Terry Creasy
Associate Professor - Materials Science and Engineering
Associate Department Head - Materials Science & Engineering
Contact Information
Phone: (979) 458-0118
Fax: (979) 862-2418
E-mail: tcreasy@tamu.edu
Experience
2017 – Present Associate Department Head, Materials Science & Engineering
2016 – Present Editorial board, SAMPE Journal
2013 – Present Associate Professor, Department of Materials Science & Engineering, Texas A&M University
2010 – 2013 Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Materials & Manufacturing Division, Texas A&M University
2009 Visiting Scholar, University of Auckland, New Zealand, six month appointment
2006 – 2009 Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Materials and Manufacturing Division, Texas A&M University
2000 – 2006 Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University
1999 – 2000 Research Assistant Professor, Department of Materials Science, University of Southern California
1997 – 1999 M. C. Gill Postdoctoral Fellowship, Center for Composite Materials, Department of Materials Science, University of Southern California
1995 – 1997 Research Assistant, Mechanical Engineering, University of Delaware
1990 – 1995 Dupont Fellowship, Army Research Office Fellowship, Mechanical Engineering, University of Delaware
1987 – 1990 Engineering Specialist Senior, Lockheed Martin
1985 – 1987 Research Assistant, Department of Materials Science, Northwestern University
1979 – 1985 Senior Engineer, Lockheed Martin
1978 – 1979 Department Tutor for Minority and Foreign Students, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis
Education
- 1997 Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Delaware
- 1987 M.S., Materials Science, Northwestern University
- 1979 B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Washington University
Research Interests
- Composite materials advanced manufacturing and additive
- manufacturing; solid/fluid aspects of processing methods
- Hybrid multifunctional composite materials and nastic composites
- in passive and active applications
- Experimental methods in material characterization
- Biomedical applications of materials, biological composites
Publications
- Kavosi, J., Creasy, T.S., Palazzolo, A., Naraghi, M. “Crosslinked network microstructure of carbon nanomaterials promotes flaw-tolerant mechanical response,”Nanotechnology, Vol. 31, No. 31, pp. {no page numbers}, 2020
- Al-Mezrakchi, R., Creasy, T.S., Sue, H.J., Bremner, T., “Manipulation of thick-walled PEEK bushing crystallinity and modulus via instrumented compression molding,” J. Applied Polymer Science, Vol. 139, No, 9, pp. {No Page Numbers}. 2020
- Akleman, E., Barroso, L., Capraro, M., Creasy, T., Fleming, K., He, W., Hong, L., Williams, A., (2019) “Recycling Plastics: Middle School Students Create Solutions During a Summer Camp.” European Journal of STEM Education, 2019
- Çağin, T., Akleman, E., Creasy, T., Kalantar, N., and Rybkowski, Z. (2017). “Self-Regulation of Comfort Level and Threshold in Living Spaces through Design of Multifunctional Material Systems”. Applied Electromagnetic Engineering for Advanced Materials from Macro-to Nanoscale under Static-to Shock Loading, ed. A.G. Mamalis,M. Enokizono, A. Kladas, M. Güden, and M.M. Demir.. . 2017
- Sutter T. M., Dickerson M. B., Creasy T.S., and Justice R. S., "Rubber muscle actuation with pressurized CO2 from enzyme-catalyzed urea hydrolysis," Smart Materials and
Structures, 22 (9) (8pp) doi:10.1088/0964-1726/22/9/094022 2013 - *Ju, J., R. J. Morgan, E. E. Shin, and T. S. Creasy, “Transverse Cracking of M40J/PMRII-50 Composites under Thermal-Mechanical Loading; Part II – Experiment and Analytical Investigation,” Journal of Composite Materials, 41(9): 1067 - 1086. 2007
- *Ju, J., R. J. Morgan, E. E. Shin, and T. S. Creasy, “Damage Characterization in M40J/PMR-II-50 under Thermal Cycling Combined with Mechanical Loading; Part I- Investigation of Main and Interaction Effects Using Statistical Design of Experiments,” Journal of Composite Materials, 41 (8): 1009-1031. 2007
- *McCutcheon, D. M., J. N. Reddy, M. J. O’Brien, T. S. Creasy, and G. F. Hawkins. Damping Composites Materials by Machine Augmentation. Journal of Sound and Vibration. 294 (4-5): 828-840. 2006
- *S. Suryanarayan and T. S. Creasy, Analysis of interface granularity in discontinuous fiber composites. Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology. 19 (13-14): 1175-1188 2005
- Creasy, T. S. and *Y. S. Kang, Fiber Fracture during Equal Channel Angular Extrusion of Short Fiber Reinforced Thermoplastics. Journal of Materials Processing Technology. 160 (1): 90-98
- *Weon, J. I., T. S. Creasy, H. J. Sue, and A. J. Hsieh, Mechanical Behavior of Polymethylmethacrylate with Molecules Oriented via Extreme Simple Shear. Polymer Engineering and Science. 45 (3): 314-324
- *Kim, J. and T. S. Creasy, Measurement of Sintering Characteristics of Clay-Reinforced Polyamide 6 Nanocomposite. Polymer Testing 23 (6): 629-636
- Creasy, T. S. and *Y. S. Kang, Fiber Orientation during Equal Channel Angular Extrusion of Short Fiber Reinforced Thermoplastics. Journal of Thermoplastic Composites 17 (3): 205-227\
- Creasy, T. S., Modeling Analysis of Tensile Tests of Bundled Filaments with a Bimodal Weibull Survival Function. Journal of Composite Materials 36 (2):183-194.
- *Morrison, B. J., T. S. Creasy, A. A. Polliack, R. Fite, A New Fabrication Technique Utilizing a Composite Material Applied to Orthopedic Bracing. Polymer Composites 23 (1): 10-20.
- Creasy, T. S., Forming Discontinuous Fiber Arrays by Fracture of Lubricated Carbon-Filament Tows. Journal of Materials Science 35 (17): 4431-4438.
- *Dooley, T., T. S. Creasy and *A. Cuellar, Extraction of Weibull Parameters from Fiber Bundle Experiments Through Fourier Deconvolution. Composites Part A 31 (11):
1255-1261. - Creasy, T. S., A Method of Extracting Weibull Survival Model Parameters from Filament Bundle Load/Strain Data. Composites Science and Technology 60 (6): 825-832.