CSAR JOEL CARRASCO TREJO - University of Texas at El Paso

September 1, 2000 – August 31 2005 Co-principal InvestigatorS. Nazarian PI, C. Carrasco Co-PI (I started participating in this project in 2004)“Model Calibrations with Local Accelerated Pavement Test Data and Implementation for FocusedSolutions to NAFTA Problems”TxDOT and FHWA, $217,000. Extended to2007, +$72,000 to conduct research under my directsupervision).August 1, 2004 – July 31, 2005 Principal investigatorC. Carrasco PI, R. Osegueda Co-PI“Preliminary Dust Shielding Study for the “Solar Probe” Spacecraft.”Applied Physics Laboratory, $51,833.00.October 1, 2003 – September 30, 2006 Co-principal investigatorS. Nazarian PI, Y.C. Chiu, C. Carrasco, P. Gurian, J. Heyman and T.M Fullerton, Co-PIs,“Integrated Physical-Social-Economic System Dynamics Modeling for Managing Extreme Events InducedRisk on the U.S.-Mexico Border Crossing Infrastructure.”National Science Foundation, $449,630.00.'September 2001 – August 2004 Principal investigatorC. Carrasco PI, M. Huerta Co-PI“Characterization of Composite Materials in Control Surface Applications.”Raytheon Missile Systems Engineering Directorate, $35,000.00 year one, $50,000.00 year two and$70,000.00 for year three.January 2002 – January 2004 Principal investigatorC. Carrasco PI, R. Osegueda Co-PI,“Modeling hypervelocity impact for kill enhancement of ballistic missile warheads.”Sponsored by: Ballistic Missile Defense Organization.Grant No. F49620-02-1-0076 for the amount of $260,000October 1997 – May 2000 Co-principal investigatorJ. Eftis PI, R. Osegueda, C. Carrasco Co-Pis,“Constitutive-Microdamage Modeling of Target-Missile Damage Caused by Hypervelocity Impact.”Sponsored by: Ballistic Missile Defense Organization.Grant No. F49620-97-1-0536 for the amount of $289,000March 2000-December 2001 Co-principal investigatorR. Osegueda PI, C. Carrasco Co-PI,“CONTOUR Dust Shield Verification.”Sponsored by: Johns Hopkins University / Applied Physics Laboratory.Grant Number: A21450 for the Amount of: $128,939.P u b l i c a t i o n sOctavio Melchor-Lucero with Carrasco, Espino, L. C., Fernandez, A. and Osegueda, R., “ComputerModeling for a Generalized Approach to Measure Impact Damage”, J. of Engineering Mechanics,Vol. 133, No. 3, March, 2007, pp. 299-307.Cesar Carrasco, Douglas Eng, Kenneth Potocki and Ingrid Mann, “Preliminary Dust-Impact Risk StudyFor The “Solar Probe” Spacecraft,” International Journal of Impact Engineering, Volume 33, Issues 1-12, December 2006, Pages 133-142.Cesar Carrasco, Octavio Melchor-Lucero, Roberto Osegueda, Luis Espino and Alvaro Fernandez,“Damage Lethality Comparison of Spherical and Cylindrical Projectiles Impacting on a System ofBumper Plates”, International Journal of Impact Engineering, Volume 33, Issues 1-12, December 2006,Pages 143-157.