Publications
Conference Papers and Presentations
- Case, R.O. and Mahfuz, H., "Photoelastic Analysis of a Metal-to-Metal Contact Bolted Flange Connection", Proc. of the 1986 SEM Spring Conference, New Orleans, June 8-13, 1986, pp. 881-886.
- Case, R.O. and Mahfuz, H., "Photoelastic Analysis of Bolts Subjected to Prying in a Thin-Walled Flange Connection", Proc. of the 1987 SEM Spring Conference, Houston, June 14-19, pp. 559-562.
- Mahfuz, H., Case, R.O. and Wong, Tin-Lup, "Whole-Field Stress Analysis Using Digitized Photoelastic Data and Numerical methods", Proc. of the VI International Congress on Experimental Mechanics, June 6-10, 1988, Vol. 2, pp. 1208-1214.
- Mahfuz, H., Case, R.O. and Wong, Tin-Lup, "Separation of Principal Stresses within an Arbitrary Digitized Boundary by Hybrid Techniques", Proc. of the 1989 SEM Spring Conference on Experimental Mechanics, May 29-June 1, pp. 565- 577.
- Mahfuz, H., Wong, Tin-Lup and Case, R.O. "Photoelastic Data Acquisition by Digitizing Technique Over Arbitrary Boundaries", Proc. of the 1990 SEM Spring Conference on Experimental Mechanics, June 4-6, pp. 658-664.
- Case, R.O., Stevens, K.K., Gonella, J.C. and Mahfuz, H., "Photoelastic of a High- Pressure Vessel with Threaded closure- Part I", Proc. of the 1990 SEM Spring Conference on Experimental Mechanics, June 4-6, pp. 125-128.
- Mahfuz, H., Partha, S.D., Jeelani, S., Baker, D.M. and Johnson, S., "Fatigue and Flexural Response of Advanced Carbon-Carbon Composites at Room and Elevated Temperatures", Ceramic Engineering & Science Proceedings, Vol. 1, pp. 449-468, 1992.
- Mahfuz, H., Partha, S.D., Jeelani, S., Baker, D.M. and Johnson, S., "Fatigue Characterization of Advanced Carbon-Carbon Composites," Proceedings of the 1992 SEM VII International Congress on Experimental Mechanics, Vol. 2, pp. 1368-1373, 1992.
- Mahfuz, H., Dongwei Xue, Jeelani, S., Baker, D.M. and Johnson, S., "Non-Linear Response of 2-D Carbon-Carbon Composites by Layered Shell elements", Developments in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Vol. 16, pp. III.1.62 - 72, 1992.
- Mahfuz, H., Xue, D., Jeelani, S., Baker, D. and Johnson, S., "Experimental and Finite Element Analysis of Advanced Carbon-Carbon (ACC-4) Composite under Tensile Loading," Proceeding of the International Conference on Advanced Composites, Sydney, Australia February 1993, Vol. 1, pp. 1369-1395.
- Mahfuz, H., Partha, S.D., Xue, D., Krishnagopalan, J. and Jeelani, S., "A combined Experimental and Finite Element Study to Predict the Failure Mechanisms in SiC Coated Carbon/Carbon Composites at Room and Elevated Temperatures Under Flexural Loading," International Conference on Composite Materials (ICCM/9), Madrid, Spain, July 12-16, 1993, Vol. 2, pp. 508-515.
- Mahfuz, H., Das, P., Xue, D. and Jeelani, S., "Response of SiC Coated Carbon/Carbon Composites under Flexural Loading- A Combined Experimental and finite Element Study," 3rd International Symposium on Advanced Materials (ISAM/3), Islamabad, Pakistan, Sept. 20-25,1993, Vol. 1, pp. 685-695.
- Sulaiman, A., Yang, J., Jeelani, S. and Mahfuz, H., "Stress and Stability Analysis of Thick Fiber reinforced Laminated Composite Plates Using Finite Element Method", Computers in Engineering - 1993, ASME, Vol. 1, pp. 499-506.
- Vaidya, U., Mahfuz, H., and Jeelani, S., "Vibration and Ultrasonic Nondestructive Characterization of Non-woven and Fabric Reinforced Carbon/Carbon Composites", 25th International SAMPE Conference, Philadelphia, Oct. 26-28, 1993, pp. 347-352.
- Haque, A., Mahfuz, H., Yu, T. and Jeelani, S., "Effect of Processing Parameters on Property Changes of Resin Transfer Molded Materials", 25th International SAMPE Technical Conference, Philadelphia, Oct. 26-28, 1993, Vol. 25, pp. 305- 319.
- Mahfuz, H., Zadoo, D., Wilks, F., Maniruzzaman, M. and Jeelani, S., "Fracture and Flexural Characterization of Monolithic SiC and SiCW/SiC Composites at Room and Elevated Temperatures", 18th Annual Conference, American Ceramic Society (ACerS), Vol. 15, No. 4, pp.219-232.
- Vaidya, U.K., Mahfuz, H. and Jeelani, S., "NDE of Structural and Functional Carbon-Carbon Composites after First Carbonization", 18th Annual Conference, American Ceramic Society (ACerS), Vol. 15, No. 4, pp. 591-598.
- Vaidya, U.K., Mahfuz, H. and Jeelani, S., "Development and Nondestructive Characterization of Non-woven Carbon Composites" INDA Conference, July 26- 29, 1994, Vol. 1, pp. 31-37.
- Vaidya, U.K., Mahfuz, H. and Jeelani, S., "NDE of Structural and Functional Carbon-Carbon Composites", ASME Winter Annual Meeting, Chicago, Nov. 6-11, 1994, NCA-Vol. 18, pp. 103-109.
- Vaidya, U.K., Mahfuz, H. and Jeelani, S., "Hybridization Concepts and NDE of Carbon-Carbon Composites", 26th Intl. SAMPE Conference, Atlanta, GA, Sept 94, Vol. 26, pp. 483-490.
- Mahfuz, H., Haque, A., Grant, G. and Jeelani, S., "Fracture Behavior of SiCf/Si3N4 Composites", First International Conference on Composites Engineering (ICCE/1), August 28-31, 1994, Vol. 1, pp. 319-320.
- Vaidya, U., Mahfuz, H. and Jeelani, S., "NDE of Innovative Hybrid Functional Carbon Fiber Composites", First International Conference on Composites Engineering (ICCE/1), August 28-31, 1994, Vol. 1, pp. 538-539.
- Mahfuz, H., Maniruzzaman, M., Vaidya, U.K., Krishnagopalan, J. and Jeelani, S., "Fatigue Damage and Effects of Stress Ratio on the Fatigue Life of Carbon-Carbon Composites", International Conference on Design and Manufacturing using Composites (ATMAM '94), August 10 -12, 1994, Vol. 1, pp. 488-492.
- Mahfuz, H., Haque, A., Yu, D., Robinson, D. and Jeelani, S., "Reverse Fatigue of Resin Transfer Model Composites", International Conference on Design and Manufacturing using Composites (ATMAM '94), August 10 -12, 1994, Vol. 1, 23-32.
- Mahfuz, H., Mian, A.K.M. A., Vaidya, U. and Jeelani, S., "Prediction of Fiber- Matrix Interface Failure due to Longitudinal Tensile Loading using Finite Element Methods", Materials Research Society (MRS) 1994 Fall Meeting, Nov. 29-Dec. 2, 1994, Boston, Massachusetts, Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. Vol. 365, pp. 229-236.
- Vaidya, U., Mahfuz, H. and Jeelani, S., "Nondestructive Evaluation/ Characterization of Hybrid and Sandwich Carbon/Carbon Composites," 19th Annual Conference, American Ceramic Society (ACerS), Jan. 8-12, 1995, Cocoa Beach, Florida, Vol. 16, No. 4., pp. 289-298.
- Mahfuz, H., Saha, M, Haque, A., Vaidya, U. and Jeelani, S., "Fatigue Damage and Residual Strength of Resin Transfer Molded Composites Under Reversed Cyclic Loading," Innovative Processing and Characterization of Composite Materials, ASME 1995, NCA-Vol. 20/AMD-Vol.21 1, pp. 77-88.
- Mahfuz, H., Vaidya, U., Maniruzzaman, M., Brown, T. and Jeelani, S., "Room and High Temperature Fatigue Damage Evaluation of SiCf/Si3N4 Composites", 19th Annual Conference, American Ceramic Society (ACerS), Jan. 8-12, 1995, Cocoa Beach, Florida, Ceramic Engineering find Science proceedings, Vol. 16, No. 4, pp. 351-360.
- Vaidya, U., Haque, A., Mahfuz, H., and Jeelani, S., "Effect of Short Fiber Reinforcement Modification and Fabric Architecture on Ultrasonic and Acoustic Emission Parameters of Carbon/Phenolic and Carbon Composites", 4th Annual Research Symposium, American Society of Nondestructive Testing (ASNT), March 21-23, 1995, pp. 244-246.
- Mahfuz, H., Saha, M., Vaidya, U. and Jeelani, S., "Impact Damage and Residual Strength of Resin Infiltrated Toughened Graphite/Epoxy Panel", The 10th International Conference on Composite Materials (ICCM-10), August 1995, Vancouver, Canada, Vol. V, pp. 671-678.
- Vaidya, U., Mahfuz, H. and Jeelani, S., "Acoustic-Ultrasonic Characterization of Carbon-Carbon Composites with Stretch Broken Fabric Architecture", 10th International Conference on Composite Materials (ICCM-10), August 1995, Vol. V, pp. 511-526.
- Mahfuz, H., Saha, M., Vaidya, U., Biggs, R. and Jeelani, S., "Prediction of the Dynamic Response of Toughened Graphite/Epoxy Composite Plates at Low Velocity Impact - A Numerical Study", 27th International SAMPE Technical Conference, October 1995, Albuquerque, New Mexico, Vol. 27, pp. 830-842.
- Vaidya, U., Wheeler, R., Mahfuz, H. and Jeelani, S., "Compression Behavior and NDE of Stiffened Panels"v, 27th International SAMPE Technical Conference, October 1995, Albuquerque, New Mexico, Vol. 27, pp. 711-721.
- Haque, A., Vaidya, U. Mahfuz, H. and Jeelani, S., "Effect of Fiber Orientation on HSR Response of Glass Fiber Reinforced Composites," 28th International SAMPE Technical Conference, Seattle, WA, Oct. 12-15, 1996.
- Haque, A., Vaidya, U. Mahfuz, H. and Jeelani, S., "NDE of Thick Section Composites under Static Compression and Cyclic Loading," 14th World Conference on Nondestructive Testing, Dec 6-13, 1996, New Delhi, India, Vol. 5.
- Vaidya, U., Fotedar, K., Mahfuz, H. and Jeelani, S., "Process Related Defects and High Strain Rate Impact Damage Evaluation of Resin Transfer Molded Composites Through a Comprehensive NDE Approach," 14th World Conference on Nondestructive Testing, Dec 6-13, 1996, New Delhi, India, Vol. 5.
- Vaidya, U. Haque, A., Mahfuz, H. and Jeelani, S.,"Sensor-Property-NDE Relationships of Polymeric Composites Processed Through Resin Infusion," Smart Materials, Structures and MEMS, SPIE-96, Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 331, pp. 654-667, Dec. 11-14, 1996, Bengalore, India.
- Mahfuz, H., Gama, B., Raines, R. and Jeelani, S., "High Strain Rate Behavior of Woven Composites," 5th International Conference on Composites Engineering (ICCE - 4), Hawaii, July 6-11, 1997, Vol. 1, pp. 631-632.
- Haque, A., Johnson, J., Vaidya, U. and Jeelani, S.,"Static Compression and Compression-Compression Fatigue of S2-Glass/Vinyl-Ester Composites," 4th International Conference on Composites Engineering (ICCE - 4), Hawaii, July 6-11, 1997, Vol. 1, pp. 408-409.
- Vaidya, U., Krishnagopalan, K., Haque, A., Mahfuz, H. and Jeelani, S., "Non- Destructive Characterization and Low Velocity Impact Response of Integral Armor Components," 4th International Conference on Composites Engineering (ICCE - 4), Hawaii, July 6-11, 1997, Vol. 1, pp. 1009-1010.
- Mahfuz, H., Gama, B., Raines, R. and Jeelani, S., "High Strain Rate Behavior of the Component Materials of an Integral Armor," 29th International SAMPE Technical Conference, October 29 - Nov. 1, 1997, pp. 614-624.
- Mahfuz, H., Rahman, M., Das, P., Vaidya, U. and Jeelani, S., "Finite Element Analysis of Composite Isogrid Cylinders," 29th International SAMPE Technical Conference, October 29 - Nov. 1, 1997, pp. 577-589.
- Mahfuz, H., Eltom, K., Das, P., Vaidya, U. and Jeelani, S., "High Frequency Fatigue of Continuous Silicon Carbide Fiber Reinforced Silicon Nitride Matrix Composites," 29th International SAMPE Technical Conference, October 29 - Nov. 1, 1997, pp. 128-141.
- Vaidya, U., Kamath, M., Mahfuz, H. and Jeelani, S., "Manufacturing and Low Velocity Impact Response of Innovative Sandwich Composites," 29th International SAMPE Technical Conference, October 29 - Nov. 1, 1997, pp. 713-724.
- Vaidya U., Abraham, A., Mahfuz, H. and Jeelani, S., "Manufacturing of Composite Integral Armor Using Liquid Molding Process," 29th International SAMPE Technical Conference, October 29 - Nov. 1, 1997 , pp. 523-531.
- Haque, A., Ali, M., Mahfuz, H. and Jeelani, S., "Rate Dependent Compressive Response of S2-Glass/Vinylester Composites," 29th International SAMPE Technical Conference, October 29 - Nov. 1, 1997, pp. 698-712.
- Mahfuz, H., Lokesh, B., Das, P. Vaidya, U. and Jeelani, S., "Finite Element Modeling and Photoelastic Analysis of an Integral Armor Under Flexural Loading," NCA-Vol. 24, Proceedings of the ASME Noise Control and Acoustic Division, ASME 97, pp. 235-246, 1997.
- Vaidya, U., Kamath, M., Mahfuz, H. and Jeelani, S., "Low Velocity Impact Response of Unconventional Sandwich Composites," Proceedings of the American Society for Composites, pp. 562-571, October 6-8, 1997, Dearborn, MI.
- Haque, A., Vaidya, U., Ali, M., Fotedar, K., Mahfuz, H. and Jeelani, S., "Effects of Fiber Orientation on High Strain Rate Behavior of Glass/Epoxy Composites," Engineering and Architecture Symposium, Prairie View A&M University, February 6-7, pp. 491-98, 1997.
- Vaidya, U., Abraham, A., Hosur, M.V., Kumar, P., Haque, A., Mahfuz, H, and Jeelani, S., "Manufacturing of Thick Section Composites Using Low Cost Liquid Molding Processes," 19th SECTAM Conference on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, 1998, pp. 139-150.
- Mahfuz, H., Lokesh, B., Vaidya, U. and Jeelani, S., "Experimental and Finite Element Hybrid Stress Analysis of Thick Section S2-Glass Composites," Developments in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Vol. 9 (I 998), pp. 117- 128.
- Mahfuz, H., Rahman, M., Das, P., Vaidya, U. and Jeelani, S., "Response of Composite Isogrid Cylinders Under Axial Compression," 2nd International Conference on Composite Science and Technology (ICCST/2), June 9-11, 1998, Vol. 1, pp. 325-331.
- Mahfuz, H., Rahman, M., Haque, A., Foster, E. Vaidya, U. and Jeelani, S., "Buckling Analysis of Composite Isogrid Cylinders using Finite Element Method," International Conference on Advanced Composites, Hurghuda, Egypt, December 1998, pp. 673-682.
- Vaidya, U., Hosur, M., Kumar, P., Earl, D., Cloyd, M., Mahfuz, H., Haque, and Jeelani, S., "High Strain Rate Response of Sandwich Composites with Integrated PARABEAM Core," International Conference on Advanced Composites, Hurghuda, Egypt, December 1998, pp. 215-226.
- Motuku, M., Janowski, G., Vaidya, U., Mahfuz, H. and Jeelani, S., "Low Velocity Impact Response of Vinyl Ester 350 and C50 Neat Resins," Proceedings of the ASME, NCA-Vol. 25, pp. 283-296, 1998.
- Vaidya, U. Mohan, P., Mahfuz, H. and Jeelani, S., "Low Velocity and High Strain Rate Impact of Pin Reinforced Foam Core Sandwich Composites," Proceedings of the Japan-US Conference on Composite Materials, Sept. 24-25, 1998, pp. 721-729.
- Mahfuz, H., Mamun, W., Haque, A., Vaidya, U. and Jeelani, S., "Response of Fiber and Matrix in Composites under High Strain Rate Loading," Proceedings of the SEM Annual Conference on Theoretical, experimental and Computational Mechanics, June 7-9, 1999, Vol. 1, pp. 559-564.
- Mahfuz, H., Zaman, K., Haque, A., Vaidya, U. and Jeelani, S., "S-N Characterization and Cyclic Life Prediction of Thick-Section Composites Under Flexural Loading," Proceedings of the SEM Annual Conference on Theoretical, Experimental and Computational Mechanics, June 7-9, 1999, Vol. 1, pp. 630- 635.
- Mahfuz, H., Zaman, K., Haque, A., Vaidya, U. and Jeelani, S., "Fatigue Life Prediction of Thick-Section Woven Composites Under Flexural Loading," 6th International Conference on Composites Engineering (ICCE - 6), June 27 - July 3, 1999, Orlando, Florida, Vol. 1, pp. 537-538.
- Vaidya, U., Jadhav, N., Mahfuz, H. and Jeelani, S., "Parametric Dielectric Sensing Studies in Vacuum Assisted Resin Transfer Molding," 6th International Conference on Composites Engineering (ICCE - 6), June 27 - July 3, 1999, Orlando, Florida, Vol. 1, pp. 857-858.
- Mahfuz, H., Mamun, W., Hisham, M., Vaidya, U. Haque, A. and Jeelani, "High Strain Rate Response of resin Infusion Molded Sandwich Composites," ASME 1999, AMD-Vol. 235, Thick Composites for Load Bearing Structures, pp. 105-112.
- Haque, A., Rahman, M., Mahfuz, H., Vaidya, U. and Jeelani, S., "Durability and Damage Development in Woven Ceramic Matrix Composites under Tensile and Fatigue Loading at Room and Elevated Temperatures," MD-Vol. 86, Durability and Damage Tolerance of Composite Materials and Structures, 1999 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress, Nashville, TN.
- Mahfuz, H., Zaman K., Hisham, M., Vaidya, U. Haque, A. and Jeelani, "Fatigue Modulus Concept and Life Prediction of Thick-Section S2-Glass/Vinylester Composites Under Flexural Loading," ASME 1999, MD-Vol. 86, AMD-Vol. 232, Durability and Damage Tolerance of Composite Materials and Structures, pp. 101-106.
- Mahfuz, H., Zhu, Y., Mamun, W., Haque, A. and Jeelani, S., "Failure Analysis of Hybrid Armor Under High Velocity Impact," ASME 2000, AMD-Vol. 243, Dynamic Failure in Composite Materials and Structures, pp. 115-127.
- Gama, B., Gillespie, J., Mahfuz, H., Bogetti, T. and Fink, B., "Effect of Non-linear Material Behavior on the Through-Thickness Stress wave Propagation in Multi-Layer Hybrid Lightweight Armor," Advances in Computational Engineering & Sciences, Volume 1, pp. 157-162, 2000.
- Mahfuz, H., Islam, S., Carlsson, L, Atkins, M. and Jeelani, S., "Effect of Implanted Delamination and Core Density on the Buckling Behavior of Sandwich Composites," ASME 2000, AD-Vol. 62, AMD-Vol. 245, Mechanics of Sandwich Structures, pp. 143-150.
- Mahfuz, H., Mamun, W., Vaidya, U., Haque, A. and Jeelani, S., "Response of Foam-Core Sandwich Composites at High strain Rate," Developments in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics," Vol. 20, pp. 1-7, 2000.
- Mahfuz, H., Islam, S., Carlsson, L., Kardomateas, G. And Jeelani, S., “Buckling Response of Sandwich Composites: Effect of Core Density and Implanted Interface Cracks," 13th International Conference on Composite Materials (ICCM-13), June 25-29, 2001, CD Proceedings, Paper ID:1452.
- Mahfuz, H., Maniruzzaman, M., Zaman, M., Kulkarni, N., and Jeelani, S., "Response of Advanced Composites under Cyclic Loading; Recent Advances in Numerical and Experimental Approaches," Keynote Paper, BSME-ASME International Conference on Thermal Engineering, 2001, Vol. 1, pp. 120-132.
- Hassan, ABM, Mahfuz, H., Saha, M., Jeelani, S., Rahim, K. and Suhling, J., "Finite Element Analysis of Flip Chip Packages," Developments in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Volume 11, pp. 65-72, 2002.
- Joarder, C., Mahfuz, H., Saha, M., Jeelani, S., Srinivason, D., Joseph, B., Thomas, M. and Christensen, S.,"Design and Analysis of Co-Injection Resin Transfer Molding (CIRTM) Sandwich T-joints," Developments in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Volume 11, pp. 201-210, 2002.
- Thomas, T., Mahfuz, H., Kanny, K. and Jeelani, S., "Temperature and Rate Sensitivity of Polymer Foam Cores," Developments in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Volume 11, pp. 217-226, 2002.
- Kanny, K., Mahfuz, H., Thomas, T and Jeelani, S., "Effects of Loading Frequency on the Fatigue Behavior of Sandwich Composites," Developments in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Volume 11, pp. 285-294, 2002.
- Kulkarni, K., Mahfuz, H., Carlsson, L., and Jeelani, S., "Flexural Fatigue Characterization of PVC Foam Core Sandwich Composites," Developments in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Volume 11, pp. 295-304, 2002.
- Kanny, K., Mahfuz, H., Thomas, T., and Jeelani, S.,” Static and Dynamic Characterization of Polymer Foams Under Shear Loads," CD Proc. American Society for Composites 17th Annual Tech. Conf., West Lafayette, Indiana, 21-23 October 2002, Paper No. 2013.
- Thomas, T., Mahfuz, H., Kanny, K., Jeelani, S., “High Strain Compression of Cellular Foam Core Sandwich Composites at Sub-ambient Temperatures", CD Proc. American Society for Composites 17th Annual Tech. Conf., West Lafayette, Indiana, 21-23 October 2002. Paper No. 2012.
- Majumdar, P., Mahfuz, H., Saha, M., Shamery, F., Jeelani, S., and Thomas, M.M. Composite Skin-Stringer Assembly: Innovative Manufacturing and Stability Analysis." CD Proc. American Society for Composites 17th Annual Tech. Conf., West Lafayette, Indiana, 21-23 October 2002. Paper No.183.
- Mahfuz, H., Islam, S. and Jeelani S., "Flexural Response of Sandwich Composites with Nanophased Cores," 6th International Conference on Sandwich Constructions (ICSC6), Fort Lauderdale, Florida, April 2003, Vol. 1, pp. 213-226.
- Thomas, T., Mahfuz, H., Kanny, K. and Jeelani, S., "Dynamic Compression of Foam Core Sandwich Composites," 6th International Conference on Sandwich Constructions (ICSC6), Fort Lauderdale, Florida, April 2003, Vol. 1, pp. 410-417.
- Kanny, K., Mahfuz, H., Thomas, T. and Jeelani, S., "Shear Fatigue Behavior of PVC Foams” 6th International Conference on Sandwich Constructions (ICSC6), Fort Lauderdale, Florida, April 2003, Vol. 1, pp. 513-521.
- Kanny, K. Mahfuz, H., Thomas, T. and Jeelani, S., "An Analytical model for life prediction of closed cell structural PVC cores," ANTEC conference proceedings, ISSN 1539-2252, 2004, vol. 3, pp. 3140-3159.
- Mahfuz, H., Adnan, A., Rangari, V. and Jeelani, S., "Carbon nanoparticles/whiskers reinforced composites and their tensile response," 48th International SAMPE Symposium, May 11-15, 2003, Vol. 48, pp. 2559-2571.
- Mahfuz, H., Adnan, A., Rangari, V. and Jeelani, S., "Carbon nano-whisker reinforced composites: manufacturing and characterization," 2003 SEM Annual Conference on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, Charlotte, NC, preprint 199, June 2-4, 2003.
- Mahfuz, H., Islam, M., Rangari, V. and Jeelani, S., "Processing Synthesis and Flexural Characterization of Nanophased Polyurethane Foams," CD Proc. American Society for Composites 18th Annual Tech. Conf., Gainesville, Florida, October 19-22, 2003, Paper 220.
- Mahfuz, H., Saha, M., Chakravarty, U. and Jeelani, S., "Energy Absorption at Various Strain Rates by Sandwich Core Materials – Analytical and Experimental Investigation," CD Proc. American Society for Composites 18th Annual Tech. Conf., Gainesville, Florida, October 19-22, 2003, Paper 227.
- Mahfuz, H., Ashfaq, A., Rangari, V., Jasiuk, I. and Jeelani, S., "Effects of Micron and Nanosized SiC Particles on the Mechanical Properties of Epoxy Nanocomposites," CD Proc. American Society for Composites 18th Annual Tech. Conf., Gainesville, Florida, October 19-22, 2003, Paper 238.
- Gorenstein, N. Friedman, A., Mahfuz, H., Ashfaq, A., Rangari, V. and Jeelani, S., "Synthesis, Processing, and Mechanical Characterization of Epoxy-Protein Nanocomposites," CD Proc. American Society for Composites, 18th Annual Tech. Conf., Gainesville, Florida, October 19-22, 2003, Paper 240.
- Jeff Jordan, Iwona Jasiuk, Mahfuz, H. and Rina Tannenbaum, "Nano Versus Micro Size Reinforcement in Polymer Matrix Composites," presented at the 2003 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress, Washington, DC, November 15-21, 2003.
- Mahfuz, H., Ashfaq, A., Rangari, V., and Jeelani, S., "Characterization of Carbon Nanotube Reinforced Filaments and their composites," presented at the 2003 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress, Washington, DC, November 15-21, 2003.
- Chisholm, N, Mahfuz, H., Rangari, V., Rodgers, R. and Jeelani, S., "Synthesis and Mechanical Characterization of Carbon/Epoxy Composites Reinforced with SiC nanoparticles," NSTI-Nanotech 2004, ISBN 0-9728422-09-2, Vol. 3, pp. 302-307.
- Mahfuz, H., Uddin, M., Rangari, V., and Jeelani, S., ”High Strain Rate Response of Sandwich Composites with Nanophased Cores," 2004 SEM X International Congress on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, Costa Mesa, California, June 7-10, 2004.
- Uddin, M., Saha, M., Mahfuz, H., Rangari, V. and Jeelani, S., "Strain Rate effects on Nanophased Polyurethane Foams," SAMPE 2004, May 16-20, 2004, Long Beach, CA, CD Proceedings.
- Salekeen, S., Nana, J., Mahfuz, H., and Jeelani, S., "Thermal Shock Behavior of Nicalon Fiber SiCN Ceramic Matrix Composites," SAMPE 2004, May 16-20, 2004, Long Beach, CA, CD Proceedings.
- Mahfuz, H., Baseer, M., Rangari, V., and Jeelani, S., "Fabrication, Characterization and Mechanical Properties of Nanophased Carbon Prepreg Laminates," SAMPE 2004, May 16-20, 2004, Long Beach, CA, CD Proceedings.
- Hasan M., Mahfuz, H., Rangari, V. and Jeelani, S., "Thermal and Mechanical Characterization of Nylon-6 Filaments Infused with Nanoparticles", 2004 SECTAM Proceeding, Volume 22, August 15-17, Tuskegee, AL, pp. 49-58.
- Baseer, M.A. Mahfuz, H., Rangari, V.J., Zhou, Y., and S. Jeelani, "Evaluation of Thermal and Mechanical Properties of Nanophased Carbon Prepregs," CD Proc. American Society for Composites 19th Annual Tech. Conf., Atlanta, Georgia, October 17-20, 2004, Paper NT-22.
- Salekeen, S., Rahman, M.M., Mahfuz, H., and Jeelani, S., "Long-term Creep and Creep Rupture Behavior of Woven Ceramic Matrix Composites at Elevated Temperatures," Proceedings of IMECE2004-60936, 2004 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress, Anaheim, California, November 13-19, 2004.
- Mahfuz, H., Hasan, M., Rangari, V., and Jeelani, S., "Investigation of thermal and mechanical response of Nylon-6 filaments with the infusion of acicular and spherical nanoparticles," NSTI-Nanotech 2005, Anaheim, May 8-12, 2005, Vol. 2. pp. 86.
- Mahfuz, H., Zainuddin, S., Rangari, V., Jeelani, S., Parker, M.A. and Al-Saadi, T, "Imrovements in High Specific Strength Epoxy-Based Composites using High Magnetic Fields," NSTI-Nanotech 2005, Anaheim, May 8-12, 2005, Vol. 2. pp. 143.
- Mahfuz, H., Zainuddin, S., Rangari, V., Jeelani, S., Parker, M.A. and Al-Saadi, T., "Infusion of Carbon Nanotubes and Carbon Nanofibers into SC-15 Epoxy; An investigation of the influence of High Magnetic Fields,” SAMPE 2005, May 3-6, 2005, Long Beach, CA, presented at the conference and published in the CD proceedings.
- Mahfuz, H., "Experimental Approaches in Nanocomposites," presented at the 3rd International Conference on Structural Stability and Dynamics (ICSSD), June 19-22, 2005.
- Mahfuz, H., Zainuddin, S., Uddin, F., Rangari, V., Jeelani, S., Parker, M. and Saadi, T., "Response of Magnetically Flocculated Nanophased Composites under Dynamic Loading," presented at the 3rd International Conference on Structural Stability and Dynamics (ICSSD), June 19-22, 2005.
- Theotokoglo, E.E., Carlsson, L.A., Vrettos, C.D. and Mahfuz, H., "Numerical Study of Fractured Sandwich Composites under Flexural Loading," Sandwich Structures 7: Advancing with Sandwich Structures and Materials, Vol. 1, pp. 423-431, 7th International Conference on Sandwich Structures (ICSS-7), 29-31 August 2005, Aalborg, Denmark.
- Mahfuz, H., Clements, F., and Stewart, J., "Development of Stab Resistant Body Armor using Fumed SiO2 Nanoparticles Dispersed into Polyethylene Glycol (PEG) through Sonic Cavitation," NSTI-Nanotech 2006, Boston, MA, May 7-11, 2006, Vol. 1 pp. 358.
- Mahfuz, H., Clements, F. and Justin, S., "Functionalization of Silica Nanoparticles to Improve Stab Resistance of Kevlar Fabrics," SES 2006, University Park, PA, August 13-16, 2006.
- Clements, F., Mahfuz, H. and Wetzel, E., "M50V50A50 Method for Characterizing Stab Resistant Materials for Body Armor Applications," SEM 2007, Springfield, Massachusetts, June 3-6, 2007, Paper presented and published in the CD proceeding.
- Clements, F. and Mahfuz, H., "Enhancing the Stab Resistance of Flexible Body Armor using Functionalized SiO2 Nanoparticles," 16th Intl. Conference on Composite Materials (ICCM-16), Kyoto, Japan, July 8-13, 2007, Paper presented and published in the CD Proceeding..
- Rodgers, R., Mahfuz, H., Rangari, V., Jeelani, S., Carlsson, L, "Tensile Response of SiC-Nanoparticles Reinforced Epoxy Composites at Room and Elevated Temperatures," 16th Intl. Conference on Composite Materials (ICCM-16), Kyoto, Japan, July 8-13, 2007, Paper presented and published in the CD Proceeding..
- Mahfuz, H. and Lambert, V., "Development of Stab Resistant Body Armor Using Silated SiO2 Nanoparticles Dispersed into Glutaraldehyde," NSTI-Nanotech 2008, Boston, MA, May 4-7, 2008, presented and published in the CD proceedings.
- Mahfuz, H. and Stewart, J., "SiC-Nanoparticles Reinforced Polyurethane Foam – Studies of Mechanical and Fracture Behavior," SEM XI International Congress & Exposition on Experimental & Applied Mechanics, June 2-5, 2008, Orlando, Florida, presented at the conference.
- Ma, S., and Mahfuz, H., "Investigation of Composite Surface Effect Ship (SES) Hull structure under hydrodynamic Loading using Fluid-Structure Interaction", SAMPE Fall Technical Conference, September 8-11, 2008, Memphis, TN, presented and published in the conference proceeding.
- Khan, M, Mahfuz, H., and Leventouri, T., "Investigation of Infusion of Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene (UHMWPE) and Carbon Nanotube (CNT) into Low Density Polyethylene (LDPE) Filaments", SAMPE Fall Technical Conference, September 8-11, 2008, Memphis, TN, presented and published in the conference proceeding.
- Mahfuz, H., Stewart, J. and Carlsson, F., "Enhancement of Mechanical and Fracture Properties of Core Materials and Sandwich Composites using Functionalized SiC Nanoparticles," ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, October 31 – November 6, 2008, Boston, Massachusetts, Presented at the Conference.
- Mahfuz, H., Lambert, V. and Bordner, P., "Improving Stab Resistance of Flexible Body Armor using Silane Coupling Agent and Cross-Linking Fixatives with Silica Nanoparticles," ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, October 31 – November 6, 2008, Boston, Massachusetts, Presented at the Conference.
- Mahfuz, H. and Khan, M., "Synthesis and Characterization of Low Density Polyethylene (LDPE) Reinforced with Functionalized CNTs," ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, October 31 – November 6, 2008, Boston, Massachusetts, Presented and published in the Conference Proceedings.
- Asseff, N.S. and Mahfuz, H., "Design and Finite Element Analysis of an Ocean Current Turbine Blade," OCEANS ’09, October 26-29, 2009, Biloxi, Mississippi, Presented and published in the conference proceedings.
- Ma, S. and Mahfuz, H., "The Global and Sub-Model Analysis of Composite Multi-Hull Structure using Fluid Structure Interaction," The 24th Annual American Society for Composites (ASC) Conference, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, September 15-17, 2009, Presented and published in the conference proceedings.
- Malkina, O., Mahfuz, H. and Sorge, K., "Epoxy-Based Composites with Magnetite Nanoparticles under External Uniform High Magnetic Field," ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, November 13-19, 2009, Lake Buena Vista, Florida, Presented at the conference.
- Khan, M. and Mahfuz, H., "Enhancing Strain Hardening Behavior of Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene (UHMWPE) with CNT Reinforcement," ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, November 13-19, 2009, Lake Buena Vista, Florida, Presented at the conference.
- Mahfuz, H. and Ma, S., "Finite Element Simulation of Composite Ship Structures with Fluid Structure Interaction," International Simulation Multi-Conference (ISMC 2010), Ottawa, Canada, 12-14 July 2010, published in the CD proceedings.
- Mahfuz, H., Das, D. and Granata, R., "Reinforcement of Syntactic Foam with SiC Nanoparticles," SAMPE 2010, Seattle, Washington, 17-20 May, 2010, presented and published in the CD proceedings.
- Mahfuz, H., Powell, F., Granata, R. and Hosur, M., "Treatment of Carbon Fibers with POSS and Enhancement in Mechanical Properties of Composites," SAMPE 2010, Seattle, Washington, 17-20 May, 2010, presented and published in the CD proceedings.
- Mahfuz, H., Powell, F., Granata, R. and Hosur, M., "The Effects of POSS on the Interlaminar Shear Strength of Marine Composites under Various Environmental Conditions," NSTI-Nanotech 2010, June 21-25, 2010, Anaheim, CA, presented and published in the conference proceedings.
- Mahfuz, H., Das, D. and Granata, R., "Enhancing Strength, Modulus and Fracture Toughness of Syntactic Foam through Nanoparticle Reinforcement," NSTI-Nanotech 2010, June 21-25, 2010, Anaheim, CA, presented in the conference.
- Mahfuz, H. and Ma, S., "Investigation of Composite Ship Structures under Hydrodynamic and Blast Loads using Fluid Structure Interactions," 13th Asian Congress of Fluid Mechanics (ACFM -13), December 17-21, 2010, Dhaka, Bangladesh, published in the conference proceedings.
- Mahfuz, H. and Akram, M.W., "Life Prediction of Composite Turbine Blades under Random Ocean Current and Velocity Shear," OCEANS’11 Conference, June 6-9, 2011, Santander, Spain, Presented and published in the conference proceedings.
- Ma, S. and Mahfuz, H., "Numerical Simulation of Composites Ship Hull under Hydrodynamic and Blast Loads using Fluid Structure Interactions", 11th International Conference on Fast Sea Transportation (FAST-2011), September 26-29, 2011, Honolulu, Hawaii, Presented and published in the conference proceeding.
- Mahfuz, H., Powell, F., Granata, R, and Hosur, M., "Enhancing Mechanical and Hygrothermal Properties of Carbon/Vinyl Ester Composites using POSS," ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, November 11– 17, 2011, Denver, Colorado, Presented at the Conference, abstract published.
- Mahfuz, H. and Akram, M.W., "Modeling of Composite Ocean Current Turbine Blades under Fatigue Loading," ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, November 11– 17, 2011, Denver, Colorado, Presented at the Conference, abstract published.
- Malkina, O., Mahfuz, H., Sorge, K., Randinone, A.J., Chen, J. and Rangari, V.K., "SC-15 Epoxy Reinforced with Magnetic Nanofillers under Uniform Magnetic Field – An Investigation of Anisotropic Physical Properties," NSTI-Nanotech 2012, June 18-12, 2012, Santa Clara, CA, presented and published in the conference proceedings.
- Zhou, F. and Mahfuz, H., "Fatigue Analysis of Composite Turbine Blades under Random Ocean Current," OCEANS’ 12, Hampton Roads, Virginia, October 14-19, 2012, presented and published in the conference proceedings.
- Zhou, F. and Mahfuz, H., "Design and Analysis of Composite Ocean Current Turbine Blades using NREL Codes," ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, November 09 - 15, 2012, Houston, Texas, Presented and published in the conference proceedings.
- Rahman, M.H., Ma, S., and Mahfuz, H., "Finite Element Simulation of Composite Ship Structures under Extreme Wave and Slamming Loads," 2013 International Conference on Grand Challenges in Modeling and Simulation (GCMS-2013), July 7-10, 2013, Toronto, Canada, Presented and published in the conference proceedings.
- Sabet, M., Mahfuz, H., and Hashemi, J., "Effect of Dispersion Conditions on the Thermo-Mechanical Properties of Functionalized Carbon Nanotube Reinforced Vinyl Ester," Nanotech – Advanced Materials and Applications, June 15 – 18, 2014, Washington, D.C.
- Sabet, M., Mahfuz, H., and Hashemi, J., "Investigation of Carbon Nanotube Dispersion in Vinyl Ester Resin using Mechanical, Thermal and Statistical Techniques," ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, November 14 – 20, 2014, Montreal, Canada, presented and published in the conference proceedings.
- Mahfuz, H., Canino, M, and Suzuki, T., "Design and Fatigue Analysis of Composite Turbine Blades under Ocean Wave and Current Loading," 20th Intl. Conference on Composite Materials (ICCM-16), Copenhagen, Denmark, July 19-24, 2015, Presented and published at the conference proceedings.
- Suzuki, T., Mahfuz, H., and Canino, M., "Fatigue Load and Life Estimation of Composite Turbine Blades under Random Ocean Current," MTS/IEEE Oceans’15 Conference, October 19-22, 2015, Washington D.C., Presented and published at the conference proceedings.
- Sabet, S.M., H. Mahfuz, Terentis, A.C., Hashemi, J., "A new approach to the synthesis of carbon nanotube-polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS) nanohybrids", ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, November 13-19, 2015, Houston, Texas, Presented and published in the conference proceedings.
- Frame, J., Mahfuz, H., Roy, T., Carlsson, L., and Rangari, V., "Investigation of Structure-Property Relationship in Organic Matrix Nanocomposites for High Temperature Application," USACA 40th Annual Conference on Composites, Materials, and Structures, Cocoa Beach, FL 32920, January 25-28, 2016, Presented and published in the conference proceedings.
- Suzuki, T. and Mahfuz, H., "Non-linear Modeling of Ocean Current Turbine Blades under Large Deflection," ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, November 13-16, 2016, Phoenix, Arizona, Presented and published in the conference proceedings.