Calvin Stewart is a Mcknight Doctoral Fellow and PhD Candidate at the University of Central Florida. Research Interests My primary research interest is the investigation of experimental, theoretical, and numerical solid mechanics. Within solid mechanics, I am interested in constitutive model development, continuum damage mechanics, creep and plasticity, fatigue analysis, fracture mechanics, life prediction, structural analysis, and design optimization. It is my experience that high quality research in solid mechanics has practical applications that can lead to long term industry partnership. Tumblr (3.0; @calvinmstewart)http://calvinmstewart.com/<iframe width="400" height="299" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/PGE-WRqgPRE?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Nuclear Energy - A nearly unlimited future (Carl Sagan)</p>http://calvinmstewart.com/post/18026310892http://calvinmstewart.com/post/18026310892Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:03:33 -0500video<a href="http://theconversation.edu.au/the-airbus-a380-wing-cracks-an-engineers-perspective-5318">The Airbus A380 wing cracks: an engineer's perspective</a>http://calvinmstewart.com/post/17907853723http://calvinmstewart.com/post/17907853723Sun, 19 Feb 2012 17:32:00 -0500engineering<a href="http://www.romanconcrete.com/docs/spillway/spillway.htm">The Riddle of Ancient Roman Concrete</a>http://calvinmstewart.com/post/17794480534http://calvinmstewart.com/post/17794480534Fri, 17 Feb 2012 19:59:52 -0500engineering<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyz9icYS3e1qzsgg9o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://xplanes.tumblr.com/post/17161640511/i-had-my-diploma-from-hamlin-high-school-tucked">xplanes</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>“I had my diploma from Hamlin High School tucked in a drawer somewhere, and I fished it out, together with my birth certificate proving I was eighteen, when an Army Air Corps recruiter came to town. I enlisted for a two year hitch. I thought I might enjoy it and see some of the world…</p> <p>…I became an airplane mechanic. Growing up around truck engines and drilling equipment generators, I was one of the few kids in town who could take apart a car motor and put it back together again. Dad was an expert mechanic, and I just understood motors - a natural ability, like having exceptional eyes and the coordination to be a crack shot. Hand a rifle to a hillbilly and he’ll hit a bull’seye every time.</p> <p>So, without knowing or even caring, I had the talents needed for flying in combat. But after taking my first airplane ride, I’d rather have crawled across country than go backup. I took off for a spin with a maintenance officer flight testing a ship I had serviced, and I threw up all over the back seat, staggering out of that damned thing as miserable as I’d ever been…”<br/> from <a href="http://rightstuffstore.com/showitem.php?item_id=2">“Yeager: An Autobiography”</a></p> <p>(photo <a href="http://www.airportjournals.com/Display.cfm?varID=0311003">via AirportJournals</a>, which has possibly the best couple of concise on-line articles about <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Yeager">Chuck Yeager</a>)</p> </blockquote>http://calvinmstewart.com/post/17785364135http://calvinmstewart.com/post/17785364135Fri, 17 Feb 2012 17:19:22 -0500<a href="http://singularityhub.com/2011/05/17/eight-out-of-chinas-top-nine-government-officials-are-scientists/">Eight Out Of China’s Top Nine Government Officials Are Scientists</a>http://calvinmstewart.com/post/17782051321http://calvinmstewart.com/post/17782051321Fri, 17 Feb 2012 16:20:08 -0500news<a href="http://designbuildsource.com.au/engineers-rise-top">Engineers Rise to the Top</a>http://calvinmstewart.com/post/17782000723http://calvinmstewart.com/post/17782000723Fri, 17 Feb 2012 16:19:12 -0500tips<a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/martinzwilling/2012/02/16/its-a-big-step-from-engineer-to-an-entrepreneur/">It's a Big Step from Engineer to an Entrepreneur</a>http://calvinmstewart.com/post/17781013512http://calvinmstewart.com/post/17781013512Fri, 17 Feb 2012 16:00:58 -0500tips<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lziu7v9fvg1rpr7m4o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://calvinmstewart.com/post/17753014260http://calvinmstewart.com/post/17753014260Fri, 17 Feb 2012 00:07:06 -0500aero<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzittgq7Zi1rpr7m4o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1912203_1913321,00.html">Top 10 Most Expensive Military Planes</a></p>http://calvinmstewart.com/post/17752662430http://calvinmstewart.com/post/17752662430Thu, 16 Feb 2012 23:58:28 -0500aero<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzitq70clq1rpr7m4o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/energy/2012/02/pictures/120214-rare-look-inside-china-energy/#/1-china-energy-coal_48237_600x450.jpg">Pictures: A Rare Look Inside China’s Energy Machine</a></p>http://calvinmstewart.com/post/17752582374http://calvinmstewart.com/post/17752582374Thu, 16 Feb 2012 23:56:30 -0500energy<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzfy34737y1r096l7o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://n-a-s-a.tumblr.com/post/17719090365/apollo-12-self-portrait-credit-charles-conrad">n-a-s-a</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>Apollo 12: Self-Portrait </strong></p> <p>Credit: Charles Conrad, Apollo 12, NASA</p> <p><strong> </strong><span>In November of 1969, </span><a href="http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap990408.html">Apollo 12</a><span> astronaut-photographer </span><a href="http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap990715.html">Charles “Pete” Conrad</a><span> recorded this masterpiece while documenting colleague </span><span>Alan Bean’s</span><span> lunar soil collection activities on the </span><span>Oceanus Procellarum</span><span>.</span></p> </blockquote>http://calvinmstewart.com/post/17725260682http://calvinmstewart.com/post/17725260682Thu, 16 Feb 2012 16:04:25 -0500<a href="http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2012/02/06/study-aims-learn-why-some-black-men-succeed-college">Study aims to learn why some black men succeed in college</a>: <p><span>….he believes the relentless emphasis by researchers and others on the failures of black men has helped “shape America’s low expectations for black men.” For teachers and counselors and others in a position to influence black men, he says, “if all you read about them is bad news, it’s really hard to craft high expectations for them.”</span><span><br/></span></p>http://calvinmstewart.com/post/17719265654http://calvinmstewart.com/post/17719265654Thu, 16 Feb 2012 13:46:00 -0500education<a href="http://www.collegeaftermath.com/life-adventures-after-college/top-ten-most-common-mistakes-a-new-grad-can-make/">Top Ten Most Common Mistakes a New Grad Can Make</a>http://calvinmstewart.com/post/17715100565http://calvinmstewart.com/post/17715100565Thu, 16 Feb 2012 11:43:00 -0500tips