Students

The students involved in the CenTiRe funded projects are a vital part of the Center. They gain valuable experience in carrying out the research work as a part of their graduate school program, interacting with the industry mentors in the monthly project updates, and presenting to the Industry Advisory Board (IAB) members at the bi-annual meetings. Many of our students have moved on to full time employment with our industry members after graduation or participated in internships at member locations during their studies.

	Waleed Alkandari Virginia Tech: Department of Mechanical Engineering Ph.D: TBD Project: Rubber lifetime performance: Coupling effects of dynamic aging and wear This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
	Pradosh Pritam Dash Virginia Tech: Department of Mechanical Engineering Ph.D: TBD Project: Rolling tire vibro-acoustic measurement and model development for structural-borne noise predictions This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
	Gen Fu Virginia Tech: Department of Biomedical Engineering Ph.D: TBD Project: Assessment of tire attributes and mapping resulting correlations on the dynamic aero drag and lift coefficient on vehicles using CFD and design of experiments This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
	Karthik Balaji Keshavamurthi Virginia Tech: Department of Mechanical Engineering Ph.D: TBD Project: Rubber lifetime performance: Coupling effects of dynamic aging and wear This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
	Mehran Shams Kondori Virginia Tech: Department of Mechanical Engineering Ph.D: TBD Project: Comprehensive multi-scale modeling of tire abrasion This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
	Ashkan Narazi Virginia Tech: Department of Mechanical Engineering Ph.D: TBD Projects: Multi-length scale modeling and testing of wet traction This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
	Arash Nouri Virginia Tech: Department of Mechanical Engineering Ph.D: TBD Projects: Characterization of structure-borne vehicle interior noise This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
	Glenn Spiering Virginia Tech: Department of Chemistry Ph.D: TBD Project: Supramolecular reinforcement of rubber This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
	Zhen Xu Virginia Tech: Department of Mechanical Engineering Ph.D: TBD Project: Rubber lifetime performance: Coupling effects of dynamic aging and wear This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

	Omar Faruk Emon University of Akron: Department of Polymer Engineering Ph.D: TBD Project: 3D printed smart tires for health monitoring This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
	Roja Esmaeeli University of Akron: Department of Mechanical Engineering Ph.D: Fall 2019 Project: Very high frequency testing of tire tread compounds for improved prediction of wet traction performance This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
	Xufeng Guo University of Akron: Department of Polymer Science Ph.D: TBD Project: Evaluating rubber aging on tire durability: A combined modeling and experimental approach This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
	Myoeum Kim University of Akron: Department of Polymer Engineering Ph.D: TBD Project: 3D printed smart tires for health monitoring This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
	Yifan Li University of Akron: Department of Polymer Engineering Ph.D: TBD Project: Evaluating rubber aging on tire durability: A combined modeling and experimental approach This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
	Gavan Lienhart University of Akron: Department of Polymer Engineering Ph.D: TBD Project: Assessment of the biotic and abiotic (chemical and environmental weathering) degradation on the fate of tire and road wear particles in soils This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
	Rouhollah Mokabberi University of Akron: Department of Polymer Engineering Ph.D: TBD Project: 3D printed smart tires for health monitoring
	Kasar Moosvian University of Akron: Department of Polymer Engineering Ph.D: TBD Project: Assessment of the biotic and abiotic (chemical and environmental weathering) degradation on the fate of tire and road wear particles in soils This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
	Tamanna Rahman University of Akron: Department of Polymer Engineering Ph.D: TBD Project: Modeling strain-energy distributions and failure properties for idealized particle dispersions and interfaces in filled elastomers This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
	Nathan Schmitz University of Akron: Department of Polymer Engineering Ph.D: TBD Project: Supramolecular reinforcement of rubber This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

University Students

Virginia Tech

University of Akron