Ashley Spear – Page 7 – Multiscale Mechanics & Materials Laboratory

MMM Lab Fall Party

October 19, 2016October 19, 2016

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Recent activities at the Advanced Photon Source

October 17, 2016October 17, 2016

MMM Lab members, Jayden Plumb and Wes Tayon, along with collaborators Jake Adams (University of Michigan) and Dr. Jonathan Lind (Lawrence Livermore National Lab) recently traveled to the Advanced Photon Source at Argonne National Lab to carry out measurements on two sets of samples. Dr. Peter Kenesei assisted with the measurements. Professor Spear also presented a talk entitled “3D Grain Mapping to Inform High-Fidelity Numerical Simulations of Microstructurally Small Phenomena” at the APS User Science Seminar. Upcoming publications will feature the group’s latest measurements at the APS!...

Spear, Czabaj, Fletcher Receive $952K NSF Grant

August 18, 2016August 18, 2016

(From article originally posted on ME webpage) Mechanical Engineering Assistant Professors Ashley Spear and Michael Czabaj and Associate Professor Tom Fletcher from the School of Computing have been awarded a four-year grant from the NSF for $952K to study open-cell metallic foams. The University of Utah team, led by Spear, will partner with a firm that specializes in manufacturing such foams. The grant is jointly funded by two NSF programs, Designing Materials to Revolutionize and Engineer our Future (DMREF) and Grant Opportunities for Academic Liaison with Industry (GOALI), and is entitled “DMREF/GOALI: Novel 3D Experiments, Simulations, and Optimization for...

Nate Wilkinson Selected for UROP

August 18, 2016August 18, 2016

MMM Lab member, Nate Wilkinson, has been selected to participate in the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP). Nate is an undergraduate student in Computer Science and joined the MMM Lab in the spring of 2016. Along with Ph.D. student, Brian Phung, Nate is developing tools to improve predictability of fatigue life for aerospace components. Congratulations, Nate!...

Exciting Student News in the MMM Lab!

May 11, 2016May 11, 2016

Congratulations to Wes Tayon for passing the Ph.D. Qualifying Exam! New M.S. student, Karen DeMille, joins the MMM Lab after completing her B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Utah State University. Karen will join Prof. Spear and Brian Phung at the Air Force Research Laboratory this summer. Welcome, Karen! Jayden Plumb has been selected for the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP). Congratulations, Jayden! Kory Cross has been selected for a renewal of his UROP award. Congratulations, Kory! ...

High-Fidelity Meshes for Short-Crack Growth Simulations

May 1, 2016May 1, 2016

New work from the MMM Lab and collaborators describes a method for generating high-fidelity conformal meshes to simulate microstructurally small fatigue crack growth. Read this and other articles in a new special issue of FFEMS (link)....

Research Instrumentation Grant Brings New Capabilities to Campus

April 26, 2016April 26, 2016

Czabaj and Spear Selected for Air Force Summer Faculty Fellowships

March 16, 2016March 16, 2016

ME Assistant Professors Michael Czabaj and Ashley Spear have each been selected for the 2016 Air Force Summer Faculty Fellowship Program (SFFP). This program, sponsored by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR), offers fellowships to university faculty to conduct research at Air Force research facilities in the summer. The objectives of the program are: To stimulate professional relationships among U.S. Air Force Research Lab Summer Faculty Fellowship Program participants and the scientists and engineers at Air Force research facilities. To enhance the research interests and capabilities of faculty (both new and experienced researchers) in the U.S. academic community....

Invited Seminar at Duke

January 28, 2016January 28, 2016

Prof. Spear recently traveled to Duke University to give a seminar on the topic of combining experimental observations with numerical simulation and machine learning to improve understanding of 3D crack growth at the grain scale. Thanks to the faculty and students in various departments within the School of Engineering for their kind hospitality and fruitful discussions. Special thanks to Professor Wilkins Aquino for the generous invitation and for hosting Spear’s visit....

Invited Seminar at University of Michigan

January 16, 2016January 16, 2016

Prof. Spear recently traveled to the University of Michigan to give a seminar on the topic of combining experimental observations with numerical simulation and machine learning to improve understanding of 3D crack growth at the grain scale. Thanks to the faculty and students in various departments within the College of Engineering for their kind hospitality and fruitful discussions. Special thanks to Professors Sam Daly and John Allison for the generous invitation and for hosting Spear’s visit....