Our recent study on carbon nanotube mats reinforced with kevlar nanofibers published on ACS Nano has been highlighted in a UW-Madison article and several news outlets.
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Abhishek receives Mentorship Excellence Award from the Undergraduate Research Scholars Program
Ph.D. candidate Abhishek Gupta received an Exceptional Mentorship Award from the Undergraduate Research Scholars (URS) program of the University of Wisconsin-Madison for the 2020-2021 academic year! He received this award for going above and beyond to introduce …
Welcome Bhanugopan and Riley
We welcome Bhanugopan and Riley who joined our lab in Fall 2021. Bhanugopan is a PhD candidate in Engineering Mechanics, focusing on the dynamic behavior of hierarchical and nanostructured materials. Riley is an Engineering Mechanics …
Professor Thevamaran receives Outstanding New Mechanics Educator Award from the American Society for Engineering Education
Professor Thevamaran received the 2021 Ferdinand P. Beer and E. Russel Johnston, Jr., Outstanding New Mechanics Educator Award. This award, sponsored by McGraw-Hill, is given annually by the Mechanics Division of the American Society for …
Welcome to Komal Chawla and Kyle Seledic
We welcome Dr. Komal Chawla who joins our lab as a postdoctoral research associate. She will be leading advanced materials research efforts in the PANTHER project. We also welcome Kyle Seledic who joins our lab …
Professor Thevamaran gives the Frontiers in Mechanical Engineering and Sciences Webinar
Professor Thevamaran gives the Frontiers in Mechanical Engineering and Sciences Webinar–a multi-university webinar series–on the theme of Mechanics and Materials. You may join the webinar live at 3.30 pm (EST) on Oct 2, 2020, or …
Our research is featured as a cover of the August Issue of Nano Letters
Our lab receives grant to study lightweight vibration control materials from the Army Research Office
Read the full story here: https://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/thevamaran-receives-army-grant-to-study-lightweight-protective-materials/
Our shock metamorphism experiments suggest Coesite forms in Opal-A at low pressures in contrast to previous believes
Our study published in ACS Earth and Space Chemistry suggests that Coesite forms in Opal-A at low pressures than what was previously thought. Opal-A is a hydrated amorphous silica species and a widespread mineraloid on Earth’s …