FACULTY

John Tomblin, Ph.D

Executive Director & Sam Bloomfield Distinguished Professor of Aerospace Engineering

Ph.D, Mechanical Engineering, West Virginia University, 1994

Specializing in: Material Qualification, Advanced Material Insertion, Composites and Advanced Materials Research

Charles Yang, Ph.D

Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering

Ph.D, Mechanical Engineering, Louisiana State University, 1993

Specializing in: Mechanics of Composites, Composite Joints, Composite Piping Systems, Manufacturing Process of Composites and Machine Design

Bert Smith, Ph.D

Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering

Ph.D, Engineering Mechanics, Kansas State University, 1966

Specializing in: Composite Materials and Damage Tolerance

K. Suresh Raju

Assistant Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering

Ph.D., Aerospace Engineering, Wichita State University, 2001

Specializing in: Solid Mechanics and Composites, Damage Tolerance of Sandwich Structures, Crashworthiness, Energy Absorption Mechanisms, Fixture Design for Mechanical Composite Testing, Testing and Control Systems