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Kingstedt (PI), Chang, Spear and Berke Receive a $776k DOE-NEUP award for Benchmarking Microscale Ductility Measurements

October 1, 2018

Over the next three years the collaborative team of Drs. Kingstedt, Chang Spear and Berke (USU) will investigate the role of size effects on ductility measurements. Each team member will leverage their expertise in experiments, modeling, microfabrication, and high-temperature experimentation to identify best practices for scaling measurements made on micro-scale thickness specimens to the macroscale.


Welcome Jack and Mohammed!

August 15, 2018

The Kingstedt research group expands by adding two new members, PhD student Mohammed Elamin and MS student Jack Varga. Mohammed received his M.S. at the University of Akron completing a thesis dedicating to investigating the impact response of composite panels under cryogenic conditions.  His early work in the group will focus on drop tower experiments […]


Ronaldo and Tanner Selected for UROP!

August 3, 2018

Congratulations to undergraduate researchers Ronaldo Herrera and Tanner Snow for being selected for the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) for the Fall semester!  Ronaldo’s project will focus on investigating de-noising, segmentation and thresholding approaches applied to x-ray tomographs. Tanner will investigate the dynamic behavior of surrogate bone material subjected to drop tower loading with high speed imaging.


Congratulations to Raphael for completing the B.S. portion of the B.S./M.S. degree option in Mechanical Engineering!

May 4, 2018

Formerly an undergraduate researcher within the group Raphael will be transitioning to the M.S. portion of the B.S./M.S. program.  The B.S./M.S. program is reserved for top students in the Department of Mechanical Engineering.


Roger Beal passes his PhD Qualifying Exam

April 20, 2018

One of the first hurdles to overcome on the path to completing the PhD program is the PhD qualifying exam.  This written exam, spans multiple fields of solid mechanics testing student’s knowledge of engineering theory and practice. Roger has passed the qualifying exam on his first attempt!  Well done Roger!


Kingstedt lab is selected to receive a $35k U of U SEED Grant for the development of SEM-based grid methods of full field deformation studies

January 1, 2018

The Kingstedt lab was selected for funding by the University of Utah Office of the Vice President for Research to develop new SEM-based grid method techniques for full-field deformation studies. The approach will leverage a JOEL 5910LV SEM recently acquired in collaboration with Dr. Czabaj of the Department of Mechanical Engineering.


Kingstedt presents at the 2017 ASME IMECE conference in Tampa, FL

November 10, 2017

Dr. Kingstedt presented two presentations within the Extreme Environments track. The first talk presented a deformation mechanisms approach to thermo-mechanical coupling in light-weight Mg alloy, AZ31B. The second talk, showed the different strain localization processes which take place prior to failure in shear dominated deformation around a through hole defect in AZ31B.


Welcome Hadi!

August 3, 2017

Hadi Mirmohammad becomes the newest member to join the research group.  Hadi joins group having recently completed his B.S. at the University of Tehran in Mechanical Engineering. Hadi’s work will focus on the development of SEM-based experimental techniques to study mechanism activity during deformation.


Kingstedt and Lambros receive the M. Hetenyi Award for the best research paper published in Experimental Mechanics

June 8, 2017

At the annual conference of the Society of Experimental Mechanics, Dr. Kingstedt and his PhD advisor Dr. John Lambros (UIUC) received the M. Hetenyi award for the best research paper published in Experimental Mechanics.  In their paper titled “Ultra-high speed imaging of laser-induced spallation”, images are captured at 200 million frames per second capturing the […]


Kingstedt (PI), McCarter, and Leang receive $195k for the acquisition of a Shimadzu HPVX2 high speed camera

April 3, 2017

In engineering seeing is believing.  The acquisition of a world class high speed camera will be a critical component of improving understanding of dynamic events which have not been visualized previously. The Shimadzu HPVX2 camera will be used by individuals across campus to investigate rotor flutter, blast, dynamic fracture, and high rate deformation. A huge […]