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I'm a computational materials scientist with a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering - Engineering Mechanics from Michigan Technological University. Broadly, I use supercomputers to design next-generation materials that will make cars and planes more fuel efficient and enable the construction of space vehicles to take humanity to Mars and beyond. Specifically, I use molecular dynamics modeling to predict mechanical, thermal, and interfacial properties of polymers and their composites at the atomistic scale. These predictions inform the design process of advanced polymer composites, allowing experimentalists to manufacture and test the right combinations of materials with little to no wasted time, effort, and material.

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Education and qualifications (2)

Michigan Technological University: Houghton, MI, US

2015-01-11 to 2019-12-12 | Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering - Engineering Mechanics (Mechanical Engineering - Engineering Mechanics)
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Michigan Technological University: Houghton, Michigan, US

2010-08-29 to 2014-05-02 | B.S. in Chemical Engineering (Chemical Engineering)
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Works (15)

Emerging Materials and Environment: A Brief Introduction

2024 | Book chapter
Contributors: Manoj K. Shukla; Charles M. Luft; Ashlyn M. Koval; William A. Pisani; Robert W. Lamb; Levi A. Lystrom; Brian D. Etz; Katarina M. Pittman; Michael R. Roth; Caitlin G. Bresnahan et al.
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Micromechanical Dilution of PLA/PETG–Glass/Iron Nanocomposites: A More Efficient Molecular Dynamics Approach

ACS Omega
2024-04-02 | Journal article
Contributors: William A. Pisani; Dane N. Wedgeworth; Jedadiah F. Burroughs; Travis L. Thornell; J. Kent Newman; Manoj K. Shukla
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Preferential Adsorption of Prominent Amino Acids in the Urease Enzyme of Sporosarcina pasteurii on Arid Soil Components: A Periodic DFT Study

Langmuir
2022-11-08 | Journal article
Contributors: William A. Pisani; Glen R. Jenness; Timothy C. Schutt; Steven L. Larson; Manoj K. Shukla
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Mechanical response of polymer/BN composites investigated by molecular dynamics method

Journal of Materials Research
2022-09-23 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0884-2914
Part of ISSN: 2044-5326
Contributors: William Pisani; Geeta Sachdeva; Sagar U. Patil; Swapnil S. Bamane; Prathamesh P. Deshpande; William A. Pisani; Gregory M. Odegard; Ravindra Pandey
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Computational Modeling of Hybrid Carbon Fiber/Epoxy Composites Reinforced with Functionalized and Non-Functionalized Graphene Nanoplatelets

Nanomaterials
2021-10-31 | Journal article
Contributors: Hashim Al Mahmud; Matthew S. Radue; William A. Pisani; Gregory M. Odegard
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Multiscale Modeling of Polyamide 6 Using Molecular Dynamics and Micromechanics

Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research
2021-09-22 | Journal article
Contributors: William A. Pisani; John K. Newman; Manoj K. Shukla
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Computational Prediction of Mechanical Properties of PA6–Graphene/Carbon Nanotube Nanocomposites

The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
2021-07-22 | Journal article
Contributors: William A. Pisani; Dane N. Wedgeworth; Michael R. Roth; John K. Newman; Manoj K. Shukla
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Interfacial modeling of flattened CNT composites with cyanate ester and PEEK polymers

Composites Part B: Engineering
2021-04 | Journal article
Contributors: William A. Pisani; Matthew S. Radue; Sagar Umesh Patil; Gregory M. Odegard
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Interfacial characteristics between flattened CNT stacks and polyimides: A molecular dynamics study

Computational Materials Science
2020-12 | Journal article
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Multiscale modeling of carbon fiber- graphene nanoplatelet-epoxy hybrid composites using a reactive force field

Composites Part B: Engineering
2019-09-01 | Journal article
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Multiscale modeling of PEEK using reactive molecular dynamics modeling and micromechanics

Polymer
2019-02 | Journal article
Contributors: William A. Pisani; Matthew S. Radue; Sorayot Chinkanjanarot; Brett A. Bednarcyk; Evan J. Pineda; Kevin Waters; Ravindra Pandey; Julia A. King; Gregory M. Odegard
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Modeling-Driven Damage Tolerant Design of Graphene Nanoplatelet/Carbon Fiber/Epoxy Hybrid Composite Panels for Full-Scale Aerospace Structures

AIAA Scitech 2019 Forum
2019-01-06 | Journal article
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Accelerated hydrothermal aging of cycloaliphatic epoxy/graphene nanoparticle composites

Polymer Degradation and Stability
2016-11 | Journal article
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Shielding effectiveness of carbon-filled polypropylene composites

Journal of Composite Materials
2015-08-28 | Journal article
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Shielding effectiveness of carbon‐filled polycarbonate composites

Journal of Applied Polymer Science
2015-07-29 | Journal article
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Peer review (1 review for 1 publication/grant)

Review activity for Journal of materials science. (1)