Olesya Zhupanska

• Professor of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Structural composites in extreme environments (electromagnetic, thermal and mechanical multi-field effects; lightning strike effects; high temperature effects)
• Micromechanics of composites (complex and spatially graded microstructures)
• Low velocity impact of composites (testing and analysis; CT damage evaluation; damage sensing)
• PDE-constrained optimization with applications to mechanics
• Contact mechanics (effects of friction and adhesion)

EDUCATION

• Ph.D., Mechanics of Solids and Applied Mathematics,

  Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine, 2000

• B.S./M.S., Mechanics and Applied Mathematics, with Highest Honours,

  Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine, 1996

COURSES TAUGHT

• AME:302, Numerical Methods
• AME 324A, Mechanical Behavior of Engineering Materials
• AME 324C, Aerospace Structures
• AME 462/562, Composite Materials
• Intermediate Mechanics of Deformable Bodies
• Multiphysics Modeling of Solids
• Mechanical Systems Design
• Mechanical Systems

EMPLOYMENT

2016­ – present­, Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, The University of Arizona: Professor 2016-date

2007­ – 2015, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, The University of Iowa: Associate Professor 2013-2015, Assistant Professor 2007-2013

2002­ – 2007, University of Florida: Post Doctoral Associate 2002-2005, Assistant Engineer 2005-2006, Visiting Assistant Professor 2006-2007

HONORS and AWARDS

• Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
• Associate Fellow, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
• National Research Council (NRC) Senior Research Associateship Award, 2014
• Robert and Virginia Wheeler Faculty Fellowship in Engineering, University of Iowa, 2013
• Air Force Summer Faculty Fellowship, 2020, 2014, 2013, 2011, 2009
• American Society for Composites Best Paper Award, 2013
• DARPA Young Faculty Award, 2011
• Elsevier Young Composites Researcher Award, American Society for Composites, 2008
• ASME/Boeing 2007 Structures & Materials Award, 2007
• American Society for Composites Best Paper Award, 2007
• Graduate Student Award, Hypervelocity Impact Society, 1998

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

• ASME, Fellow
• AIAA, Associate Fellow
• ASC (American Society for Composites), Member

PUBLICATIONS in REFEREED JOURNALS (since 2005)

• Hart R. J., Zhupanska O. I. "The Role of Electrical Anisotropy and Effective Conducting Thickness in Understanding and Interpreting Static Resistance Measurements in CFRP Composite Laminates", Journal of Composite Materials, 2019, in press.
• Deierling, P. E., Zhupanska O. I., Pasiliao C. L. "Thermostructural Response of a Spatially Graded Metal-Ceramic Composite Panel Subjected to High-Speed Flight Loads", ASCE Journal of Aerospace Engineering, 32(3), 2019, 04019010.
• Hart R. J., Zhupanska O. I. "Influence of Low-Velocity Impact-Induced Delamination on Electrical Resistance in Carbon Fiber-Reinforced Composite Laminates", Journal of Composite Materials, 52 (25), 2018, pp. 3461-3470.
• Deierling P. E., Zhupanska O. I. "Computational Modeling of the Effective Properties of Spatially Graded Composites", International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 145, 2018, pp. 145-157.
• Chernikov D., Zhupanska O. I., Krokhmal P. "Optimization of Dynamic Mechanical Response of a Composite Plate Using Multi-Field Coupling with Thermal Constraints", Applied Mathematical Modeling, 58, 2018, pp. 19-32.
• Wang Y., Zhupanska O. I. "Modeling of Thermal Response and Ablation in Laminated Glass Fiber Reinforced Polymer Matrix Composites due to Lightning Strike", Applied Mathematical Modelling, 53, 2018, pp. 118-131.
• Wang Y., Zhupanska O. I. "Estimation of the Electric Fields and Dielectric Breakdown in Non-Conductive Wind Turbine Blades Subjected to a Lightning Stepped Leader", Wind Energy, 20 (5), 2017, pp. 927-942.
• Hart R. J., Zhupanska O. I. "Development of the Experimental Procedure to Examine the Response of Carbon Fiber-reinforced Polymer Composites Subjected to a High-intensity Pulsed Electric Field and Low-velocity Impact", Review of Scientific Instruments, 87, 2016, 015109.
• Hu W., Choi, K. , Zhupanska O. I., Buchholz, J. H. J. "Integrating Variable Wind Load, Aerodynamic, and Structural Analyses towards Accurate Fatigue Life Prediction in Composite Wind Turbine Blades", Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, 2015, in print.
• Wang Y., Zhupanska O. I. "Lightning Strike Thermal Damage Model for Glass Fiber Reinforced Polymer Matrix Composites and its Application to Wind Turbine Blades", Composite Structures, 132, 2015, 1182-1191.
• Chernikov D., Krokhmal P., Zhupanska I., and Pasiliao C. L. "A Two-stage Stochastic PDE-constrained Optimization Approach to Vibration Control of an Electrically Conductive Composite Plate Subjected to Mechanical and Electromagnetic Loads", Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, 52 (2), 2015, pp. 337-352.
• Barakati A., Zhupanska O. I. "Mechanical Response of Electrically Conductive Laminated Composite Plates in the Presence of an Electromagnetic Field", Composite Structures, 113, 2014, pp. 298-307.
• McAndrew, Zhupanska O.I. "Experimental Assessment of Single and Cumulative Impact Damage in Carbon Fiber Polymer Matrix Composites using Electrical Resistance Measurements", Journal of Multifunctional Composites, 2, 2014, pp. 79-91.
• Zhupanska O. I. "The Effect of Orientational Distribution of Nanotubes on Buckypaper Nanocomposite Mechanical Properties", Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures, 20 (1), 2013, 1-10.
• Barakati A., Zhupanska O. I. "Influence of the Electric Current Waveform on the Dynamic Response of the Electrified Composites", International Journal of Mechanics and Materials in Design, 9 (1), 2013, pp. 11-20.
• Zhupanska O. I. "Adhesive Full Stick Contact of a Rigid Cylinder with an Elastic Half-space", International Journal of Engineering Science, 55 (1), 2012, pp.54-65.
• Barakati A., Zhupanska O. I. "Analysis of the Effects of a Pulsed Electromagnetic Field on the Dynamic Response of Electrically Conductive Composites", Applied Mathematical Modelling, 36, 2012, pp. 6072-6089.
• Barakati A., Zhupanska O. I. "Thermal and Mechanical Response of a Carbon Fiber Reinforced Composite to a Transverse Impact and In-plane Pulsed Electromagnetic Loads", Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology, 134 (3), 2012, 031004.
• Deierling P. E., Zhupanska O. I. "Experimental Study of High Electric Current Effects in Carbon/epoxy Composites", Composites Science and Technology, 71 (14), 2011, pp.1659-1664.
• Zhupanska O. I. "Contact Problem for Elastic Spheres: Applicability of the Hertz Theory to Non-small Contact Areas", International Journal of Engineering Science, 49, 2011, pp. 576-588.
• Zhupanska O. I., Sierakowski R. L. "Electro-Thermo-Mechanical Coupling in Carbon Fiber Polymer Matrix Composites", Acta Mechanica, 218 (3-4), 2011, pp. 219-232.
• Zantout A. E., Zhupanska O. I. "On the Electrical Resistance of Carbon Fiber Polymer Matrix Composites", Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 41, 2010, pp. 1719-1727.
• Zhupanska O. I. "Indentation of a Rigid Sphere into an Elastic Half-Space in the Direction Orthogonal to the Axis of Material Symmetry", Journal of Elasticity, 99 (2), 2010, pp. 147-161.
• Zhupanska O. I. "Axisymmetric Contact with Friction of a Rigid Sphere with an Elastic Half-Space", Proceedings of the Royal Society A, 465, 2009, pp. 2565-2588.
• Zhupanska O. I. "On the Analytical Approach to Galin's Stick-Slip Problem. A Survey", Journal of Elasticity, 90, 2008, pp. 315-333.
• Telitchev I. Ye., Sierakowski R. L., and Zhupanska O. I. "Low Velocity Impact Testing of Electrified Composites; Part I. Application of an Electric Current", Experimental Techniques, 32 (2), 2008, pp.35-38.
• Telitchev I. Ye., Sierakowski R. L., and Zhupanska O. I. "Low Velocity Impact Testing of Electrified Composites; Part II. Experimental Setup and Preliminary Results", Experimental Techniques, 32(3), 2008, pp. 53-57.
• Sierakowski R. L., Telitchev I. Y., and Zhupanska O. I. "On the Impact Response of Electrified Carbon Fiber Polymer Matrix Composites: Effects of Electric Current Intensity and Duration", Composites Science and Technology, 68, 2008, pp. 639-649.
• Zhupanska O. I., Sierakowski R. L. "Effects of an Electromagnetic Field on the Mechanical Response of Composites", Journal of Composite Materials, 41 (5), 2007, pp. 633-652.
• Jeffcoat D. E., Krokhmal P. A., and Zhupanska O. I. "Effects of Cueing in Cooperative Search", Naval Research Logistics, 53 (8), 2006, pp. 814-821.
• Zhupanska O. I., Ulitko A. F. "Contact with Friction of a Rigid Cylinder with an Elastic Half-Space", Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 53 (5), 2005, pp. 975-999.
• Eskin D., Zhupanska O., Hamey R., Moudgil B., and Scarlett B. "Microhydrodynamic Analysis of Nanogrinding in Stirred Media Milling", AIChE Journal, 51 (5), 2005, pp. 1346-1358.
• Eskin D., Zhupanska O., Hamey R., Moudgil B., and Scarlett B. "Microhydrodynamics of Stirred Media Milling", Powder Technology, 156 (2-3), 2005, pp. 95-102..