Welcome to the Aerostructures and Materials Exploration Group at Mississippi State University. Our lab investigates mechanics, design, and experimental validation of advanced aerospace structures, including deployable composite systems, bioinspired structures, inflatable habitats, and multifunctional materials for extreme environments.
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Our mission is to engineer the next generation of resilient, multifunctional aerospace structures through cutting-edge research in experimental mechanics, materials science, and bioinspired systems; serving space exploration, aeronautics, and defense needs.
Research
Research
Deployable & Inflatable Space Structures for high-packaging-efficiency systems for space missions.
Bioinspired Aerospace Systems.
Multifunctional Composite Materials.
Structural scale test Capability development.
Custom-built Non-destructive Test Setup for Full-field Deformation and Damage Detection.
Multiphysics Based Structural Health Monitoring.
News & Highlights
News & Highlights
2026:
Steven's work on 'Launch Vibration Control in Deployable Composite Tape Spring' published in ASME 2026 Aerospace Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference proceedings.
Dominic Ragusa received consecutive UG research award from Shackouls Honors College, Mississippi State University.
Anshuman's paper is accepted in 'Composite Structures'. Congratulations, Anshuman!
Emmanuel Braimah presented research poster in Summer 2026 Undergraduate Research Symposium.
AMEG welcomes a new MS student, Jake Paterson.
Anshuman defended his MS Thesis and stepped into the PhD Program. Congratulations Anshuman!
AMEG welcomes a new PhD student, Roozbeh Zibod.
Steven Coltharp presented at ASME-SSDM 2026 at Long Beach, California.
AMEG organized a workshop on 'Space Structures' for STEM K-12 students, administed by BCoE at Mississippi State University.
Emmanuel Braimah & Will Doughty received UG research award from ORED, Mississippi State University.
AMEG welcomes a new PhD student, Mutahar Mehkri.
Dominic Ragusa received UG research award from Shackouls Honors College, Mississippi State University.
Steven Coltharp, Jordan Gillespie, Temitope Fasola , Eli Coleman, and Luke Jordan presented research posters in Spring 2026 Undergraduate Research Symposium.
Three papers from AMEG were presented at AIAA SciTech 2026, Orlando, FL.
2025:
Steven Coltharp and Jordan Gillespie win BCoE Space Grant.
High-Throughput Testing of Polymers and Composites published in 'Mechanics of Time-Dependent Materials', Springer.
Temitope Fasola wins Bagley College of Engineering Undergraduate Research Grant.
Steven Coltharp, Jordan Gillespie, Sammy Evans, Curt Carman, and Temitope Fasola received space grant from BCoE.
AMEG welcomes MS student Anshuman Behera.
Prof. Khare presented at AIAA SciTech 2025, Orlando, FL.
2024:
Invited talk at University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa.
Invited talk at the University of Oklahoma, Norman.
Invited Talk at Missouri S&T, Rolla.
Prof. Khare presented at AIAA SciTech Forum.
2023:
Invited Talk at Mississippi State University.
DIC system development featured at SPIE, Long Beach, CA.
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