Biographies

Team Members:

Will Scales-was44@drexel.edu

Will is a freshman Mechanical Engineer and is part of Drexel's Formula Society of Automotive Engineers team helping to build a Formula One racecar. He is also an avid mountain biker and a member of Drexel's Rock Climbing club. He enjoys hiking and nature and is always ready for a laugh.

Khac Hieu Dinh-kkd44@drexel.edu

Hieu is a Mechanical Engineering student and a member of Drexel’s Formula SAE team. In his free time, he enjoys exploring center city Philadelphia and playing board games.

David Austin-daa97@drexel.edu

David is a Freshman Mechanical Engineering student. He is a member of Drexel’s Formula SAE team, as well as Engineers Without Borders. In his free time, he enjoys playing card games, reading, and playing soccer.

Kevin Nguyen-kdn38@drexel.edu

Kevin is a freshman Mechanical Engineer whose team won first place in the ENGR 111 K'NEX Bridge Module Competition. He is a member of the Drexel University XR club and enjoys rock climbing in his free time. He is a thinker with a fascination for mechanical components.

Dr. Antonios Konstos 

My primary research interest is in theoretical and applied mechanics with emphasis on the under-standing of the mechanical behavior of materials. To achieve this goal, I rely on defining micro-structure-properties-behavior relations using multiscale mechanics methods that involve theory, ex-periments and simulations. A fundamental goal of this type of research is the identification of dam-age and in particular the quantification of evolving material states as a function of applied loading, which can then be used for prognosis and remaining useful life estimations. In this context, I have been using nondestructive testing and evaluation methods in fatigue and fracture investigations across length and time scales in conjunction with signal processing and pattern recognition ap-proaches that could assist in both fundamental investigations of the mechanical behavior of struc-tural materials as well as in structural health monitoring applications. Such information is further used in investigations of both static and dynamic effects with emphasis on localization and nonlin-earity. In relation to these research efforts, I am teaching topics of solid mechanics in addition to computational methods in engineering.