Entries tagged with brian wardle

• Preventing Catastrophic Failures: Nano-engineered Multi-physics Structural Damage Detection

  • Catastrophic structural failures cause many physical and personal losses, with prevention estimated at billions of dollars in savings each year….

• Aligned CNT-based Microstructures and Nano-engineered Composite Macrostructures

  • Carbon nanotube (CNT) composites are promising new materials for structural applications thanks to their mechanical and multifunctional properties. We have…

• Optimization of Single- and Multi-wall Carbon Nanotube Growth on Nanoscale Zirconia and Other Oxides as Non-metallic Catalysts

  • This work focuses on the development of non-metallic substances that can catalyze carbon nanotube (CNT) growth while remaining in a…

• Nanoporous Elements in MEMS with a Focus on Microfluidic Bioparticle Separation

  • We integrated ultra-porous (99% porous) elements (nanoporous forests of vertically aligned carbon nanotubes (VACNTs)) in MEMS, showing their use in…

• An Analytical Approach for Characterizing the Complete Stress State in Thin-film CMOS Layered Materials and 3D MEMS Design via Postbuckling

  • Characterization of thin film layered materials is critical for many MEMS devices. Residual stresses from production determine both final shape…

• Growth of Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotubes on a Continuously Moving Substrate

  • Vertically-aligned carbon nanotube (CNT) arrays are grown on a moving substrate, demonstrating continuous growth of nanoscale materials with long-range order….

• Brian L. Wardle

  • Nano-engineered composites; nanocomposites; nanostructure synthesis and characterization, MEMS Power Devices and Energy Harvesting; Advanced Composite Materials and Systems; Structural Health Monitoring (SHM); Fracture, Fatigue and Damage Mechanics; Durability Modeling/Testing; Finite-Element Modeling; Structural Response and Testing; Buckling Mechanics