CHMI-24-x Projects (January 2025 – December 2026)
- CHMI-24-01: Joining Carbon Fiber Thermoplastics to Dissimilar Materials; Drs. Dayakar Penumadu (UTK), Donggang Yao (GT), and Tim Truster (UTK)
- CHMI-24-03: Heterogeneous Data Fusion for Non-Destructive Inspection (NDI) for Crack Depth Estimation and Kissing Bonds Detection; Drs. Jianjun Shi (GT), Lianxiang Yang (OU), and Chuck Zhang (GT)
- CHMI-24-05: Bond Strength Impact from Partially Cured Substrates; Drs. Christopher Muhlstein (GT), Uday Vaidya (UTK), and Donggang Yao (GT)
- CHMI-24-06: Adhesive Bonding and Sustainability; Drs. Tequila Harris (GT), Marco Gerini-Romagnoli (OU), Donggang Yao (GT), and Chuck Zhang (GT)
- CHMI-24-07: Modeling and Real-Time Health Monitoring of Composite and Multi-Material
Structural Joints; Drs. Sayed Nassar (OU) and Zhijun Wu (OU) - CHMI-24-09: Enhancing Fiber Composites Performance with Optimal sizing; Drs. Uday Vaidya (UTK), Dayakar Penumadu (UTK), Timothy Truster (UTK), and Ahmed Hassen (ORNL)
Inaugurated CHMI Projects (April 2022 – March 2025)
- CHMI-01: Integrated Methodology for Evaluating Kissing Bonds and Their Impact on Affected Composite Panel
- CHMI-02: Elasto-Plastic Model for Strength Degradation of Adhesive Joints with Additive Manufacturing Substrates due to Heat and Moisture Diffusion
- CHMI-05: Reversibility of Bonded Load Bearing CHMJs using Thermally Expandable and Electromagnetic Sensitive Particle Additives
- CHMI-07: Scalable Standard Testing and Analysis Protocol with Advanced Data Analytics/Machine Learning
- CHMI-08: Smart Processing and Sensing of Fiber Reinforced Composites and Hybrid & Functional Materials Joints in Extreme Environments
- CHMI-10: Advanced NDE/NDT Methods for Composite and Hybrid Material Joints
- CHMI-11: Low Cost & Recycled Carbon Fiber Composites – Material Intermediates & Processes for Tailored Joining
View the summary of final reports for CHMI-xx projects (Member Companies Only)