Joel Schubbe, Ph.D.

Professor
Mechanical & Nuclear Engineering Department
United States Naval Academy
590 Holloway Road
Annapolis, MD 21402-5042
(410) 293 6426
schubbe@usna.edu

EDUCATION
Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT), 1997

• Doctor of Philosophy, Aeronautical Engineering
• Dissertation: "Thickness effects on a cracked aluminum plate with composite patch repair"    

Air Force Institute of Technology, 1990

• Masters of Science, Aeronautical Engineering

U.S. Air Force Academy, 1986

• Bachelors of Science, Engineering Sciences    

RESEARCH AREAS

• Structural Analysis
• Fatigue and Fracture
• Aerospace Materials

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

• W. Baker, J. J. Schubbe, M.E. Hamp, and K. E. Knipling, “Microstructural Characterization of Additively Manufactured Inconel 625,” Microsc. Microanal. 22 (Suppl 3), 2016, DOI:10.1017/S1431927616010643.
• J. Schubbe, S.H. Bolstad, S. Reyes, “Fatigue crack growth behavior of aerospace and ship-grade aluminum repaired with composite patches in a corrosive environment,” Composite Structures 144 (2016) 44–56, DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2016.01.107.J. Schubbe, “Naval Academy Attacks Corrosion with Education and Research,” Advanced Materials & Processes Journal, June 2014.
• J. Schubbe, S.N. Westmoreland, “Effects of Chromate and Non-chomate Coating Systems on Environmentally-Assisted Fatigue of an Aluminum Alloy”, Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, DOI 10.1007/s11665-014-1159-5.
• L. Jones, M.G. Koul, J.J. Schubbe, “An Evaluation of the Corrosion and Mechanical Performance of Interstitially Surface Hardened Stainless Steel”, DOI: 10.1007/s11665-014-0943-6, 28 March 2014, Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance.
• J. J. Schubbe, "Fatigue Crack Propagation in 7050-T7451 Plate Alloy (U)" Engineering Fracture Mechanics 76 (May 2009) 1037-1048; DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2009.01.006
• J. J. Schubbe, "Evaluation of fatigue life and crack growth rates in 7050-T7451 aluminum plate for T-L and L-S oriented failure under truncated spectra loading (U)", Engineering Failure Analysis 16 (Jan 2009) 340-349, DOI: 10.1016/j.engfailanal.2008.05.009
• J. J. Schubbe and S. Mall, "Investigation of a cracked thick aluminum panel with a bonded composite patch (U)", Engineering Fracture Mechanics, Vol 63, (1999) pp 305-323.
• J. J. Schubbe and S. Mall, "Modeling of cracked thick metallic structure with bonded composite patch repair using three-layer technique (U)", Composite Structures, Vol 45, pp 185-193, 22 Jun 1999.

AWARDS
Defense Meritorious Service Medal - 2006