[UCI-CalIT2] Seminar on Smart Structures March 18

[Stuart A ROSS]

The UCI Division of CAL-(IT)2 
and
The Center For Unconventional Security Affairs 

Present:

"NEW CHALLENGES IN HOMELAND SECURITY:	 
ADVANCED MATERIALS AND SMART STRUCTURES"

Dr. H. Felix Wu
Advanced Technology Program Manager
National Institute of Standards and Technology

Thursday, March 18, 2004
2:00 p.m.
UCI Engineering Gateway, Room 3161

Abstract: After the September 11th attacks, America faces great challenges in homeland security.  Stronger and more durable building materials, as well as fully equipped sensor network monitoring systems will improve structural soundness and human safety in the near future.  National measurement infrastructure and development of innovative sensor technologies must be built to protect our national infrastructure.  The development of advanced materials and smart structures is one of the key challenges to meeting our national security need.  Advanced materials and smart structures can improve near-term and long-term homeland security by better detection, preparedness, prevention, protection, response and recovery vis-à-vis chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive threats.  Fully integrating monitoring systems with reliable lifetime predictive models, reliability and residual lifetime of structures could be better assessed and loss of life could be significantly minimized.  New high-performance advanced materials and innovative sensor networks would lead to a new generation of extremely reliable and super-safe structures.  Dr. Wu will highlight NIST's response to their ongoing investigation into the World Trade Center disaster and will identify critical elements that government-industry-university partnerships can contribute to in response to homeland security needs.  

Speaker Profile:  Dr. H. Felix Wu holds a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Cornell University (1987) and a M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Northwestern University (1979). He has more than 16 years work experience in industry with a broad-based expertise in fibers, polymers, composite materials/structures, and engineering mechanics.  He joined the Advanced Technology Program (ATP), National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) as a Program Manager in the Office of Chemistry and Life Sciences in July 1997.  As an ATP Program Manager, Dr. Wu has managed more than 44 ATP-funded R&D projects working with various industries in the areas of fiber/polymer composites, civil construction, sensors, metals, ceramics, and life sciences.  Dr. Wu is an adjunct professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University since 1999.  His research interests include composites, construction materials and processes, structural health monitoring, homeland security, materials interfaces, damage tolerance/fracture, creep-rupture, environmental durability, biomedical devices and tissue engineering.  Dr. Wu has published a combination of more than 137 papers in scientific journals, technical conferences and technical reports pertaining to his areas of interest.  He is a Fellow of The Ohio Academy of Science and has recently been selected as a Fellow in the 2003-2004 U.S. Department of Commerce Science and Technology Fellowship (ComSci) Program.

This presentation is free and open to the public.  For further details, call (949) 824-6900.

FACULTY HOST:   
Dr. Andrei Shkel, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
ashkel@uci.edu