Michael Bouchard Email & Phone Number

Dayton, Ohio

Research and engineering manager for the Applied Mechanics Division of the University of Dayton Research Institute. AMD's mission is to develop technology to safely sustain current aerospace vehicles, develop new concepts for the next generation of aerospace vehicles, and apply this expertise to other systems including ground vehicles and industrial equipment. Specialties: We provide a variety of expertise including computational mechanics; material constitutive and failure modeling (metals, polymers, polymer matrix and ceramic matrix composites, etc.); design and CAD, systems engineering; fatigue and crack growth life prediction; structural effects of corrosion; structural life extension (residual stress, cold working, damping, etc.); risk analysis; designing, building, and fielding new systems; design and analysis of high Mach systems; component and full system structural testing; impact testing (small arms, foreign object, hypervelocity); and characterization of materials at very high strain rates.

Manage Structural Integrity Division of the University of Dayton Research Institute. SID's mission is to advance the understanding of materials issues affecting structural life, and, based on this understanding, develop practical tools and methods to help people detect, evaluate, and safely manage the lives of their structures. We deal with a variety of systems - aircraft, spacecraft (thermal protection systems), etc. - a variety of materials - metals, composites, ceramics, etc. - and a variety of activities - nondestructive inspection; material characterization; cracking; corrosion; life prediction; life extension (residual stress, damping, etc.); risk analysis; and designing, building, and fielding new systems. We help our customers understand why and how materials and structures deteriorate, design tools for them to find deterioration in their structures, and help them decide on the best strategy for safely dealing with this deterioration.

Oversaw operations of Aerospace Mechanics Division, including computational mechanics, structural design and analysis, component and subsystem life and performance testing, impact physics, and human factors.

Conduct research in engineering structures, including development and application of advanced computational mechanics methods (e.g., finite element analysis), structural design and testing, vibrations analysis and control, and material constitutive and failure modeling. Oversaw operations of Structures Group in all of the above areas.