Isaac M. Daniel

Walter P. Murphy Professor

Catalysis Building - Room 326
2137 Tech Drive
Evanston, Illinois 60208-3020

E-mail address: imdaniel@northwestern.edu
Phone: (847) 491-5649
Fax: (847) 491-5227
Website: http://www.composites.northwestern.edu/

Curriculum Vitae:

Education

• B.S., Illinois Institute Technology, Civil Engineering
• M.S., Illinois Institute of Technology, Civil Engineering
• Ph.D., Illinois Institute of Technology, Civil Engineering

Research

Center for Intelligent Processing of Composites

Professor Daniel has an active program in Composite Materials Nanostructured and Hybrid Materials, and Nondestructive Evaluation. Current research in composites covers a broad spectrum including processing, characterization, micromechanics, fracture, fatigue, dynamic behavior, environmental effects, damage mechanics, nondestructive evaluation, and life prediction.

Professor Daniel’s interests and experience encompass a broad range in Mechanics and Materials with emphasis on Experimental Mechanics and Composite Materials. In the latter, he has worked on all aspects of the area including processing, micromechanics, characterization, fracture and damage mechanics, nondestructive evaluation and life prediction. He has pioneered test methods for characterization of polymer, ceramic and metal matrix composites. In recent years he has been working on processing, characterization and modeling of polymer/clay and polymer/graphite nanocomposites. He serves on the editorial boards of Composites, Part A, Journal of Composite Materials, and Strain. He is the Director of the Center for Intelligent Processing of Composites (IPC) at Northwestern University

Teaching Activities

• CEE-216 Mechanics of Materials
• CEE-413 Modern Experimental Mechanics
• CEE-414-1 Mechanics of Composite Materials 1
• CEE-414-2 Mechanics of Composite Materials 2
• ME495 Special Topics in Nanostructed Materials

Honors and Awards

• Professional Achievement Award, Illinois Institute of Technology (1999)
• Elected Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1999)
• Keynote Lecturer, U.S. National Congress of Applied Mechanics (1998)
• William M. Murray Medal/Lecture, Society for Experimental Mechanics (1998)
• Distinguished Research Award, American Society for Composites (1996)
• M. M. Frocht Award of the Society for Experimental Mechanics, 2006
• P. S. Theocaris Award of the Society for Experimental Mechanics, 2007
• Elected Honorary Member of the Society for Experimental Mechanics, 2007

Selected Publications

• "Engineering Mechanics of Composite Materials", with Ori Ishai, Second Edition, Oxford University Press, New York, 2006.
  
• "A Gas Flow Method for Determination of In-plane Permeability of Fiber Preforms," with M.-K. Um and B. W. Childs, Polymer Composites, Vol. 22, No. 1, Feb. 2001, pp. 47-56.
  
• “Processing and Characterization of Epoxy/Clay Nanocomposites,” with H. Miyagawa, E. E. Gdoutos and J. J. Luo, Experimental Mechanics, Vol. 43, No. 3, 2003, pp. 348-354.
  
• “Characterization and Modeling of Mechanical Behavior of Polymer/Clay Nanocomposites,” with J. J. Luo, Composites Science and Technology, Vol. 63, 2003, pp. 1607-1616.
  
• “Characterization of Local Preform Defects in Resin Transfer Molding by the Gas Flow Method and Statistical Analysis,” with J. G. Opperer and S. K. Kim, Composites Science and Technology, Vol. 64, 2004, pp. 1921-1935.
  
• “Impact and Post Impact Behavior of Composite Sandwich Panels,” with P. M. Schubel and J. J. Luo, Composites Part A, Vol. 38, 2007, pp. 1051-1057.
  
• I. M. Daniel, “Failure of Composite Materials,” Strain, Vol. 43, 2007, pp. 4-12.
  
• J. Cho, J. Y. Chen and I.M. Daniel, “Mechanical Enhancement of Carbon Fiber /Epoxy Composites by Graphite Nanoplatelet Reinforcement,” Scripta Materialia, Vol. 56, 2007, pp. 685-688.