David Roylance

Associate Professor of Materials Engineering

BSME Mechanical Engineering, University of Utah, 1964
PhD Mechanical Engineering, University of Utah, 1968

Room 6-202, 77 Mass. Ave., Cambridge, MA  02139
617-253-3309 (phone) 617-258-6936 (fax)
roylance@mit.edu
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Prof. Roylance performs experimental and theoretical studies of processing-structure-property-performance relations in polymers and polymer-matrix composites, emphasizing mechanical properties. Some specific past projects include ballistic impact of fabrics, the physics of fracture in elastomers and ordered polymers, the environmental degradation of thermoset molding compounds, the kinetics of cure of reactive polymers for composite matrix applications, finite element analysis of reactive and nonisothermal polymer flows, and the surface modification of aramid surfaces to promote bonding to epoxy resins. 

Selected Publications

"Assessment of Olefin-Based IUD Tail Strings," Journal of Applied Biomaterials 4: 287-301 (1993). 

"Numerical Modeling Of Fabric Impact," Proceedings of the National Meeting of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), San Francisco, October 1995 (with P. Chammas, J. Ting, H. Chi, and B. Scott). 

Mechanics of Materials, John Wiley & Sons, 1996. 

"The Materials-Mechanics Linkage in the Engineering Curriculum," Journal of Materials Education, 21, 145–148 (1999) (with C.H.M. Jenkins, and G.E. Dieter).

"Innovations in Teaching Mechanics of Materials in Materials Science and Engineering Departments," Proc. 2001 Spring Meeting of the American Society for Engineering Education, Albuquerque, June 2001 (with C. Jenkins and S. Khanna).

Teaching Involvements

Fall 2006 3.064 Polymer Engineering
Fall 2006 3.595/3.596 Special Problems in Structural and Environmental Materials
Spring 2007 3.595/3.596 Special Problems in Structural and Environmental Materials
Spring 2007 3.91J Mechanical Behavior of Plastics