluminum Including Porosity Size and Mean Stress Effects", Eaton Corporation
  •  "Co-extruded HDPE Multilayer Material Fatigue for Applications to Fuel Tank", General Motors
  •  "Development of Fatigue Data and Prediction Tools for Multiaxial Fatigue Analysis", Hyundai Motor Company
  •  "Development of Prediction Tool for Fatigue Life of Multiaxial and Complex Loaded Parts", Hyundai Motor Company
  •  "Strain-Controlled Fatigue Behavior of Cast Aluminum", General Motors
  •  "Development of a Pure-Torsion and Pure-Axial Stress-Life Database for Gear Steels", Pratt-Whitney
  •  "Strain-Controlled Fatigue Performance for Design Optimization of Critical Bar Steel Automotive Applications", American Iron and Steel Institute
  •  "Shear Fatigue Properties for Aerospace Materials", Technical Data Analysis (TDA)
  •  "Fatigue Behavior and Modeling of Polymeric Materials", General Motors
  •  "Notched Fatigue Behavior of aluminum under Constant and Variable Amplitude Multiaxial Loading", US Navy Air System Command
Last Updated: 6/27/22