Jingyao Dai

Assistant Professor

Email: jydai@ou.edu
Phone: (405) 325-4842
Office: Felgar Hall 219C
Office Hours: By appointment only

Education
Ph.D., Aerospace Engineering (2021)
Pennsylvania State Univeristy
M.S., Aerospace Engineering (2017)
Pennsylvania State University
B.Eng., Aerospace Engineering (2014)
Beihang University, China

Research Focus

Advanced materials and composites for aerospace applications
Materials for extreme environments
Polymer and ceramic nanocomposites
Sustainable manufacturing of composites

Experience

Assistant Professor - School of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, University of Oklahoma (August 2024-present)
Postdoctoral Associate - Massachusetts Institute of Technology (March 2021-August 2024)

Courses Taught

Mechanics of Heterogeneous Materials
Structural Mechanics
Aerospace Structures
Aeronautics
Advanced Aerospace Structures

Recent Publications

Journal Articles

Dai, J., Singh, J., & Yamamoto, N. (2024). “Fracture Toughness Measurement for B4C Composites with Hierarchical Microstructures: Comparison of Micro-indentation and Four-point Bending Methods.” Journal of Testing and Evaluation.
Dai, J., Pineda, E. J., Bednarcyk, B. A., Singh, J., & Yamamoto, N. (2022). “Micromechanics-based simulation of B4C-TiB2 composite fracture under tensile load.” Journal of the European Ceramic Society, 42(14), 6364-6378.
Dai, J., Singh, J., & Yamamoto, N. (2020). “Fabrication and characterization of FAST sintered micro/nano boron carbide composites with enhanced fracture toughness.” Journal of the European Ceramic Society, 40(15), 5272-5285.
Dai, J., Lee, W., Gomez, E. D., & Yamamoto, N. (2019). “Demonstrating low‐temperature sintering of boron carbide powders.” International Journal of Ceramic Engineering & Science, 1(4), 178-184.
Trivedi, S., Rudolph, M., Atescan, Y., Dai, J., Cooley, K., Adair, J. H., ... & Yamamoto, N. (2019). “Effect of diazotization and magnetic assembly on CNT dispersion observed with hardness and modulus measurement of their epoxy composite of low CNT volume fraction.” Journal of Nanoparticle Research, 21(12), 270.
Spencer, M. P., Lee, W., Alsaati, A., Breznak, C. M., Braga Nogueira Branco, R., Dai, J., ... & Yamamoto, N. (2019). “Cold sintering to form bulk maghemite for characterization beyond magnetic properties.” International Journal of Ceramic Engineering & Science, 1(3), 119-124.
Dai, J., Singh, J., & Yamamoto, N. (2018). “Nonbrittle nanopore deformation of anodic aluminum oxide membranes.” Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 101(5), 2170-2180.

Conference Papers

Dai, J., Webb, A., Lee, J., Asamoah-Addo, K., Griffin, J., Steiner, S., & Wardle, B. L. (2024). “Investigation of Void Removal Behavior during Nanoporous Network Enabled Out of Autoclave Manufacturing of Void-free Aerospace-grade Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastic Composites”. In AIAA SCITECH 2024 Forum (p. 1219).
Jagani, S. A., Dai, J., Acauan, L., & Wardle, B. L. (2024). “Fabrication and Processing of Aligned Boron Nitride and Carbon Nanotubes for Nanocomposite Systems”. In AIAA SCITECH 2024 Forum (p. 1005).
Patel, P. B., Kim, S. D., Dai, J., Buffy, J., Koo, J. H., & Wardle, B. L. (2024). “Aligned Carbon Nanotube Polysiloxane Nanocomposite Laminate for Thermal Protection Systems”. In AIAA SCITECH 2024 Forum (p. 0763).
Li, C. X., Gonzalez, E., Ghosh, A., Lin, Y., Dai, J., Acauan, L., & Wardle, B. L. (2024). “Multifunctionality of High Volume Fraction Aligned Carbon-Nanotube/Bismaleimide Nanocomposite Laminates”. In AIAA SCITECH 2024 Forum (p. 0764).
Dai, J., Acauan, L., Jagani, S., Patel, P., & Wardle, B. L. (2023). “Silicon Oxycarbide Nanocomposite Laminates Reinforced with Carbon Nanotubes of High Degree of Alignment and Ultrahigh Packing Density”. In the 38th Technical Conference of the American Society for Composites
Lin, Y., Li, C., Dai, J., Acauan, L., & Wardle, B. L. (2023). “Fabrication and Characterization of Carbon Nanotube/Poly(methyl) Methacrylate Nanocomposite Laminates”. In the 38th Technical Conference of the American Society for Composites
Jagani, S., Dai, J., Acauan, L., Patel, P., & Wardle, B. L. (2023). “Fabrication and Characterization of Horizontally-Aligned Carbon Nanotube/Silicon Carbide Nanocomposite Laminates With Ultra-high Nanofiber Volume Fraction”. In ICCM23-International Conference on Composite Materials.
Webb, A., Dai, J., Asamoah-Addo, K., Griffin, J., Steiner III, S. A., & Wardle, B. L. (2023). “Out-of-Autoclave Composite Manufacturing Using Capillary Effects of Electrospun and Aerogel Nanoporous Networks”. In ICCM23-International Conference on Composite Materials.
Jeong, J. M., Dai, J., Acauan, L., Wardle, B. L., & Kim, S. S. (2023). “Bipolar Plate Using Horizontally Aligned CNT for High-Performance Vanadium Redox Flow Batteries”. In ICCM23-International Conference on Composite Materials.
Dai, J., Acauan, L., Jagani, S., Patel, P., Panova, V., & Wardle, B. L. (2023). “Fabrication and Characterization of Carbon Nanotube/Silicon Carbide Nanocomposite Laminates”. In AIAA SCITECH 2023 Forum (p. 2033).
Curtis-Smith, C., Rogers, M., Dai, J., Gonzalez, E., Li, C. X., Lin, Y., ... & Wardle, B. L. (2023). “Fabrication and Characterization of Carbon Nanotube/Bismaleimide Nanocomposite Laminates with Ultrahigh Nanofiber Volume Fraction”. In AIAA SCITECH 2023 Forum (p. 2031).
Dai, J., Webb, A., Lee, J., Randaccio, L., Griffin, J., Steiner, S. A., & Wardle, B. L. (2023). “Out of Autoclave Manufacturing of Void-free Woven Aerospace-grade Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastic Composite Laminates Using Capillary Effects of Aerogel Nanoporous Networks”. In AIAA SCITECH 2023 Forum (p. 0516).
Dai, J., Pineda, E. J., Bednarcyk, B. A., Singh, J., & Yamamoto, N. (2021). “Macro-scale Testing and Micromechanics Modeling of Fracture Behaviors for Boron Carbide Composites with Hierarchical Microstructures”. In AIAA Scitech 2021 Forum (p. 0405).
Dai, J., Singh, J., & Yamamoto, N. (2020). “Toughening of Boron Carbide Composites with Hierarchical Microstructuring”. In AIAA Scitech 2020 Forum (p. 1387).
Dai, J., Singh, J., & Yamamoto, N. (2019). “Field Assisted Sintering of Nanoporous Boron Carbide with Hierarchical Microstructure”. In AIAA Scitech 2019 Forum (p. 1694).
Dai, J., Singh, J., & Yamamoto, N. (2018). “Fabrication and Mechanical Characterization of Nanoporous Ceramic Composites for Potential Toughening”. In 2018 AIAA/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference (p. 1641).
Dai, J., Singh, J., & Yamamoto, N. (2017). “The effect of nano pore size and porosity on deformation behaviors of anodic aluminum oxide membranes”. In SAMPE Seattle 2017 Conference and Exhibition.