Vincent K. Choo Associate Professor

You can call or write to:

Vincent K. Choo
New Mexico State University
Mechanical Engineering Department
POBox 30001/Dept 3450
Las Cruces, NM 88003-8001

Voice Phone: (575) 646-2225
FAX Phone: (575) 646-6111

You can reach me by e-mail at: vchoo@nmsu.edu

Education

• Ph.D. Composite Materials, University of Liverpool, England, UK., 1982.
• B.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of Nottingham, England, UK., 1977.

Professional Experience

• October 1985 - Present, Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico.
• April 1983 - December 198 , Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.

Consulting Activities

• 1983 - Flow Industries, Kent, Washington, USA.
• 1984 - Boeing Airplane Company, Seattle, Washington, USA.
• 1984 - Sund Defibrator, AB, Stockholm, Sweden.

Recent Publications

• Choo, V.K., Khazaee, M., Bowles, K., and Roth, D., "Effects on Fiber volume Fraction on AU Signals", Nondestructive Evaluation for HITEMP Materials Characterization Technology Workshop, May 1993.
• Choo, V.K., Gomez, M., Khazaee, M., and Tapia, G.B., "Characterization of the Acousto-ultrasonic NDE Method Using Tailor-made Composite Specimens", Second International Conference on Acousto-ultrasonics, June 1993.
• Choo, V.K., Sheen, S.H., Lawrence, W., and Chien, H.T., "Analysis of Acousto-ultrasonic Waveforms in Composites Using a Signal Bleed-off Technique", in Proceedings of the American Society for Composites 7th Technical Conference on Composite Materials, Penn State, held on October 13-15, 1992.
• Choo, V.K., Sheen, S.H., Lawrence, W., and Chien, H.T., "Influence of the Transmitter-Receiver Spacing on the Acousto-ultrasonic Waveforms of Composites", Materials Evaluation (Submitted for publication).
• Choo, V.K., Sheen, S.H., Lawrence, W., and Chien, H.T., "Potential Applications of the Acousto-ultrasonic NDE Method for Quality Inspections of Repair in Composite Structures", SAMPE Technical Seminar, Fort Worth/Dallas, USA, November, 1991.
• Choo, V.K., Sheen, S.H., Lawrence, W., and Chien, H.T., "Determination of Fiber Orientations in Composites through an Acousto-ultrasonic NDE Technique", in Proceedings of the First Canadian International Composites Conference and Exhibition, Montreal, Canada, September, 1991.
• Choo, V.K.S., Fundamentals of Composite Materials, Knowen Academic Press, Delaware, 1990.
• Choo, V.K.S., and Reinhall, P., "Effect of high deformation rate induced precipitation hardening on the failure of aluminum alloy", Journal of Materials Science, 23, 1988.
• Reinhall, P. and Choo, V.K.S., "An Analysis on the design of rivet die", ASME, Journal of Vibration, Acoustic, Stress and Reliability in Design, vol. 110, No. 1, pp 65-69, January 1988.

Scientific Societies

• Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering

Honors and Awards

• Bachelor of Science (hon)