High Rate Mechanical Testing of Polymer Materials for Finite Element Simulation

Dr. Sean Teller is a Principal at Veryst Engineering. He has extensive experience in testing and modeling the mechanical behavior of materials under both low and high strain rates, including areas such as viscoelasticity, viscoplasticity, nonlinear materials, and fracture mechanics. Dr. Teller's work spans a variety of disciplines, including mechanical testing, consumer products, tissue engineering, biomaterials, polymer characterization, aerospace applications, and semiconductor manufacturing. He primarily consults in the consumer products, automotive, consumer electronics, aerospace, and medical device industries.

Dr. Teller’s expertise includes designing, performing, and interpreting experimental data to characterize materials and industrial processes across a broad range of conditions to understand material behavior accurately. His experience includes developing new experimental methods, designing and building test fixtures and machines, synthesizing and testing hydrogels, performing animal dissections, working in clean rooms, and fabricating and testing composite materials.

His consulting work focuses on polymer material testing, material modeling for finite element (FE) simulations, and FE simulations themselves. Dr. Teller has extensive experience in advanced FE modeling, including nonlinear materials, large deformations, nonlinear contact, and impact problems. He uses FE modeling to guide design engineers in creating better products and to investigate the failure of products currently in service.