Point by point, here's the goods:
- I am currently enrolled at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
- Prior mechanics courses include: Mechanics of Materials, Advanced Mechanics of Materials, and I'm currently taking Mechanics of Composite Materials
- I received my Undergraduate degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Nebraska Lincoln.
- My strengths for this class... there are three of us in my office taking this class. If I ever get stuck on something, one of them is bound to know what's up. Three heads are better than one I hear. My weakness for this class would be that baseball season is starting soon. I might get a little distracted. Seriously, I'm getting cabin fever.
- I'm currently working with the Midwest Roadside Safety Facility (MwRSF). We crash cars. Into barriers. At 60 mph. Its fun. Feel free to check out the website @ mwrsf.unl.edu
- I have been working on developing a new concrete median barrier for semi-trailer impacts. I've also been working on developing a precast, bolt-down, bridge rail.
- Fracture mechanics will definately help my understanding of how the metal structures on the roadsie break away as a vehicle impacts them. There are a lot of devices such as sign posts, and luminares that are disinged to do so safely.
- I feel that fracture mechanics are an impotant area to study. Materials is the real world are rarely perfect, and understanding how they react and how craks propagate seems pretty important.