Browsing OU - Faculty and Staff Publications by Author "Altan, M. Cengiz"
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Funnel-Shaped Floating Vessel Oil Skimmer with Joule Heating Sorption Functionality
Herren, Blake; Saha, Mrinal C.; Altan, M. Cengiz; Liu, Yingtao (2022-06-02)Floating vessel-type oil collecting devices based on sorbent materials present potential solutions to oil spill cleanup that require a massive amount of sorbent material and manual labor. Additionally, continuous oil ... -
Manufacturing silk/epoxy composite laminates : challenges and opportunities
Hamidi, Youssef K.; Yalcinkaya, M. Akif; Guloglu, Gorkem E.; Pishvar, Maya; Amirkhosravi, Mehrad; Altan, M. Cengiz (2018-05-21)Application of natural fibers in polymer composites has been gaining popularity in several industries pursuing environmentally friendly products. Among the natural fibers with proven potential applications, silk fibers ... -
Modeling and Experimental Validation of Anomalous Moisture Absorption of Micro and Nanocomposite Laminates
Hamidi, Youssef K.; Guloglu, Gorkem E.; Anderson, Jacob P.; Altan, M. Cengiz (2016)Susceptibility of polymeric composites to moisture has been well known for several decades. Most high performance epoxy or bismaleimide (BMI) resins and their fiber-reinforced composites may absorb up to 5 wt% moisture ... -
PDMS Sponges with Embedded Carbon Nanotubes as Piezoresistive Sensors for Human Motion Detection
Herren, Blake; Webster, Vincent; Davidson, Eric; Saha, Mrinal C.; Altan, M. Cengiz; Liu, Yingtao (2021-07-01)Porous piezoresistive sensors offer promising flexible sensing functionality, such as human joint motion detection and gesture identification. Herein, a facile fabrication method is developed using a microwave-based rapid ... -
Performance of Glass Woven Fabric Composites with Admicellar-Coated Thin Elastomeric Interphase
Barraza, Harry J.; Hamidi, Youssef K.; Aktas, Levent; O'Rear, Edgar A.; Altan, M. Cengiz (2016-05)Adequate stress transfer between the inorganic reinforcement and surrounding polymeric matrix is essential for achieving enhanced structural integrity and extended lifetime performance of fiber-reinforced composites. The ... -
Prediction of moisture saturation levels for vinylester composite laminates : a data-driven approach for predicting the behavior of composite materials
Hamidi, Youssef K.; Berrado, Abdelaziz; Altan, M. Cengiz (2018-05-21)This paper introduces a comprehensive, data-driven method to predict the properties of composite materials, such as thermo-mechanical properties, moisture saturation level, durability, or other such important behavior. ... -
Rapid Microwave Polymerization of Porous Nanocomposites with Piezoresistive Sensing Function
Herren, Blake; Charara, Mohammad; Saha, Mrinal C.; Altan, M. Cengiz; Liu, Yingtao (2020-01-29)In this paper, polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) and multi-walled carbon nanotube (MWCNT) nanocomposites with piezoresistive sensing function were fabricated using microwave irradiation. The effects of precuring time on the ... -
Synthesis, Characterization, and Modeling of Aligned ZnO Nanowire-Enhanced Carbon-Fiber-Reinforced Composites
Wang, Jingyu; Marashizadeh, Parisa; Weng, Binbin; Larson, Preston; Altan, M. Cengiz; Liu, Yingtao (2022-04-02)This paper presents the synthesis, characterization, and multiscale modeling of hybrid composites with enhanced interfacial properties consisting of aligned zinc oxide (ZnO) nanowires and continuous carbon fibers. The ...