Welcome!
Welcome to my personal webpage. The purpose of this page is to document some of my academic and industrial experiences, publications and provide a means to communicate with you. I enjoy working with other researchers and scientist, in the field of Smart Materials, Structural Health Monitoring of Aerospace Structures and Computational Modelling. I truly believe this to be fantastic fields of research and every day I feel blessed to be part of it.
Thank you for your visit,
Marcias Martinez
My Education
Ph.D. (Mechanical Engineering)
January 2000 - October 2006
Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
Research: Developed an in-house finite element analysis code to study the behavior of piezoelectric structures in composites materials.
Thesis title: Finite Element Model of Structures with Piezoelectric Elements.
Masters of Engineering
(Mechanical Engineering)
September 1997 - November 1999
Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
Research: Numerical modeling of the formation of dendrites during the solidification of tertiary alloys composed of Aluminum, Copper and Silicon. The computer model is based on the finite difference method and concentration differences of the three elements to calculate the morphology of the dendrite.
Thesis title: Three Dimensional Computer Modeling of Dendrite Growth in Tertiary Al-Cu-Si Alloys.
Bachelor of Engineering
(Mechanical Engineering)
September 1991 - November 1995
Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
Thesis Project: Developed a custom software package to predict austenization time for complete formation of austenite from pearlite, without unnecessary grain growth
Research
A Holistic Approach to Structural Integrity Process (HolSIP)
Dr. Martinez is working on the development of a Holistic Structural Integrity Process, known as HolSIP. This process is physics-based and founded upon the primary idea that all failure mechanisms involved in the degradation of the structure are interconnected and should not be analyzed as merely the sum of individual mechanisms. In reality, many failure mechanisms interact synergistically and are much more complex and challenging to understand, and thus the requirement for a holistic physics based analysis and design approach to structural integrity problems. In order to achieve such a goal, HolSIP combines research fields such as: Health Usage Monitoring (HUMS), Structural Health Monitoring (SHM), Adaptive Structures, Machine Learning Algorithms, initial and current structural conditions, Flight Load and Condition Monitoring. As part of his research, Dr. Martinez, focuses on advancements in the field of SHM, Load Monitoring and fatigue of metallic and composites structures.
Electromechanical Test Frame
5000 lbf (22kN) Eletromechanical test frame.
11200 lbf (50kN) Electromechanical test frame.
Computing Facilities
Six dedicated Windows 10 workstations, with dual Intel Xeon E5-2650 v3 Haswell 2.3GHz Processor for a total of 40 concurrent threads on each workstation. 4.5TB of Hard Drive data storage space 128 GB of RAM expandable to 1TB. Tesla K40c NVIDIA GPU Card for computational acceleration.
Access to two dedicated nodes at the ACRES Cluster at Clarkson University (80 dedicated cores).
Experimental Mechanic Techniques
LUNA -Rayleigh Backscattering Distributed Strain and Temperature Sensing System
National Instruments Strain Gauge, Temperature and Voltage DAQ System (Compact DAQ)
DeweSoft DAQ System.
2D & 3D - Correlated Solutions Digital Image Correlation (4 cameras)
National Instruments - Strain Gauging Equipment (multiple channels and thermocouples)
Extensometer.
FLIR Thermographic Camera.
Software
SolidWorks
ABAQUS, iSIGHT, TOSCA, FE-SAFE
Matlab
GID Pre/Post Processor
Visual Development Studio
ANSYS
OnScale
AFGROW (Fatigue Crack Growth Program)
SHM Equipment / NDI Equipment
Acoustic Emissions System: One AMSY-6 Main Chassis, with 6 slots for ASIP-2 for up to 12 AE Channels.
High power voltage amplifier
Sonatest, Phased Array System (thorugh the Center for Advance Material Processing).
Drop Tower
Instrumented Drop Tower
Meet our Research Team
A skilled group of multi-disciplinary Individuals
Todd Mull
Ph.D. Research: NDE of Composite Structures
Location: Clarkson University (Potsdam, NY, USA)
Cornelis de Mooij
Ph.D. Research: Load Monitoring of Aerospace Structuring through the use of inverse Finite Element Methods
Location: Delft University of Technology (Netherlands)
Minhaz Morshed
M.Sc. Research: Fiber Breakage Simulation
Location: Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY
Jannatul Ferdausi
M.Sc. Research: Static Strength Prediction of Bonded joints
Location: Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY
Joshua Alamo
M.Sc. Research: Fracture Mechanics of Glass
Location: Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY
Leila Sauvage
Ph.D. Research: Fatigue of 1700 Century Pastel Paintings.
Location: Delft University of Technology (Netherlands)
Open House Video
Video created by Prof. Martinez showcasing Clarkson University and the Department of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering
Intro to Composite - Micromechanics of Failure
Intro example video created with VideoScribe and Camtasia
Clarkson Composite Lab
Video describing AE / ME 457 Course run by Prof. Marcias Martinez
ResearchGate
All of our publications can be found in our ResearchGate Portal.
Google Scholar
The Google Scholar list of our publications.
WebPage at Clarkson University
Dr. Martinez is an Associate Professor at Clarkson University.