Abstract
The purpose of the presentation is to discuss potential collaboration in some research areas related to body armors as well as other biomedical/biomechanics topics. To that end, some of the research on the topic of biomechanics areas will be presented. The topics include human body injury associated with body armors, multiscale modeling of human bones to predict their mechanical properties, and fluid-structure interaction of blood vessels for aneurysm. The research in body armors compared the experimental test data obtained using cadavers and body armors to the results from numerical modeling and simulation. In order to model and predict the biomechanical characteristics with high fidelity, it is important to use correct material properties of human bones, tissues, etc. In that regards, a multiscale analysis model was developed to relate the nanoscale materials such as tropocollagen and hydroxyapatite to the macro-scale bone properties. In other words, we may be able to predict the anisotropic and nonhomogeneous bone properties from the properties at the nanoscales and their hierarchical structures. Finally, a study on aneurysm will be discussed which was conducted numerically. The objective of this study was to learn how to properly model the blood vessel for initiation and development of aneurysm.
Bio
Dr. Kwon is Distinguished Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department of Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) in Monterey, California. He was the past Chair of the department. He was also Professor and Chair of the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Energy Processes of Southern Illinois University Carbondale (SIUC). He received his Ph.D. degree from Rice University, and B.S. degree from Seoul National University, all in mechanical engineering. Before joining NPS, he was Assistant Professor at the University of Missouri-Rolla. His research interests include multi-scale and multi-physics computational techniques for material behaviors bridging nano-scale to macro-scale, fluid-structure interaction problems, ship shock modeling and simulation; composite materials; fracture and damage mechanics; nanotechnology; and biomechanics including body armors and human injury. He has published extensively on the subject areas in archived, refereed journals. He wrote textbooks, Finite Element Method using MATLAB which was translated into Greek, and Multiphysics and Multiscale Modeling: Techniques and Applications. He also contributed chapters to many books. He has edited a book entitled “Multiscale Modeling and Simulation of Composite Materials and Structures” published by Springer along with a contributing chapter. Prof. Kwon received various awards including the Cedric K. Ferguson Medal from Society of Petroleum Engineers, Menneken Faculty Award, Excellent Research Award from American Orthopedic Society of Sports Medicines, Outstanding Instruction and Research Awards, ASME PVPD (Pressure Vessels and Piping Division) Outstanding Service Award, National Dean’s List, Who’sWho in Science and Engineering, ASME Dedicated Service Award, ASME Board of Governors Award, etc. He is a fellow of ASME. Dr. Kwon is the Technical Editor of the ASME Transactions, Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology (JPVT) and the editor-in-chief of the journal Materials Sciences and Applications. He serves in the editorial boards of multiple international journals. He was the past ASME PVP Division Chair, the Senate President and served as a member of the Executive Committee of ASME PVPD. Dr. Kwon was also Technical Program Chair for 2009 ASME PVP Conference and Conference Chair for 2010 ASME PVP Conference. He was also an honorary theme editor of Pressure Vessels and Piping Systems of ELOSS (Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems) under the auspices of UNESCO. Dr. Kwon has conducted projects sponsored by government agencies and private sectors worth of multi-million dollars, and supervised more than 100 graduate students.