Civil Engineering & Mechanics

Mechanics of Materials, Mechanical and structural Behaviour of Materials, Material Characterization, Materials Testing, Fracture Mechanics, Experimental Mechanics, Failure Analysis, Composite Materials, Polymers, Large Composite Structures, Effects of defects

Engineering Education

Underrepresented students in engineering, STEM Outreach, Engineering Pedagogies, diversity, Equity, Inclusion

Selected Publications

Journal Publications:

  1. Aqel, R., Severson, P., & Elhajjar, R. (2023). A Dovetail Core Design for Joints in Composite Sandwich Structures. Composite Structures, 117700 (Impact factor: 6.3)

  2. Aqel, R., Severson, P., & Elhajjar, R. (2023). Experimental and numerical investigation of core splicing configurations in an advanced composite sandwich structural system. Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites, 07316844221150423. (Impact factor: 3.6)

  3. Al-Barqawi, M., Aqel, R., Wayne, M., Titi, H., & Elhajjar, R. (2021). Polymer geogrids: A review of material, design, and structure relationships. Materials, 14(16), 4745.(Impact factor: 3.4)

Conference papers (peer-reviewed):

  1. Aqel, R., Severson, P., and Elhajjar, R., “Debonding and core shear failure at core splice locations in honeycomb-based sandwich composites,” Proceedings of ICEM20 20th International Conference on Experimental Mechanics, Porto 2-7 July 2023

  2. Aqel, R., and Elhajjar, R., “Mode-I Fracture Response in Single Cantilever Beam Sandwich Composites Containing Core Splices,” ICCS26 – 26th International Conference on Composite Structures & MECHCOMP8 - 8th International Conference on Mechanics of Composites, Porto 27-30 June 2023