Faculty Profile - Dr Panos Charalambides

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Dr Panos Charalambides
Professor and Chairman
Department of Mechanical Engineering
University of Maryland Baltimore County
1000 Hilltop Circle Baltimore, MD 21250
Office: Engineering 210 B
Phone: (410) 455-3346
Fax: (410) 455-1052
Email: panos@umbc.edu
Academic Preparation

Ph.D. , Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign (1986)
M.Sc., Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign (1986)
B.S., Civil Engineering, School of Technology, U. Thessaloniki, Greece (1981)
Employment History

Three years of post doctoral research experience at the Department of Materials, University of California at Santa Barbara. While at UCSB, he received NSF sponsored supercomputer training at San Diego Supercomputer Center.

Four years of faculty experience at Michigan Technological University, Department of Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics. Joined the Mechanical Engineering faculty at UMBC in 1994

Chairman, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Present
Research Areas

Fracture and computational mechanics, finite elements, mechanics of composite materials, manufacturing and optimal fixturing, biomechanics.

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Courses Taught at UMBC ME

Selected Publications

J. L. Kuhn and P.G. Charalambides, "Modeling of Plain Weave Fabric Composite Geometry." J. Comp. Materials, Vol. 33, No. 3, p 186-220 (1999)

J. L. Kuhn, S.I. Haan and P.G. Charalambides, "A Semi-analytical Method for the Calculation of the Elastic Micro-fields in Plain Weave Fabric Composites Under Remote In- plane Loading." J. Comp. Materials, Vol. 33, No. 3, pp 221 -266 (1999)

M. Jha and P.G. Charalambides, "A Finite Element Analysis on Fracture Initiation in Ductile Brittle Periodically Layered Composites." Int. J. Fracture,, 90 [4], pp. 299-323,1999.


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