A Ph.D. student opening is currently available in my group in the area of computational nanomechanics and atomistic simulation in order to study the thermo-mechanical properties of carbon-based ablative nanocomposites for thermal protection systems (TPS).  Further details about the project and requirements can be found in the attached file.

Best regards, 

 Prof. Fred Sansoz

 School of Engineering

University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont (USA) 

We have studied the above woven nano-structure of carbon nanotubes as one of potential designs for ballistic-resistance materials via the atomic-scale finite element method (AFEM). Our study shows that this structure is insensitive to structure defects. More details can be found in our paper.