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Interdisciplinary Lively Application Projects in Calculus Courses
(Journal of STEM Education, 2007)We report on a two-year NSF-funded project to strengthen connections among science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines. One component of this project was to produce some initial data on the ... -
Durability of Carbon/Epoxy Composites for Train Carbody under Salt Water Environment
(Journal of the Korean Society for Railway, 2008)This study investigates the durability of carbon/epoxy composites for use on train car bodies under a salt water spray environment. Salt water solution with 5% NaCl, similar to natural salt water, was used for the salt ... -
Self-healing Polymers and Composites
(International Materials Reviews, 2010)Inspired by the unique and efficient wound healing processes in biological systems, several approaches to develop synthetic polymers that can repair themselves with complete, or nearly complete, autonomy have recently been ... -
Vacuum Infusion Processing of Self-Healing Composites with Reinforcement Bound Microcapsules
(Journal of Plastics Technology, 2011)The objective of this work is to investigate a vacuum assisted liquid composite molding process which results in a uniform distribution of liquid filled microcapsules in glass fiber/epoxy composites. These microcapsules ... -
Degradation of ROMP-based bio-renewable polymers by UV radiation
(Polymer Degradation and Stability, 2013)The degradation of a bio-renewable polymer under UV exposure was studied using various methods. Degradation of the bio-renewable polymer increased with increasing exposure time. Enhanced cross-link density in the early ... -
An efficient approach to prepare ether and amide-based self-catalyzed phthalonitrile resins
(Polymer Chemistry, 2013)Phthalonitrile polymers with amide and ortho-, meta-, and para-substituted ether linkages in the backbone were synthesized successfully and their thermal properties were investigated. The monomer building blocks for these ... -
Preparation and characterization of whey protein isolate films reinforced with porous silica coated titania nanoparticles
(Journal of Food Engineering, 2013)Whey protein isolate (WPI) films embedded with TiO2@@SiO2 (porous silica (SiO2) coated titania (TiO2)) nanoparticles for improved mechanical properties were prepared by solution casting. A WPI solution of 1.5 wt% TiO2@@SiO2 ... -
Liquid crystalline epoxy resin based on biphenyl mesogen: Effect of magnetic field orientation during cure
(Polymer, 2013)A biphenyl based epoxy monomer, 4,4′-diglycidyloxybiphenyl (BP), was synthesized and cured with a tetra-functional amine, sulfanilamide (SAA), to obtain a liquid crystalline epoxy network. The curing behavior of BP with ... -
Low viscosity cyanate ester resin for the injection repair of hole-edge delaminations in bismaleimide/carbon fiber composites
(Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 2013)The repair efficiency of bisphenol E cyanate ester (BECy) resin was investigated for the injection repair of high temperature polymer–matrix composites by ultrasonic C-scan mapping, fluorescent dye penetration, optical ... -
Soy-castor oil based polyols prepared using a solvent-free and catalyst-free method and polyurethanes therefrom
(Green Chemistry, 2013)Bio-based polyols from epoxidized soybean oil and castor oil fatty acid were developed using an environmentally friendly, solvent-free/catalyst-free method. The effects of the molar ratios of the carboxyl to the epoxy ... -
Bisphenol E cyanate ester as a novel resin for repairing BMI/carbon fiber composites: Influence of cure temperature on adhesive bond strength
(Polymer, 2013)The increasing use of polymer matrix composites (PMCs) in structural applications created demand for advanced repair techniques to fix internal delaminations in PMCs. One of a variety of repair techniques is injection ... -
Effect of PEGDE addition on rheological and mechanical properties of bisphenol E cyanate ester
(Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 2013)Cyanate esters are a group of resins with exceptional thermal and mechanical properties and are often blended with lower cost epoxy resins. These blends are often brittle, and a toughening method, such as the addition of ... -
Liquid crystalline epoxy resin based on biphenyl mesogen: Thermal characterization
(Polymer, 2013-05)An epoxy monomer of 4,4′-diglycidyloxybiphenyl (BP) was synthesized and cured with a tetra-functional amine, sulfanilamide (SAA), to produce novel liquid crystalline epoxy resins (LCERs). The thermal properties, liquid ... -
Cure kinetics characterization and monitoring of an epoxy resin using DSC, Raman spectroscopy, and DEA
(Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 2013-06)The use of thick sections of fiber-reinforced polymers (FRPs) is increasing for numerous industrial applications such as wind turbine blades. In situ cure monitoring is very important to directly observe the cure process ... -
Electrothermal lifetime prediction of polyimide wire insulation with application to aircraft
(Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 2013-11)This work investigates the electrothermal lifetime of a commonly used polyimide wire insulation material, Kapton®, through the use of thermogravimetry (TG) and breakdown voltage testing. From TG, an isoconversional model-free ... -
Investigation of the effect of clay nanoparticles on the thermal behavior of PLA using a heat flux rapid scanning rate calorimeter
(Polymer Testing, 2014)The effect of clay nanoparticles on the glass transition and melting behavior of PLA was examined using a heat flux, rapid scanning rate calorimeter. The samples were prepared by electrospinning through incorporation of ... -
Cure kinetics of liquid crystalline epoxy resins based on biphenyl mesogen
(Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, 2014)The cure kinetics of a biphenyl-based liquid crystalline (LC) epoxy resin (LCER) was studied using differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and polarized optical microscopy. The effects of LC phase formation on the cure ... -
Modeling the interphase of a polymer-based nanodielectric
(IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation, 2014)A three-phase theoretical model is proposed that is suitable for describing the effective permittivity of polymer-matrix composites containing spherical nanoparticles. The model accounts for the presence of an interphase ... -
Semi-interpenetrating polymer networks prepared from in situ cationic polymerization of bio-based tung oil with biodegradable polycaprolactone
(RSC Advances, 2014)In situ cationic polymerization of bio-based tung oil in the presence of poly(ε-caprolactone), a crystallizable, biodegradable, and biocompatible polymer, was performed to produce novel semi-interpenetrating polymer networks ... -
Injection repair of carbon fiber/bismaleimide composite panels with bisphenol E cyanate ester resin
(Composites Science and Technology, 2014)Resin injection of bisphenol E cyanate ester, a low viscosity resin that cures into a high temperature thermoset polymer, is investigated as a reliable repair method to restore strength and stiffness in delaminated carbon ...