RECENT AND CURRENT GRADUATE STUDENTS AND ASSISTANTS
PhD students
R. Lance Willis, (Started Spring 96; graduated Fall 99)
"Acoustic material characterization at high static pressure by laser interferometry"
currently at Motorola, Boca Raton, FL
Lei Wu (started Summer 97; Graduated Fall 2001)
"Acoustic wave propagation in viscoelastic materials of arbitrary shapes"
currently a postdoctoral Fellow at Georgia Tech
Yanzhu Zhao (Started Fall 01)
"Laser ultrasonics using MEMS detection"
MS students
Dan Cook, (started Summer 98, graduated Spring 00)
"Characterization of fatigue cracks by ultrasonic guided waves"
currently at the Naval Coatal System Center, Panama City, FL.
David Griggs, (started Fall 98, graduated Spring 01)
"Laser ultrasonic measurements of the elastic constants of paper as functions of moisture content and temperature."
Current position: unknown
Matthew Cornwell (started Fall 00, graduated Fall 01)
"Determination of the bending stiffness of copy paper and its dependence on temperature and moisture using laser ultrasonics,"
Current Position: Consultant with CDAI, Atlanta, GA
Michael Haberman (started Fall 00; graduated Fall 01)
"A micromechanical model for the dynamic response of voided polymers"
Co-advisor: Prof. M. Cherkaoui, ENSAM-Metz France.
Current position: Engineer, Beltone Electronics Corporation, Chicago. IL
Maxime Le Menestrel (started Fall 00; graduatedSpring 02)
"Finite Element Modelling of polymers with coated inclusions"
Undergraduate students
Brian Plaisance (started Summer 01)
"Dependence of the complex Young's modulus of a viscoleastic rod on frequency and static strain"