Sirish Namilae

Title
Professor and Program Coordinator for Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering
Email
Department
Aerospace Engineering Department
College
College of Engineering

Office Hours

11-1 Tuesday and Thursday

Areas of Expertise

Composites, Complex systems modeling
Sirish Namilae

Dr. Namilae joined the Aerospace Engineering department in 2014 after spending 10 years in the aerospace industry (Boeing) and at the Oak Ridge National Lab (ORNL). He earned a master’s degree in Materials Science from the Indian Institute of Science and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Florida State University. Subsequently, he was a postdoctoral fellow at ORNL.

At Boeing, he worked in airframe structure analysis on several programs, like the 787-8, 787-9 and 777-9X, as well as rotorcraft programs and other product development. He was the structures focal for main landing gear doors in multiple aircraft, and he also served as the associate editor (Structures) for the company’s internal journal, Boeing Technical Journal. He also taught undergraduate engineering courses at Drexel University as an adjunct faculty. He has published over 100 journal and conference papers. He has published over 100 journal and conference papers. Dr. Namilae was awarded the College of Engineering's Outstanding Researcher of the Year in 2021 and the Abbas Sivjee Outstanding Researcher award in 2022. He is a Fulbright-Nehru Senior Research Scholar and an AIAA Associate Fellow.

Dr. Namilae’s specialization is in the areas of solid mechanics and materials science. His current research interests are in the computational modeling of pedestrian particles, multiscale modeling, and the manufacturing of aerospace composites and nanocomposites. On a personal note, he is a cycling enthusiast.

Link to Google Scholar Citations. https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=1ie4x8UAAAAJ&hl=en

  • Ph.D. - Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering, Florida State University
  • AE 800: Dissertation
  • AE 548: Intro to Continuum Mechanics
  • ME 548: Intro to Continuum Mechanics
  • AE 502: Strength & Fatigue Materials
  • AE 700: Thesis

AE 316 Aerospace Engineering Materials

AE 421 Aircraft Detailed design

AE595u Engineering Materials Selection

Note: * PhD student & # MS student.

  1. Srihari, Sriraj, Rahul Sathyanath, Sreeram K. Kalpathy, Marwan Al‐Haik, and Sirish Namilae. "Effect of Nanoscale Surface Modification on the Interfacial Mechanics of Carbon Fibers." Advanced Materials Interfaces (2024): 2400092.
  2. Wu, Yuxuan, Zhuoyuan Yang, Foram Madiyar, Yizhou Jiang, and Sirish Namilae. "Hydroxyapatite functionalized natural fiber‐reinforced composites: Interfacial modification and additive manufacturing." Polymer Composites (2024).
  3. Yang, Zhuoyuan, Kehao Tang, Wenjun Song, Zefu Ren, Yuxuan Wu, Daewon Kim, Sirish Namilae, Yifei Yuan, Meng Cheng, and Yizhou Jiang. "Coaxial direct writing of ultra-strong supercapacitors with braided continuous carbon fiber based electrodes." Chemical Engineering Journal (2024): 155875.
  4. Yang, Zhuoyuan*, Evan Medora*, Zefu Ren*, Meng Cheng, Sirish Namilae, and Yizhou Jiang. "Coaxial direct ink writing of ZnO functionalized continuous carbon fiber-reinforced thermosetting composites." Composites Science and Technology (2024): 110782.
  5. Wu, Yuxuan, Sirish Namilae, Ashok Srinivasan, Anuj Mubayi, and Mathew Scotch. "Parametric analysis of SARS-CoV-2 dose-response models in transportation scenarios." Plos one 19, no. 6 (2024): e0301996.
  6. Motagi, Samarth, James Harris, Alberto Mello, Foram Madiyar, and Sirish Namilae. "A self-excitation point process model for quantifying nanoparticle agglomeration." Philosophical Magazine (2024): 1-25.
  7. Kumar, Deepak*, Yongxin Liu, Houbing Song, and Sirish Namilae. "Explainable deep neural network for in-plain defect detection during additive manufacturing." Rapid Prototyping Journal (2023).
  8. Motagi, Samarth*, Sirish Namilae, Audrey Gbaguidi, Scott Parr, and Dahai Liu. "Point-process modeling of secondary crashes." Plos one 18, no. 12 (2023): e0295343.
  9. Kumar, Deepak*, Marie Claire Dusabimana*, Marwan Al-Haik, and Sirish Namilae. "Effect of nanoscale interface modification on residual stress evolution during composite processing." Journal of Composite Materials (2023): 00219983231179522.
  10. Yang, Yupeng*, Jiahao Yu, Dahai Liu, Sang-A. Lee, Sirish Namilae, Sabique Islam, Huaxing Gou, Hyoshin Park, and Houbing Song. "Multiagent Collaboration for Emergency Evacuation Using Reinforcement Learning for Transportation Systems." IEEE Journal on Miniaturization for Air and Space Systems 3, no. 4 (2022): 232-241.
  11. S Chava*, and S Namilae. "Process Modeling for Strain Evolution during Autoclave Composite Cure." Applied Composite Materials (2022): 1-17.
  12. A Srinivasan, and S Namilae. "Infection Risk Mitigation Using Pedestrian Dynamics." In Architectural Factors for Infection and Disease Control, pp. 93-108. Routledge, 2023.
  13. S Namilae, Y Wu*, A Mubayi, A Srinivasan, and M Scotch. "Reply to comments on “Identifying mitigation strategies for COVID-19 superspreading on flights using models that account for passenger movement”." Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease (2023).
  14. S Namilae, Y Wu*, A Mubayi, A Srinivasan, and M Scotch. "Identifying Mitigation Strategies for COVID-19 Superspreading on Flights using Models that Account for Passenger Movement." Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, 47, 102313.
  15. S. Chava*, S. Namilae and M AlHaik, " Residual Stress Reduction during Composite Manufacturing through Cure Modification: In Situ Analysis” Journal of Composite Materials, 56(6), 975-988.
  16. S. Chava* and S. Namilae. "Continuous Evolution of Processing Induced Residual Stresses in Composites: An In-situ Approach." Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing (2021): 106368.
  17. S. Motagi#, and S. Namilae. "In-Situ Investigation of Resin Shrinkage in the Composite Manufacturing Environment." Applied Composite Materials (2021): 1-7.
  18. N. Pugh*, H. Park, P. Derjany, D. Liu, and S. Namilae. "Deep adaptive learning for safe and efficient navigation of pedestrian dynamics." IET Intelligent Transport Systems (2021).
  19. M Sadeghi, A Srinivasan, & S Namilae “GPU-Aware Pedestrian Dynamics Modeling” Journal of Indian Institute of Science, 1-16 (2021)
  20. A Gbaguidi*, S Namilae and D Kim, “Improvement in Electrical Conductivity of Graphene Nanocomposites through Microstructure Design”, Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology 143, no. 4 (2021): 041008.
  21. T Islam, MS Lahijani, A Srinivasan, S Namilae, A Mubayi, M Scotch “From Bad to Worse: Airline Boarding Changes in Response to COVID-19”, Royal Society Open Science 8, no. 4 (2021): 201019.
  22. S. Islam#, S Parr, R Prazenica, D Liu & S Namilae, “Predictive model of Fuel Shortages during Hurricanes: An epidemiological approach” IET Intelligent Transport Systems (2021).
  23. S Chava* and S Namilae, “In-Situ Investigation of the Kinematics of Ply interfaces during Composite Manufacturing”, ASME Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering (2020)
  24. A Gbaguidi*, F Madiyar D Kim and S Namilae, “Multifunctional Inkjet Printed Sensors for MMOD Impact Detection”, Smart Materials and Structures (2020)
  25. A Gbaguidi*, S Namilae and D Kim, “A three dimensional Monte Carlo model for the synergistic effect of nanofillers in hybrid CNT-GNP nanocomposites”, Nanotechnology 31 (25), 255704 (Feb 2020)
  26. S. Islam#, S Namilae, R Prazenica and D Liu, “Fuel Shortages during Hurricanes: Epidemiological Modeling and Optimal Control”, PLOS One,  15 (4), e0229957 (2020)
  27. Y Gola#, D Kim and S Namilae “Piezoresistive Nanocomposites for Sensing MMOD Impact Damage in Inflatable Space”, Composites Communications, 100375 (2020)
  28. M Sadeghi, T Islam, A Srinivasan, & S Namilae. Constrained Linear Movement Model (CALM): Simulation of passenger movement in airplanes. PLoS one, 15(3), e0229690.  (2020)
  29. P. Derjany*, S Namilae, D Liu and A Srinivasan, “Multiscale Model for Optimal Design of Pedestrian Queues to Mitigate Infectious Disease Spread”, 15 (7), e0235891 (2020)
  30. N. Jiang#, S. Namilae and V. Unnikrishnan, “Biofidelic Piezoresistive Sandwich composites”, ASME Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology , 142 1 (2020)
  31. J. Chen., D. Liu, D., S. Namilae,  S. Lee, J. Thropp & Y. Seong, “Effect of exit doors and number of passengers on airport evacuation efficiency using agent based simulation”. International Journal of Aviation, Aeronautics, and Aerospace, 6(5), 3. (2019)
  32. A Gbaguidi*, S Namilae and D Kim, “Stochastic Percolation Model for the Effect of Nanotube Agglomeration on the Conductivity and Piezoresistivity of Hybrid Nanocomposites”, Computational Materials Science , 166, 9-19, (2019). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.commatsci.2019.04.045
  33. S. Namilae and S Choudhary#, “Piezoresistive Nanocomposites for Sensing the Effectiveness of Composite Patch Repair”, Composite Communications, 10, 41-44 (Dec 2018). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coco.2018.06.001
  34. S. Namilae, J. Li# and S. Chava*, “Improved Piezoresistivity and Damage Sensing Capability of Hybrid Carbon Nanotube Sheet-Graphite Platelet Nanocomposites”, Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures, 1-9, (Feb 2018). https://doi.org/10.1080/15376494.2018.1432812
  35. A Gbaguidi*, S Namilae and D Kim, “Monte Carlo Model for Piezoresistivity of Hybrid Nanocomposites”, ASME Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology, 1,140 (Jan 2018). https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4037024
  36. S. Namilae, P Derjany*, A Mubayi, M Scotch and A Srinivasan, “Multiscale Model for Infection Dynamics During Air Travel”, Physical review E, 002300 (May 2017). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.95.052320
  37. S. Namilae, A Srinivasan, A Mubayi, M Scotch and R Pahle, “Self-propelled Pedestrian Dynamics Model: Application to Passenger Movement and Infection Propagation in Airplanes”, Physica A 465, 248–260 (Jan 2017). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physa.2016.08.028
  38. S. Namilae, A Srinivasan, A Mubayi, M Scotch and R Pahle, “Self-Propelled Pedestrian Dynamics Model for Studying Infectious Disease Propagation during Air-Travel”, Journal of Transport & Health, 3 (2), S40 (June 2016). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jth.2016.05.090
  39. S. Namilae, B Radhakrishnan, JR Morris, “Atomistic Simulation of the Effect of Ga on Crack Tip Opening in Al Bicrystals”, Modeling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering, 16, 0750011, (Sep 2008). https://doi.org/10.1088/0965-0393/16/7/075001
  40. S. Namilae, DM Nicholson, PKVV Nukala, CY Gao, YN Osetsky and DJ Keffer, “Absorbing Boundary Conditions for Molecular Dynamics and Multiscale Modeling”, Physical Review B 76, 144111 (Oct 2007). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.76.144111
  41. S. Namilae, B Radhakrishnan and GB Sharma, “Atomic Simulations of Interfacial Sliding in Amorphous Carbon Nanocomposites”, Composites Science and Technology, 67, 1302-1310, (June 2007). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compscitech.2006.10.002
  42. S. Namilae, M. Fuentes-Cabrera, B Radhakrishnan, GB Sharma and DM Nicholson, “Energetics of Hydrogen Storage in Organolithium Nanostructures”, Chemical Physics Letters, 436, 150-154, (Feb 2007). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cplett.2007.01.004
  43. S. Namilae, U. Chandra, A. Srinivasan and N. Chandra, “Study of Interfacial Behavior of Carbon Nanotube Reinforced Composites using Parallel Molecular Dynamics Simulations”, Computer Modeling in Engineering and Sciences, 22(3), 189-202, (March 2007). doi:10.3970/cmes.2007.022.189
  44. S. Namilae and N. Chandra, “Role of Atomic Scale Interfaces in the Compressive Behavior of Carbon Nanotube based Composites”, Composite Science and Technology, 66, 2030-2038, (Oct 2006). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compscitech.2006.01.009
  45. G.A. Shen*, S. Namilae, and N. Chandra, “Load Transfer Issues in Tensile and Compressive Behavior of Multiwall Carbon Nanotubes”, Materials Science and Engineering A, 429, 66-73, (Aug 2006) (Featured among top 25 downloaded articles in the journal, 2006) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msea.2006.04.110
  46. N Chandra and S Namilae, “Tensile and Compressive Behavior of Carbon Nanotubes: Effect of Functionalization and Topological Defects”, Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures, 13, 115-127 (Feb 2006). https://doi.org/10.1080/15376490500343816
  47. S Namilae and N Chandra, “Multiscale Model to Study the Effect of Interfaces in Carbon Nanotube Based Composites”, ASME Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology, 127, 222-232, (April 2005). (Featured among top 10 downloaded articles in the journal, 2006, 2007 & 2008) https://doi.org/10.1115/1.1857940
  48. C Shet, N Chandra and S Namilae, “Defect-defect Interaction in Carbon Nanotubes under Mechanical Loading”, Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures 12, 55-65, (Feb 2005) https://doi.org/10.1080/15376490490492089
  49. C Shet, N Chandra and S Namilae, “Defect Annihilations in Carbon Nanotubes under Thermomechanical Loading”, Journal of Materials Science. 40, 27-36, (Jan 2005). https://doi.org/10.1080/15376490490492089
  50. J Kohle, U Chandra, S Namilae, A Srinivasan and N Chandra, “Parallel Simulation of Carbon Nanotube Based Composites”, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 3296, 211-221 (Dec 2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-30474-6_26
  51. S Namilae, N Chandra and C Shet,” Mechanical Behavior of Functionalized Nanotubes”, Chemical Physics Letters, 387, 247-252, (April 2004).  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cplett.2004.01.104
  52. N Chandra, S Namilae and C Shet, “Local Elastic Properties of Carbon nanotubes in Presence of Stone-Walls Defects”, Physical Review B, 69, 094101, (March 2004). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.69.094101
  53. N Chandra and S Namilae, “Multi-Scale Modeling of Nanocrystalline Materials”, Material Science Forum, 273, 427-429, (March 2003) https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.447-448.19
  54. S Namilae, N Chandra and T G Nieh, “Atomistic Simulation of Grain Boundary Sliding in Pure and Magnesium Doped Aluminum Bicrystals”, Scripta Materialia, 46, 49-54, (Jan 2002). https://doi.org/10.1016/S1359-6462(01)01195-2
  55. S Namilae, N Chandra and T G Nieh, “Atomistic Simulation of Effect of Trace Elements on Grain Boundaries of Aluminum”, Material Science Forum, 387, 357-359, (March 2001). https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.357-359.387

2004-2005, Research Associate and Lecturer, Mechanical Engineering, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Fl

2005-2007, Postdoctoral Fellow, Computer Science and Mathematics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee

2008-2014, Technical Lead Engineer, The Boeing Company, Ridley Park, PA

2013-2014, Adjunct Faculty, Drexel University

2014-2019, Assistant Professor, Aerospace Engineering, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL

2019-Current, Associate Professor, Aerospace Engineering, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL

Associate Fellow AIAA, Member ASME 

2021 - Outstanding Researcher of the Year - College of Engineering, ERAU

2022 - Abbas Sivjee Researcher of the Year, ERAU 

2024-25 Fulbright-Nehru Senior Research Scholar