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Ronald Miller

Chancellor's Professor

    Email:ron.miller@carleton.ca
    Phone:613-520-2600, ext. 5703
    Building:Mackenzie, Room 2196
    Department:Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
    Degrees:B.Sc., Manitoba Sc.M. and Ph.D., Brown University

    Biography

    Research

    Nanocomposites, high strain rate deformation of polymers, transparent armor; Effects of radiation on materials in nuclear reactors; Nano-mechanics; Multiscale and molecular dynamics simulations of materials; High-performance computing applications of multi-scale modeling in materials science.

    Research Interests:

    • Nanomechanics
    • Computational Mechanics of Materials
    • Molecular Dynamics and Multiscale Modeling
    • Transparent Armor and Nanocomposites
    • Oil antioxidants
    • Atomistic Modeling of Crystal Defects

    Research Group Website (click the link)

     

    Books:

    Modeling Materials: Continuum, Atomistic and Multiscale Techniques” E.B. Tadmor and R.E. Miller, Cambridge University Press, 2011.

    Continuum Mechanics and Thermodynamics: From Fundamental Concepts to Governing Equations” E.B. Tadmor, R.E. Miller and R.S. Elliott, Cambridge University Press, 2011.

     

    Journal Articles: Full list here: (https://carleton.ca/nanomechanics/research-contributions/)

    Contributed Papers in Refereed Journals (published):

    1. Alireza Rezvanpourand Ronald E. Miller, “Scaling analysis as a tool to validate CFD simulation of a lubricant flow in the bearing housing of a gas turbine,” Thermal Science and Engineering Progress36, 101513 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsep.2022.101513
    2. Rafaela Aguiar, Oren E. Petel, Ronald E. Miller, “Effect of a Halloysite-polyurethane nanocomposite interlayer on the ballistic performance of laminate transparent armour,” Composites Part C: Open Access7, 100231 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcomc.2022.100231
    3. A.N. Dewapriyaand R.E. Miller, “Molecular Dynamics Study on the Shock Induced Spallation of Polyethylene,” Journal of Applied Physics 131(2), 025102 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0072249
    4. A.N. Dewapriyaand R.E. Miller, “Quantum and classical molecular dynamics simulations of shocked polyurea and polyurethane”, Computational Materials Science203, 111166 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.commatsci.2021.111166
    5. Mohammadreza Heidari Pebdaniand Ronald E. Miller, “Molecular dynamics simulation of pull-out Halloysite nanotube from polyurethane matrix,” Advances in Mechanical Engineering13(9), 1-10 (2021) https://doi.org/10.1177/16878140211044663

    Chapters in Books:

    1. M.A.N. Dewapriya and R.E. Miller, “Nanoscale modeling of shock response of polyurea,” chapter in Polyurea: Synthesis, Properties, Composites, Production, and Applications,  Pooria Pasbakhsh et al., Editors, Elsevier (2023), ISBN: 978-0-323-99450-7