PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS

BOOK

·  Advani, S. G., and Sozer, E. M., Process Modeling in Composites Manufacturing, Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York, Print ISBN: 0-8247-0860-1, E-ISBN: 0824743431, Print Published: 08/28/2002.

BOOK CHAPTERS

·  Advani, S. G., and Sozer, E. M., ASM Handbook, Volume 21, Composites : Process Modeling, In volume chairs: D. B. Miracle and S. L. Donaldson, and chairperson: B. T. Astrom (editors) , Pages:423-433, December 2001, Ohio, ASM International.

·  Advani, S. G., and Sozer, E. M., “Chapter 24: Resin impregnation in liquid molding processes,” Comprehensive Composite Materials, Editors-in-Chief A. Kelly, Elsevier Science, New York, July 2000.

JOURNAL ARTICLES

·  Lawrence J.M., Hsiao K.T., Don R.C., Simacek P., Estrada G., Sozer E.M., Stadtfeld H.C., Advani S.G., “An approach to couple mold design and on-line control to manufacture complex composite parts by resin transfer molding,” Composites Part A, Applied Science and Manufacturing, 33(7), 981-990, 2002

·  Sozer, E. M., Bickerton, S., and Advani, S. G., “On-line strategic control of liquid composite mould filling process,” Journal of Composites, part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 31(12), 1383-1394, 2000.

·  Laval N., Sozer E.M., Advani S.G., “Characterisation of permeability around a 90 degrees corner,” Advanced Composites Letters, 9(1), 17-24, 2000.

·  Slade J., Sozer E.M., Advani S.G., “Fluid impregnation of deformed performs, Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites,” 19(7), 552-568, 2000.

·  Bickerton, S.,  Sozer, E. M., Graham, P., and Advani, S. G., “Fabric structure and mold curvature effects on preform permeability and mold filling in the RTM process. Part I. Experiments,” Journal of Composites, part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 31(5), 423-438, 2000.

·  Bickerton, S.,  Sozer, E. M., Simacek, P., and Advani, S. G., “Fabric structure and mold curvature effects on preform permeability and mold filling in the RTM process. Part II. Predictions and comparisons with experiments,” Journal of Composites, part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 31(5) 439-458, 2000. 

·  Sozer, E.M., Greenberg M.D., “The time-dependent free-surface flow induced by a submerged line source or sink,” Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 284, 225-237, 1995.

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

·  Sozer, E.M., “Effects of Injection and Ventilation Ports and Tubing on Mold Filling in RTM,” FPCM 7 (Flow Processes in Composite Materials) International Conference, Delaware, USA, July 5-7, 2004.

·  Sozer, E.M., “Mold Design for Resin Transfer Molding Process,” 3rd International Conference and Exhibition on Design and Production of Dies and Molds, pp 91-100, Bursa, Turkey, June 17-19, 2004.

·  Sozer, E.M., “Finding Solutions to the Issues of RTM Composite Material Manufacturing by Using Simulations and an Improved Control System” (“RTM ile Kompozit Malzeme Üretimindeki Sorunlara Simülasyonlar ve Geliştirilmiş Kontrol Sistemi ile Çözüm Getirilmesi ”), 10th Materials Symposium and Exhibition, pp 843-855, Pamukkale University, Denizli, Turkey, April 14-16, 2004.

·  Sozer, E. M., “Effect of Preform Non-uniformity on Mold Filling in RTM Process,” Society for the Advancement of the Material and Process Engineering (SAMPE), 5-7 November, 2001, Seattle.

·  Lawrence, J. M., Sozer, E. M., Stadtfeld, H., Simacek, P., Estrada, G., Don, R., and Advani, S. G., “Use of Sensors and Simulations for Process Control to Manufacture a Feature Based Composite with Resin Transfer Molding Process,” Society for the Advancement of the Material and Process Engineering (SAMPE), 21-25 May, 2000, Long Beach, California.

·  Stadtfeld, H., Sozer, E. M., Steiner K. V., Advani, S. G., Kolavennu S. and Parthasarathy S., “Approach towards an automated design environment for the resin transfer molding process,” Society for the Advancement of the Material and Process Engineering (SAMPE), 21-25 May, 2000, Long Beach, California.

·  Sozer, E. M., Bickerton, S., and Advani, S. G., “Use of sensors and simulations for strategic control of liquid composite mold filling process,” CMA/SME, Composites Manufacturing and Tooling 2000 Conference and Tabletop Exhibits, pp 167-190, Newport Beach, California, February 23-25, 2000.

·  Sozer, E. M., Chen, B., Graham, P. J., Chou, T.-W., and Advani, S. G., “Characterization and Prediction of Compaction Force and Preform Permeability of Woven Fabrics During the Resin Transfer Molding Process,” Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Flow Processes in Composite Materials, pp 25-36, Plymouth, U.K., 12-14 July 1999.

·  Sozer, E. M., Bickerton, B., and Advani, S. G., “Modeling and Control of the Liquid Composite Molding,” Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Flow Processes in Composite Materials, pp 109-124, Plymouth, U.K., 12-14 July 1999.

·  Advani, S. G., Sozer, E. M., Bickerton, S., H. C. Stadtfeld, and K. V. Steiner, “Use of sensors and simulations to move towards automation of the resin transfer molding process,” Proceedings of the Twelfth International Conference on Composite Materials, Paris, France, 5-9 July 1999.

·  Stadtfeld H. C., Bickerton, S., Sozer, E. M., Indermaur, M., K. V. Steiner, and Advani, S. G., “On-line control for Resin Transfer Molding Process,” Conference Proceeding of the Polymer Processing Society 15th Annual Meeting, Netherlands, 1-4 June 1999.

·  Sozer, E. M. & Greenberg, M. D., “Nonlinear strip theory calculation of wave drag and lift on a submerged slender body,” the 13th ASCE MED Conference, Baltimore June 1999.

·  Sozer, E. M., Gokce, A., and Advani, S. G., “Estimating permeability of compacted fabrics in RTM process,” the Annual Meeting of the Society of Plastics Engineers: ANTEC, pp 2675-2681, New York, NY, 2-6 May 1999.

·  Sozer, E. M., Simacek, P., & Advani, S. G., “Draping and filling of long axisymmetric molds in RTM process,” Proceedings of the Eighth Japan-U.S. Conference on Composite Materials, pp 73-84, Baltimore, MD, 24-25 September 1998.

·  Simacek, P., Sozer, E. M. & Advani, S. G., “Numerical simulations of mold filling for design and control of RTM process,” Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Society of Plastics Engineers, pp 2327-2335, ANTEC, Atlanta, GA, 27-30 April 1998.

·  Sozer, E. M. & Greenberg, M. D., “A vortex sheet approach to the nonlinear flow induced by a line source or  sink,” Boundary Elements XV (ed Brebbia, C.A. and Rencis, J.J.), Proceedings of the Fifteenth International Conference on BEM, Computational Mechanics Publications, Elsevier, Worcester, USA,  10-13 August 1993.

·  Caliskan, M. & Sozer, E. M., “Analysis of structurally coupled interior acoustic fields by acoustoelasticity method,” International Congress on Recent Developments in Air and Structure Borne Sound and Vibration, Auburn, USA, 6-8 March 1990.

·  Sozer, E. M. & Caliskan, M., “Evaluation of acoustical behavior of structurally coupled interior acoustic fields,”  Proceedings of 3rd. National Mechanical Engineering Theory Conference, pp 531-542, Foca, Turkey, 1988.

WORKSHOP & REVIEW PRESENTATIONS

·  Sozer, E.M., “Resin transfer Molding (RTM) and Process Control,” First Bilateral Workshop KU-MPI-CPfS, Current Topics in Advanced Materials, Koç University, Istanbul, Turkey, May 19-20, 2003.

·  Sozer, E. M., Modeling Resin Flows in Composite Manufacturing, Workshop: Numerical Methods in Fluids, May 2002, Koc University, Istanbul, Turkey.

·  Sozer, E. M., and Advani, S. G., “Workshop: Modeling and Simulation of RTM (Resin Transfer Molding) Process and Process Control,” Manufacturing Engineering Department, to the eight Engineering faculty and 2 engineers from industry, Central State University, Wilberforce, Ohio 45384, USA, August 10, 2000.

·  Sozer, E. M., and Advani, S. G., “Design and Automation in LCM (Liquid Composite Molding) Process with Sensors Simulations and Sensors,” Manufacturing Research Seminar, United Technologies Center, E, Hartford, Connecticut, USA, July 20, 2000.

·  Sozer, E. M., and Advani, S. G., “Strategic Control of RTM Process and Permeability Predictions of Compacted Fabric Preforms,” the eighth Review Meeting of AMIPC, Newark, DE, USA, June 1, 2000.

·  Sozer, E. M., and Advani, S. G., “Workshop: AMIPC (Advanced Materials Intelligent Processing Center) Software Hands-on Demonstration,” the seventh Review Meeting of AMIPC, to the ONR (Office of Naval Research) research committee and the Boeing engineers, Newark, DE, USA, December 9, 1999.

·    Sozer, E. M., “Permeability Modeling Issues,” ONR-AMIPC 2nd Quarterly Program Review, Newark, DE, May 1998.

TECHNICAL REPORTS

·  Sozer, E. M. “Control of Resin Transfer Molding (RTM) Composite Manufacturing Process with Mold Filling Simulations,” MISAG 192 final technical project report, TUBITAK, June 2003.

·  Simacek, P., Sozer, E. M. & Advani, S. G.,  “User Manual for DRAPE 1.1 and LIMS 4.0 (Liquid Injection Molding Simulation),” Technical Report 98-01, University of Delaware, Center for Composite Materials, January 1998.