Uday Vaidya

Biography

2015–present
UT/ORNL Governor’s Chair in Advanced Composites Manufacturing  Professor, Mechanical, Aerospace and Biomedical Engineering (MABE)  Chief Technology Officer, Institute for Advanced Composites and Manufacturing Innovation (IACMI)

2001–2015
UAB Distinguished Professor and Department Chair, Materials Science & Engineering (MSE) and Director, Materials Processing and Applications Development (MPAD) Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham. Associate to Full Professor (2006) to Distinguished Professor; Graduate Program Director (2010–2014), Associate Chair (2013–2015)

1999–2001
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, North Dakota State University (NDSU), Dept of Mechanical Engg & Applied Mechanics, Fargo

1993–1999
Assistant to Associate Professor, Tuskegee University; Department of Mechanical Engineering & Center for Advanced Materials (T-CAM)

1989–1993
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Auburn University

1988–1989
Scientist – B; National Aeronautical Laboratory, India

Personal Website

Education

• PhD, Mechanical Engineering, 1993, Auburn University, Alabama
• MS, Mechanical Design Engineering, 1987, Shivaji University, India
• BS, Mechanical Engineering. 1985, Karnataka University, India

Research

Advanced Composites, Composite Materials and Manufacturing, Applications Development – R&D to Engineered Products, Dynamic Response, Nondestructive Evaluation, Sustainable and Green Materials, Composites Design, Process Modeling and Mechanics, Composites Recycling and Sustainability, Sound and Vibration Damping, Hybrid Materials, Multi-scale, Multi-functional and Nano-bio materials; TRL 1-3 and TRL 4-6 Technology Commercialization 

Professional Service

• Chief Technology Officer, IACMI
• North American Editor, Composites-B
• Alabama Launchpad Business Competition, First place to create spin-off Innovative Composite Solutions (ICS), April 2009.
• Member of SAMPE, ACMA, SPE, JEC
• Text Book: Composites for Automotive, Mass Transit and Truck

Awards and Recognitions

• Thomas Stewart McCorkle Family Endowed Faculty Award, 2020
• MABE’s Volunteer Spirit Award, 2020
• SPE Composites Person of the year, 2016
• Distinguished University Professor, University of Alabama at Birmingham, February 7-8, 2014
• 2014 Graduate Dean’s Excellence in Mentorship Award, April 2014
• Presidential Award for Teaching Excellence, School of Engineering, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Spring 2005 and Spring 2013.
• Presidential Teaching Award
• Composites Manufacturing BEST Award

Publications

• Eric Kerr-Anderson, Benjamin Geiger-Willis, Selvum Pillay, and Uday Vaidya., Design and development of a test fixture and method for investigation of impact during pre-stressed compression. ASTM Journal of Testing and Evaluation, January, JTE, Volume 42, Issue 1, JTE20120301 (2014).
• John Smith and Uday Vaidya, Processing optimization of deformed plain woven thermoplastic composites. Applied Composite Materials, Volume 20, Issue 6, pp 1265-1272 (2013).
• U.K.Vaidya, K. B. Thattaiparthasarthy, S. Pillay, S. Vaidya, H. Ning and D. Bansal., Colored inorganic pigmented long fiber thermoplastic composites. Journal of Thermoplastic Composite Materials, 0892705713515262 December (2013),
• John Smith, John Johnstone and Uday Vaidya., Analytical modeling of progressive forming of thick section thermoplastic composites. International Journal of Material Forming, DOI 10.1007/s12289-013-1133-z , May (2013)
• K. Balaji Thattaiparthasarthy and Uday K. Vaidya., Processing and characterization of continuous fiber reinforcements co-molded with long fiber reinforced thermoplastics. Polymers and Polymer Composites, Volume 21, No 8, pp. 483-494 (2013).
• Dhruv Bansal, S. Pillay and U.K.Vaidya., Nanographene-reinforced carbon/carbon composites. Carbon, Volume 55, April, Pages 233–244 (2013).
• L. Roy Xu, Arun Krishnan, Haibin Ning, Uday Vaidya., A seawater tank approach to evaluate the dynamic failure and durability of E-glass/vinyl ester marine composites. Composites Part B: Engineering, Volume 43, Issue 5, Pages 2480-2486 (2012).
• Ochoa-Putman, Carol and Vaidya, Uday K., Mechanisms of interfacial adhesion in metal-polymer composites – Effect of chemical treatment. Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, v 42, n 8, p 906-915 (2011).
• Thattaiparthasarthy, K. Balaji, Pillay, Selvum, Vaidya, Uday K., Rheological characterization of long fiber thermoplastics – Effect of temperature, fiber length and weight fraction. Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, v 40, n 10, p 1515-1523 (2009).
• Haibin Ning, Selvum Pillay, Uday K. Vaidya., Design and development of thermoplastic composite roof door for mass transit bus. Materials & Design, Volume 30, Issue 4, Pages 983-991 (2009).