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 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.
Spring '09 Office Hrs: Mon. and Wed., 2:30-3:30.
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. I am currently looking for a graduate research assistant in the area of bio-inspired flexible composites for innovative structures incorporating sensing, actuation, energy harvesting, and self-healing. This is a 4-year project suitable for a new PhD student. The ideal candidate for this position would have a good background in polymers and mechanics and would be equally comfortable with experimental work (material synthesis and characterization) and modeling work (material processing, constitutive behavior, and structural behavior).
My current projects projects include:
Design, fabrication, and test of composite flywheel energy storage systems
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
Arvin, A. C., and Bakis, C. E., “Optimal Design of Press-Fitted Filament Wound Composite Flywheel Rotors,” Composite Structures, 72:47-57 (2006).
Liu, A., Huang, J. H., Wang, K. W., and Bakis, C. E., “Effects of Interfacial Friction on the Damping Characteristics of Composites Containing Randomly Oriented Carbon Nanotube Ropes,” J. Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, 17:217-229 (2006).
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).
Sharma, A., Bakis, C. E., and Wang, K. W., “New Method of Chaining Carbon Nanofibers in Epoxy,” Nanotechnology, 19:325606 (2008). 5 p.
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).
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).
EMCH 11, Statics
EMCH 13, Strength of Materials
EMCH 110H, 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
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, ASCE Journal of Composites for Construction
Voting Member, Committee D30 on Composite Materials, ASTM
Chair, Subcommittee K on Test Methods, Committee 440 on Fiber Reinforced Polymers, ACI
Chair, Analysis, Design, and Testing Technical Division, American Society for Composites
Director, Penn State Composites Manufacturing Technology Center
Founding Member and Executive Committee Member, Graduate Automotive Technology Education (GATE) Center, Penn State
Associate, Larson Transportation Institute, Penn State