Short Bio and Current Research Interests: 2008

Education:

Ph.D. 1979  Virginia Tech, Engineering Science and Mechanics
MS    1976  Virginia Tech, Engineering Science and Mechanics
BS    1974  Cal Poly, Aeronautical Engineering 
AA    1968  Los Angeles Trade Technical College, Mechanical Drafting

Academic / Professional Experience:

Joined Virginia Tech as an Associate Professor in 1990, tenured 1996,  1990-2005; 
National Institute for Standards and Technology, Materials Researcher, 1980-1990;
National Research Council Post Doctoral Program, NIST,                 1980-1982;
NASA Langley - Virginia Tech Composite Program, Doctoral Research,     1978-1979;
Rockwell International, Airframe designer lightweight structures,      1974-1976.

Undergraduate Design Projects: Comments and background information
Aeronautical Engineering, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, 1973-1974.

• Senior Project, Aero 461: Sailplane Wing Constructed of Foam Core and Polyester Fiberglass Skin, 1973,
• Senior Design Project, Aero 444: A Standard Class Sailpane Design, 1973
• Aero 408 Lab: Static Stress Analysis of a Sailplane Wing Constructed of Composite Materials", Dec 1973
• Aero 400 Lab: Flight Certification of a Cherokee II Sailplane and the Construction of an Enclosed Trailer, 1974.

Current Educational and Research Web sites:

• Courseware development:
  • ESM2204: Mechanics of Deformable Bodies
  • ESM4714: Scientific Visual Data Analysis
  • ESM5014: Introduction to Continuum Mechanics
  • ESM5344: Wave Propagation in Solids
  • MSE2094: Analytic Methods in Materials Engineering (course discontinued)
  • MSE2034: Elements of Materials
  • ESM/MSE4984: Modeling Mechanical Behavior from the Atomistic to the Continuum
• Research Web sites:
  • Laboratory for Scientific Visual Analysis (first web server in Virginia)
  • VT-CAVE: University Visualization and Animation Group (ACITC)
  • SUN-Visual Numerics Wave-Java Server
  • Combined Research and Curriculum Development
  • Envisioning Scientific Information: Three Visual Methods:
    Envisioning Gradients, Function Extraction, and Tensor Glyphs ©"

Archived Presentations:

• Seminars: (95) / (96) / (1999/2001)
• Visiting Scholar at Kitami Institute of Technology, JSPS, Summer 1996,
• Publications 1995 / 1996.
  
• Selected Patents and Publications related to Visualization.

Conferences and Workshops

2. R.D. Kriz, D. Farkas, A.A. Ray, and J.T. Kelso, " Visualization of Structure-Property Relationships: Spanning the Length Scales from Nano to Macro", Invited Paper, International Conference on Computational and Experimental Engineering Science, Corfu, Greece, 25-29 July, 2003.

3. R.D. Kriz, D. Farkas, A.A. Ray, J.T. Kelso, and R.E. Flanery, Jr., "Visual Interpretation and Analysis of HPC Nanostructure Models using Shared Virtual Environments", Conference Proceedings, High Performance Computing: Grand Challenges in Computer SImulations 2003, The Society for Modeling and Simulation International (SCS), San Diego, California, pp. 127-135, 2003.

4. R.D. Kriz, R. Levensalor, S. Parikh." "Interactive Scientific Visual Data Analysis Using Java, PV-Wave, and IMSL," Conference Proceedings, Visualization Developement Environment Workshop, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, April 27-28, 2000. (Conference Presentation)

5. R. D. Kriz, R. Levensalor, S. Parikh," Combined Research and Curriculum Development of Web and Java Based Educational Modules with Immersive Virtual Environments," Kluwer Academic Publishers, Conference Proceedings of the " International Conference on Building University Electronic Educational Environments", University of California Irvine, August 4-6, 1999.

6. R. D. Kriz, E. H. Glaessgen, and J. D. Macrae, "Eigenvalue-Eigenvector Glyphs: Visualizing Zeroth, Second, Fourth and Higher Order Tensors in a Continuum", NCSA-NIST-IMM, Workshop on Modeling the Development of Residual Stresses During Thermoset Composites Curing, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, September 15-16, 1995, Institute for Mechanics and Materials, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr., La Jolla, California 92093-0404, Report No. 95-19, 1995.

7. Loki, J, Kriz, R. D., Mones-Hattal, B, Rogowitz, B and D.F. Fracchia, " Is Visualization Struggling under the Myth of Obljectivity", IEEE Visualization' 95, Atlanta, Georgia, October 30 - November 3, IEEE Computer Society Press, pp. 412-415, 1995.

8. Kuppuswamy, A. and Kriz, R. D., "Development of an Interactive Multimedia Module That Creates a Visual Model of Beam Theory", Proceedings of ED-MEDIA 95 World Conference on Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia, Graz, Austria, June 17-21. Published by Association for the Advancedment of Computing in Education, pp. 384-389, 1995.

9. Prosser, W. H., Kriz, R. D., and D. W. Fitting, "Effect of Stress on Energy flux Deviation of Ultrasonic Waves in Gr/Ep Composites", IEEE 1990 Ultrasonics Symposium, IEEE Press, pp. 961-964, 1990.

10. G.W. Hannaway, W.R. Bishop, and R.D. Kriz, "Shocking Deformations in Microseconds", SIGGRAPH89, Movie With Sound:( QuickTime / MPEG ), Movie Without Sound:( QuickTime / MPEG ), 1989.

Selected M.S. Theses, Ph.D. Dissertations, and Journal Publications:

2. Liu, W., Kriz, R.D., "Axial Shear Waves in Fiber-Reinforced Composites with Multiple Interfacial Layers Between Fiber Core and Matrix," Mechanics of Materials, Vol. 31, pp. 117-129, 1999.

3. Liu, W., Kriz, R.D., "Shear Waves in Fiber-Reinforced Composites with Interfacial Cracks," International Journal of Solids and Structures, Vol. 35, No. 13, pp. 1425-1449, 1998.

4. Liu, W., Kriz, R.D., "Multiple Wave Scattering in Fiber-Reinforced Composites: Micromechanical Viewpoint,"Wave Motion, Vol. 27, pp. 223-244, 1998.

5. Liu, W., Kriz, R.D. (Chair)., Henneke, E.G., Heller, R.A., Duke, J.C., "Multiple Wave Scattering and Calculated Effective Stiffnesses and Wave Properties in Unidirectional Fiber-Reinforced Composities," Ph.D. Dissertation, Dept. Engineering Science and Mechanics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, May 13, 1997.

6. Vandenbossche, B., Kriz, R. D., and T. Oshima, "Stress Wave Displacement Polarization's and Attenuation in Unidirectional Composites: Theory and Experiment", Research in Nondestructive Evaluation, Vol. 8, No. 2, pp. 101-123, 1996.

7. Vure, N. R. S., Kriz, R. D., "Effect of Cooling Rate and STacking Sequence on the Fatique Behavior of Notched Quasi-Isotropic AS4/PEEK Laminates", J. Composite Tech and Res, Vol. 18, No.2, pp. 127-134, 1996.

8.Kriz, R. D., Glaessgen, E. H. and MacRae, J. D., "Visualizing Gradients in Composite Design and Fabrication", IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, Vol. 15, No. 6, pp. 10-13, 1995.

9. Raman, P. V. R., Kriz R.D (Chair)., and Abbott, A. L., "Parallel Implementation of the Filtered Back Projeciton for Tomographic Imaging", Masters Thesis, Dept. Electrical Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, January, 1995.

10. Oshima, T., Kriz, R. D., and S. G. Nomachi, "Simulation and Visualization of Stress Wave Propagation in Composite Laminates with Interphase Layer", Fifth International Symposium on Nondestructive Characterization of Materials, May 1991, Karuizawa, Japan, Gordon Breach Scientific Publishers, Nondestructive Testing Evaluation, Vol. 8-9, pp. 391-403, 1992

11. Tewary, V. K. and Kriz R. D., "Generalized Plane Strain Analysis of Bimaterial Composite a Free Surface Normal to the Interface", Journal of Material Research, Vol. 13, pp. 2609-2622, 1991.

12. Kriz, R. D. and O. H. Griffin, "Visualization Practicum", Sun World, pp. 36-44, August 1991.

13. Tewary, V.K. and R. D. Kriz, "Effect of a Free Surface on Stress Distribution in a Bimaterial Composite", NIST Special Publication 802, National Institute of Standards and Technology, U.S. Gov. Printing Office, Washington D.C., March 1991.