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Addis Kidane Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of South Carolina

300 Main Street, Room A214, Columbia, SC 29208

Tel: 803-777-2502 | Fax: 803-777-0106 | Email: kidanea@cec.sc.edu

www.me.sc.edu/fs/kidane.html | http://www.me.sc.edu/Research/DBMML/index.html

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

University of South Carolina, Columbia SC

Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, (8/2011-Present)

California Institute of Technology, Pasadena CA

Postdoctoral Research Scholar, Graduate Aerospace Laboratories, 2009-2011

(Research Advisor Dr. G. Ravichandran)

University of Rhode Island, Kingston RI

Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Mechanical Engineering, 2006-2009

(Research Advisor: Dr. Arun Shukla)

Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India

Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Aerospace Engineering, 2003-2005

(Research Advisor: Dr. N. K. Naik)

OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Summer Visiting Researcher, Sandia National Laboratory, May 21 – June 14, 2012.

EDUCATION

Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, (08/ 2009)

The University of Rhode Island, Kingston RI, Advisor: Dr. Arun Shukla

Dissertation Title: An experimental and analytical study of functionally graded materials under

thermo- mechanical dynamic loading

M.S., Aerospace Engineering, (08/2005)

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India Advisor: Dr. N. K. Naik

Thesis: Mechanical behavior of composites under high strain rate shear loading

B.S., Mechanical Engineering, (11/ 2001)

DEC, Debrezeit, Ethiopia

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HONORS AND AWARDS

ORR Early Career Award, ASME, Materials Division, 2016

Young Investigator Research Program (YIP) Award, AFOSR, 2014

Haythornthwaite Research Initiation Grants, the ASME Applied Mechanics Division, 2013 Broadening Participation Research Initiation Grants in Engineering (BRIGE) Award, NSF, 2013.

Advanced Support for Innovative Research Excellence (ASPIRE III) Awards, University of South

Carolina,2012

Certificate of Excellence, Indian Institute of Technology, for outstanding contribution, 2005

Certificate of Merit, Aerospace Engineering Association, IIT Bombay, India, Excellent student

paper presentation, 2005

RESEARCH GRANT

Acquisition of State-of-the-Art 3D Dynamic Deformation Measurement System and Stereo-

Microscope for Macro- to Micro-scale Studies with 200 Nano-second Temporal Resolution,

(DURIP) AFOSR, Role PI with Dr. Michael Sutton (CO-PI) $558,165 , 2016-2017.

Developing a Robust, Non-contacting, Digital Image Correlation Based Full-field Strain

Measurement System for High Temperature Applications, SBRI, ARL, sole PI $50,000,

07/30/2015-04/25/2016

GreenTex Testing and Validation of Composite Plywood Alternative Sponsor Role Co-PI PI:

Dr. Gurdal, Zafer GreenTex Solutions $7,667, 2015-2016

On the Failure of PIVIDI Foams Subjected to Shock Loading, Sandia National Laboratories/DOE,

Sole PI $50,000 06/01/2015-09/30/2016

On the Failure of PIVIDI Foams Subjected to Shock Loading, Sandia National Laboratories/DOE,

Sole PI $20,000 06/01/2014-09/30/2014

Feasibility Study of Noncontacting Full-Field Displacement Measurement on Roof Shingles under

Wind Loads, Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety, 2013-2014, $18,900, Role: Co-PI

with PI: Dr. Fabio Matta and Dr. Michael Sutton(CO-PI)

Quantification of the meso-scale deformation of engineered and energetic materials, Young

Investigator Award, AFOSR, Sole PI, $360,000, Sep 1, 2014 - August 31, 2017.

Developing Tunable and Lightweight Material Systems Using Woodpile Phononic Crystals,

NASA, Sole PI, $60,000, October 18, 2013 – October 17, 2014

A Novel 3D Full-Field Deformation Measurement at a Temperature Higher Than 1000 oC, ASME

Applied Mechanics Division, Sole PI $20,000

Effect of Microstructure and Interface Layer on the Fracture and Thermal Behavior of

Nanocomposites, National Science Foundation (NSF) sole PI $174,986 10/01/2014-09/31/2016.

High Strain Rate Characterization of Foams Using Shock Tube, Sandia National

Laboratories/DOE, sole PI $34,000 06/01/2013-09/30/2013

High temperature hot pressing for advanced, aerospace, nuclear, biomedical and fuel cell material

processing, the Office of the Vice President for Research USC, PI $93,130 05/ 16/2012 –

08/15/2013.

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STUDENT AND POSTDOCTORAL SCHOLAR

Postdoc

James Yu, Postdoctoral Scholar ( 06/2012-04/30/2013)

Ph. D

Behrad Koobhor, Ph.D. Student, (01/2013 – 08/2016)

Suraj Ravindran, Ph.D student (08/2013 - present)

Addis Tessema, Ph.D student (08/2013 - present )

Ali Fahem, Ph.D student (08/2013 - present)

Milad Rohanifar, PhD student (01/2016-present)

M.S

Abigail Wohlford M.S 08/2016 –present

Peter Malchow M.S student ( 08/2015-present)

Karan Kodagali, M.S Student (08/2014 - Present)

Guillermo Valeri Paoli M. S Student (01/2015 – 08/2016)

Silas Mallon, M.S. Student, (01/2013 - 08/2014)

UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT

Gary Huneault 01/2012- 05/2012 Compressive Hopkinson pressure bar

Silas Mallon 01/2012- 12/2012 Torsional Hopkinson bar, Shock tube

Matthew Williamson 01/2014- 08/2014 High temperature DIC

Corbin Collier 01/2014- 04/2014 Quasi-static compression

Garrett Abernethy 01/2015- 04/2015 High strain dynamic loading

Ronak Patel 01/2015- 05/2016 Shock tube loading

Abigail Wohlford 07/2015-05/2016 High temperature materials

Nicholas Myers 07/2015-05/2016 Composite materials

MEMBER OF EDITORIAL BOARD

International Journal of Theoretical and Applied Multi-scale mechanics (IJTAMM) (03/2012-present)

Research Reviewer: The Deanship of Research at King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals

(KFUPM), Dhahran, Saudi Arabia (www1.kfupm.edu.sa/dsr) (June 15, 2013- present)

Technical Program Committee

CMSE2013, 2nd Global Conference on Materials Science and Engineering, 2013, Xianning, Hubei,

China, Nov. 20~22, 2013

9th International Conference on Sandwich Structures ICSS9, California Institute of Technology,

Pasadena, California 91125, USA, June 14-16, 2010

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PROFESSIONAL SYNERGISTIC ACTIVITIES

Conference /session Organizer/ Chair

Conference organizer: 2015 Southeast Experimental Mechanics Graduate Student Symposium, University

of South Carolina, Columbia, March 13-14, 2015

9th International Conference on Sandwich Structures ICSS 9, June 14-16, 2010, California Institute of

Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA

Session organizer, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, Huston, Texas,

2013

Symposium Organizer on “Novel Testing”, SEM (Society of Experimental Mechanics), Greenville, SC,

2013.

Symposium Organizer on “Novel Testing”, SEM (Society of Experimental Mechanics), Greenville, SC,

2014.

Session organizer, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, Huston, Texas,

2012, Modeling and simulation of failure mechanics-III

Session organizer, SEM XII International Congress & Exposition of Experimental and Applied Mechanics,

Fracture and Failure of Material, under Dynamic Behavior of Materials technical divisions, Costa Mesa,

CA, USA June 11-14, 2013

Conference organizer, International Conference in Sandwich Structures (ICSS-9), California Institute of

Technology Pasadena, CA, 2010.

Session Chair

Society for Experimental Mechanics Annual Conference, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016

SEM South Regional conference, Columbia SC, 2012, 2015

ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, 2012, 2013, 2016

Journal Reviewer

Mechanics, International Journal of Solids and Structures, Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, Journal

of Materials, Sensors, Polymer composites, Materials, Journal of reinforced Polymer composites,

Composite Structures, Composite Science Technology, Composites Part B, Composite Part A, Smart

Materials, Mechanics of Materials, Journal of Energetic materials, Strain, Polymer Testing, Journal Of

Dynamic Behavior of Materials, Mechanics of Time-Dependent Materials, Journal of Materials

Design, Journal of Materials: Design and Applications, Journal of Nanomechanics and

Micromechanics, Measurement Science and Technology, etc.

Proposal Reviewer

NDSEG Program review, American Society for Engineering Education, reviewed 22 proposal, 2016

Oak ridge university association, 2013

Army Office of Research , 2013 (twice)

Army Office of Research, 2015

Panelist

NSF, 2012, 2015, 2016

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COMMUNITY SERVICE

Judge, Student Presentations, Forty-third (45th) Annual South Carolina, Junior Science and Humanities

Symposium, 01/25/2016. (in competition for scholarships and travel to 54th National Junior Science &

Humanities Symposium)

Judge, The 19th Annual Discovery Research Symposium, March 7th, 2015, Spring Valley High

School, Columbia SC

Judge, Student Presentations, Forty-third (44th) Annual South Carolina, Junior Science and Humanities

Symposium, 01/30/2015. (in competition for scholarships and travel to 53rd National Junior Science &

Humanities Symposium, April 29-May 2, 2015, Hunt Valley, Maryland).

Lead-Judge, Student Presentations, Forty-third (43rd) Annual South Carolina, Junior Science and

Humanities Symposium, 01/17/2014. (in competition for scholarships and travel to 52nd National Junior

Science & Humanities Symposium April 23-27, 2014, Washington DC.

Judge, Student Presentations, Forty-Second (42nd) Annual South Carolina, Junior Science and Humanities

Symposium, 02/01/2013. (in competition for scholarships and travel to the 51st 2013 National JSHS May

1– 5, 2013 –Dayton, Ohio)

“STEAM, Empowering the Future” Lecture, Solar Design (Harness the unlimited energy of the Sun to

power a solar car) winter professional development conference, School District Five of Lexington and

Richland Counties, SC 02/ 20/2012.

Experimental mechanics for high school students

Digital image correlation based experiments: A day event for local high school students through the

Enhanced Learning Experiences (ELE) program of the college

Indian Land High School, 25 students, October 23, 2014

Columbia High School, 15 students, October 31,2014

Aiken Tech College, 10 students & Columbia High school 13 students, December 04, 2014

Royal Live Oaks Academy, Hardeeville, SC , 17 student ( 6 female, 9 AA) November 10,

2015

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP

Society of Experimental Mechanics (SEM), (2007-present)

American Society of Composites (ASC) (2011-present)

American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) (2011-present)

JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

1. B. Koohbor, A. Kidane, and W-Y Lu , Effect of Specimen Size, Compressibility, and Inertia on the

Response of Rigid Polymer Foams Subjected to High Velocity Direct Impact Loading”, International

Journal of Impact Engineering, 98, 62-74, 2016

2. B. Koohbor*, A. Kidane, W. LU, Characterizing the constitutive response and energy absorption of rigid

polymeric foams subjected to intermediate-velocity impact, Polymer Testing 54, 48-58, 2016.

3. B. Koohbor and A. Kidane, Design and Topology Optimization of Continuously and Discretely Graded

Foam Materials for Efficient Energy Absorption” Materials and Design 102, 151–161, 2016

4. S. Ravindran* A. Tessema* and A. Kidane, Note: Dynamic meso-scale full field surface deformation

meseauerment of heterogeneous materials, Review of Scienfic Instrumentssurement, 87 (3): 036108: 2016

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5. B. Koohbor*, S. Ravindran* and A.Kidane “Meso-scale study of non-linear tensile response and fiber

trellising mechanisms in woven composites”, Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites DOI:

10.1177/0731684416633771, 2016

6. B. Koohbor*, A. Kidane, W. LU, M. A. Sutton, Investigation of the Dynamic Stress-Strain Response of

Compressible Polymeric Foam Using non-paramteric analysis, Journal of Impact Engningering, 91: 170–

182, 2016

7. S. Ravindran*, A. Tessema*, A. Kidane, Local deformation and failure mechanisms of polymer bonded

energetic materials subjected to high strain rate loading" Journal Dynamic Behavior of Materials. (DOI:

10.1007/s40870-016-0051-9), 2016

8. Zhou, B., Shazly, T., Ravindran*, S., Ferdous, J., Kidane, A., Sutton, M. A. Using Digital Image

Correlation to Characterize Local Strains on Vascular Tissue Specimens. J. Vis. Exp. (2015), e53625,

doi:10.3791/53625, 2015

9. S. Mallon*, B. Koohbor*, A Kidane, A. P. Reynolds, On the effect of microstructure on the torsional

response of AA7050T-7651 at elevated strain rates, Materials Science&EngineeringA 639, 280–287, 2015

10. B. Koohbor*, S. Mallon*, A. Kidane, A. Anand and V. Parameswaran, Through thickness elastic

profile determination of functionally graded materials, Experimetnal Mechancis, 55,(8) 1427-1440, 2015

11. B. Koohbor*, S. Mallon*, A. Kidane, W Y Lu, The Deformation and Failure Response of Closed-Cell

PMDI Foams Subjected to Dynamic Impact Loading, Polymer Testing, 44: 112–124, 2015

12. B. Koohbor*, S. Ravindran*, A. Kidane, Meso-scale strain localization and failure response of an

orthotropic woven glass-fiber reinforced composite, Composites Part B 78 308-318, 2015

13. S. Mallon*, B. Koobhor*, A. Kidane , M. Sutton, Fracture behavior of prestressed composites

subjected to shock loading: a DIC-based study, Experimental Mechanics, Experimental Mechanics 55:

211–225, 2015

14. B. Koobhor*, A. Kidane, S. Mallon*, Effect of elastic properties of material composition on the

fracture response of transversely graded ceramic /metal material, Materials Science & Engineering A 619

281–289, 2014

15. B. Koobhor*, S. Mallon*, A. Kidane , Michael Sutton , A DIC-based study of in-plane mechanical

response and fracture of orthotropic carbon fiber reinforced composite, Composites: Part B: 66: 388–399,,

2014

16. J. Yu* and A. Kidane, Modeling of Functionally Graded Materials Containing Multiple

Heterogeneities, Acta Mechanica, 225,(7), 1931-1943, 2014

17. A. Kidane, “On the Failure and Fracture of Polymer Foam Containing Discontinuities,” ISRN

Materials Science, vol. 2013, Article ID 408596, 9 pages,doi:10.1155/2013/408596, 2013

18. J. Yu* and A. Kidane, Acoustic properties of composites containing multiple heterogeneities:

micromechanics modeling, Int. J. Theoretical and Applied Multiscale Mechanics, 2 (4), 271 – 286, 2013.

19. A. Kidane, A. Lashgari, B. Li, M. McKerns, M. Ortiz, H. Owhadi, G. Ravichandran, M. Stalzer, T.J.

Sullivan, Rigorous model-based uncertainty quantification with application to terminal ballistics, Part I:

Systems with controllable inputs and small scatter, J. Mech. Phys. Solids, 60, 983–1001, 2012.

20. D. Rittel, A. Kidane, M. Alkhader, A. Venkert, P. Landau, G. Ravichandran, On the dynamically

stored energy of cold work in pure single crystal and polycrystalline copper, Acta Materialia 60 3719–

3728, 2012.

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21. S. Abotula, A. Kidane, V. Chalivendra, A. Shukla, Dynamic curving cracks in functionally graded

materials under thermo-mechanical loading, International Journal of Solids and Structures 49, 1637–1655,

2012.

22. B. Li, A. Kidane, G. Ravichandran, M. Ortiz, “Verification and validation of the Optimal

Transportation Mesh-free (OTM) simulation of terminal ballistics”, Inter. J. of Impact Engineering, 42, 25-

36, 2012.

23. A. Kidane, V. Chalivendra, A. Shukla, and R. Chona, “Mixed-mode dynamic crack propagation in

graded materials under thermo-mechanical loading”, Eng. Fracture Mechanics, 77(14), 2864-2880, 2010.

24. A. Kidane, V. Chalivendra, A. Shukla, “Thermo-Mechanical Stress Fields and Strain Energy

associated with a Mixed-Mode Propagating Crack”, Acta Mechanica, 215, 57–69, 2010.

25. A. Kidane and A. Shukla, “Quasi-Static and Dynamic Fracture Initiation Toughness of Ti/TiB Layered

Functionally Graded Material under Thermo-Mechanical Loading”, Eng. Frac. Mec., 77, 479-491, 2010.

26. A. Kidane and A. Shukla, “Dynamic Constitutive Behavior Of Ti/TiB FGM Under Thermo Mechanical

Loading”, Journal of Materials Science, 43 (8), 2771-2777, 2008.

27. N. K. Naik, Addis Asmelash, Venkatshwrara, V. Raju, “Interlaminar Shear Properties Of Polymer

Matrix Composites: Strain Rate Effect”, Mechanics of Materials, 39, 1043-1052, 2007.

28. N.k. Naik, D. Sitpal, Venkateswara Rao Kavala, Addis Asmelash, “Compressive Split Hopkinson Bar

Apparatus”: Part I: Design and Development”, J. of Aero. Scie. and Tech., 59(2), 77-86, 2007.

29. N.k. Naik, D. Sitpal, Venkateswara Rao Kavala, Addis Asmelash, “Compressive Split Hopkinson Bar

Apparatus” : Part II; Experimental Result, J. of Aero. Scie. and Tech., 59 (2),87-10, 2007.

JOURNALS UNDER REVIEW

30. Z. Wahab, Z.M. Marsh, A.Tessema*, A. Kidane, Morgan Stefik, Bruce L. Anneaux, and Harry J.

Ploehn, Effect of Nanodiamond Surface Functionalization on the Properties of Nanodiamond/PEEK

Composites, diamenod

31. N. K. Naik, H. L. Gowtham, A. Kidane “Strain Rate Effects in Composites and Resins under Shear

Loading: A Critical Review” Journal of Reinforced Fiber Composites, under review

32. H. Ahmed,; M. Van Tooren, J. Justice, R. Harik, A. Kidane, T. Reynolds, Investigation and

development of friction stir welding process for unreinforced polyphenylene sulfide and reinforced

polyetheretherketone

33. B. Koohbor, S.Ravindran and A.Kidane , Experimental Determination of the Length Scales of

Representative Volume Element (RVE) in Woven Composites ”, under Reviw, Journal of , Optics and

Lasers in Engineering.

34. S. Muthiramalil*, B. Koobhor*, A. Kidane, On the meso-macro scale deformation of low carbon steel,

Strain, under review

35. A.Tessema, D. Zhao, J. Moll, A. Kidane, Chan Li, Sanat K. Kumar, Effect of Nanoparticle Inclusion

on the Thermal Conductivity of Polymer Epoxy, Submitted, Polymer

JOURNALS UNDER PREPARATION

36. A.Tessema, W. Mitchell, B. Koohbor, S. Ravindran, A. Kidane and Michel Van Tooren, The Effect of

Nanosilica Inclusion on the Mechanical Response of Off-Axes Fiber Reinforced Composite, Composites B.

in preparation

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37. A. Tessema, A. Kidane, Cross-property interaction between Damage and Thermal Conductivity on

Particulate Nanocomposite, Polymer Testing in prepartaion

38. Addis Tessema, Suraj Ravindran, Nicholas Myers, Ronak Patel, Addis Kidane, In-Situ Experimental

Investigation of Gradual Damage Evolution in Quasi-Isotropic CFRC under Quasi-static Loading

39. Ali Fahad Fahem and Addis Kidane, A Novel Method to Evaluate the Dynamic Fracture Initiation

Toughness of Materials

40. Behrad Koohbor, Addis Kidane , Michael A. Sutton, Analysis of Dynamic Bending Test Using Ultra

High Speed DIC and the Virtual Fields Method

41. Guillermo Valeri, Behrad Koohbor, Addis Kidane , Michael A. Sutton, Investigation of High

Temperature Tensile Response of Materials using DIC and the Virtual Fields Method

42. Suraj Ravindran, Addis Tessema, Ronak Patel Addis Kidane, Compaction wave characteristics at

macro-meso length scales in polymer bonded explosives

43. Suraj Ravindran, Addis Tessema, Addis Kidane, Possible hot sport mechnisms and meso scale

dynamic response of polymer bonded explosives (pbx)

REFERRED CONFERENCE PROCEEDING AND PUBLICATIONS

1. S. Ravindran, A. Tessema, A. Kidane, Effect of solid loading on multiscale behavior of polymer bonded

explosives under dynamic loading, Proceedings of the 2016 Annual Conference on Experimental and

Applied Mechanics, Challenges in Mechanics of Time Dependent Materials, Volume 2, ISBN:978-3-319-

41542-0, 2017

2. Fahem and A. Kidane, A General Approach to Evaluate the Dynamic Fracture Toughness of Materials,

Proceedings of the 2016 Annual Conference on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, Dynamic Behavior

of Materials, 2017

3. G.Valeri, B. Koohbor, A. Kidane, M.A. Sutton, Hubert Schreier, Investigating the Tensile Response of

Materials at High Temperature using DIC, Proceedings of the 2016 Annual Conference on Experimental

and Applied Mechanics, Advancement of Optical Methods in Experimental Mechanics, 978-3-319-41599-

4, 2017.

4. B. Koohbor*, A. Kidane, W.Y. Lu , R. Patel , Specimen Size Effect on Stress-Strain Response of Foams

under Direct-Impact, Proceedings of the 2016 Annual Conference on Experimental and Applied Mechanics,

Dynamic Behavior of Materials, 2017

5. B. Koohbor, A. Kidane, M.A. Sutton, X. Zhao, Analysis of Dynamic Bending Using DIC and Virtual

Fields Method, Proceedings of the 2016 Annual Conference on Experimental and Applied Mechanics,

Advancement of Optical Methods in Experimental Mechanics, 978-3-319-41599-4, 426490_1_En, (17),

2017.

6. A. Tessema*, S. Ravindran* and A. Kidane, Experimental Study of Residual Plastic Strain and Damages

Development in Carbon Fiber Composite Proceedings of the 2016 Annual Conference on Experimental and

Applied Mechanics, Fracture, Fatigue, Failure and Damage Evolution, 978-3-319-42194-0, 2017.

7. A. Kidane, B. Koohbor, W.Y. Lu, Characterizing the Energy Absorption of Rigid Polymeric Foams under

Compressive Direct Impact Loading, American Society of Composites (ASC) Proceedings, 2016

8. B. Koohbor*, A. Kidane, Meso-Scale Constitutive Response of Woven Composites Subjected to Large

Deformation, American Society of Composites (ASC) Proceedings, 2016

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9. A.Tessema*, S. Ravindran*, A. Kidane, Experimental Investigation on Correlation between Damage and

Thermal Conductivity on CFRP, American Society of Composites (ASC) Proceedings, 2016

10. B. Koohbor, G. Valeri, A. Kidane, and Michael A. Sutton. "Thermo-mechanical Properties of Metals at

Elevated Temperatures." In Advancement of Optical Methods in Experimental Mechanics, Volume 3, pp.

117-123. Springer International Publishing, 2016,

11. H. Hyeonu, A. Tessema*, S. Iqbal, J. Ju, and A. Kidane. "Thermal Stress Analysis of Gypsum Shell

Cracking in Polyjet-Based Rapid Casting of Cellular Metals." In ASME 2015 International Mechanical

Engineering Congress and Exposition, pp. V02AT02A016-V02AT02A016. American Society of

Mechanical Engineers, 2016.

12. S. Ravindran*, A. Kidane, "Meso-Scale Deformation Behavior of Polymer Bonded Energetic Material

Under Quasi-Static Compression." In Mechanics of Composite and Multi-functional Materials, Volume 7,

pp. 345-350. Springer International Publishing, 2016.

13. S. Ravindran*, A. Tessema*, A. Kidane, and M. A. Sutton. "Meso-scale Deformation Mechanisms of

Polymer Bonded Energetic Materials under Dynamic Loading." In Mechanics of Composite and Multi-

functional Materials, Volume 7, pp. 451-456. Springer International Publishing, 2016.

14. A. Tessema*, D. Zhaob, A. Kidane, S. Kumar, "Effect of Micro-Cracks on the Thermal Conductivity of

Particulate Nanocomposite." In Fracture, Fatigue, Failure and Damage Evolution, Volume 8, pp. 89-94.

Springer International Publishing, 2016.

15. A. Tessema*, W. Mitchell, B. Koohbor*, S. Ravindran*, A. Kidane, and M. V. Tooren, "On the

Mechanical Response of Polymer Fiber Composites Reinforced with Nanoparticles." Mechanics of

Composite and Multi-functional Materials, Volume 7, pp. 125-130. Springer International Publishing, 2016.

16. B. Koohbor*, A. Kidane, W. Y. Lu, "Dynamic Flow Response of Rigid Polymer Foam Subjected to Direct

Impact." Dynamic Behavior of Materials, Volume 1, pp. 163-170. Springer International Publishing, 2016.

17. Tessema*, W. Mitchell, B. Koohbor*, A. Kidane, M. VanTooren, Effects of nanoparticles on the shear

properties of polymer composites, American Society of Composites-30th Technical Conference, ASC

Proceedings, 2015.

18. B. Koohbor*, A. Kidane, W.Y Lu, Dynamic Compressive Response of Polymeric Foams Subjected to

Direct Impact Loading." American Society of Composites-30th Technical Conference, ASC Proceedings

2015.

19. X. Zhao, S. Mallon*, A. Kidane, M.A. Sutton, H. Schreier, Experimental Investigation on Material

Dynamic Behaviors using Ultra-high-speed Cameras, Conference Proceedings of the 2014 Society for

Experimental Mechanics Series, Dynamic Behavior of Materials, (1) 341-350, 2015.

20. S Mallon*, B. Koobhor*, A. Kidane, "Fracture of pre-stressed woven glass fiber composite exposed to

shock loading." In Dynamic Behavior of Materials, Volume 1, pp. 213-219. Springer International

Publishing, 2015.

21. A. Tessema* and A. Kidane, Effect of particles size on the thermal conductivity of polymer

nanocomposite, Composite, Hybrid, and Multifunctional Materials, Conference Proceedings of the Society

for Experimental Mechanics Series 4: 151-156, 2015

22. S. Muthiramalil*, B. Koobhor*, A. Kidane, On the meso-macro scale deformation of low carbon steel,

Advancement of Optical Methods in Experimental Mechanics, Conference Proceedings of the Society for

Experimental Mechanics Series 3: 409-414, 2015.

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23. S. Mallon*, A. Kidane, W. Y. Lu, Full-Field deformation Observation of Polymer Foam Subjected to

Shock Loading, Dynamic Behavior of Materials, Conference Proceedings of the Society for Experimental

Mechanics Series, 1: 83-89, 2015

24. B. Koobhor*, S. Mallon* and A. Kidane, "Through thickness fracture behavior of transversely graded

Ti/TiB material." In Fracture, Fatigue, Failure, and Damage Evolution, Volume 5, pp. 51-56. Springer

International Publishing, 2015.

25. N. Zohhadi, B. Koobhor*, F. Matta, A. Kidane, "Characterization of Fracture Behavior of Multi-Walled

Carbon Nanotube Reinforced Cement Paste Using Digital Image Correlation." In Fracture, Fatigue, Failure,

and Damage Evolution, Volume 5, pp. 73-79. Springer International Publishing, 2015.

26. R. Ghorbania, X.Zhaoa, F. Mattaa, M.A. Sutton, A. Kidane, Z. Liu, A. D. Cope, T. A. Reinhold, Feasibility

of non-contacting measurement of wind-induced full-field displacements on asphalt shingles."

In Advancement of Optical Methods in Experimental Mechanics, Volume 3, pp. 415-421. Springer

International Publishing, 2015.

27. A. Kidane and Jy-An Wang “A New Method for Dynamic Fracture Toughness Determination Using

Torsion Hopkinson Pressure Bar” Dynamic Behavior of Materials, Proceedings of the Society for

Experimental Mechanics Series, Volume 1, pp 307-312, 2014.

28. J. Yu* and A. Kidane, Classical Micromechanics Modeling of Functionally Graded Materials Containing

Multiple Heterogeneities, American Society of Composites, 2013.

29. N. Zohhadi, N. Aich, F. Matta, N. Saleh, P. Ziehl and A. Kidane, Graphene Nanoreinforcement for

Cement-based Composites, 4th Advances in Cement-based Materials: Characterization, Processing,

Modeling and Sensing, July 8-10, 2013, Urbana, IL

30. Jy-An Wang and A. Kidane, A new approach to determine the quasi-static and dynamic fracture toughness

of engineering Materials, Dynamic Behavior of Materials, Proceedings of the Society for Experimental

Mechanics Series, Volume 1, 545-551, 2013.

31. A. Kidane, G. Ravichandran, Dynamic Fracture Of Sandwich Core Foams, The 26th ASC Annual

Technical Conference (the Second Joint US-Canada Conference on Composites September 26-28, 2011,

Montreal, Canada.), Page 1246, 2012.

32. A. Kidane, G. Ravichandran, Static and Dynamic Failure and Fracture Behavior of Polymer Foam Core ,

The 18th International Conference on Composite Materials, August 21-26, 2011, Jeju Island, Korea

33. A. Kidane, G. Ravichandran, Failure and Fracture Behavior of Brittle Polymer Foam, Experimental and

Applied Mechanics, Conference Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics Series, Volume 6,

91-98, 2011.

34. A. Kidane, V. Chalivendra and A. Shukla “Effect of temperature and crack tip velocity in the crack growth

direction in graded materials” Dynamic Behavior of Materials, Conference Proceedings of the Society for

Experimental Mechanics Series Volume 1, 113-120, 2011.

35. Li, A. Kidane, G. Ravichandran, M. Ortiz, ‘The Optimal Transportation Meshfree Method for Ballistic

Impact Simulation’, IMPLAST 2010 SEM 2010 Fall Conference, Renaissance Providence Hotel, October

12-14, 2010 Providence, Rhode Island USA

36. A. Kidane, G. Ravichandran, “Failure behavior of foam core with cracks, notches and circular holes",

Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Sandwich Structures ICSS 9, June 14-16, 2010,

California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA

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37. A. Kidane, A. Shukla, Static and Dynamic Constitutive Behavior and Fracture of Titanium Based FGM

under Thermo-mechanical Loading , Proceedings of the SEM Annual Conference and Exposition on

Experimental and Applied Mechanics, June 1-4, 2009, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.

38. A. Kidane, A. Shukla, Effect of temperature on the dynamic constitutive behavior of functionally graded

materials, Proceedings SEM Annual Conference and Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics,

June 2-5, 2008, Orlando, Florida.

39. A. Kidane, V. Chalivendra and A. Shukla, Effect of temperature on the dynamic crack tip stress field on

FGM, Proceedings of SEM XI Annual Conference and Exposition on Experimental and Applied

Mechanics, June 2-5, 2008, Orlando. Florida.

40. K. Ho Lee, A. Kidane, V. Parameswaran, and A. Shukla, Dynamic crack propagation in transparent

functionally graded material, Proceeding of SEM Annual Conference and Exposition on Experimental and

Applied Mechanics, June 4-6, 2007, Springfield, MA, 2008

41. N. K. Naik and Addis Asmelash, Effect of Strain Rate on Shear Behavior of Composites, SEM-

proceedings, 2005 SEM Annual Conference on Experimental Mechanics, Portland Mariott Portland, OR,

June 7-9, 2006.

42. N.K Naik, Addis Asmelash and D. Sitpal, Behavior of composite materials under high strain rate loading,

Proceedings of IMECE 2005: ASME International mechanical engineering congress and expositions,

Florida, November 5-11, 2005

43. Addis Asmelash and N.K. Naik, Interlaminar shear properties of plain weave E-glass / epoxy and Twill

weave carbon / epoxy under high strain rate loading: Effect of strain rate, International conference on

computational and experimental mechanics, Proceedings of ICCES 2005.

44. N. K. Naik and A. K. Addis Mechanical behavior of composites at high strain rate shear loading,

Proceeding of ICTACEM 2004: Third international conference on theoretical, applied, computational and

experimental mechanics, December 28-30, 2004.

REFERRED CONFERENCE ABSTRACTS

1. B. Koohbor and A. Kidane , Experimental Study on the Meso-Scale Deformation Response of Orthotropic

Woven Composites Subjected to Tensile Loading, ASME 2016 International Mechanical Engineering

Congress & Exposition, November 11-27, Phoenix Az,

2. A. Kidane, Fracture in Functionally Graded Materials, Award Lecture, ASME 2016 International

Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, November 11-27, Phoenix Az,

3. S. Ravindran*, P. Malcow, A. Tessema*, A. Kidane. Meso-macro scale experimental study of compaction

wave propagation in polymer bonded explosives, ASME 2016 International Mechanical Engineering

Congress & Exposition, November 11-27, Phoenix Az,

4. S. Ravindran*, A. Tessema*, A. Kidane. Quantifying the Multi-Scale Deformation of Energetic Materials

Subjected to High Strain Rate Loading, Applied Mechanics and Materials, ASME, June 28-July1, 2015.

Seattle WA.

5. A. Kidane, A Novel 3D Full-Field Deformation Measurement at a Temperature Higher than 1000 0C,

ASME 2014 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, November 14-20, Montreal,

Canada

6. S. Mallon*, B. Koohbor*, A. Kidane, Full field study of fracture of Woven/fiber composites subjected to

combined in plane and out of plane loading, ASME 2014

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7. A. Kidane and S. Mallon*, “Use of shock tube to determine the dynamic fracture behavior of engineering

materials” Joint conference, Society of Engineering Science 50th annual technical meeting and ASME-

AMD Summer meeting, Brown, Providence RI. June 28-31, 2013.

8. A. Kidane and J. Yu*, Functionally Graded Particle Reinforced Composites for Transducer Backings

ASME 2012 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, November 15-21, 2013, Sandi

ago CA

9. A. Kidane, Integrated Ultra-High Speed 3D Computer Vision for Dynamic Fracture Of Functionally

Graded Materials, ASME 2013 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, November

15-21, 2013, San Diego CA

10. A. Kidane, The Role of Cracks and Defects on the Thermal Transport Properties of Bi-phase Materials,

ASME 2012 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, November 9-15,2012,

Houston, Texas.

11. A. Kidane, Dynamic Fracture Initiation Toughness and failure of Ti/TiB FGM Under Thermo-

mechanical Loading Student paper competition, SEM Annual Conference and Exposition on Experimental

and Applied Mechanics, June 1-4, 2009, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.

12. A. Shukla and A. Kidane, Dynamic constitutive behavior and fracture toughness of Ti/TiB FGM under

thermomechanical loading, Proceedings of the International Symposium on Advances in Mechanics,

Materials and Structures, China 2008.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

1. Thermo-Mechanical Properties of Metals at Elevated Temperatures, SEM 2015,

2. A Novel 3D Full-Field Deformation Measurement at a Temperature Higher than 1000 0C, ASME 2014

International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, November 14-20, Montreal, Canada

3. “Use of shock tube to determine the dynamic fracture behavior of engineering materials” Joint conference,

Society of Engineering Science 50th annual technical meeting and ASME-AMD Summer meeting, Brown,

Providence RI. June 28-31, 2013.

4. Functionally Graded Particle Reinforced Composites for Transducer Backings ASME 2012 International

Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, November 15-21, 2013, Sandi ago CA

5. Integrated Ultra-High Speed 3D Computer Vision for Dynamic Fracture Of Functionally Graded Materials,

ASME 2013 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, November 15-21, 2013, San

Diego CA

6. Classical Micromechanics Modeling of Functionally Graded Materials Containing Multiple

Heterogeneities, American Society of Composites, 2013.

7. A New Method for Dynamic Fracture Toughness Determination Using Torsion Hopkinson Pressure Bar”

Dynamic Behavior of Materials, Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics Series, Volume 1,

pp 307-312, 2014.

8. The Role of Cracks and Defects on the Thermal Transport Properties of Bi-phase Materials, ASME 2012

International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, November 9-15,2012, Houston, Texas.

9. A new approach to determine the quasi-static and dynamic fracture toughness of engineering Materials,

Dynamic Behavior of Materials, Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics Series, Volume 1,

545-551, 2013.

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10. Dynamic Fracture of Sandwich Core Foams, The 26th ASC Annual Technical Conference (the Second

Joint US-Canada Conference on Composites), September 26-28, 2011, Montreal, Canada.

11. Static and Dynamic Failure and Fracture Behavior of Polymer Foam Core , The 18th International

Conference on Composite Materials, August 21-26, 2011, Jeju Island, Korea

12. Failure and Fracture Behavior of Brittle Polymer Foam, Experimental and Applied Mechanics,

Conference Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics Series, Volume 6, 91-98, 2011.

13. The Optimal Transportation Meshfree Method for Ballistic Impact Simulation’, IMPLAST 2010 SEM

2010 Fall Conference, Renaissance Providence Hotel, October 12-14, 2010 Providence, Rhode Island USA

14. Failure behavior of foam core with cracks, notches and circular holes", 9th International Conference on

Sandwich Structures ICSS 9, June 14-16, 2010, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California

91125, USA

15. “Effect of temperature and crack tip velocity in the crack growth direction in graded materials”

Dynamic Behavior of Materials, Conference Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics Series

Volume 1, 113-120, 2011.

16. Static and Dynamic Constitutive Behavior and Fracture of Titanium Based FGM under Thermo-

mechanical Loading , SEM Annual Conference and Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics,

June 1-4, 2009, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.

17. Dynamic Fracture Initiation Toughness and failure of Ti/TiB FGM Under Thermo-mechanical Loading

Student paper competition, SEM Annual Conference and Exposition on Experimental and Applied

Mechanics, June 1-4, 2009, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.

18. Dynamic constitutive behavior and fracture toughness of Ti/TiB FGM under thermomechanical

loading, Proceedings of the International Symposium on Advances in Mechanics, Materials and Structures,

China 2008.

19. Effect of temperature on the dynamic constitutive behavior of functionally graded materials, SEM

Annual Conference and Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, June 2-5, 2008, Orlando,

Florida.

20. Effect of temperature on the dynamic crack tip stress field on FGM, SEM XI Annual Conference and

Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, June 2-5, 2008, Orlando. Florida.

21. Dynamic crack propagation in transparent functionally graded material, SEM Annual Conference and

Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, June 4-6, 2007, Springfield, MA.

INVITED TALKS

22. Stereo-DIC to investigate the Constitutive Response of Low Impedance Materials Subjected to High

Strain Rate Loading, IDICS meeting, 2015

23. Dynamic Fracture in Pre-stressed Composites, Dynamic Symposium on “Performance of Materials and

Structures under Extreme Loading Conditions” In honor of Professor Arun Shukla’s 60th Birthday,

University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI.

24. Use of shock tube to determine the dynamic fracture behavior of engineering materials” Joint

conference, Society of Engineering Science 50th annual technical meeting and ASME-AMD Summer

meeting, Brown, Providence RI. June 28-31, 2013.

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25. Motion and Velocity Measurements in Viscous Fluids Undergoing Processes Mimicking Friction Stir

Extrusion, Dynamic Symposium on “Performance of Materials and Structures under Extreme Loading

Conditions” In honor of Professor Arun Shukla’s 60 th Birthday, Kingston, RI.

26. Experimental Study of Thin Composites Undergoing Large Deformations in Combined Bending–

Compression Loading, ASME 2012 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition James

W. Dally Symposium for ASME Drucker Medal, Houston, Texas 2012.

27. Mechanics of Advanced materials at different Time and Length Scales, Poster presentation, 2011

CAREER Award Regional Forum Louisiana State University November 7-9, 2011

PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATION, EXHIBITION OR PERFORMANCE

Professional Meetings Presentation Contributed

1. Suraj Ravnidran and A. Kidane, Meso/scale Quasi static and dynamic behavior of energetic materials, 2015

Southeast Experimental Mechanics Graduate Student Symposium, University of South Carolina SC, March

2015.

2. Behrad Koohbor and A. Kidane, Dynamic Constitutive Response of Rigid Polymeric Foams under Direct

Impact, 2015 Southeast Experimental Mechanics Graduate Student Symposium, University of South

Carolina SC, March 2015.

3. A. Tessema and A. Kidane, Effect of Nano-fillers on the Elastic properties of Woven CFRC, 2015

Southeast Experimental Mechanics Graduate Student Symposium, University of South Carolina SC, March

2015.

4. G. Valeri and A. Kidane, Full-field deformation measurement at extreme temperature conditions using 3D

DICA. 2015 Southeast Experimental Mechanics Graduate Student Symposium, University of South

Carolina SC, March 2015.

5. A. Kidane, B. Koohbor and S. Mallon. Full field study of fracture and failure of woven composites

subjected to combined in-plane and out of plane loading. ASME 2014 International Mechanical

Engineering Congress and Exposition, Montreal, QC, November 2014.

6. B. Koohbor and A. Kidane. Investigation of the through thickness fracture response of a transversely

graded Ti/TiB material. 2014 Southeast Experimental Mechanics Graduate Student Symposium, University

of Florida, FL, March 2014.

7. Silas Mallon and A. Kidane, Deformation behavior of polymeric foam subjected to quasi-static and

dynamic loading using full field optical measurements. 2014 Southeast Experimental Mechanics Graduate

Student Symposium, University of Florida, FL, March 2014.

Professional Meetings Attended

Advanced Composites Project (ACP) Technical Interchange Meeting (TIM) and Ideation Workshop at

NASA Langley, May 10-12, 2016.

Computational Material Modeling of Energetic Materials (CMME), AFRL, Doolittle Institute at Uptown

Station, May 04-05, 2015.

2015 SC Aerospace Conference & Expo, Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center, Columbia, SC,

August 26-27, 2015

2014 Triservice Energetic Materials Basic Science Review, Arlington, VA September, 15-18, 2014

2014 SC Aerospace Conference and Expo, Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center, Columbia, SC,

August 19, 2014

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The Dynamic Materials and Interactions Portfolio Review, Basic Research Collaboration Center (BRICC),

Arlington, VA, October 15-16, 2013.

Workshop on Future Directions of Engineered Materials, October 17-18, 2013 Columbia, South Carolina

2013 Multi-Scale Structural Mechanics and Prognosis Annual Grantees Meeting, Basic Research

Collaboration Center (BRICC), Arlington, VA, July 22-25, 2013.

Fracture Mechanics at Fifty - George R. Irwin Centennial Conference, held at the University of Maryland-

College Park, University of Maryland College Park, College Park, MD, March 18-20, 20, 2007

Workshop

1. NSF Science: Becoming the Messenger workshop on Wednesday, January 16, 2013, at the Madren

Conference Center at Clemson University, 230 Madren Center Drive, Clemson, South Carolina 29634.

BOOKS

Addis Kidane “An Experimental and Analytical Study of Graded Materials under Thermo-Mechanical

Dynamic Loading’ Ph.D. Dissertation, National Bible Press, ISBN: 1243652756

ACADEMIC INVITED SEMINARS

Vision based experiments to quantify the multi-scale deformation mechanisms of heterogeneous materials

subjected to different loading conditions, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Iowa, Iowa

City, IA, March 26, 2015.

Mechanics of materials at extreme environment, at different time and length scale: A Digital Image Based

Approach, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los angles, CA,

November 5, 2014.

Dynamic Thermo-Mechanical Behavior of Functionally Graded Materials, Department of Mechanical

Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Manhattan College, New York, 02/28/2011

Dynamic Thermo-Mechanical Behavior of Functionally Graded Materials, Department of Mechanical

Engineering, University of South Carolina, Columbia SC, 11/29/2010.

NATIONAL LABORATORIES INVITED SEMINARS

Quantify the multi‐ scale deformation mechanisms of heterogeneous materials subjected to different

loading conditions, Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Eglin Fl, 05/04/2015.

Quantifying the meso-scale deformation of Energetic materials using digital image correlation, 2014

Triservice Energetic Materials Basic Science Review, Arlington, VA September, 15-18, 2014

On The Failure and Fracture of Engineering Materials Subjected to Dynamic Loading and High

Temperature, Sandia National Laboratory, Livermore CA, 05/31/2012