Funding from the National Science Foundation and the University of Washington Royalty Research Fund supports this work. We are developing a system to measure the refractive index profile of polymer fiber. Composite material response to heat flux levels associated with fire . This project involves predicting and evaluating the behavior of load-bearing composite structures during and after partial pyrolysis of the composite.
Further detail is given in Research Interests .
For some areas, I am currently looking for graduate students to support as research assistants. I also describe other projects for which I am seeking funding. In those cases, an interested graduate student could begin research without funding or as a teaching assistant, and the position could potentially be converted to a research assistantship in the future.