Mehrdad Negahban

Associate Professor of Engineering Mechanics

 

W311 Nebraska Hall University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln, NE 68588-0526

Phone: (402) 472-2397

Fax: (402) 472-8292

e-mail: mnegahban@unl.edu

Education:

Ph. D. (1988):

University of Michigan, Applied Mechanics

Dissertation: "Material Symmetry and the Evolution of Anisotropies in First Gradient
Theories of Nonlinear Material Behavior; Inelasticity; Polymer Crystallization."

M. S. E. (1984):

University of Michigan, Applied Mechanics

B. S. (1982):

Iowa State University of Science and Technology, Mechanical Engineering

Areas of Research Specialization

Mechanics of Materials and Manufacturing: Theoretical, computational, and experimental studies to characterize large deformation thermomechanical response of materials, in particular polymers. Simulation of the effects of crystallization on the mechanical behavior of polymers under large deformations. The study of the effects of crystallization on failure and the redistribution of stress in polymer matrix composites. Simulation of the manufacturing of thin film extruded polymers. Experimental investigation and theoretical modeling of large plastic forming and shape recovery in amorphous polymers.

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