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2021
November 19. Barry Boakye virtually presented a talk titled "Influence of Process Parameters on Mechanical Properties of Desktop 3D-Printed NinjaTek Cheetah" at the Fall 2021 Ohio Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP) Virtual Student Research Symposium.
November 15. Peter Fabe completed and officially submitted his undergraduate Honors Thesis titled "Viability of Postconsumer Thermoplastics in Consumer Grade Additive Manufacturing." Congratulations Peter!
November 3. Dr. Lowe presented a virtual talk "Soft Piezoelectric Composites: Synthesis, Electro-Elastic Property Characterization, and Non-Linear Constitutive Modeling" at the ASME 2021 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition.
November 1. Joseph Beckett presented a talk “Toward DLP 3D-Printed Soft Robots: A Stereo DIC Investigation of the Mechanics of Ultra-Stretchable Self-Healing UV-Curable Photopolymers” at the 2021 ASTM International Conference on Additive Manufacturing. Joseph was named a Student Presentation Competition Finalist, finishing among the top 12 of 110 accepted entries. Congratulations Joseph!
October 28. The BAMS Lab participated in the 1st annual Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering "Laboween!" event. Thanks to Tom, Peter, and Kevin for giving tours of the lab and sharing their research, and to Prof. Rydge Mulford for organizing the event.
October 23. Barry Boakye virtually presented a poster titled "Influence of Process Parameters on Mechanical Properties of Desktop 3D-Printed NinjaTek Cheetah" at the Louis Stokes Midwest Regional Center of Excellence Conference. Barry was 1 of 15 presenters to be subsequently invited to share his work at Eaton Corporation’s "Experience Week" technical poster session (15-19 November). Congratulations Barry!
September 22. Dr. Lowe was awarded a grant supplement by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
September 15. BAMS Lab collaborator Dr. Chris Cooley (Oakland University) presented a virtual talk “Nonlinear Dynamic Stiffness of Dielectric Elastomer Membranes” at the ASME 2021 Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures, and Intelligent Systems, based on joint research with Dr. Lowe.
August 4. Braeden Windham virtually presented a poster titled "Self-Healing Photo-Curable Elastomers: DLP 3D Printing, Process Monitoring, and Mechanical Testing" at the University of Dayton Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium.
August 3. Joseph Beckett virtually presented a poster titled "Material Characterization of an Ultra-Stretchable Self-Healing UV-Curable Elastomer" at the AFRL/RX Summer Student Researcher Poster Session.
July 22. Asma Meem defended her MS thesis titled "On the Mechanics and Dynamics of Soft UV-Cured Materials with Extreme Stretchability for DLP Additive Manufacturing." Asma will be continuing her graduate studies at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, under the support of a Murphy Fellowship. Congratulations Asma!
July 22. Joseph Beckett presented a talk titled "Development of a Stereo Digital Image Correlation System for Large-Deformation Soft Material Characterization" at the University of Dayton Berry Summer Thesis Institute (BSTI) Summer Symposium.
June 23. Asma Meem presented a virtual talk titled “Impact of Process Parameters on the Tensile Properties of DLP Additively Manufactured ELAST-BLK 10 UV-Curable Elastomer” at the ASME 2021 International Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference.
June 17. Luke Hoover defended his MS thesis titled "Large Strain Plastic Deformation of Traditionally Processed and Additively Manufactured Aerospace Metals." Luke has accepted a position as a CAE Project Engineer at DYNAMore Corp. in Dublin, Ohio. Congratulations Luke!
June 14. Chris Negri defended his MS thesis titled "Ductile Fracture of Laser Powder Bed Fusion Additively Manufactured Ti-6Al-4V." Chris has accepted a position as a CAE Project Engineer at DYNAMore Corp. in Dublin, Ohio. Congratulations Chris!
May 24. The BAMS Lab enthusiastically welcomes Tom Noll, Daniel Clemens, Braeden Windham, and Barry Boakye to the team as summer researchers. Braeden is supported through the University of Dayton School of Engineering's SURE Program, and Barry is supported through Sinclair Community College's NSF LSAMP Program.
May 3. Joseph Beckett's NASA/OSGC Undergraduate STEM Scholarship was renewed for 2021-22. Congratulations Joseph!
April 22. Asma Meem was recognized with a Graduate Student Showcase Award for Outstanding Masters Student in Mechanical Engineering. Congratulations Asma!
April 14. Joseph Beckett was announced as the 2021 recipient of the Martin C. Kuntz, 1912 Award of Excellence to the Outstanding Junior in Mechanical Engineering. Congratulations Joseph!
March 26. Joseph Beckett was named a 2021-22 Barry M. Goldwater Scholar. Congratulations Joseph!
March 26. Joseph Beckett presented a virtual talk titled "Toward DLP 3D-Printed Soft Robots: A Stereo DIC Investigation of the Mechanics of Ultra-Stretchable Self-Healing UV-Curable Photopolymers" at the 2020-2021 NASA/Ohio Space Grant Consortium Annual Student Research Symposium.
March 20. A collaborative paper A viscoelasticity model for polymers: Time, temperature, and hydrostatic pressure dependent Young's modulus and Poisson's ratio across transition temperatures and pressures was published in Mechanics of Materials.
March 11. Dr. Lowe was awarded a 2021 AFRL Summer Faculty Fellowship.
March 5. Peter Fabe presented a virtual talk “Viability of Postconsumer Thermoplastic Use in Consumer Additive Technologies” at the University of Dayton Honors Student Symposium.
March 2. Two members of the BAMS Lab presented their research virtually at the 46th AIAA Dayton-Cincinnati Aerospace Sciences Symposium:
Luke Hoover - “A Novel, Efficient Iterative Approach for Determining the Post-Necking True Stress-Strain Response of Aerospace Metals”
Asma Meem - "Dynamic Analysis of a Hyperelastic Spherical Membrane Under Internal Pressurization"
January 27. BAMS Lab collaborator Dr. Tim Reissman (University of Dayton) delivered a presentation to the University of Dayton Board of Trustees Academic Affairs Committee entitled "Studying 3D Printing Flexibles: Applications to Affordable Prosthetic Fingers," describing progress and outcomes from a collaborative research project with Dr. Lowe and the BAMS Lab supported by a University of Dayton STEM Catalyst Grant.
2020
November 18. Asma Meem presented a virtual talk “Impact of cDLP Process Parameters on the Tensile Properties of ELAST-BLK 10” at the 2020 ASTM International Conference on Additive Manufacturing. Asma was named a Student Presentation Competition Finalist, finishing among the top 12 of 50 accepted entries. Congratulations Asma!
November 16-18. One member of the BAMS Lab and one BAMS Lab collaborator presented their research virtually at the ASME 2020 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition:
Luke Hoover - “An Efficient Iterative Approach for Determining the Post-Necking True Stress-Strain Response of Aerospace Metals”
Dr. Chris Cooley (Oakland University) - “Nonlinear Dynamics of a Dielectric Elastomer Membrane under Compressive Loading” (joint work with Dr. Lowe)
September 15. BAMS Lab collaborator Dr. Tom Whitney (University of Dayton) presented a virtual talk “High Speed Puncture Properties of Additively Manufactured ULTEM 9085 Exposed to Hot/Wet Conditions” at the American Society for Composites 35th Annual Technical Conference, based on joint research with BAMS Lab member Alex Elsbrock and Dr. Lowe.
September 15. BAMS Lab collaborator Dr. Chris Cooley (Oakland University) presented a virtual talk “Non-Linear Vibration of Thick Dielectric Membrane Disks with Radial Loads” at the ASME 2020 Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures, and Intelligent Systems, based on joint research with Dr. Lowe.
August 17. Dr. Lowe was awarded a grant supplement by the FAA Aircraft Catastrophic Failure Prevention Program.
July 2. Dr. Lowe received a contract subaward from the AFRL Aerospace Systems Directorate.
June 23. A collaborative paper Ductile Fracture Under In-Plane Biaxial Tension and Out-of-Plane Compression was published in the International Journal of Solids and Structures.
June 11. Dr. Lowe presented a virtual talk “Experimental Design for Negative Triaxialities: Ductile Fracture Under Combined Uniaxial Tension and Hydrostatic Pressure” at the 16th International LS-DYNA Conference.
May 13. Joseph Beckett was awarded a NASA/OSGC Undergraduate STEM Scholarship. Congratulations Joseph!
April 22. Three members of the BAMS Lab presented their research virtually at the University of Dayton Brother Joseph W. Stander Symposium:
Luke Hoover - “An Efficient Iterative Approach for Determining the Post-Necking True Stress-Strain Response of Aerospace Metals”
Asma Meem and Kyle Rudolph - “Impact of cDLP Process Parameters on the Tensile Properties of ELAST-BLK 10”
Kevin Lawson - “3D-Printed Hyperelastic Polymers: Constitutive Modeling and Finite Element Implementation”
April 20. Kevin Lawson was awarded a NASA/OSGC Graduate Fellowship. Congratulations Kevin!
March 6. Kevin Lawson presented a talk “3D-Printed Hyperelastic Polymers: Constitutive Modeling and Finite Element Implementation” at the University of Dayton Honors Student Symposium.
March 3. Dr. Lowe and four members of the BAMS Lab presented their research at the 45th AIAA Dayton-Cincinnati Aerospace Sciences Symposium in Dayton, Ohio. Dr. Lowe served as a Session Chair for the Materials, Fatigue, and Fracture track. Luke Hoover received a Best Presentation Award. Congratulations Luke!
Dr. Lowe - “Simulation-Aided Design of Novel Ductile Fracture Experiments for Aerospace Metals”
Alex Elsbrock - “Instrumented Impact Behavior of ULTEM 9085 Panels Produced by Additive Manufacturing”
Luke Hoover - “An Efficient Iterative Approach for Determining the Post-Necking True Stress-Strain Response of Aerospace Metals”
Asma Meem and Kevin Lawson - “Impact of cDLP Process Parameters on the Tensile Properties of ELAST-BLK 10”
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