GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

Under the provisions of the regulations for the degree

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY

on Thursday, October 20, 2016
3:00 PM
in Love 109

will be held the

DISSERTATION PROPOSAL DEFENSE

for

Alicia Rossi

"Development of Data-Driven Structure-Property Linkages in Fiber-Reinforced Composites"

Committee Members:

Prof. Surya Kalidindi, Advisor, ME
Prof. Kyriaki Kalaitzidou, ME
Prof. Hamid Garmestani, MSE
Prof. Karl Jacob, MSE
Prof. Antonia Antoniou, ME

Abstract:

In order to advance the discovery of new materials and decrease the development time of new materials, innovative methods must be established to quickly and reliably determine process-structure-property linkages for a variety of material.  An important class of material for which such linkages would greatly aid the material design process are fiber reinforced polymer composites.  These composites are used for a variety of structural application due to their light weight and excellent mechanical properties. These composites come in a variety of architectures and determination of the optimal configuration of fibers for a particular task is not trivial undertaking.   The work outlined in this proposal will establish a protocol for developing efficient, data-driven, structure-property linkages in such composites.