INVITED/KEYNOTE TALKS AT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES
1. Tomar, V., June 2009, Computational and experimental multiscale investigations of thermo-mechanical strength and fracture resistance in high temperature ceramic nanocomposites, 2009 TMS-MS&T symposium on “Characterization of Metal Matrix Composite Materials”, Pittsburgh, PA
2. Tomar, V., June 2009, Designing High Temperature Ceramics for Optimal Functionality, 2009 8th Pacific Rim Conference on Ceramic and Glass Technology (PACRIM 8), Vancouver, Canada
3. Samvedi, V., and Tomar, V., 2009, Understanding morphology lessons and scaling relations in nanocrystalline materials and nanocomposites, Plasticity-2009, January 3-9, 2009, St. Thomas Islands, USA
4. Dubey, D.K., and Tomar, V., 2009, Hierarchical atomistic and experimental chemo-mechanics of tropocollagen-hydroxyapatite nanocomposites, Plasticity-2009, January 3-9, 2009, St. Thomas Islands, USA
5. Tomar, V., November 2010, Role of multiscale models and experiments in explicit morphology dependent failure of complex ceramics, American Society of Mechanical Engineers Annual Meeting (IMECE) 2010, Vancouver-BC, Canada
6. Mejia-Rodriguez, G., Renaud, J.E., and Tomar V., June 2011, Sequential approximate optimization based robust design of SiC-Si3N4 nanocomposite microstructures, 2011 3rd International Conference on Heterogeneous Material Mechanics, May 22-26, 2011, Shanghai, China
7. Samvedi, V., and Tomar, V., 2012, Experimental and computations of coupled thermomechanics in Si ASME 2012 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, November 9-15, 2012, Houston, TX
8. Han, Y.S., and Tomar, V., 2012, Correlating fractal dimensionality with nuclear cascading failure, TMS Materials Science & Technology 2012 Conference & Exhibition, October 07-11, 2012 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
9. Gan, M., and Tomar, V., 2012, High temperature scale dependent creep studies in materials, October 22-24, International conference and expo on materials science and engineering, Chicago
10. Tomar, V., March 2012, Understanding role of length scale and temperature high temperature nano- to mesoscale creep and thermal behavior of single crystal Si using a combination of multiple length scale simulations and experiments, Mini-Symposium "Modeling Material Behavior at Multiple Scales" to honor George Z. Voyiadjis, Hanyang University in Seoul, Republic of Korea, April 8-10, 2012
11. Tomar, V., March 2012, Time dependent nanoscale experiments, Oberwolfach Mechanics of Materials International Worskshop, Germany April 8-10, 2012
12. Tomar, V., January 2012, Understanding role of length scale and temperature in indentation induced creep and thermal behavior of single crystal Si, International Conference on Plasticity-Puerto Rico 2012
13. Tomar, V., 2013, Interfacial biomechanics of material interfaces in tropocollagen and chitin based materials, Dec 2-6, 2013, International Conference on Processing and Manufacturing of Advanced Materials, Las Vegas, USA
14. Tomar, V., 2013, Effect of meso to micro transition and effect of interface level property manipulation on morphology dependent properties of complex materials, Dec 2-6, 2013, International Conference on Processing and Manufacturing of Advanced Materials, Las Vegas, USA
15. Tomar, V., 2013, Tomographic mechanics of ceramic biomaterials interfaces, Materials Research Society, Fall 2013 Meeting, Boston-MA, Dec 1-6, 2013
16. Tomar, V., 2013, Employing Thermal Energy Maps for In-vitro Mechanics of Energy Materials, October 21-27, 2013, EMN Open Access Week, 2013 Energy Materials Nanotechnology Meeting, Chengdu, China
17. Tomar, V., 2013, Fractal dimensionality and multiscaling in ab initio simulations of radiation damage, US National Congress on Computational Mechanics, July 22-26, 2013, Raleigh-NC
18. Han, Y.S., and Tomar, V., 2013 Multiscale Plasticity Modeling with an Account of Radiation Damage at Grain Boundaries in W and SiC International Symposium on Plasticity and Its Current Applications, Nassau, Bahamas, January 3-8, 2013
19. Tomar, V., 2014, First principles calculations of thermo-mechanical properties of interfaces in ultra-high temperature ceramics, 13th International Ceramics Congress, June 8-13 2014, Montecatini Terme, Italy
20. Lee, H., Motlag, M., and Tomar, V., 2015, Interface thickness effect and grain boundary embrittlement in metals, TMS Materials Science & Technology 2015-MS&T15, October 4-8, 2015, Columbus OH.
21. Verma, D., Prakash, C., and Tomar, V., 2015, Interface impact experiments and derivation of rate dependent cohesive separation laws, ASME 2015 Applied Mechanics and Materials Conference, McMAT2015, June 29-July 1, Seattle, Wa.
22. Qu, T., and Tomar, V., 2015, A nanomechanics based investigation into interface thermomechanics of collagen and chitin based biomaterials, ASME 2015 4th Global Congress on Nano-Engineering for Medicine and Biology, to be held April 19-22, 2015, Minneapolis, MN.
23. Verma, D., and Tomar, V., 2015, An Investigation into the Environment And Temperature Dependent Nanomechanical Properties of the Shallow Water Shrimp (PENAEUS SPP.) Exoskeleton, 2015 TMS Annual Meeting, March 15-21, Orlando, FL.
24. Gan, M., Zhang, Y., and Tomar, V., 2015, Role of length scale and temperature in ultra-high temperature properties of materials examined using nanoindentation, 2015 TMS Annual Meeting, March 15-21, Orlando, FL.
25. Gan, M., and Tomar, V., 2015, Investigation into the surface stress variation as a function of applied compressive stress and temperature in microscale silicon, 2015 TMS Annual Meeting, March 15-21, Orlando, FL.
26. Verma, D., Prakash, C., and Tomar, V., 2016, Interface impact experiments and derivation of rate dependent cohesive separation laws, 2016 International Plasticity Conference, January 3-9, 2015, Kona Island, Hawaii.
27. Gan, M., Zhang, Y., and Tomar, V., 2016, Role of length scale and temperature in ultra-high temperature properties of materials examined using nanoindentation, 2016 International Plasticity Conference, January 3-9, 2015, Kona Island, Hawaii.
28. Verma, D., and Tomar, V., 2016, Strain Rate Dependent Failure of Material Interfaces at Nano-Microscale Examined via Nanosale Impact Experiments, THERMEC’2016 International Conference on Processing & Manufacturing of Advanced Materials Processing, Fabrication, Properties, Applications, May 29 - June 3, 2016 GRAZ, AUSTRIA
29. Zhang, Y., and Tomar, V., 2016, Examining High Temperature Crack Tip Plasticity Using Nanomechanical Raman Spectroscopy, WCCM XII, 12th World Congress on Computational Mechanics, 24-29 July, 2016, Seoul, South Korea
30. Zhang, Y., Mohanty, D., Wang, H., and Tomar, V., 2016, Analyses of Nanoscale to Microscale Strength and Crack-tip Stresses at High Temperatures, Under Irradiation, and Under Corrosion, ASME-IMECE International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition 2016, November 11-17, 2016, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
31. Verma, D., Prakash, C., and Tomar, V., 2016, Interface Mechanics and its Correlation with Plasticity in Polycrystalline Metals, Polymer Composites, and Natural Materials, 11th International Symposium on Plasticity and Impact Mechanics, Implast 2016, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India, December 11-14, 2016
32. Tomar, V., Zhang, Y., Mohanty, D.P., 2017, Visualizing In-Situ Microstructure Dependent Crack Tip Stress Distribution in IN-617 Using Nano-Mechanical Raman Spectroscopy, The International Conference On Plasticity, Plasticity 2017, Casa Magna Marriott, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, January 3-9, 2017
33. Tomar, V., 2017, Predicting Microstructure-Creep Resistance Correlation in High Temperature Alloys Over Multiple Time Scales, Energy Materials 2017: Materials for Coal-Based Power, February 26 – March 2, 2017 • San Diego, California
34. Tomar, V., 2017, Digital Stress Imaging in Mesoscale Microstructure Dependent Deformation Visualized Using Nano-mechanical Raman Spectroscopy: Role of Initial Manufacturing Originated Residual Stresses, TMS 2017 146th Annual Meeting and Exhibition, February 26 – March 2, 2017 • San Diego, California
35. Tomar, V., 2017, Microstructure Evolution of Powder Materials during Solid State Sintering: A Phase Field Study, 2017 Engineering Mechanics Institute Conference (EMI 2017), Omni San Diego Hotel, San Diego, CA, on June 4-7, 2017.
36. Tomar, V., 2017, “Interface chemistry and strain rate effect on fracture in energetic material interfaces”, 12th BSSM International Conference on Advances in Experimental Mechanics, University of Sheffield-UK, August 29-31, 2017.
37. Prakash, C., and Tomar, V., 2017, “Interface Chemistry and Strain Rate Effect on Fracture in Energetic Material Interfaces", October 08-12, 2017, Materials Science & Technology 2017, DLL convention Center, Pittsburgh-PA.
38. Biswas, S., Schwen, D., and Tomar, V., 2018, “Microstructure Evolution during Additive Manufacturing Analyzed using Phase Field Analyses”, International Conference on Plasticity, Damage, and Fracture, January 3-9, 2018, San Juan Puerto Rico
39. Prakash, C, Olokun, A., Gunduz, I., and Tomar, V., 2018, “Interface Chemistry Dependence of Dynamic Fracture in Energetic Materials Analyzed Using a combination of Mechanical Raman Spectroscopy with Cohesive Finite Element Method”, 2018 Society for Engineering Science 55th Annual Technical Meeting, October 10-12, 2018, Madrid Spain, Symposium in Honor of Prager Medalist Lalit Anand-MIT
40. Prakash, C, Olokun, A., Gunduz, I., and Tomar, V., 2019, “Interface Level Shock Viscosity Measurements and Mechanical Raman Spectroscopy,” International Conference on Plasticity, Damage, and Fracture, January 3-9, 2019, Panama City, Panama.
41. Zhang, Y., Dhiman, A., Prakash, C., and Tomar, V., 2019, “Nanomechanical Raman Spectroscopy for Subgrain Crack Tip Stress Measurement at High Temperature in IN-617: Defining Damage Tolerances Based on Stress Sensing”, February 2019 ASM Indianapolis Chapter Spring Conference, Columbus, IN
42. Biswas, S., Tomar, V., 2019, “Phase Field Study Of Microstructure Evolution During Additive Manufacturing”, FiMPART’19, December, Ahmedabad, India
43. Dhiman, A, Olokun, A., and Tomar, V., 2020, “Interface Level Shock Viscosity Measurements and Mechanical Raman Spectroscopy,” International Conference on Plasticity, Damage, and Fracture, January 3-9, 2020, Cancun, Mexico.
INVITED TALKS/INVITED PARTICIPATION AT UNIVERSITIES AND AT INDUSTRY AND GOVERNMENT WORKSHOPS
1. Tomar, V., 2006, Using Molecular Simulations to Decipher Interfacial Shock Physics, University of Notre Dame Shock Physics Group
2. Tomar, V., 2006, Using Energetic Material Molecular Simulations for Designing Advanced Materials, New Jersey Institute of Technology
3. Tomar, V., March 10-2008, Structure and Composition Dependent Failure of Bone: Lessons Using Molecular and Continuum Simulations, Biomechanics Research Interest Group, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA (Biomechanics Seminar Series)
4. Tomar, V., and Dubey, D.K., March 1-2009, Hierarchy correlations in atomistic mechanics of collagen hydroxyapatite biomimetic composites and its relations to bone modeling and experiments, Workshop on Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research, University of Notre Dame
5. Tomar, V., November 03-2009, Atomistic Simulations at Micro Time and Length Scales: Implications and Applications, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge-USA (MMEC Seminar Series)
6. Tomar, V., May 08-2009, Hierarchy Driven Characterization of Ceramic and Polymer Matrix Composites for Aerospace and Energy Applications, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta-USA
7. Tomar, V., November 2011, Scale and time dependent fracture models and their integration in material processing and property design, GE Global Research, 1 Research Circle, Niskayuna-NY.
8. Tomar, V., June 2011, Role of multiscale models and experiments in explicit morphology dependent failure of complex ceramics, Honk Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong
9. Tomar V., April 2011, “Experiments and Models Regarding Strain Dependent Thermal Conductivity and Strength at the Nanoscale and Microscale”, PRISM seminar, Purdue University
10. Tomar V., April 2011, “Hierarchy Driven and Interface determined Characterization of Materials for Aerospace and Energy Applications”, Louisiana State University, Department of Civil Engineering
11. Gan, M., and Tomar, V., June 2011, Nano and micron scale temperature dependent creep in Si-O-C ceramics and associated mechanisms, June, 2011, University of Science and Technology of China
12. Tomar, V., June 2012, Role of multiscale models and experiments in explicit morphology dependent failure of complex ceramics, IIT-Kharagpur, Kharagpur, India
13. Tomar, V., April 2012, Role of multiscale models and experiments in explicit morphology dependent failure of complex ceramics, University of Nevada-Reno, USA
14. Tomar, V., February 2012, Hierarchy driven and interface determined characterization of materials for aerospace and energy applications, IUPUI-Indianapolis, USA
15. Tomar, V., January 2012, Role of multiscale models and experiments in explicit morphology dependent failure of complex ceramics, IIT-Madras, Chennai, India
16. Tomar, V., March 2013, Stress corrosion cracking of complex materials, Institute for Nuclear Energy Science and Technology, Environmentally Assisted Cracking in Light Water Reactors and Waste Management Seminar, Idaho National ab, Idaho Falls, March 19-20, 2013
17. Tomar V., June 2014, Understanding and quantifying role of interfaces in material failure, TU Vienna, Austria.
18. Tomar V., May 2014, Use of variable fidelity models in multiscale modeling based manufacturing, Tata consultancy Services, India.
19. Tomar, V., 2014, Nanomechanical Raman spectroscopy based investigation of role of surface stress in uniaxial deformation properties of silicon micro-cantilevers at high temperatures, Amerimech Conference, UT Austin, December 11-13 2014, Austin.
20. Tomar, V., and Haque, A.H., 2016, “Examining thermomechanical coupling based multiphysics in nuclear materials using a combination of electron microscopy and spectroscopy”, SMINS-4 workshop, July 11-14, 2016, Manchester, UK.
21. Tomar, V, 2017, “Nanomechanical Raman Spectroscopy for Extreme Environment Chemo-Mechanics”, Midwest Mechanics Meeting, August 11, 2017, Purdue University-West Lafayette.
22. Tomar, V., 2017, “Interface Chemistry and Strain Rate Effect on Fracture in Energetic Material Interfaes”, 2nd Annual Mesoscale Modeling of Explosives Initiation (MMEI) Workshop at Los Alamos National Laboratory September 26-28, 2017
23. Tomar, V., 2017, “Microstructure Evolution of Powder Materials During FAST”, International Workshop on Field Assisted Sintering Technology (FAST), September 27-28, 2017, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA.
24. Prakash, C, Olokun, A., Gunduz, I., and Tomar, V., 2018, “Interface Level Shock Viscosity Measurements and Mechanical Raman Spectroscopy Based Digital stress Imaging,” March 21, 2018, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.
25. Tomar, V., “Nanomechanical Raman Spectroscopy for Extreme Environment Chemo-Mechanics”, July 09, 2018, Purdue Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium-Invited Lecture Series, Purdue University-West Lafayette
26. Prakash, C, Olokun, A., Gunduz, I., and Tomar, V., 2018, “Interface Level Shock Viscosity Measurements and Mechanical Raman Spectroscopy Based Digital stress Imaging,” November 29, University of South Carolina, Columbia.
27. Tomar, V., 2019, “Interface Level Stress Measurements under Impact Loading”, July, ARMY Research Laboratory, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD
28. Tomar, V., 2019, “Interface Level Stress Measurements for Describing HE Material Mesoscale Response under Impact Loading”, July, Workshop on Mesoscale Mechanics, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Santa Fe, NM
1. Tomar, V., June 2009, Computational and experimental multiscale investigations of thermo-mechanical strength and fracture resistance in high temperature ceramic nanocomposites, 2009 TMS-MS&T symposium on “Characterization of Metal Matrix Composite Materials”, Pittsburgh, PA
2. Tomar, V., June 2009, Designing High Temperature Ceramics for Optimal Functionality, 2009 8th Pacific Rim Conference on Ceramic and Glass Technology (PACRIM 8), Vancouver, Canada
3. Samvedi, V., and Tomar, V., 2009, Understanding morphology lessons and scaling relations in nanocrystalline materials and nanocomposites, Plasticity-2009, January 3-9, 2009, St. Thomas Islands, USA
4. Dubey, D.K., and Tomar, V., 2009, Hierarchical atomistic and experimental chemo-mechanics of tropocollagen-hydroxyapatite nanocomposites, Plasticity-2009, January 3-9, 2009, St. Thomas Islands, USA
5. Tomar, V., November 2010, Role of multiscale models and experiments in explicit morphology dependent failure of complex ceramics, American Society of Mechanical Engineers Annual Meeting (IMECE) 2010, Vancouver-BC, Canada
6. Mejia-Rodriguez, G., Renaud, J.E., and Tomar V., June 2011, Sequential approximate optimization based robust design of SiC-Si3N4 nanocomposite microstructures, 2011 3rd International Conference on Heterogeneous Material Mechanics, May 22-26, 2011, Shanghai, China
7. Samvedi, V., and Tomar, V., 2012, Experimental and computations of coupled thermomechanics in Si ASME 2012 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, November 9-15, 2012, Houston, TX
8. Han, Y.S., and Tomar, V., 2012, Correlating fractal dimensionality with nuclear cascading failure, TMS Materials Science & Technology 2012 Conference & Exhibition, October 07-11, 2012 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
9. Gan, M., and Tomar, V., 2012, High temperature scale dependent creep studies in materials, October 22-24, International conference and expo on materials science and engineering, Chicago
10. Tomar, V., March 2012, Understanding role of length scale and temperature high temperature nano- to mesoscale creep and thermal behavior of single crystal Si using a combination of multiple length scale simulations and experiments, Mini-Symposium "Modeling Material Behavior at Multiple Scales" to honor George Z. Voyiadjis, Hanyang University in Seoul, Republic of Korea, April 8-10, 2012
11. Tomar, V., March 2012, Time dependent nanoscale experiments, Oberwolfach Mechanics of Materials International Worskshop, Germany April 8-10, 2012
12. Tomar, V., January 2012, Understanding role of length scale and temperature in indentation induced creep and thermal behavior of single crystal Si, International Conference on Plasticity-Puerto Rico 2012
13. Tomar, V., 2013, Interfacial biomechanics of material interfaces in tropocollagen and chitin based materials, Dec 2-6, 2013, International Conference on Processing and Manufacturing of Advanced Materials, Las Vegas, USA
14. Tomar, V., 2013, Effect of meso to micro transition and effect of interface level property manipulation on morphology dependent properties of complex materials, Dec 2-6, 2013, International Conference on Processing and Manufacturing of Advanced Materials, Las Vegas, USA
15. Tomar, V., 2013, Tomographic mechanics of ceramic biomaterials interfaces, Materials Research Society, Fall 2013 Meeting, Boston-MA, Dec 1-6, 2013
16. Tomar, V., 2013, Employing Thermal Energy Maps for In-vitro Mechanics of Energy Materials, October 21-27, 2013, EMN Open Access Week, 2013 Energy Materials Nanotechnology Meeting, Chengdu, China
17. Tomar, V., 2013, Fractal dimensionality and multiscaling in ab initio simulations of radiation damage, US National Congress on Computational Mechanics, July 22-26, 2013, Raleigh-NC
18. Han, Y.S., and Tomar, V., 2013 Multiscale Plasticity Modeling with an Account of Radiation Damage at Grain Boundaries in W and SiC International Symposium on Plasticity and Its Current Applications, Nassau, Bahamas, January 3-8, 2013
19. Tomar, V., 2014, First principles calculations of thermo-mechanical properties of interfaces in ultra-high temperature ceramics, 13th International Ceramics Congress, June 8-13 2014, Montecatini Terme, Italy
20. Lee, H., Motlag, M., and Tomar, V., 2015, Interface thickness effect and grain boundary embrittlement in metals, TMS Materials Science & Technology 2015-MS&T15, October 4-8, 2015, Columbus OH.
21. Verma, D., Prakash, C., and Tomar, V., 2015, Interface impact experiments and derivation of rate dependent cohesive separation laws, ASME 2015 Applied Mechanics and Materials Conference, McMAT2015, June 29-July 1, Seattle, Wa.
22. Qu, T., and Tomar, V., 2015, A nanomechanics based investigation into interface thermomechanics of collagen and chitin based biomaterials, ASME 2015 4th Global Congress on Nano-Engineering for Medicine and Biology, to be held April 19-22, 2015, Minneapolis, MN.
23. Verma, D., and Tomar, V., 2015, An Investigation into the Environment And Temperature Dependent Nanomechanical Properties of the Shallow Water Shrimp (PENAEUS SPP.) Exoskeleton, 2015 TMS Annual Meeting, March 15-21, Orlando, FL.
24. Gan, M., Zhang, Y., and Tomar, V., 2015, Role of length scale and temperature in ultra-high temperature properties of materials examined using nanoindentation, 2015 TMS Annual Meeting, March 15-21, Orlando, FL.
25. Gan, M., and Tomar, V., 2015, Investigation into the surface stress variation as a function of applied compressive stress and temperature in microscale silicon, 2015 TMS Annual Meeting, March 15-21, Orlando, FL.
26. Verma, D., Prakash, C., and Tomar, V., 2016, Interface impact experiments and derivation of rate dependent cohesive separation laws, 2016 International Plasticity Conference, January 3-9, 2015, Kona Island, Hawaii.
27. Gan, M., Zhang, Y., and Tomar, V., 2016, Role of length scale and temperature in ultra-high temperature properties of materials examined using nanoindentation, 2016 International Plasticity Conference, January 3-9, 2015, Kona Island, Hawaii.
28. Verma, D., and Tomar, V., 2016, Strain Rate Dependent Failure of Material Interfaces at Nano-Microscale Examined via Nanosale Impact Experiments, THERMEC’2016 International Conference on Processing & Manufacturing of Advanced Materials Processing, Fabrication, Properties, Applications, May 29 - June 3, 2016 GRAZ, AUSTRIA
29. Zhang, Y., and Tomar, V., 2016, Examining High Temperature Crack Tip Plasticity Using Nanomechanical Raman Spectroscopy, WCCM XII, 12th World Congress on Computational Mechanics, 24-29 July, 2016, Seoul, South Korea
30. Zhang, Y., Mohanty, D., Wang, H., and Tomar, V., 2016, Analyses of Nanoscale to Microscale Strength and Crack-tip Stresses at High Temperatures, Under Irradiation, and Under Corrosion, ASME-IMECE International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition 2016, November 11-17, 2016, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
31. Verma, D., Prakash, C., and Tomar, V., 2016, Interface Mechanics and its Correlation with Plasticity in Polycrystalline Metals, Polymer Composites, and Natural Materials, 11th International Symposium on Plasticity and Impact Mechanics, Implast 2016, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India, December 11-14, 2016
32. Tomar, V., Zhang, Y., Mohanty, D.P., 2017, Visualizing In-Situ Microstructure Dependent Crack Tip Stress Distribution in IN-617 Using Nano-Mechanical Raman Spectroscopy, The International Conference On Plasticity, Plasticity 2017, Casa Magna Marriott, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, January 3-9, 2017
33. Tomar, V., 2017, Predicting Microstructure-Creep Resistance Correlation in High Temperature Alloys Over Multiple Time Scales, Energy Materials 2017: Materials for Coal-Based Power, February 26 – March 2, 2017 • San Diego, California
34. Tomar, V., 2017, Digital Stress Imaging in Mesoscale Microstructure Dependent Deformation Visualized Using Nano-mechanical Raman Spectroscopy: Role of Initial Manufacturing Originated Residual Stresses, TMS 2017 146th Annual Meeting and Exhibition, February 26 – March 2, 2017 • San Diego, California
35. Tomar, V., 2017, Microstructure Evolution of Powder Materials during Solid State Sintering: A Phase Field Study, 2017 Engineering Mechanics Institute Conference (EMI 2017), Omni San Diego Hotel, San Diego, CA, on June 4-7, 2017.
36. Tomar, V., 2017, “Interface chemistry and strain rate effect on fracture in energetic material interfaces”, 12th BSSM International Conference on Advances in Experimental Mechanics, University of Sheffield-UK, August 29-31, 2017.
37. Prakash, C., and Tomar, V., 2017, “Interface Chemistry and Strain Rate Effect on Fracture in Energetic Material Interfaces", October 08-12, 2017, Materials Science & Technology 2017, DLL convention Center, Pittsburgh-PA.
38. Biswas, S., Schwen, D., and Tomar, V., 2018, “Microstructure Evolution during Additive Manufacturing Analyzed using Phase Field Analyses”, International Conference on Plasticity, Damage, and Fracture, January 3-9, 2018, San Juan Puerto Rico
39. Prakash, C, Olokun, A., Gunduz, I., and Tomar, V., 2018, “Interface Chemistry Dependence of Dynamic Fracture in Energetic Materials Analyzed Using a combination of Mechanical Raman Spectroscopy with Cohesive Finite Element Method”, 2018 Society for Engineering Science 55th Annual Technical Meeting, October 10-12, 2018, Madrid Spain, Symposium in Honor of Prager Medalist Lalit Anand-MIT
40. Prakash, C, Olokun, A., Gunduz, I., and Tomar, V., 2019, “Interface Level Shock Viscosity Measurements and Mechanical Raman Spectroscopy,” International Conference on Plasticity, Damage, and Fracture, January 3-9, 2019, Panama City, Panama.
41. Zhang, Y., Dhiman, A., Prakash, C., and Tomar, V., 2019, “Nanomechanical Raman Spectroscopy for Subgrain Crack Tip Stress Measurement at High Temperature in IN-617: Defining Damage Tolerances Based on Stress Sensing”, February 2019 ASM Indianapolis Chapter Spring Conference, Columbus, IN
42. Biswas, S., Tomar, V., 2019, “Phase Field Study Of Microstructure Evolution During Additive Manufacturing”, FiMPART’19, December, Ahmedabad, India
43. Dhiman, A, Olokun, A., and Tomar, V., 2020, “Interface Level Shock Viscosity Measurements and Mechanical Raman Spectroscopy,” International Conference on Plasticity, Damage, and Fracture, January 3-9, 2020, Cancun, Mexico.
INVITED TALKS/INVITED PARTICIPATION AT UNIVERSITIES AND AT INDUSTRY AND GOVERNMENT WORKSHOPS
1. Tomar, V., 2006, Using Molecular Simulations to Decipher Interfacial Shock Physics, University of Notre Dame Shock Physics Group
2. Tomar, V., 2006, Using Energetic Material Molecular Simulations for Designing Advanced Materials, New Jersey Institute of Technology
3. Tomar, V., March 10-2008, Structure and Composition Dependent Failure of Bone: Lessons Using Molecular and Continuum Simulations, Biomechanics Research Interest Group, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA (Biomechanics Seminar Series)
4. Tomar, V., and Dubey, D.K., March 1-2009, Hierarchy correlations in atomistic mechanics of collagen hydroxyapatite biomimetic composites and its relations to bone modeling and experiments, Workshop on Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research, University of Notre Dame
5. Tomar, V., November 03-2009, Atomistic Simulations at Micro Time and Length Scales: Implications and Applications, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge-USA (MMEC Seminar Series)
6. Tomar, V., May 08-2009, Hierarchy Driven Characterization of Ceramic and Polymer Matrix Composites for Aerospace and Energy Applications, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta-USA
7. Tomar, V., November 2011, Scale and time dependent fracture models and their integration in material processing and property design, GE Global Research, 1 Research Circle, Niskayuna-NY.
8. Tomar, V., June 2011, Role of multiscale models and experiments in explicit morphology dependent failure of complex ceramics, Honk Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong
9. Tomar V., April 2011, “Experiments and Models Regarding Strain Dependent Thermal Conductivity and Strength at the Nanoscale and Microscale”, PRISM seminar, Purdue University
10. Tomar V., April 2011, “Hierarchy Driven and Interface determined Characterization of Materials for Aerospace and Energy Applications”, Louisiana State University, Department of Civil Engineering
11. Gan, M., and Tomar, V., June 2011, Nano and micron scale temperature dependent creep in Si-O-C ceramics and associated mechanisms, June, 2011, University of Science and Technology of China
12. Tomar, V., June 2012, Role of multiscale models and experiments in explicit morphology dependent failure of complex ceramics, IIT-Kharagpur, Kharagpur, India
13. Tomar, V., April 2012, Role of multiscale models and experiments in explicit morphology dependent failure of complex ceramics, University of Nevada-Reno, USA
14. Tomar, V., February 2012, Hierarchy driven and interface determined characterization of materials for aerospace and energy applications, IUPUI-Indianapolis, USA
15. Tomar, V., January 2012, Role of multiscale models and experiments in explicit morphology dependent failure of complex ceramics, IIT-Madras, Chennai, India
16. Tomar, V., March 2013, Stress corrosion cracking of complex materials, Institute for Nuclear Energy Science and Technology, Environmentally Assisted Cracking in Light Water Reactors and Waste Management Seminar, Idaho National ab, Idaho Falls, March 19-20, 2013
17. Tomar V., June 2014, Understanding and quantifying role of interfaces in material failure, TU Vienna, Austria.
18. Tomar V., May 2014, Use of variable fidelity models in multiscale modeling based manufacturing, Tata consultancy Services, India.
19. Tomar, V., 2014, Nanomechanical Raman spectroscopy based investigation of role of surface stress in uniaxial deformation properties of silicon micro-cantilevers at high temperatures, Amerimech Conference, UT Austin, December 11-13 2014, Austin.
20. Tomar, V., and Haque, A.H., 2016, “Examining thermomechanical coupling based multiphysics in nuclear materials using a combination of electron microscopy and spectroscopy”, SMINS-4 workshop, July 11-14, 2016, Manchester, UK.
21. Tomar, V, 2017, “Nanomechanical Raman Spectroscopy for Extreme Environment Chemo-Mechanics”, Midwest Mechanics Meeting, August 11, 2017, Purdue University-West Lafayette.
22. Tomar, V., 2017, “Interface Chemistry and Strain Rate Effect on Fracture in Energetic Material Interfaes”, 2nd Annual Mesoscale Modeling of Explosives Initiation (MMEI) Workshop at Los Alamos National Laboratory September 26-28, 2017
23. Tomar, V., 2017, “Microstructure Evolution of Powder Materials During FAST”, International Workshop on Field Assisted Sintering Technology (FAST), September 27-28, 2017, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA.
24. Prakash, C, Olokun, A., Gunduz, I., and Tomar, V., 2018, “Interface Level Shock Viscosity Measurements and Mechanical Raman Spectroscopy Based Digital stress Imaging,” March 21, 2018, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.
25. Tomar, V., “Nanomechanical Raman Spectroscopy for Extreme Environment Chemo-Mechanics”, July 09, 2018, Purdue Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium-Invited Lecture Series, Purdue University-West Lafayette
26. Prakash, C, Olokun, A., Gunduz, I., and Tomar, V., 2018, “Interface Level Shock Viscosity Measurements and Mechanical Raman Spectroscopy Based Digital stress Imaging,” November 29, University of South Carolina, Columbia.
27. Tomar, V., 2019, “Interface Level Stress Measurements under Impact Loading”, July, ARMY Research Laboratory, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD
28. Tomar, V., 2019, “Interface Level Stress Measurements for Describing HE Material Mesoscale Response under Impact Loading”, July, Workshop on Mesoscale Mechanics, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Santa Fe, NM