Murat Vural, PhD
Assistant Professor of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Office: E1-253D
Phone: 312.567.3181
Fax: 312.567.7230
Email:
vural@iit.edu
Web:
Personal Webpage
Expertise
- Experimental Solid Mechanics
- Dynamic Response and Constitutive Modeling of Materials
- Mechanics of Cellular Solids
Education
- B.S. Aeronautical Engineering, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey, 1989
- M.S. Aeronautical Engineering, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey, 1991
- Ph.D. Aeronautical Engineering, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey, 1998
Research
Mechanical response, microstructural failure/damage characterization and constitutive modeling of traditional as well as advanced materials under a wide range of loading conditions including high-strain-rates, multiaxial stress states and elevated temperatures.
Some of the recent research topics are:
- High-strain-rate constitutive response, failure characterization and modeling of cellular solids
- Thermo-mechanical coupling and adiabatic shear banding in metals
- Mechanical response of unidirectional composites as a function of loading rate and stress multiaxiality
- High-strain-rate testing techniques
- Ballistic impact, penetration mechanics and impact-resistant structures
- Crashworthiness of composite materials and structures
Current Projects
Awards/Honors
- NSF Fellowship to NSF Summer Institute on Nanoscale Mechanics, Bio-Inspired Hierarchical Structures, and Potential Applications, (June 6-10, 2005)
- NSF Fellowship to the Summer Institute on Nanoscale Mechanical Characterization - The Theory and Practice of Contact Probe Techniques, (August 11-15, 2003)
- NSF Fellowship to the Summer Institute on Nanoscale Mechanical Characterization - The Theory and Practice of Contact Probe Techniques, (August 11-15, 2003)
- Department of Defense (Turkey) Practical Training Fellowship, for 6 months (1992 1993).
