Compression Molding Team
Kardon Allard
Mechanical Engineering Major fascinated in the growth of new materials and manufacturing processes. Currently a CNC shop manager at Master Machine and Tool Co. Experienced in many areas including CNC programming, mechanical design, material testing and machining(manual & CNC).
Joseph D'Antonio
My major is Mechanical Engineering, I was interested in researching composites due to their verity of applications. While completing this project I was surprised to see how little changes in the structure can effected the sample greatly. This process of testing is interesting and allowed me to gain more experience creating a material structure to fix/improve a problem.
Von Clyde Jamora
A Mechanical Engineering Student and an EIT who graduated from Landstown High School's Technology Academy, received an associates degree from Tidewater Community College.
Currently a tutor who helps other engineer students in Statics, Dynamics, Physics, and Calculus. Proficient in many engineering software and programming languages.
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Stephanie Way
Mechanical Engineering Major, received Associates in Engineering from Tidewater Community College in 2015. An Apprentice in the Newport News Shipbuilding's Professional Development Program since 2009.
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Experience in metal processing, testing and welding. I have interests in learning alternative materials to metal and joined this team to expand my knowledge on composites. During this project, I was mostly responsible for the data analysis to determine the mechanical properties of the various structures. In the future, I would like to continue studying in the field of material science.
George D'Antonio
Graduating Mechanical Engineering Major that received his associates of engineering from Reynolds Community College in 2016. He has worked part-time at YakAttack for the past four years as an Engineering Technician. He has experience in manufacturing and precision mold making.
James Harris
Graduating Mechanical Engineering student ready to learn how to solve problems in aerospace, design, medical, and power utilizing FEA, CAD, CAE, or CAM.
Richard Larson
Mechanical Engineering major. Interested in material science and compression molding as a way to develop cheaper, lighter, and stronger materials. Interested in aerospace, automotive industries and mechatronics.
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Oleksander Kravchenko
Dr. Oleksandr G. Kravchenko has joined Old Dominion University after completing his doctoral work at Purdue University (West Lafayette, Indiana) and post-doctoral work at Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, Ohio). His main research interests are in the area of developing computational structure-property relationship models of composite materials, which incorporate the effect of manufacturing process conditions on composite mechanical behavior.
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Currently, he is working in the area of design and characterization of hybrid and functional polymer based composites and composite repair. The research efforts are based on applying computational micromechanics and damage mechanics for understanding the intricate structure-property behavior of the various composites as well as process modeling, coupled with experimental validation of the developed models.