Doctoral Dissertations
In addition to the thesis title and the graduation date, employment information is provided for some of them.

  1. Finite Element Analysis of Geodesically Stiffened Composite Shells Using a Layerwise Theory,
    Craig S. Gerhard, Co-advisor with R. Kapania, June 1994, Loral Vought Systems, Dallas TX.
  2. Optimum Design of Stiffened Composite Panels with Cutouts,
    Somanath Nagendra, Co-advisor with R.T. Haftka, June 1993 (General Electric Corporate Research & Development).
  3. Analysis and Optimal Design of Pressurized, Imperfect, Anisotropic Ring-stiffened Cylinders,
    Robert Ley, Co-advisor with E. R. Johnson, June 1992 (Hughes Aircraft Co., currently with Northrop Corp.)
  4. Vibration, Buckling, and Postbuckling of Laminated Composites with Delaminations,
    Lee Jaehong, Co-advisor with O.H. Griffin, May 1992 (Assistant Professor, Architectural Engineering Department, Yonsei University, Seul Korea).
  5. Optimal Design of Geodesically Stiffened Composite Cylindrical Shells,
    Guy Gendron, September 1991 (SPAR Aerospace Ltd., Quebec, CANADA, currently Adjunct Professor of Civil Engineering, University of Laval, CANADA).
  6. A Method for the Nonlinear Analysis of Compressively Loaded Prismatic Composite Structures,
    Frederick Stoll, January 1991 (Postdoctoral Research Associate, ESM Dept. VPI&SU. Currently with the University of Dayton Research Institute).
  7. Minimum-weight Design of Symmetrically Laminated Composite Plates for Postbuckling Performance under In-plane Compressive Loads,
    Dong Ku Shin, September 1990 (Agency for Defense and Development, Korea).
  8. Damage States in Laminated Composite Three-Point Bend Specimens - An Experimental/Analytical Correlation Study,
    James M. Starbuck, Co-advisor with Marek J. Pindera, January 1990 (Oak Ridge Labs, TN).


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