Ozden Ochoa
Professor of Mechanical Engineering

Office: 225 Engineering/Physics Building Office Wing
Phone: 979-845-2022
Fax: 979-845-3081
Email: oochoa@mengr.tamu.edu

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PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS

• Mechanics, Design and Manufacturing of Composites for aerospace, offshore and
automotive applications with integrated constitutive models and environmental impact

• polymeric composites, carbon-carbon composites, ceramic coatings and carbon foams.

EDUCATION

Ph. D. Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University, 1980
M. E. Nuclear Engineering, Texas A&M University, 1977
B. S. Mechanical Engineering, Bogazici University, Turkey, 1976

WORK EXPERIENCE

TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING Professor, 9/92-present, Associate Professor, 9/86-8/92, Assistant Professor, 9/80-8/86 Materials, Mechanics & Manufacturing Division Leader, 9/96-8/97 Accelerated BS/MS Program Advisor, 9/92-8/01 OFFICE OF GRADUATE STUDIES, VICE PRESIDENT FOR RESEARCH AND GRADUATE STUDIES Associate Dean, 9/02-8/07 TAMU-UT NSF OFFSHORE TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH CENTER Structures & Materials Thrust Area Leader, 9/93-8/00 AFRL/AIR FORCE OFFICE OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, ARLINGTON, VA Director of Aerospace Sciences and Materials, 7/05-8/06 AFRL/MLBC WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB, DAYTON, OH Senior Scientist for Composites Branch, 7/03-6/05 NATO SCIENCE FOR PEACE PROGRAM, BRUSSELS, BELGIUM Consultant, 6/99-12/05 AFOSR, DIRECTORATE OF AEROSPACE SCIENCES AND MATERIALS, WASHINGTON, D.C. Mechanics and Materials Program Manager, 9/97-8/99 BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON INC., FORT WORTH, TX Research Structures Division, Senior Specialist, 1/86-1/87 ABET Program Evaluator, Mechanical Engineering, 2002-present 1 AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS BOARD OF GOVERNORS, 7/05-6/08 COUNCIL ON ENGINEERING Vice President for Board on Communications, 7/01 –6/04 Task Force Implementation Committee, member, 9/01 – 3/02 Budget Committee, 8/01 – 6/04 International Congress Planning Committee, Chair, 6/97-6/01 AEROSPACE DIVISION Executive Committee (Chair: 7/99-6/00), Member, 97-present Structures & Materials Committee (Chair: 7/95-6/97), Member, 89-present PUBLIC AFFAIRS PROGRAMS-GOVERNMENT RELATIONS Inter-Council Committee on Federal R&D, Member, 1/98 - 12/00 AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR COMPOSITES President, 1/06-12/07 Vice President, 1/04-12/05 Executive Committee, Member at Large, 9/99-8/01 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMPOSITES Vice President for Americas, 7/05-present Executive Committee, Member, 7/03-present NATIONAL MUSEUM OFWOMEN IN THE ARTS Texas State Committee, 1/99-present EDITORIAL BOARD Journal of Composite Materials REVIEWER Journal of Composite Materials, Int. Journal of Composite Science and Technology, Journal of Composite Structures, Int. Journal of Computational Mechanics, Int. Journal of Solids and Structures, Int. Journal of Nonlinear Mechanics, Journal of Sound and Vibration, Journal of Mechanics of Composite Materials and Structures, AIAA, ASM, ASTM, ASME, ARO, NSF, AFOSR, ONR, CFI-Canada TEACHING and GRADUATE STUDENT ADVISING CLASSES Elasticity, Composite Materials, Energy Methods, Mechanics of Materials, Statics, Dynamics, Engineering Design I, II and III – capstone design studios ADVISING Served as the committee chair for twenty-six graduate students who specialized in computational and experimental mechanics of composites. Mentored numerous honors program university fellows and served as advisor for undergraduate theses. UNIVERSITY SERVICE 2000-PRESENT • AERO Department Head Search Committee, member 2008-present • MEEN Tenure and Promotion Committee; member,2007-2008;chair, 2009 • MEEN Design Faculty Search Committee, chair, 12/06-08/08 • COE Material Science and Engineering Program Review task force, 01/07-06/07 • International Programs Enhancement Committee , member, 8/02 –8/03 • Council of Principal Investigators, member, 7/01 - 8/03 • MEEN Honors Nomination Committee, 8/01 - 8/03 • Phi Kappa Phi Executive Committee, 9/01-8/03 • Honors Program and University Fellows Programs Committee, 9/90-8/02 • Sigma Xi Long Range Planning Committee, 5/00-5/01 • Search Committee Member, MEEN Department Head , 6/01- 5/02 • College of Engineering Scholars Program, Advisor, 9/89–8/01 2

PUBLICATIONS

Alexander, C., Ochoa, O.O., “Extending Onshore Pipeline Repair to Offshore Steel Risers with Carbon Fiber Reinforced Composites”, J. of Composite Structures, 2009 [in review] Saryznski, M., Ochoa, O.O., Lafdi, K.,”Multi-functional Hybrid Carbon Foams: Integrating Processing and Performance by Design”, J. of Composite Materials, 2008 [in review] Kim, W., Ochoa, O.O., “Dynamic Response of a Composite Production Riser”, J. of Composite Science and Technology, 2008 [in revision] Kulkarni, R., and Ochoa, O. O., “Transverse and Longitudinal CTE Measurements of Carbon Fibers and their Impact on Interfacial Residual Stresses in Composites”, J. of Composite Materials, 4 2006; vol. 40: pp. 733 - 754. Ochoa, O. O. and Salama M. M., “Offshore Composites: Transition Barriers to an Enabling Technology”, J. of Composite Science and Technology, 20th Anniversary Issue, 2005 Sarzynski, M. D., and Ochoa, O. O., "Carbon Foam Core Composite Sandwich Beams: Flexure Response", J. of Composite Materials, 39, 2005, pp. 1067 – 1080.