SSDM 2026 in Long Beach
Earlier this month, members of our research group participated in the SSDM 2026 conference held in Long Beach, California, from June 7–10.
During the conference, Xiangfeng Li presented his work entitled “A Process-Dependent Interface Model for Fusion-Bonded Thermoplastic Composites”, while Tiansheng Liu delivered a presentation on “Variational Modeling of Thermo-Visco-Elasto-Plasticity and Nonlocal Damage in LM-PAEK under Process-Induced Morphology.” The conference provided an excellent opportunity to share our latest research developments and engage with researchers from the fields of computational mechanics, materials science, and advanced manufacturing.
We were also pleased to meet with our project collaborators, including Prof. Gregory M. Odegard and Dr. Sagar Patil from Michigan Technological University, as well as Dr. Evan J. Pineda from NASA Glenn Research Center. These in-person discussions offered valuable opportunities to exchange ideas, review ongoing project activities, and explore future research directions. We also enjoyed spending time together during a group dinner, further strengthening the collaboration among project partners.
Following SSDM, on June 11, we visited the research group of Prof. Mehran Tehrani at the University of California San Diego (UC San Diego). During the visit, we toured the laboratory facilities, learned more about ongoing experimental activities, and discussed future plans for our collaborative research project.
We would like to thank Prof. Tehrani and his team for their warm hospitality, as well as our project partners for the productive discussions throughout the week. We look forward to continuing our collaboration and advancing research in thermoplastic composites and their manufacturing processes.
Impressionen von der SSDM und Long Beach
