- Professor, Mechanical Engineering
- Rebecca and Charles Kitowski ’91 Faculty Fellow
- Phone: 979-845-9397
- Email: telacyjr@tamu.edu
- Office: MEOB 429
- Website: Research Website
- Linkedin: Profile
Educational Background
- Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology — 1998
- M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology — 1992
- B.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of New Mexico — 1983
Research Interests
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- Multifunctional composite materials for extreme environments
- Multiscale modeling
- Hypervelocity impacts
- Durability and damage tolerance
Awards & Honors
- American Society of Mechanical Engineers Fellow
- American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Associate Fellow
- Sigma Gamma Tau National Aerospace Engineering Honor Society Member
- SAE Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award, 2009
Selected Publications
- Lee, J., Gharghabi, P., Boushab, D., Ricks, T.M., Lacy, T.E., Pittman Jr., C.U., Mazzola, M.S., and Velicki, A., 2018, “Artificial Lightning Strike Tests on PRSEUS Panels,” Composites Part B, 154, 467-477, (DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2018.09.016).
- DuPont, J., Yamada, Y., Lacy, T.E., and Newman Jr., J.C., 2018, “Prediction of Fatigue-Crack Growth for 7075-T7351 Aluminum Alloy Under Various Flight-Load Spectra,” Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 177, 79-94 (DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2017.03.023).
- Warren, J., Offenberger, S., Toghiani, H., Pittman, Jr., C.U., Lacy, T.E., Kundu, S., 2015, “Effect of Temperature on Shear-thickening Behavior,” ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 7, 18650−18661, (DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b05094).
- Jang, C., Lacy, T.E., Gwaltney, S.R., Toghiani, H., and Pittman Jr., C.U., 2012, “A Relative Reactivity Volume Criterion for Crosslinking: Application to Vinyl Ester Resin Molecular Dynamics Simulations,” Macromolecules, 45(11), 4876−4885.
- Lacy, T.E., McDowell, D.L., and Talreja, R., 1999, “Gradient Concepts for Evolution of Damage,” Mechanics of Materials, 31(12), 831-861.