Speaker：David Hui Professor

Time：4:00am, May. 4, 2016

Location： Dongtang Conference Room, Building #13

Introduction of speaker：

Dr. David Hui is Professor of Mechanical Engineering and director of Composites Materials Research Laboratory at University of New Orleans. He received  Ph.D. from University of Toronto in Aerospace Engineering, and has edited over 40 widely cited book. He is one of the founder and editor-in-chief of the  prestigious journals in the filed of composite materials, Composites B Engineering journal.  Dr. Hui is also ASME Fellow, ICCE Life Member, AIAA Associate Fellow and CASI Associate Fellow. Dr. Hui is the chairman of ICCE, which has grown to be one of the world's pre-eminent annual technical composite materials or nano-materials conference.

Dr. David Hui is widely known for his research on (i) nano materials mechanical properties modeling and prototyping (ii) mechanical behavior of materials under high or low temperatures, flammability and creep of composite materials, including smart material and structures, (iii) impact of blast dynamics, micro-crack initiation and growth under thermal and mechanical loadings and (iv) infrastructure composites under harsh environments. One of his outstanding contributions in research lies in the modeling of penetration of composite materials using the energy partition model and functional graded approach to enhance the durability and safety of engineering structures under harsh environments.