Composite Materials and Structures (CMS) Laboratory

Welcome to UTEP's CMS Laboratory!

Our research focuses on fracture mechanics and failure analysis of fiber reinforced composite materials to meet the design needs of the next generation of space vehicles and space exploration.

The CMS Lab trains high-quality researchers and engineers, develops new technologies, and provides novel solutions to lightweight material and structure design, manufacturing, and advanced finite element modeling.

Research Interests 

Composite materials and manufacturing | fracture mechanics of plates and shells | progressive damage modeling |
| stability | constitutive modeling | deployable space structures | microstructure morphology on failure |
| emergent phenomenon in complex microstructures | higher order continuum theories 

Latest News

Miguel Mireles and Cesar Moriel present their research at ASME Aerospace Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials (SSDM) Conference at Renton, Washington. 





Contact

Armanj D. Hasanyan
Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering
Engineering Bldg. Rm A106
500 W. University Ave.
El Paso, TX, 79968

Office: (915) 747-8638
Email: adhasanyan@utep.edu