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Faculty - Madhu S. Madhukar

Madhukar

Madhu S. Madhukar
Associate Professor

316 Perkins Hall
University of Tennessee
Knoxville, TN 37996-2030
Office: (865)974-7676
Fax: (865)974-7663
Email: mmadhuka@utk.edu

Teaching ~ Education ~ Research Interests ~ Professional Experience ~ Professional Activities ~ Selected Publications

TEACHING

• Solid Mechanics
• Machine Design
• Dynamics
• Mechanics of Materials
• Continuum Mechanics
• Mechanics of Composite Materials

EDUCATION


• Ph.D., 1986, Drexel University
• MS, 1984, Drexel University
• B.S., 1978, IIT Kanpur

RESEARCH INTERESTS (back to top)

Processing and Processing Optimization of Polymer Composites, Residual Stresses, Mechanical Behavior of Composite Materials, Fiber-Matrix Interfaces, Heat Transfer in Composite Materials

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (back to top)

1994 - Present Associate Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Science Department, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
1991 - 1993 Assistant Professor, Engineering Science and Mechanics Department, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
1988 - 1990 Research Associate, Composite Materials and Structures Center, Michigan State University.
1986 - 1988 Instructor/Post-doctoral Fellow, Mechanical Engineering & Mechanics Department, Drexel University.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES (back to top)

Faculty Advisor for the East Tennessee Chapter of the Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering ( SAMPE )

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS (back to top)

M.S. Madhukar, M.S. Genidy and J.D. Russell, "A New Method to Reduce Cure Induced Stresses in Thermoset Polymer Composites, Part I: Test Method", Journal of Composite Materials, Vol. 34, No. 22/2000, pp. 1882-1904.

Ryan Karkkainen, M.S. Madhukar, and John D. Russell, “Empirical Modeling of In-Cure Volume Changes of RS3 and EX-1515 Cynate Esters”, J. of Reinforced Plastics and Composite, 2002.

M.S. Madhukar, B. Franks, R. Karkkainen, J.D. Russell, “A New Method to Characterize Stiffness Development and Stress Relaxation in Polymers”, Proceedings of International Conference on Composite Materials (ICCM-14), July 14-18, 2003, San Diego, CA

M.S. Madhukar and H. Kavuri, “Characterization of the Elastic Modulus Development of 3501-6 during Cure,” Society for the Advancement of Materials and Processing (SAMPE), 2004, Long Beach, California.

Richard Burgess and M. S. Madhukar, “Cure Optimization Technique in Thermosetting Polymers,” Society for Advancement of Materials and Processing (SAMPE), May 5-7, 2005, Long Beach, California.

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