02/2025: MAE website highlighted lab's research work recognized by AIAA: https://ceat.okstate.edu/announcements/mae/2025/oklahoma-state-university-recognized-at-aiaa-scitech-forum-and-exposition.html
01/2025: Congratulations to Md Raqibul Hasan Prince on successfully defending his MS thesis titled "Study on Automated Fiber Placement Manufacturing-Induced Defects In Advanced Tow-Steered Laminates"! He will continue his academic journey at ASML as a PhD student.
01/2025: ASML presented two papers at AIAA SciTech 2025:
Prince, Md Raqibul Hasan, Soumik Dutta, and Wei Zhao. "Vibration Analysis of Tow-Steered Laminates Considering Overlaps/Gaps Identified From Image Processing." In AIAA SCITECH 2025 Forum, p. 1031. Orlando, FL, 2025, AIAA 2025-1031
Zhao, Wei, Md Raqibul Hasan Prince, and Rakesh K. Kapania. "Tightly Coupled Geometrically Nonlinear Structural and Aeroelastic Analysis of Flexible Wing Plate Model." In AIAA SCITECH 2025 Forum, p. 0418. Orlando, FL, 2025, AIAA-2025-0418
11/2024: Congratulations to Soumik Dutta on successfully defending his MS thesis titled "Image Processing Based Gap/Overlap Defect Identification for Advanced Tow Steered Laminates"! He will be pursuing his PhD at The State University of New Jersey. Best wishes for his future academic journey!
10/2024: Prince attended ASC 39th Annual Technical Conference and presented the following paper:
Md Raqibul Hasan Prince, Wei Zhao, "Wrinkle deformation of curved prepreg slit-tapes tow-steered laminates during automated fiber placement," American Society for Composites 39th Annual Technical Conference, San Diego, CA, Oct. 21-24, 2024
10/2024: ASML's paper presented in AIAA SciTech 2024 receives 2024 Collier Aerospace HyperX / AIAA Structures Best Paper Award, see the paper detail below. Congrats to the team!
Leicht, Adam F., Mohammed Abir Mahdi, Kathleen McNamara, Hadi Noori, and Wei Zhao. "Design, Manufacturing, and Experiments of Additive Manufactured Stiffened Thin-walled Plates," AIAA SCITECH 2024 Forum, AIAA SCITECH 2024 Forum, 8-12 January 2024, AIAA 2024-2077, Orlando, FL, DOI:10.2514/6.2024-2077
09/2024: Mr. Adam Leicht, an ASML Undergraduate Research Assistant, is named as CEAT Undergraduate Scholar! Congrats, Adam!
09/2024: ASML's paper has been accepted and published in the ASME Journal of Vibration and Acoustics.
Melvin, Josh, and Zhao, Wei, "A Jacobi–Ritz Approach for Aeroelastic Analysis of Swept Distributed Propulsion Aircraft Wing," ASME. J. Vib. Acoust, Vol. 146, No. 3, Paper ID: 031002, DOI:10.1115/1.4066309
08/2024: ASML welcomes new PhD student, Mr. Razaul Islam.
08/2024: ASML graduate student Md Raqibul Hasan Prince received travel grant supported by National Science Foundation (NSF) to attend American Society for Composites 39th Annual Technical Conference, Congrats, Raqibul!
07/2024: Dr. Wei Zhao received Abe Zarem Educator Award, thanks AIAA for your invaluable recognition!
07/2024: ASML graduate student, Mahdi, Mohammed Abir received AIAA Abe M. Zarem Graduate Award in recognition of the following paper:
Mahdi, Mohammed Abir, Romeo, Shafi and Zhao, Wei, "Convolutional Neural Network and Homogenization based Hybrid Approach for Lattice Structures, " AIAA Regional Student Paper Conference program, April 5-6, 2024.
Mahdi will present this work in International Astronautical Congress (IAC) 2024, in Milan, Italy, 14-18 October 2024.
Congrats to Mahdi and Shafi!
05/2024: Congratulations to Mohammed Abir Mahdi, ASML master’s student, on successfully defending his MS thesis! He will be pursuing his PhD at Purdue University. Best wishes for his future academic journey! [Master Thesis]
05/2024: Dr. Zhao presented lab's Aeroelasticity work at Aerospace Flutter and Dynamics Council (AFDC) Spring meeting in Wichita, KS.
04/2024: ASML and the collaborators attended ASME 2nd SSDM Conference at Reno, WA. There are three presentations from us:
Thapa, Mishal, Wei Zhao, and Sameer B. Mulani. "Stochastic Thermal Buckling Analysis of Variable Angle Tow Composites," In ASME Aerospace Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference, vol. 87745, p. V001T01A002. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2024. DOI:10.1115/SSDM2024-121632
Mahdi, Mohammed Abir, Christopher Crick, and Wei Zhao. "Lattice Structure Design Using Machine Learning and Homogenization Approach," In ASME Aerospace Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference, vol. 87745, p. V001T01A015. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2024, DOI:10.1115/SSDM2024-121612
Dutta, Soumik, Mohammed Abir Mahdi, and Wei Zhao. "Reduced Order Modeling and Image Processing Based Structural Analysis of Tow Steered Composite Laminates Considering Gaps/Overlaps," In ASME Aerospace Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference, vol. 87745, p. V001T01A012. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2024, DOI: 10.1115/SSDM2024-121250
04/2024: ASML student Mohammed Abir Mahdi received a third-place for the presentation made at the AIAA Regional Conference. Congratulations!
04/2024: ASML students attended AIAA Regional Conference, there are three papers.
Cheh, James, and Wei Zhao. "A New Class of Tensile Structure: Nets with Crosslinks." In 2024 Regional Student Conferences, April 5-6, 2024, AIAA 2024-84099, 2024, Stillwater, OK, 2024. DOI:10.2514/6.2024-84099
Dutta, Soumik, and Wei Zhao. "POD and Approximate Reanalysis based ROMs for Tow Steered Laminated Structures Considering Manufacturing Defects." In 2024 Regional Student Conferences, April 5-6, 2024, AIAA 2024-83992, 2024, Stillwater, OK, DOI:10.2514/6.2024-83992
Ahmed, Samin Yaser, Soumik Dutta, and Wei Zhao. "Toward the Strength of the Future: An Experimental and Computational Study of Kevlar-Epoxy Composite Laminates." In 2024 Regional Student Conferences, April 5-6, 2024, AIAA 2024-85570, 2024, Stillwater, OK, DOI:10.2514/6.2024-85570
04/2024: Mohammed Abir Mahdi received a 2024 Faculty Council for Gender Equity Student Research Award. This award recognizes the student's quality and strength of the research activities at OSU, Congratulations, Mahdi!
04/2024: Freshman Scholar Jenna hosted by ASML presented her work about using robotic arm for rapid material testing in Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium at OSU. Good job, Jenna!
03/2024: ASML Undergraduate Research Assistant Adam Leicht received Best Undergraduate Poster Presentation in the undergraduate category in the 6th Annual MAE Graduate Research Symposium, Congratulations, Adam!
03/2024: ASML students attended 6th Annual MAE Graduate Research Symposium.
02/2024: Dr. Zhao gave a seminar at University of Michigan - Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute, https://www.ji.sjtu.edu.cn/cn/event/event-detail/?eventID=76137
01/2024: ASML students attended AIAA SciTech conference held at Orlando, FL. There are two presentations from ASML.
Mahdi, Mohammed Abir, Soumik Dutta, and Wei Zhao. "Stiffness Tailoring for Improved Buckling of Variable Angle Tow Composite Sandwich Plates." In AIAA SCITECH 2024 Forum, AIAA SCITECH 2024 Forum, 8-12 January 2024, AIAA 2024-0549, Orlando, FL, DOI:10.2514/6.2024-0549
Leicht, Adam F., Mohammed Abir Mahdi, Kathleen McNamara, Hadi Noori, and Wei Zhao. "Design, Manufacturing, and Experiments of Additive Manufactured Stiffened Thin-walled Plates." In AIAA SCITECH 2024 Forum, AIAA SCITECH 2024 Forum, 8-12 January 2024, AIAA 2024-2077, Orlando, FL, DOI:10.2514/6.2024-2077