Research Expertise

•	Development of analytical and numerical solution techniques to predict the response of composite plates and shells
•	The micromechanical behavior of materials with crystal plasticity
•	Dynamic response of multi-flexible bodies such as MAV and rotor blades
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Education

•	Ph.D.	:	Mechanical Engineering, University of Arizona, 1998
•	M.S.	:	Engineering Sciences, Middle East Technical University, 1990
•	B.S.	:	Engineering Sciences, Middle East Technical University, 1988
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Employment

•	1998-date	:	Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, The University of Arizona: Research Assistant 1992-98; Research Associate 1998-99; Assistant Research Scientist 1999-00; Assistant Research Professor 2000-date
•	1989-1992	:	Engineering Sciences, Middle East Technical University, Ankara: Teaching and Research Assistant
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Honors and Awards

•	Finalist, Seventh Melosh Medal Competition for Best Student Paper on Finite Element Analysis, Duke University, South Carolina, 1995
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Courses Taught

•	AME 564b	:	Mechanics of Deformable Solids
•	AME 461a/561a	:	Finite Element Method
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Professional Societies

•	AIAA	:	The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
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Publications  (since 2000)

•	Das, M., Barut, A., Madenci, E., and Amber, D. R., A Triangular Plate Element for Thermo-Elastic Analysis of Sandwich Panels with a Functionally Graded Core, Int. J. Numer. Methods Eng. 68:940-966, 2006.
•	Barut, A., Guven, I., and Madenci, E., A Meshless Grain Element for Micromechanical Analysis with Crystal Plasticity, Int. J. Numer. Methods Eng. 67:17-65, 2006.
•	Oterkus, E., Barut, A., Madenci, E., Smeltzer III, S. S., and Ambur, D. R., Bonded Lap Joints of Composite Laminates with Tapered Edges, Int. J. Solids Struct. 43:1459-1489, 2006.
•	Oterkus, E., Barut, A., Madenci, E. and Ambur, D. R., Nonlinear Analysis of a Composite Panel with a Cutout Repaired by a Bonded Tapered Composite Patch, Int. J. Solids Struct. 42:5274-5306, 2005.
•	Das, M., Barut, A., Madenci, E., and Ambur, D.R., Complete Stress Field in Sandwich Panels with a New Triangular Finite Element of Single-Layer Theory, Comput. Methods Appl. Mech. Eng. 194:2969-3005, 2004.
•	Barut, A., and Madenci E., Thermo-Mechanical Stress Analysis of Laminates with a Cutout via a Complex Potential-Variational Method, J. Therm. Stresses 27:1-31, 2004.
•	Barut, A., Madenci, E., Anderson, T., and Tessler, A., Equivalent Single-Layer Theory for a Complete Stress Field in Sandwich Panels Under Arbitrarily Distributed Loading, Compos. Struct. 58:483-495, 2002.
•	Kradinov, V., Hanauska, J., Barut, A., Madenci, E., and Ambur, D. R., Bolted Patch Repair of Composite Panels with a Cutout, Compos. Struct. 56:423-444, 2002.
•	Barut, A., Hanauska, J., Madenci, E., and Ambur, D. R., 2002, Analysis Method for Bonded Patch Repair of a Skin with a Cutout, Compos. Struct. 55:277-294, 2002.
•	Kay, N., Barut, A., and Madenci, E., Singular Stresses in a Finite Region of Two Dissimilar Viscoelastic Materials with Traction-Free Edges, Comput. Methods Appl. Mech. Eng. 191:1221-1244, 2002.
•	Barut, A., Guven, I., and Madenci, E., Analysis of Singular Stress Fields at Junctions of Multiple Dissimilar Materials Under Mechanical and Thermal Loading, Int. J. Solids Struct. 38:9077-9109, 2001.
•	Kradinov, V., Barut, A., Madenci, E., and Ambur, D. R., Bolted Double-Lap Composite Joints Under Mechanical and Thermal Loading, Int. J. Solids Struct. 38:7801-7837, 2001.
•	Madenci, E, Barut, A., and Nemeth, M., A Complex Potential-Variational Method for Stress Analysis of Unsymmetric Laminates with Elliptic Cutout, J. Appl. Mech. 68:731-739, 2001.
•	Barut, A., Madenci, E., Heinrich, J., and Tessler, A., Analysis of Thick Sandwich Construction by a {3,2}-Higher Order Theory, Int. J. Solids Struct. 38:6063-6077, 2001.
•	Barut A., Madenci E., Starnes J., and Tessler A., A New Stiffened Shell Element for Geometrically Nonlinear Analysis of Composite Laminates, Comput. Struct. 77:11-40, 2000.
•	Barut, A., Madenci, E., Tessler, A., Nonlinear Thermoelastic Analysis of Composite Panels Under Non-Uniform Temperature Distribution, Int. J. Solids Struct. 37:3681-3713, 2000.
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