Research Interests

My research primarily focuses on composite materials for aerospace and maritime applications. I work with carbon fiber, Kevlar, and fiberglass. I look into cores for sandwich composites such as polymer, metallic, honeycomb, and 3D-printed cores. I also work in novel interlaminar reinforcements, such as nanotechnology and reinforcement with additives.

One of my research interests are materials for Hypersonic Flight Vehicles, specifically for coatings that prevent or minimize environmental degradation and on service damage.

Another research area of interest is the development of a novel NDE (Nondestructive Evaluation) technique to identify the failure mechanisms during service on composite materials, specifically for composite overwrapped pressure vessel.

Another research interest is the development of damage mitigation techniques for composite materials by using nanotechnology and additive manufacturing (AM).