Wieslaw K. Binienda
Professor and Chair, Department of Civil Engineering
Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Drexel
University , 1987
M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Drexel
University , 1985
M.S. in Motor Vehicles and Heavy Duty Machines, Warsaw Technical
University
Office: ASEC 215
Tel: (330) 972-6693
Fax: (330) 972-6020
E-mail: wbinienda@uakron.edu
Courses Taught
201 Statics
202 Introduction to Mechanics of Solids
380 Engineering Materials Lab
610
Introduction to Composite Mechanics
710 Advanced Composite Mechanics
694
Damage Mechanics in Composites
694
Design with Advanced Composite Materials
682
Elasticity
Current Research Activities
High
Velocity Impact on Composite Structures (Laminates, Braided Fabrics and Composites),
Under construction!
Fracture mechanics and damage growth in composite materials
Stress
and deformation analysis in FRP, MMC, BMC and rubber composite materials
Filament winding process development and
analysis
Explicit
FEA of Composite Structures - Impact Perforation Analysis
Nano-coating processing and analysis
Application of Advanced Composites for
Retrofitting of Concrete Structures
Functionally Graded Layers Analysis
Funded
Research Projects
Research Facilities and Research Group
High
Velocity Impact Lab (Gas Gun; Aramis System; Shearography Vacuum Chamber for NDE etc., coming soon!)
Computing
softwares (ABAQUS, ANSYS, LS-DYNA, PATRAN etc. Coming soon!)
Past
Students (Comming soon!)
Current
Students (Comming soon!)
Click Here to See a list of published works and professional presentations
Awards
NASA
Lewis Research Center Fellowship, Cleveland OH. Granted for Summer 1989 and
1990.
College
of Engineering Outstanding Researcher Award ¨C Granted by the peer group
in the College of Engineering, 2002.
Turning
Goals Into Reality Award from NASA on the Jet Engine Containment Concepts
and Blade-Out Simulation Team, 2004
Review of Technical Papers & Proposals
Journal
of Engineering Mechanics
Journal
of Engineering Materials and Technology
International
Journal of Fracture
Journal
of Engineering Mechanics
International
Journal of Solids and Structures
Journal
of Applied Mechanics
Composites
Science and Technology
NASA
TM Review
ASTM
- STP
Organization Memberships
ASME
(American Society of Mechanical Engineers)
ASCE
(American Society of Civil Engineers)
Chair of Advanced Composite Materials and Structures Committee - Aerospace
Division
SAMPE
(Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering)
Member
of
Computational
Mechanics in the
Undergraduate
Mechanics Focus Group , organized by Simon & Schuster Education Group,
Chicago Il., May 4 and 5, 1992.
Technical
Advisory Committee for FOSBEL, Inc., from 1991 - 1994.
Ad-hoc
UA-CSU Composite Bridge Committee, from 1991 - 1999.
ACBM
Undergraduate Faculty Coalition for Engineering Materials Curriculum Development,
from 1993 to present.
Service
in the Committees of the University of Akron:
University Committee for Supercomputing at OSC and Resource and Software Committee
at OSC, from September 1993 to present
University Advisory Committee for Electronic Delivery System, from September
1994 to September - 1995
Student Policy Committee - 1998/1999
Wellbeing Committee - 2000/2001
Research Committee - 2000/2002
Service
in the Committees of the College of Engineering
Engineering Computer Policy and Management Committee, from November 1993 to
September 1999.
Graduate Curriculum Committee, from September 1994 to September 1995
Dean Search Committee, 1999 to 2001.
Service
in the Committees of the Civil Engineering Department
Graduate Committee - from September 1994 to 1998
Structural Group Planning Committee - from September 1994 to 2000
Department Search Committees - from August 1994 to 2000
Structural Group Equipment Committee - Materials and Structures Group from
October 1994 to 2000
Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, from January 1996 to 2000.
Starting August 1, 2000, oversight of all the committees of the Civil Engineering
Department as Interim Department Chair.