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Diaz-Montiel, Paulina
Journal Articles
- With Manuel Coca-Gonzalez, Sergio G Torres-Cedillo, Mariel Alfaro-Ponce, Jacinto Cort￩s P￩rez, and Moises Jimenez-Martinez, "Influence of perimeter layers on tension mechanical properties of 3D printed Onyx," p. 11, 2025.
- With Moises Jimenez-Martinez and Guillermo Narvaez, "Low cycle fatigue of thin-wall printed Onyx in energy absorption," vol. 11, Isssue 2, 2025.
- With Marissa Forbes and Susan M Lord, "Celebrating and Leveraging Classroom Geographic and Cultural Diversity to Enhance Student Learning," Education Sciences, vol. 14, Issue 3, p. 287, 2024.
- With Gabriela Gonzalez Ayala, Jarod Heise, Melih Papila, and Satchi Venkataraman, "Failure Mechanisms of Composite Laminates with Embedded Ply Waviness under Tension," 2024.
- With L. W. Escalona-Galvis and S. Venkataraman , "Kriging and Dimension Reduction Techniques for Delamination Detection in Composites using Electrical Resistance Tomography," Engineering Optimization, 2021.
- With S. Venkataraman and H. Kim , "The Effects of Plasticity Mechanisms on Micromechanics of Composites with Waviness Defects under Compression," Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structure, 2021.
- With L.W. Escalona-Galvis and S. Venkataraman , "Optimum Electrode Configurations for Two-Probe, Four-Probe and Multi-Probe Schemes in Electrical Resistance Tomography for Delamination Identification in Carbon Fiber Reinforced Composites," Journal of Composites Science, vol. 2, 2, p. 29, 2018.
- With L. W. Escalona Galvis and S. Venkataraman, "Optimal Electrode Selection for Electrical Resistance Tomography in CFRP Composites," Materials, vol. 10, p. 125, 2017.
Media Appearances and Conferences
- With S. Venkataraman and H. Kim , "Experimental Investigations of Carbon-Epoxy Composites with Waviness Under Cyclic Bending," AIAA Scitech Forum, Virtual, San Diego, CA, 2022.
- With J. Heise, S. Venkataraman, and H. Kim , "The Effect of Ply Waviness on Damage Initiation and Growth in Composites Under Fully Reversed Cyclic Loading," Proceedings of the American Society for Composites-37 Technical Conference, 2022.
- With S. Venkataraman and H. Kim , "Modeling Polymer-Matrix Composites with Fiber Waviness Defects under Cyclic Loading," AIAA Scitech Forum p. 1232, VIRTUAL, 2021.
- With S. Venkataraman , "Numerical Investigation of the Evolution of Fiber Kinking Damage in Composites Under Cyclic Loading," AIAA Scitech Forum, San Diego, CA, 2019.
- With A. Fontanelli and S. Venkataraman , "Bearing Failure Predictions of Composite Bolted Joints using Continuum Damage Model," AIAA/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference p. 0978, Kissimmee, FL, 2018.
- With L. Escalona and S. Venkataraman , "Exploration of Surrogate Models for Inverse Identification of Delamination Cracks in Composites using Electrical Resistance Tomography," 58th AIAA/ASCE/AHS/ASC SDM Conference p. 0199, Grapevine, TX, 2017.
- With L.W. Escalona-Galvis and S. Venkataraman , "Optimum Reduction of Electrodes Needed for Delamination Identification using Electrical Resistance Tomography," Structural Health Monitoring, 2017.
- With L. W. Escalona-Galvis and S. Venkataraman , "Optimum Sensing Configurations for Delamination Identification using Electrical Resistance Tomography," Proceedings of the American Society for Composites-32 Technical Conference, 2017.