{"id":1635,"date":"2025-11-10T19:01:29","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T19:01:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.dev.www.purdue.edu\/cmsc\/?page_id=1635"},"modified":"2025-11-10T19:49:31","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T19:49:31","slug":"pipes-tech-area-bio","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/cmsc\/pipes-tech-area-bio\/","title":{"rendered":"Pipes Tech Area Bio"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-1159 size-large\" alt=\"imi and clouds\" src=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/cmsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/WordPress-heads-1920x1080-5-1024x576.jpg\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/cmsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/WordPress-heads-1920x1080-5-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/cmsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/WordPress-heads-1920x1080-5-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/cmsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/WordPress-heads-1920x1080-5-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/cmsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/WordPress-heads-1920x1080-5-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/cmsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/WordPress-heads-1920x1080-5.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-black-background-color has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\"><div  class=\"section has-padding-bottom-none \">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n                <div class=\"tagged-header-container tagged-header-container--content-block tagged-header-container-narrow tagged-header-container-gold\">\n            <h2 class=\"tagged-header tagged-header--gold\">Tech Area Bio<\/h2>\n        <\/div>\n                \n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:26% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"731\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/cmsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/byronPipes-2020-731x1024.jpg\" alt=\"r. byron pipes\" class=\"wp-image-1638 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/cmsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/byronPipes-2020-731x1024.jpg 731w, https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/cmsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/byronPipes-2020-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/cmsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/byronPipes-2020-768x1076.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/cmsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/byronPipes-2020-1097x1536.jpg 1097w, https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/cmsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/byronPipes-2020.jpg 1371w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 731px) 100vw, 731px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">R. Byron Pipes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\">CMSC Executive Director<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">John L Bray Distinguished Professor of Engineering<br>Director of DMS TA<br>Director of cdmHUB<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div  class=\"section \">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n                \n<div  class=\"section \">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n                \n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"bio\">Bio<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr. R. Byron Pipes was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 1987 in recognition of his development of an exemplary model for relationships between corporate, academic and government sectors to foster research and education in the field of composite materials. As co-founder and director of the Center for Composite Materials at the University of Delaware, he developed an industrial consortium of over forty corporate sponsors from the USA, Japan, Germany, France, Italy, United Kingdom, Belgium, Sweden and Finland. Today, almost 40 years after its founding, the University of Delaware Center is the largest and most successful of its kind in the United States. Research expenditures have exceeded $100 million. In 2013, Dr. Pipes developed the Composites Design and Manufacturing HUB (cdmHUB) to meet the simulation needs of the growing composites industry. To date, the cdmHUB is supported by five corporate sponsors (Boeing, Rolls Royce, Cytec, Dassault Systemes and Henkel) as well as DARPA. His most recent research programs focus on the development of composites manufacturing with emphasis on additive manufacturing. He currently leads the Indiana Center of Excellence of the DOE Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation (IACMI) as Director of the Design Modeling and Simulation Technology Area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He is the Executive Director of the Composites Manufacturing &amp; Simulation Center (CMSC) housed in the Indiana Manufacturing Institute in the Purdue Research Park. He has active programs in the study of the advanced manufacturing science for composite materials.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns page-layout-columns columns is-multiline is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column column is-full-tablet page-layout-main is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column column is-one-quarter-desktop is-full-tablet is-full-mobile page-layout-sidebar is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-boiler-gold-background-color has-background\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><div  class=\"section \">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n                \n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Appointments<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Executive Director of the Composites Manufacturing Simulation Center of Purdue University, 2015\u2013present.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Director of the Design and Simulation Technology Area of the Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing, 2015\u2013present.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Director of the Composites Design and Manufacturing HUB, 2012\u2013present.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>John Bray Distinguished Professor of Engineering in the Schools of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Chemical Engineering and Materials Engineering at Purdue University, 2004\u2013present.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Goodyear Professor of Polymer Engineering, University of Akron, 2001\u201304.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Distinguished Visiting Professor, College of William and Mary, 1999\u20132001.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>President of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1993\u201395.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Provost of the University of Delaware, 1991\u20131993.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dean of the College of Engineering, University of Delaware, 1985\u201391.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Robert L. Spencer Professor of Engineering, University of Delaware, 1986\u201393.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Director of the Center for Composite Materials, University of Delaware, 1977\u201385.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns page-layout-columns columns is-multiline is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column column is-full-tablet page-layout-main is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column column is-one-quarter-desktop is-full-tablet is-full-mobile page-layout-sidebar is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><div  class=\"section \">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n                \n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Honors &amp; Awards<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>National Academy of Engineering (1987)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Royal Society of Engineering Sciences of Sweden (1995)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gustus L. Larson Award of Pi Tau Sigma (1986)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chaire Francqui, Distinguished Faculty Scholar Award in Belgium (1985)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fellow rank in ASC, ASME and SAMPE<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns page-layout-columns columns is-multiline is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column column is-full-tablet page-layout-main is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column column is-one-quarter-desktop is-full-tablet is-full-mobile page-layout-sidebar is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><div  class=\"section has-gray-background \">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n                \n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Publications<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Xie, Y., Kravchenko, O.G., Pipes, R.B. and Koslowski, M., \u201cPhase field modeling of damage in glassy polymers,\u201d Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 93(2016), pp. 182\u2013197.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kravchenko,O., Kravchenko, S.G., Pipes, R.B., \u201cChemical and thermal shrinkage in thermosetting prepreg,\u201d Composites: Part A, 80 (2016) 72\u201381.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pipes, R.B., \u201cAccelerating the Certification Process for Aerospace Composites,\u201d High Performance Composites, March (2014).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kravchenko, O. G., Li, C., Strachan, A., Kravchenko, S.G. and Pipes, R.B.,\u201dPrediction of the chemical and thermal shrinkage in a thermoset polymer,\u201d Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, Volume 66, (2014), Pages 35\u201343.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kravchenko, S., Kravchenko, O., Wortmann, M., Pietrek, M., Horst, P., Pipes, R.B, Composite Toughness Enhancement with Interlaminar Reinforcement, Composites: Part A, (2013).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Misiego, C.R. and Pipes, R.B., \u201cDispersion and its Relation to Carbon Nanotube Concentration in Polyimide Nanocomposites,\u201d Composites Science and Technology, 85, (2013), pp. 43\u201349.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Goodsell, J., Pagano, N.J., Kravchenko, O, and Pipes, R.B., \u201cInterlaminar Stresses in Composite Laminates Subjected to Anticlastic Bending Deformation,\u201d Journal of Applied Mechanics, ASME J Appl Mech, (2013); 80(4): 041020-1-041020-7.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cadena, M., Misiego, R., Smith, K.C., Avia, A., Pipes, R.B., Reifenberger, R. and Raman, A., \u201cSubsurface Imaging of Carbon Nanotube-polymer Composites Using Dynamic AFM Methods,\u201d Nanotechnology, 24 (2013), 135706.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Condit, P., Pipes, R.B., \u201cThe Global University,\u201d Issues in Science and Technology, National Academy of Sciences, Volume XIV, Number 1, (1997), pp. 27\u201328.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pipes, R.B., Wilson, J.M., \u201cA Multimedia Model for Undergraduate Education,\u201d Technology in Society, Vol. 18, No. 3, (1996), pp. 387\u2013401.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pipes, R.B., Coffin, D.W., Shuler, S.F., Simacek, P., \u201cNon-Newtonian Constitutive Relationships for Hyper Concentrated Fiber Suspensions,\u201d Journal of Composite Materials, Vol. 28, No. 4, (1994), pp. 343\u2013350.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pipes, R.B., Lewis, C.S., \u201cResearch Centers in Sciences and Engineering,\u201d Innovative Models for University Research, edited by C.R. Haden, North-Holland, (1992).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns page-layout-columns columns is-multiline is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column column is-full-tablet page-layout-main is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column column is-one-quarter-desktop is-full-tablet is-full-mobile page-layout-sidebar is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><div  class=\"section \">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n                \n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Research Figures<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/cmsc\/assets\/img\/tech-area-review-figures\/pipes-1.jpg\" alt=\"Figure 1. cdmHUB Overview\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Figure 1. cdmHUB Overview<br><em>Image provided<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/cmsc\/assets\/img\/tech-area-review-figures\/pipes-2.jpg\" alt=\"Figure 2. cdmHUB Cloud Storage\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Figure 2. cdmHUB Cloud Storage<br><em>Image provided<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/cmsc\/assets\/img\/tech-area-review-figures\/pipes-3.jpg\" alt=\"Figure 3. Cube Mesh Model with Local Orientation\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Figure 3. Cube Mesh Model with Local Orientation<br><em>Image provided<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><div  class=\"section has-padding-top-small has-padding-bottom-small \">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n                \n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"contact\">Contact<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>R. Byron Pipes<\/strong><br>John L Bray Distinguished Professor of Engineering<br>Executive Director of CMSC, Director of DMS TA, Director of cdmHUB<br>Indiana Manufacturing Institute, Room 106<br>1105 Challenger Avenue, Suite 100, West Lafayette, IN 47906<br>(765) 494-5767<br><a href=\"mailto:bpipes@purdue.edu\">bpipes@purdue.edu<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/assets\/pdf\/tech-area-research-review-bios\/pipes.pdf\">Pipes Tech Area Review Bio (PDF)<\/a><\/p>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1635","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/cmsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1635","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/cmsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/cmsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/cmsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/cmsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1635"}],"version-history":[{"count":37,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/cmsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1635\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1694,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/cmsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1635\/revisions\/1694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/cmsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}