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PUBLISHED JOURNAL ARTICLES

1.     Jitendra S. Tate, Adekunle T. Akinola, and Dmitri Kabakov, “Biobased Nanocomposites: An Alternative to Traditional Composites”, Journal of Technology Studies, Volume XXXV, No. 1, Fall 2009, p25-32. 

2.     Jitendra S. Tate, Ajit D. Kelkar, and Vinaya A. Kelkar; “Minimizing scatter in load-controlled fatigue test data of textile polymeric composites using statistical techniques”, Journal of Interdisciplinary Mathematics, vol. 12 (2009), No. 2, April 09 p283-292 http://www.connectjournals.com/toc.php?bookmark=CJ-003060&did=02&volume=12&issue_id=02&issue_month=April#

3.     Jitendra Tate and Vedraman Sriraman; “Developing Research Aptitude in Senior Year Manufacturing Engineering Students”, World Transactions on Engineering and Technology Education, Vol. 6, No.2, Pages 267-70 , 2007

4.     Jitendra S. Tate and Vedraman Sriraman; “Project based approach to teaching of ‘computer aided engineering’ to a multidisciplinary student population”, UICEE’s World Transactions on Engineering and Technology Education, Vol. 6, No. 1, Pages 71-74, 2007, #1 citation,

5.     Jitendra S. Tate and Ajit D. Kelkar; “Stiffness Degradation Modeling of Biaxial Braided Composites”, Composites Part B: Engineering, Was available online on March 17, 2007 and to be published in  Vol. 39 (2008), No. 3, Pages 548-555, Impact Factor 1.31, #1 citation , http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesb.2007.03.001

6.     Ajit D. Kelkar, Jitendra S. Tate, and Ronnie Bolick; “Structural Integrity of Aerosapce Textile Composites under Fatigue Loading”, Materials Science and Engineering: B, Volume 132, Issues 1-2, 25 July 2006, Pages 79-84 Impact Factor 1.33, #5 citations,

7.     Ajit D. Kelkar, Jitendra S. Tate, and Pramod Chaphalkar; “Performance Evaluation of VARTM Manufactured Textile Composites for Aerospace and Defense Applications”, Materials Science and Engineering: B, Volume 132, Issues 1-2, 25 July 2006, Pages 126-128 Impact Factor 1.33, #6 citations

8.     Jitendra S. Tate Ajit D. Kelkar, and John D. Whitcomb; “Effect of Braid Angle on Fatigue Performance of Biaxial Braided Composites”, International Journal of Fatigue, Volume 28, Issue 10, October 2006, Pages 1239-1247 Impact Factor 1.117, #2 citations.

9.     Tang, X., Whitcomb, J., Kelkar, A. D. and Tate, J.: “Progressive Failure Analysis of 2x2 Braided Composites Exhibiting Multiscale Heterogeneity”, Composites Science and Technology, Volume 66, Issue 14, November 2006, Pages 2580-2590 Impact Factor 2.171, Thomson Reuters, Journal of Citation Reports #3 citations.

10.  Ajit D. Kelkar and Jitendra S. Tate; “Low Cost Manufacturing of Textile Composite Using VARTM Process”, International Journal of Manufacturing Technology and Research, vol. 1, July 2004, #4 citations,

Ph. D. Dissertation

Performance Evaluation and Modeling of Braided Composites, JS Tate, 2004 - Ph. D. Dissertation, Dept of Mechanical Engineering, North Carolina A & T State University, #5 citations,

Internal Research Reports:

"Development of 'E-glass/Bio-based Polyurethane' 'Multifunctional Reinforced Nanocomposites' using 'low-cost VARTM process'”, 62 full-text downloads since date of posting (2009-08-13); http://ecommons.txstate.edu/osp_regs/175

PUBLISHED REFEREED CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS 

1.        Jitendra S. Tate, Dmitri Kabakov, and Joseph H. Koo, “Carbon/Phenolic Nanocomposites for Ablative Applications”, Final paper accepted. SAMPE Fall Technical Conference, Salt Lake City, UT, USA, Oct 11-14, 2010. 

2.        Jitendra S. Tate, Adenkunle T. Akinola, and Stephan Sprenger, “Mechanical Performance of  nanosilica modified epoxy/glass composites for wind turbine applications”, SAMPE 10, Seattle, WA, USA, May 18-21, 2010

3.        Dmitri Kabakov, Jitendra S. Tate, and Joseph Koo, “Effect of Dispersion Techniques on FST and Mechanical Properties of Phenolic/E-Glass Nanocomposites”, SAMPE 10, Seattle, WA, USA, May 18-21, 2010

4.        J. Tate, D. Kabakov, J. H. Koo and S. Lao, “Nanoreinforced Phenolic Composites – Flammability and Mechanical Properties”, SAMPE 09, Baltimore, MD, USA, May 18-21, 2009, B107.

5.        Jitendra S. Tate, Adenkunle T. Akinola, Pulin Patel and John Massingill, “Nano-modified Soy-based Polyurethane/E-Glass Composites – Mechanical and Thermal Properties”, SAMPE 09, Baltimore, MD, USA, May 18-21, 2009, B106.

6.        Jitendra S. Tate, John Massingill, Pulin Patel, and Srujan Konga, “Enhancement in mechanical properties by improving fiber/matrix adhesion in bio-based polyurethane/E-glass composites”, SAMPE 08, Long Beach, CA, USA, May 18-22, 2008, L079 .

7.        Jitendra S. Tate, John Massingill, Pulin Patel, Pratap Rikka, and Shane Arabie, “Mechanical Characterization of Bio-Based Polyurethane/E-Glass Composites”, SAMPE International Fall Technical Conference, Cincinnati, OH, USA, October 29 – November 1, 2007, C149

8.       Jitendra Tate and Vedraman Sriraman; “Individual Project-based Approach to Develop Research Aptitude in Manufacturing Engineering Students”, ASEE 2007 Annual Conference and Exposition, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, June 24-27, 2007, (AC 2007-263).

9.        Jitendra S Tate, Ajit D Kelkar, and Gary Beall; “Viscoelastics effects on fatigue behavior of braided composites”, ASME 2006 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Chicago, IL, November 5-10, 2006,

10.     Jitendra Tate and Vedraman Sriraman; “An Approach to Teaching Computer Aided Engineering to a Diverse Student Population”, ASEE 2006 Annual Conference and Exposition, Chicago, IL, USA, June 18-21, 2006, (ASEE 2006-2658).

11.     Jitendra S. Tate and Ajit D. Kelkar; “Flexural Behavior of Biaxial Braided Composites”, ASME 2005 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Orlando, Florida, USA, November 5-11, 2005, IMECE2005-81324.

12.     Ronnie Bolick, Ajit D. Kelkar, Jeromy Taylor, and Jitendra S. Tate; “Performance Evaluation of    Unstitched, Stitched, and Z-pinned Textile Composites under Static Loading“, ASME 2005 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Orlando, Florida, USA, November 5-11, 2005, IMECE2005-81053.

13.     Ronnie Bolick, Ajit D. Kelkar, and Jitendra S. Tate; “Interlaminar Shear Strength Comparison of Stitched, Unstitched, and Braided Composites”, 37th International SAMPE Technical Conference, Seattle, Washington, USA, October 31-November 3, 2005, P126.

14.     Ajit D. Kelkar, Jitendra S. Tate, John D. Whitcomb, and Deepak Goyal; “Behavior of Biaxial Braided Composites Subjected to Uniaxial Tensile Loading”, American Society for Composites (ASC), 20th Annual Technical Conference, September 7-9, 2005 – Philadelphia, PA.

15.     Ajit D. Kelkar, Jitendra S. Tate, and Pramod Chaphalkar; “Performance Evaluation of VARTM Manufactured Textile Composites for Aerospace and Defense Applications”, The 3rd International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies (ICMAT 2005), Singapore, July 3-8, 2005.

16.     Ajit D. Kelkar, Jitendra S. Tate, and Ronnie Bolick; “Structural Integrity of Aerosapce Textile Composites under Fatigue Loading”, The 3rd International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies (ICMAT 2005), Singapore, July 3-8, 2005.

17.     Jitendra S. Tate, Ajit D. Kelkar, and Ronnie Bolick; “Performance Evaluation of Notched Biaxial Braided Composites”, ASME 2004 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Anaheim, CA, November 13-19, 2004, IMECE2004-59883.

18.     Jitendra S. Tate and Ajit D. Kelkar; “Effect of Braid Angle on Fatigue Performance of Biaxial Braided Composites”, The 3rd International Conference on Fatigue of Composites (ICFC), Kyoto, Japan, September 13-15, 2004

19.     Ajit D. Kelkar, Jitendra S. Tate, and John D. Whitcomb; “Durability of VARTM manufactured Textile Composites”, International Conference on Advances in Structural Integrity (ICASI), Bangalore, India, July 14-17, 2004

20.     Jitendra S. Tate, Ajit D. Kelkar and Vinaya A. Kelkar, “Failure Analysis of Biaxial Braided Composites under Fatigue Loading”, The 15th European Conference of Fracture (ECF), Stockholm, Sweden, August 11-13, 2004

21.     Jitendra S. Tate, Ajit D. Kelkar and John Rice; “Feasibility Study of VARTM Manufacturing of Carbon Biaxial Braided Composites using EPON 9504 Epoxy Resin System”, JISSE-8, 8th Japan International SAMPE Symposium & Exhibition, Tokyo, November 18-21, 2003. #2 citations,

22.     Ajit D. Kelkar and Jitendra S. Tate; “Fatigue Behavior of VARTM Manufactured Biaxial Braided Composites”; ASME 2003 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Washington, D.C., USA, November 15-21, 2003, IMECE2003-43850.  #1 citation,. 

23.     Ronnie Bolick, Ajit D. Kelkar and Jitendra S. Tate; “Fatigue Behavior of Post-Impacted VARTM Manufactured Woven Laminates”, 35th International SAMPE Technical Conference, Dayton, Ohio, USA, September 28-October 2, 2003 

24.     Ajit D. Kelkar, Jitendra S. Tate and Ron Bolick; “Introduction to Low Cost Manufacturing of Composite Laminates”, Unique Lab Experiments Poster Session, ASEE 2003 Annual Conference & Exposition, Nashville, TN, USA, June 22- 25, 2003. #4 citations.

25.     Ajit D. Kelkar and Jitendra S. Tate; “Effect of Fatigue Loading on the Stiffness Degradation of VARTM Manufactured Biaxial Braided Composites”; 9th International Conference on the Mechanical Behavior of Materials (ICM9), PALEXPO Congress Center, Geneva, Switzerland, May 25-29, 2003. #3 citations,

26.     Ajit D. Kelkar, Jitendra S. Tate, John Whitcomb and Xiaodong Tang; “Performance Evaluation and Modeling of Braided Composites”; 44th AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference, Norfolk, Virginia, USA, April 7-10, 2003, AIAA 2003-1475. #2 citations,

27.     Ajit D. Kelkar and Jitendra S. Tate; “Low Cost Manufacturing of Textile Composites Using Vacuum Assisted Resin Transfer Molding”, The 20th All India Manufacturing Technology, Design and Research Conference (AIMTDR), Ranchi, India, December 12-15, 2002, p712-716.

28.     Ron Bolick, Ajit D. Kelkar and Jitendra S. Tate; “Comparative study of Riveted Joints and Adhesively bonded joints subjected to fatigue loading”, 8th International Fatigue Congress, FATIGUE 2002, Stockholm, Sweden, June 2-7, 2002, p1087-1094.

ABSTRACTS

1.     Jitendra S. Tate, Ajit D. Kelkar, and Vinaya A. Kelkar; “Minimizing scatter in load-controlled fatigue test data of textile polymeric composites using statistical techniques”, International Conference on Advances in Interdisciplinary Statistics and Combinatorics, Greensboro, NC, Oct 12- 14, 2007. 

2.     Jitendra S. Tate, Ajit D. Kelkar, and Ronnie Bolick; “Tension and Fatigue Behavior of Slit Sleeve Braided Composites”, 11th International Conference on Composites/Nano Engineering (ICCE11), South Carolina, Aug 11-14, 2004

3.     Anita A. Kelkar, Jitendra S. Tate and Ronnie Bolick; “Investigation of Braided Composites for Prosthetic Applications”, 10th Annual International Conference on Composite Engineering (ICCE10), New Orleans, LA, USA, July 20-26, 2003, p 837-838.

4.     Ajit D. Kelkar, Jitendra S.Tate and Ron Bolick; “Low Cost Manufacturing of Biaxial Braided Composite Laminate” 9th Annual International Conference on Composite Engineering (ICCE9), San Diego, CA, USA, July 1-6, 2002, p 373-374.