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https://www.nist.gov/people/gale-holmes
Gale A. Holmes (Fed)
Research Interests
Ballistic Fibers, Nano-Tailored Multi-functional Materials, Embedded Interfaces, Composite Micromechanics, Time-Dependent Relaxation Phenomena in Polymeric Systems
Awards and Honors
Department of Commerce Gold Medal (2007)
Chair Gordon Research Conference on Composites (2010)
Vice-Chair Gordon Research Conference on Composites (2008)
Gale A. Holmes, R C. Peterson, Donald L. Hunston, Walter G. McDonough
In this paper, we examine the regions of debonding between the fibers and the matrix surrounding fiber breaks formed during single-fiber fragmentation tests
Jeremiah Woodcock, Stephan J. Stranick, Anthony Kotula, Gale A. Holmes
The strategic integration of a rhodamine-spirolactam (RS) mechanophore into a transparent bis-epoxide/bis-epoxide/amine and corresponding bis-epoxide/amine
Ami Ahure Powell, Richard Sheridan, Berkay Yucel, Sezen Yucel, Evan Rust, Jeremiah Woodcock, Jeffrey Gilman, Surya R. Kalidindi, Gale A. Holmes
A measurement of interfacial shear strength (IFSS) in fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) materials remains elusive after more than fifty years. This is due in part
J Jacobs, Winnie Wong-Ng, Gale A. Holmes, Richard F. Kayser
NEW:Update 2005, the 20th annual workshops for science and technology educators with the theme, NANO/BIOSCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION FOR THE 21ST CENTURY
Jeremiah W. Woodcock, Richard J. Sheridan, Ryan Beams, Stephan J. Stranick, William F. Mitchell, Jeffrey W. Gilman, Gale A. Holmes, Catherine L. Brinson, Vamshi Gudapati, hartman David, Amol Vaidya
Natural and man-made composite materials must be tough, durable and damage tolerant1,2. For man-made composites to rival, or exceed, the dynamic