Dr. Charles E. Bakis

Mailing Address:
212 Earth-Engineering Sciences Bldg
Penn State University
University Park, PA 16802

Office location: see below
Phone: (814) 865-3178
Fax: (814) 863-6031
E-Mail: cbakis@psu.edu

• My actual office (not mailing address) is in Room 1 Research West Bldg. Go in the only glass door facing Atherton St. Once in the lobby, go to the first office to your right.
• Office hours for Spring 11 semester: 3-4 pm Tues. and Thurs. or by appointment.

• B.S. (Mechanical Engineering), Lehigh University
• M.S., PhD. (Engineering Mechanics), Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

My main research interests are the manufacturing, performance, evaluation, and mechanics of fiber reinforced composite materials. Application areas include fixed and rotary wing aircraft, civil structures, and industrial machinery.

My current projects projects include:

• Optimal design of composite flywheel energy storage rims
• Characterization and modeling of externally bonded composite (FRP) reinforcements for concrete under elevated temperature and sustained loads
• Flexible matrix composites for highly deformable, active, and morphing structures
• Electrically oriented nanofillers for multifunctional structural composites
• Composite energy absorbing systems for crashworthy air vehicles
• Impact damage tolerant composite structures

1. Zhu, Y., Bakis, C. E., and Adair, J. H., “Effects of Carbon Nanofiller Functionalization and Distribution on Interlaminar Fracture Toughness of Multi-Scale Reinforced Polymer Composites,” Carbon, 50(3):1316-1331 (2012). http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2011.11.001.
2. Roos, C., and Bakis, C. E., “Multi-Physics Design and Optimization of Flexible Matrix Composite Driveshafts,” Composite Structures, 93:2231-2240 (2011). http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2011.03.011.
3. Zindel, D., and Bakis, C. E., “Nonlinear Micromechanical Model of Filament-Wound Composites Considering Fiber Undulation,” Mechanics of Composite Materials, 47(1):73-94 (2011). http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11029-011-9188-8.
4. Sharma, A., Bakis, C. E., and Wang, K. W., “Effect of Electrostatic and Electro-Hydrodynamic Forces on the Chaining of Carbon Nanofibers in Liquid Epoxy,” J. Physics D: Applied Physics, 43:175402 (2010), 10 p. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0022-3727/43/17/175402
5. Gullapalli, A., Lee, J. H., Lopez, M. M., and Bakis, C. E., “Sustained Loading and Temperature Response of FRP-Reinforced-Polymer-Concrete Bond,” Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2131:155-162 (2009). http://dx.doi.org/10.3141/2131-15
6. Shan, Y., and Bakis, C. E., “Viscoelastic Characterization and Self-Heating Behavior of a Flexible Matrix Composite Driveshaft,” J. Composite Materials, 43:1335-1360 (2009). http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0021998309105431
7. Lee, J. H., Lopez, M. M., and Bakis, C. E., “Slip Effects in Reinforced Concrete Beams with Mechanically Fastened FRP Strip,” Cement and Concrete Composites, 31:496-504 (2009). http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cemconcomp.2009.04.008
8. Shan, Y., Philen, M. K., Lotfi, A., Li, S., Bakis, C. E., Rahn, C. D., and Wang, K. W., “Variable Stiffness Structures Utilizing Fluidic Flexible Matrix Composites,” J. Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, 20:443-456 (2009). 2009 Best Paper Award in Structural Dynamics and Control by the ASME Adaptive Structures and Material Systems Committee (Aerospace Division). http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1045389X08095270
9. Sharma, A., Bakis, C. E., and Wang, K. W., “New Method of Chaining Carbon Nanofibers in Epoxy,” Nanotechnology, 19:325606 (2008). 5 p. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0957-4484/19/32/325606
10. Bakis, C. E., Boothby, T. E., and Jia, J., “Bond Durability of GFRP Bars Embedded in Concrete Beams,” J. Composites for Construction, 11:269-278 (2007). http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0268(2007)11:3(269)
11. Arvin, A. C., and Bakis, C. E., “Optimal Design of Press-Fitted Filament Wound Composite Flywheel Rotors,” Composite Structures, 72:47-57 (2006). http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2004.10.012
12. Zhou, X., Shin, E., Wang, K. W., and Bakis, C. E., “Interfacial Damping Characteristics of Carbon Nanotube Based Composites,” J. Composites Science and Technology, 64:2425-2437 (2004). http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compscitech.2004.06.001

• EMCH 211, Statics
• EMCH 213, Strength of Materials
• EMCH 210H, Equilibrium Mechanics
• EMCH 402 & 506, Experimental Stress Analysis
• EMCH 440, Nondestructive Evaluation
• EMCH 471, Engineering Composite Materials
• EMCH 473, Composites Processing
• ESCI 497, Materials for Green Design in Engineering
• EMCH 509, Theory of Plates and Shells
• EMCH 581, Micromechanics of Composites
• EMCH 597, High Power Energy Storage for Electric Vehicles

• American Concrete Institute (ACI)
• American Helicopter Society (AHS)
• American Society for Composites - Fellow
• American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
• American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)
• American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) - Fellow
• American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)
• International Institute for Fiber Reinforced Polymers in Construction (IIFC) - Fellow
• Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering (SAMPE)
• Society for Experimental Mechanics (SEM)

• Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Composites for Construction, ASCE
• Voting Member, Committee D30 on Composite Materials, ASTM
• Chair, Subcommittee on Material Characteristics, Committee 440 on Fiber Reinforced Polymers, ACI
• Vice President & Chair of the Awards Committee, American Society for Composites
• Vice President for Membership, International Institute for Fiber Reinforced Polymers in Construction
• Director, Penn State Composites Manufacturing Technology Center
• Founding Member, Graduate Automotive Technology Education (GATE) Center, Penn State
• Associate, Vertical Lift Research Center of Excellence, Penn State
• Associate, Larson Transportation Institute, Penn State