- 10/26/2016 – Our collaborative work with Dr. Minary from UTD was accepted for publication in Polymer. The title of the journal is “Evolution of electromechanical and morphological properties of piezoelectric thin films with thermomechanical processing”. The contribution of my group to this work includes analyzing the crystalline structure of PVDF nanofibers.
- 11/01/2016 – Army Research Lab has funded out group to carry out a fundamental study on damping mechanisms in CNT-reinforced composites in which the CNTs are misaligned with respect to the loading direction.
- 08/15/2016 – Our paper titled “Microstructural evolution and mechanics of hot-drawn CNT-reinforced polymeric nanofibers” was accepted for publication in Carbon. In this article, we present the significance of nanofiber hot-drawing in modifying the crystalline structure of the polymer and also CNT alignment.
- 07/22/2016 – Dr. Naraghi visited Air Force Research Lab, and gave an invited talk on Novel fibrous materials with unprecedented properties.
- 07/15/2016 – Our paper which presents a novel method to actively, controllably and reversibly modulate damping in nanocomposites, titled “Thermally activated energy dissipation in semi-crystalline polymer nanocomposites” was accepted in the prestigous journal of Composites Science and Technology.
- 05/16/2016 – Congratulations to Keegan Colbert for successfully defending his MSc thesis on design optimization and multiphysics modeling of bimorph actuators.
- 02/11/2016 – Our paper titled “Identification of energy dissipation mechanisms in CNT-reinforced nanocomposites” was published in Nanotechnology. In this article, we present a comprehensive experimental study on energy dissipation modes in nanocomposites, with an emphasis on frictional sliding between CNTs and the matrix.
- 01/21/2016 – Our collaborative work with Dr. Minary, UTD, was accepted for publication in ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces. The title of the work is “Thermo-electromechanical Behavior of Piezoelectric Nanofibers”. My group’s contribution included the characterization of the nanomechanical properties of individual PVDF nanofibers.
- 11/15/2015 – Congratulations to Seokijn Hong for successfully defending his MSc thesis on developing hybrid microfibers with nanofiberous coatings for enhanced fiber matrix interactions.
- 08/27/2015 – Our proposed concept for developing polymeric nanofibers, nearly of any type, in a scalable fashion is now funded by NSF. Dr. Naraghi will serve as the PI.
- 06/01/2015 – Frank successfuly defended his PhD thesis on Damping Mechanisms in Nanocomposites. Congraduations to Frank!
- 5/25/2015 – Sneha will be working as intern in prestigious company of Intel. We wish her all the best, especially to show them the talends and expertise of our graduate students.
- 05/12/2015 – Our proposed work on the application of hybrid composites to energy storage in flywheels was recommended for sponsorship by Qatar Nationa Research Funds.
- 04/23/2015 – Our manuscript titled “”Energy Dissipation due to Interfacial Slip in Nanocomposites Reinforced with Aligned Carbon Nanotubes” was accpeted in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces.
- 04/07/2015 – Congratulations to Frank for receiving the Graduate funds from TAMU College of Engineering to attend the annual conference of Society of Experimental Mechanics. He will be presenting his work on “Active damping in nanocomposites.”
- 04/07/2015 – Congraduations to Jizhe for recieving the Graduate funds from TAMU College of Engineering to attend the annual conference of Society of Experimental Mechanics,
- 03/30/2015 – Our proposal on “‘Leveraging Nucleated Graphitization for Super-Strong and Deformation Sensing Hybrid Nanomaterials” is recommended for sponsorship by AFOSR.
- 01/06/2015 – Dr. Naraghi became the representative of the prestigious AIAA Materials Technical Committee in Scitech for 2016 conference,
- 12/09/2014 – Frank successfully defended her thesis topic. Thank you Frank and keep up the good work,
- 07/01/2014 – Dr. Naraghi recieved a grant from Army Research Lab to work on damping in Nanocomposites,
- 06/16/2014 – The collaboration between Dr. Naraghi’s group and researchers from IBM led to our first publication (“Hybrid Poly(aryl ether sulfone amide)s for Advanced Thermoplastic Composites”). Thanks to Frank, way to go!
- 06/09/2014 – Dr. Naraghi is one of the Judges of the student Presentation competition in the comming AIAA conference to be held in January of 2015.
- 06/02/2014 – Mrs. Ruaa Al-Mezrakchi joint Dr. Naraghi’s group as a PhD student. She will be coadvised by Dr. Creasy.
- 06/01/2014 – Our paper titled “Piezoresistive Effect of Individual Carbon Nanofibers for Strain Sensing” was published in Carbon, thanks to Sneha and Jizhe.
- 05/01/2014 – Our paper titled “carbonized Micro and Nanostructures: Can Downsizing Really Help?” was published in Materials, thanks to Sneha,
- 02/01/2014 – Dr. Naraghi, together with Dr. J. Boyd from Aerospace Engineering Department are session organizers in Society for Engineering Sciences conference in Purdue University. The session is titled “Mechanics of Nanomaterials”.
- 02/15/2013 – Our paper titled “Effect of Thermal Interface on Heat Flow in Carbon Nanofiber Composites” by Frank, and Dr. Lagoudas was published in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces.
- 08/15/2013 – Our paper titled “Effect of twist and porosity on the electrical conductivity of carbon nanofiber yarns.”, by Sneha was published in Nanotechnology.
- 02/24/2012 – Dr. Naraghi gave a talk at Rice University, Department of Civil Engineering, the title of the talk:”Multifunctional Biomimmetic Carbon Based Nanocomposites: The Quest for Unobtanium“
- 10/01/2012 -Thanks to Sneha and Frank, our paper was accepted and presented in American Society for Composites, 27th annual meeting. The title of the paper is “Carbon Nanofibers as a means to Enhance Composites Fracture Toughness”, by Sneha Chawla, Frank Gardea, Drs. Lagoudas and Naraghi.