{"id":598,"date":"2014-09-25T16:07:51","date_gmt":"2014-09-25T16:07:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/binienda\/?page_id=598"},"modified":"2016-02-02T14:11:14","modified_gmt":"2016-02-02T14:11:14","slug":"academic","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/binienda\/academic\/","title":{"rendered":"Academic"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>Academic Service<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>THE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Supercomputing Committee, Ohio Supercomputer Center (1993 \u2013 present)<\/li>\n<li>Resource Committee, Ohio Supercomputer Center (1993 \u2013 present)<\/li>\n<li>Software Committee, Ohio Supercomputer Center (1993 \u2013 present)<\/li>\n<li>Wellbeing Committee (2000 \u2013 2004)<\/li>\n<li>Research Committee (2000 \u2013 2004)<\/li>\n<li>Faculty Senate (2000 \u2013 2001)<\/li>\n<li>Student Policy Committee (1998 \u2013 1999)<\/li>\n<li>Advisory Committee for Electronic Delivery System (1994 \u2013 1995)<\/li>\n<li>Hearing Board Pool (2007 \u2013 present)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>THE COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dean\u2019s Advisory Research Committee and Space Committee (2000 \u2013 present)<\/li>\n<li>New Programs in Architecture Engineering Committee (2000 \u2013 present)<\/li>\n<li>Construction Engineering Committee (2000 \u2013 present)<\/li>\n<li>Aerospace Engineering Committee (2000 \u2013 2006)<\/li>\n<li>Search Committee for the Dean of the College of Engineering (1999 \u2013 2001)<\/li>\n<li>Graduate Curriculum Committee (1994 \u2013 1995)<\/li>\n<li>Engineering Computer Policy and Management Committee (1993 \u2013 1999)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>THE CIVIL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Oversight of all committees of the Civil Engineering Department as Interim Department Chair and Department Chair (2000 \u2013 present)<\/li>\n<li>Undergraduate Curriculum Committee (1996 \u2013 2000)<\/li>\n<li>Structural Group Planning Committee (1994 \u2013 2000)<\/li>\n<li>Department Search Committees (1994 \u2013 2000)<\/li>\n<li>Structural Group Equipment Committee &#8211; Materials and Structures Group (1994 \u2013 2000)<\/li>\n<li>Graduate Committee (1994 \u2013 1998)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>EXTERNAL COMMITTEES<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>BUGC Human Resources Task Force, Greater Cleveland Partnership (2003 &#8211; present)<\/li>\n<li>Technical Advisory Committee for FOSBEL, Inc. (1991 &#8211; 1994)<\/li>\n<li>ASCE Aerospace Division Executive Committee member (2004 &#8211; 2010)<\/li>\n<li>Member of the Organizing Committee of International Scientific-Technical Conference, &#8220;Advance in Petroleum and Gas Industry and Petrochemistry&#8221; &#8211; Lviv 2009<\/li>\n<li>Expert Evaluator for the Foundation of Polish Science, 2008 &#8211; present<\/li>\n<li>SDM Conference Organizing Committee member and Chair of The Best Student Paper Committee &#8211; for 2010 SDM Conference, Orlando FL<\/li>\n<li>Expert of the Steering Committee on Digital Thread, Integrated Information Systems, Big Data, Analytics and Visualization, and High Performance Computing under the US President&#8217;s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST), Advanced Manufacturing Initiative AMP 2.0 <a title=\"http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/sites\/default\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1137\/microsites\/ostp\/PCAST\/amp20_report_final.pdf\" href=\"http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/sites\/default\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1137\/microsites\/ostp\/PCAST\/amp20_report_final.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/sites\/default\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1137\/microsites\/ostp\/PCAST\/amp20_report_final.pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>LEADERSHIP<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Editorial Board Member of Frontiers in Aerospace Engineering Journal, 2013 &#8211; present<\/li>\n<li>Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Aerospace Engineering, ASCE, from 2000 &#8211; present<\/li>\n<li>Chairman of the Civil Engineering Department from 2000 to present<\/li>\n<li>Led ASCE Aerospace Division, organize Earth and Space Conferences, Sessions for Engineering Mechanics and SDM Conferences, Responsible for Student Paper Competition in 2010 SDM Conference.<\/li>\n<li>Developed a project for the formation of the Intelligent Gas Turbine Engine Research Center (1$M equipment funding)- $2M for New Lab Building for the College, Co-director (2003 &#8211; present)<\/li>\n<li>Created Advisory Council for the Civil Engineering Department (2000 &#8211; present)<\/li>\n<li>Fundraised for undergraduate scholarships via CFCE (distributed scholarships for over $70k per academic year) ( 2000 &#8211; present)<\/li>\n<li>Hired faculty members who rank in the College of Engineering as the highest in publication record and research funding at their ranks (2002)<\/li>\n<li>Initiated a proposal led by the Civil Engineering Department at the University of Akron for the formation of a Transportation Center in cooperation with Ohio University, University of Cincinnati, Central Ohio University, University of Dayton and Case Western Reserve University (2000). Funding at level 0f $2M received for 2006-2010.<\/li>\n<li>Secretary &#8211; South Shore Yacht Club (2007-2008).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Academic Activites<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>PH.D. DISSERTATIONS DIRECTED<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<ol>\n<li>&#8220;Theory of Crack Initiation from Smooth Surfaces and its Application&#8221; by Anping Hong &#8211; defended November 21, 1994, co-advisor Prof. Z. Bazant, Civil Engineering Department, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208-3109. Committee members: R. Liang, A. Saleeb, D. Robinson and Y-J Lin.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;The Analysis of Multiple Cracks in Non-homogeneous Material&#8221; by Ming Zhou \u2013 defended May 12, 1995. Committee members: Fertis, Robinson, Kankam, Saleeb, Hariharan.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Numerical modeling of breast cancer by detection of the surface deformation perturbation&#8221; &#8211; by J. Q. Neifert &#8211; defended February 10, 1995 (together with biomedical and mechanical engineering departments).<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Crack Growth in Functionally Graded Materials&#8221; by Nadim Shbeeb defended September 9, 1998. Committee members: Robinson, Menzemer, Zobel, Krieder.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Analytical Modeling of Imperfect Bond Between Coated Fiber and Matrix Material&#8221; by Latife Kuguoglu, June 22, 1999. Committee members: Robinson, Menzemer, Kreider, Hajjafar, Hoo Fatt.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Multiple kinked and branched cracks in anisotropic plate&#8221; by Khaled Hamad, September 2002. Committee members: HooFatt, Menzemer, Kreider.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Composite\/concrete inter-phase performance&#8221; by Salim Baraka, May 2002. Committee members: P. Qiao, C. Menzemer and K. Kreider.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Material Modeling of Strain Rate Dependent Polymer and 2D tri-axially Braided Composite&#8221;, by Jingyun Cheng, April 15, 2006. P. Qiao, A. Saleeb, R. Goldberg, E. Pan, and K. Kreider.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Nonlinear Strain Rate Dependent Composite Model for Explicit Finite Element Analysis&#8221; by Xiahua Zheng, April 22, 2006. Committee members: P. Qiao, A. Saleeb, R. Goldberg, E. Pan, and K. Kreider.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Mechanics of Bi-Material beams and its application to mixed-mode fracture of wood-FRP&#8221; by Cole Hamey, July 7, 2007, Committee members: P. Qiao, C. Menzemer, D. Quinn, and K. Kreider.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Low Velocity Impact Analysis of Composite Laminate Plates and sandwich Panels&#8221;, by Daihua Zheng, Committee members:, A. Saleeb, E. Pan, C. Menzemer, X. Gao, and J. Young, December 2007.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;The Experimental and Analytical Characterization of the Macromechanical Response for Triaxial Braided Composite Materials&#8221;, by Justin Littell, Committee members: E. Pan, C. Menzemer, K. Kreider, M. HooFatt, and R. Goldberg, September 2008.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Mesomechanical Model for Failure Study of Triaxial Braided Composite Materials&#8221;, by Xuetao Li, Committee members: : E. Pan, G. Yun, K. Kreider, X. Gao, and R. Goldberg, October 2010.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Systematic Approach to Simulating Impact for Triaxially Braided Composites&#8221;, by Brina J. Blizler, Committee members: Dr. R. Goldberg, Dr. E. Pan, Dr. A. Patnaik, and Dr. K. Kreider, March 9, 2012.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Evaluation of Test Methods for Triaxial Braid Composites and the Development of a Large Multiaxial Test Frame for Validation Using Braided Tube Specimens&#8221;, by Lee Kohlman, Committee members: Dr. R. Goldberg, Dr. C.C Menzemer, Dr. G. N. Morscher, Dr. A. Patnaik, and Dr. S. Dordevic, March 20, 2012.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Multi-scale Characterization and Failure Modeling of Carbon\/Epoxy Triaxially Braided Composite&#8221;, by Chao Zhang, Committee members: Dr. R. Goldberg, Dr. A. Patnaik, Dr. E. Pan, Dr. E. Sancaktar, and Dr. Xiaosheng Gao, November 7, 2013.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cAdvanced Mesomechanical Modeling of Triaxially Braided Composites for Dynamic Impact Analysis with Fracture\u201d, by Zifeng Nie, Committee members: Ernian Pan, Dr. Guo-Xiang Wang, Dr. Robert Goldberg, Dr. QWindan Huang, Dr. Kevin Kreider, 2014.\u201cAdvanced Mesomechanical Modeling of Triaxially Braided Composites for Dynamic Impact Analysis with Fracture\u201d, by Zifeng Nie, Committee members: Ernian Pan, Dr. Guo-Xiang Wang, Dr. Robert Goldberg, Dr. QWindan Huang, Dr. Kevin Kreider, 2014.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>MASTERS THESES DIRECTED<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Crack Development in Cross-Ply Laminates under Uniaxial Tension &#8211; Andrew L. Gyekenesi, graduated with M.Sc. in CSU Civil Engineering Department, March 1993.<\/li>\n<li>Contact Problems for Multilayer Composite Half-plane with HoneyComb substrate &#8211; Wang Zhong, April, 1995.<\/li>\n<li>High Performance Filament Wound Composite Tubes Analysis &#8211; Yong Wang, May, 1996.<\/li>\n<li>Retrofitting of Concrete Beam using Graphite Epoxy Layers &#8211; Steven Tysl, May, 1999.<\/li>\n<li>Vibration Damping in a Composite Shaft using Piezoelectric Patches \u2013 Vikram Dhruva, December 2000.<\/li>\n<li>Creep-Rupture of Composite Materials &#8211; Yanx Cai, July 2002.<\/li>\n<li>The preliminary Research on the Composite Material use in Highway Guardrail System \u2013 Guozhong Chen, January 2004.<br \/>\nSimplified Creep-Rupture material Model for Implicit FEA &#8211; Fengxia Ouyang, November 2005.<\/li>\n<li>Simulation of Ballistic Impact Behavior of Tri-Axially Braided Composite Half-Cylinders &#8211; Marcin Staniszewski, April 2007.<\/li>\n<li>Non-Destructive Investigation &amp; FEA Correlation on an Aircraft Sandwich Composite Structure \u2013 Justin Bail, December 2007.<\/li>\n<li>High Strain Rate Data Acquisition of 2D Braided Composite Substructures \u2013 Chuck Ruggeri, September 2009.<\/li>\n<li>Simulations of Dynamic Impact of Self-Centering Concentrically-Braced Frames (SC-CBF) using Ls-Dyna- Lucie Blin-Bellomi, June, 2012.<\/li>\n<li>Finite Element Modeling of Aerospace Materials and Structures, Zhoupei Hu- July 2012.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>SPECIAL PROJECTS DIRECTED<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Interaction of Two Annular Interfacial Cracks &#8211; Partial Bound of Fiber -Wanming Lao &#8211; Summer 1993.<\/li>\n<li>Smart Structures in Structural Engineering, M.Sc. Project by Joushua Raymond, Summer 1999.<\/li>\n<li>Efficiency Estimation for Multibolted GFRP Single Connected Angles, M.Sc. Project by Traian-Ovidiu Gheorghiu, Summer 2000.<\/li>\n<li>Singularity Index for a Kinked Crack in Anisotropic Material using Finite Element Analysis \u2013 M.Sc Project by Khaled A. Hamad, May 2001.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>ACADEMIC COURSES TAUGHT<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>The University of Akron<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>702:801 Plates and Shells<\/li>\n<li>710:802 Advanced Composite Mechanics<\/li>\n<li>610:803 Introduction to Composite Mechanics<\/li>\n<li>682:701 Elasticity<\/li>\n<li>694:702 Damage Mechanics in Composites<\/li>\n<li>694:703 Design with Advanced Composite Materials<\/li>\n<li>694:704 Polymer Composites for Civil and Structural Engineering.<\/li>\n<li>101:001 Tools for Engineering Lab<\/li>\n<li>201:002 Statics<\/li>\n<li>Internet Lecture, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ecgf.uakron.edu\/~civil\/statics\" target=\"_blank\">available here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>202:003 Introduction to Mechanics of Solids<\/li>\n<li>380:001 Engineering Materials Lab<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Drexel University<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>G606 Solid Mechanics II<\/li>\n<li>E321 Statics<\/li>\n<li>E323 Dynamics<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Temple University<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>E101 Introduction to Fortran 77<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>WORKSHOPS AND SHORT COURSES:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Department of Polymer Engineering, University of Technology, Malaysia (Summer 1995)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Micromechanics Approach in Composite Materials<\/li>\n<li>Macromechanics Approach in Composite Materials<\/li>\n<li>Fracture and Impact Problems in Composites<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Northwestern University, Xi\u2019an, China (Summer 2015) \u2013 3 week course in Composite materials<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>CURRICCULUM DEVELOPMENT<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Member of the Mid-West Council of Chairs &#8211; ABET accreditation and curriculum development.<\/li>\n<li>ACBM Undergraduate Faculty Coalition for Engineering Materials Curriculum Development, from 1993 to present.<\/li>\n<li>Served in Undergraduate Mechanics Focus Group organized by Simon &amp; Schuster Education Group, Chicago Il., May 4 and 5, 1992.<\/li>\n<li>Served in Ad-hoc UA-CSU Composite Bridge Committee, 1991 &#8211; 1999.<\/li>\n<li>ABET driven modification to Civil Engineering Program.<\/li>\n<li>Participation in the development of Aerospace Engineering Systems Program<\/li>\n<li>Development of Architectural Engineering and Construction Engineering Programs.<\/li>\n<li>Modification of CE program &#8211; addition of Senior Design Class 2000, Modification of Tools for Engineering 2006, addition of introduction to Design, 2006.<\/li>\n<li>Member of Zip for Engineering \u2013 Distance Learning courses development, 2013- present<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>Academic Service<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>THE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Supercomputing Committee, Ohio Supercomputer Center (1993 \u2013 present)<\/li>\n<li>Resource Committee, Ohio Supercomputer Center (1993 \u2013 present)<\/li>\n<li>Software Committee, Ohio Supercomputer Center (1993 \u2013 present)<\/li>\n<li>Wellbeing Committee (2000 \u2013 2004)<\/li>\n<li>Research Committee (2000 \u2013 2004)<\/li>\n<li>Faculty Senate (2000 \u2013 2001)<\/li>\n<li>Student Policy Committee (1998  \u2026\n<p class=\"continue-reading-button\"> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/binienda\/academic\/\">Continue reading<i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1994,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-598","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/binienda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/binienda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/binienda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/binienda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1994"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/binienda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=598"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/binienda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/598\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":987,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/binienda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/598\/revisions\/987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/binienda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}