Expertise areas
Thrust Areas:
Advanced Manufacturing, Materials and Structures
Technical Areas:
Design and Manufacturing, Materials, Structures and Structural Dynamics
Research interests
Structural energy storage
Sustainable manufacturing
Additive manufacturing
Multifunctional composites and ceramics
Multiscale and Multiphysics modeling
First-principles calculations, molecular dynamics simulations, and finite element methods
Materials genome and materials design
Laser-aided material processing
Processing-microstructure-property relationship
Publications
Selected Journal Publications
- Deng, K., Zhang, C., Dong, X., and Fu, K. "Rapid and energy-efficient manufacturing of thermoset prepreg via
localized in-plane thermal assist (LITA) technique," Composites Part A:
Applied Science and Manufacturing, 161, 107121, 2022. - Pappas, J. M. and Dong, X. "A Comparative Study of Filament-Fed and Blown Powder Based Laser
Additive Manufacturing for Transparent Magnesium Aluminate Spinel
Ceramics," Journal of Laser Applications, 33(4), 042037, 2021. - Pappas, J. M., Thakur, A. R., and Dong, X. "Effects of Cathode Doping on 3D Printed Continuous Carbon Fiber
Structural Battery Composites by UV-assisted Coextrusion Deposition,"
Journal of Composite Materials, 55(26), pp. 3893-3908, 2021. - Pappas, J. M., Thakur, A. R., Leu, M. C., and Dong, X. "A Parametric Study and Characterization of Additively Manufactured
Continuous Carbon Fiber Reinforced Composites for High-Speed 3D
Printing," The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing
Technology, 113(7), pp. 2137-2151, 2021. - Li, Y., Peng, Z., Holl, N., Hassan, M. R., Pappas, J. M., Wei, C., Izadi, O., Wang, Y., Dong, X., Wang, C., Huang, Y., Kim, D., Wu, C. "MXene-Graphene Field Effect Transistor Sensing Influenza Virus and
SARS-CoV-2", ACS Omega, 6(10), pp. 6643-6653, 2021. - Pappas, J. M., Thakur, A. R., Leu, M. C., and Dong, X. "A Comparative Study of Extrusion Deposition of Short, Long, and
Continuous Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composites for Large-
Scale Additive Manufacturing," ASME Journal of Manufacturing
Science and Engineering, 143(7), 071012, 2021. - Pappas, J. M., Thakur, A. R., Kinzel, E. C., and Dong, X. "Direct 3D printing of transparent magnesium aluminate spinel
ceramics," Journal of Laser Applications, 33(1), 012018, 2021.
- Pappas, J. M. and Dong, X. "Direct 3D Printing of Silica Doped Transparent Magnesium Aluminate
Spinel Ceramics," Materials, 13(21), 4810, 2020. - Thakur, A. R. and Dong, X. "Additive Manufacturing of 3D Structural Battery Composites with
Coextrusion Deposition of Continuous Carbon Fibers," Manufacturing
Letters, 26, pp. 42-47, 2020. - Pappas, J. M.*, Thakur, A. R.*, and Dong, X. "Effects of Zirconia Doping on Additively Manufactured Alumina
Ceramics by Laser Direct Deposition," Materials & Design, 192, 108711,
2020.