Co-Director, Engineering and Design Institute
       Head, Architectural Engineering
       Professor, School of Engineering and Textiles
       PastoreC@philau.edu

Curriculum Vitae
Christopher M. Pastore

Education

Ph.D. Materials Science, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, March 1988; A Processing Science Model for Three Dimensional Braiding

M.S. Mathematics, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, June 1986. Concentration: Computer Aided Geometric Design.

B. A. Mathematics, LaSalle University, Philadelphia, PA, June 1982

Professional Experience

2002– Professor, Textile Engineering Co-Director, Engineering and Design Institute Head, Architectural Engineering, School of Engineering and Textiles Philadelphia University, Philadelphia, PA

1995-2002 Associate Professor (tenured 2001), Director of Research, Program Director: Textile Engineering Program Director: Fibrous Materials Science, School of Textiles and Materials Technology, Philadelphia University, Philadelphia, PA

1995 Visiting Research Professor, Department of Textiles, University of Gent

1993-95 Associate Professor, (tenured, 1995) Department of Textile Engineering, Chemistry, and Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC.

1990-93 Assistant Professor , Department of Textile Engineering, Chemistry, and Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC.

1988-94 Visiting Research Professor, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA (Summers)

1988-90 Assistant Professor, Department of Materials Engineering, Drexel University, and Associate Director, Fibrous Materials Research Center, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA.

1984-88 Research Engineer, Department of Materials Engineering, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA.

Recognized Creative and Professional Achievement

Excellence in Sustainability Education, Delaware Valley Green Building Council, 2007

Philadelphia Sustainability Award, Pennsylvania Environmental Council, 2007

Leadership in Sustainable Building, Pennsylvania Resources Council, 2004

Director’s Award, System Competency, National Textile Center, 2004

Best presentation, National Textile Center, Second Year Projects, 2002,

Architectural Fabric Structures Fiber Society - Award for Distinguished Achievement in Basic or Applied Fiber Science, 2000

Commendation from Philadelphia School District - Career to School program, advising high school students in engineering curricula, 1998

Commendation from City of Philadelphia - role in FIRST Robot Development team with McNeil Consumer Products and Philadelphia School District, 1998

Outstanding Teacher of the Year, 1994, College of Textiles, North Carolina State University

Academy of Outstanding Teachers, North Carolina State University, 1994

National Champion, Confrontation: Age of Ragnorak, Fantasy Flight Games, 2008

Origins Champion, Confrontation 3.0, Rackham Games, 2007

Scholarly Activities

BOOKS

“Structure and Mechanics of 2D and 3D Textile Composites”, Structure and Mechanics of Fiber Assemblies, ed. P. Schwartz, Woodhead Publishing, Cambridge, UK, October 2008.

“High-Tech Textiles”, Encyclopedia of Clothing and Fashion, Charles Scribner, Michigan, October, 2004

Soft Computing in Textile Applications, C. Pastore and L. Sztandera, eds., Springer-Verlag, Berlin, October, 2002.

Surface Characteristics of Fibers and Textiles, editor: C. Pastore & P. Kiekens, Marcel Dekker, Inc., NY, Dec. 2000

Technology Encyclopedia, editor of textile and apparel entries: C. Pastore, Brown Partworks, London, September, 2000

Mechanics of Textile and Laminated Composites with Applications to Structural Analysis and Design, C. Pastore and A. Bogdanovich, Jun, 1996, Chapmann and Hall, London.

Atkins and Pearce Handbook of Industrial Braiding, F. Ko, C. Pastore, and A. Head, Atkins and Pearce, Covington KY, October, 1989.

Ferl, J., Pastore, C., Beamer, B., and Sneeringer, F., “Trade Study of an Interface for a Removable/Replaceable Thermal Micrometeoroid Garment”, International Conference on Environmental Systems, June, 2008.

Pierce, J., Pastore, C., Reinbold, K., Lyngard, B., and Goldman, R., “Direct Measurement of Punch Force During Six Professional Boxing Matches" Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports, (2) April 2006. http://www.bepress.com/jqas/vol2/iss2/3

Lyons, J. and Pastore C. M., “Effect of Braid Structure on Yarn Cross-Sectional Shape”, International Polymer Processing, Vol. 5, No. 3, 182-186. 2004.

Pierce, Jr., J.D., Reinbold, K.A., Goldman, R.J., Lyngard, B.C., and Pastore, C.M. “Direct measurement of punch force during two professional boxing matches “, (2004), Proceedings of the May meeting of the American Psychological Society, Chicago, IL.

E. Shady, M. Abou-Iiana, S. Youssef, Y. Gowayed, and C. Pastore, "Detection and Classification of Defects in Knitted fabric structures", Textile Research Journal, June 2006.

K. Hristov, E. Armstrong-Carroll, M. Dunn, C. Pastore, and Y. Gowayed, "Mechanical behavior of circular hybrid braids under tensile loads", Textile Research Journal, Vol. 74, No. 1, 2004.

M. Abou-Iiana, S. Youssef, C. Pastore, and Y. Gowayed, Y., "Assessing structural changes in knits during processing", Textile Research Journal, Vol. 73, No. 6, pp. 535-540, 2003.

C. Rusinko and C. Pastore, “Managing innovation to address financial challenges in the textile industry”, J. of Textile and Apparel Technology and Management, 3 (2), 2002 refereed web publication: http://www.tx.ncsu.edu/jtatm/ volume2issue3/articles/rusinko/rusinko_fulldocument.pdf

K. Hristov, E. Armstrong-Carroll, M. Dunn, C. Pastore, and Y. Gowayed, “Mechanical Behavior of Circular Hybrid Braids Under Tensile Loads”, Textile Research Journal, October, 2002.

M. Abou-iiana, S. Youssef, Y. Gowayed and C. Pastore, “Assessment of Structural Changes of Knits During Processing”, Textile Research Journal, 73 (6), 2002.

A. Messinger, R. Fleming, C. Pastore, and C. Wollner, “Understanding it all: A New Approach to Investigating Fabric Structures, Part 2”, Fabric Architecture Industrial Fabrics Association International, Roseville, MN (July/August 2002).

C. Dougherty, J. Pierce, B. George, E. Carroll, and C. Pastore, “Promoting Active Learning in Introductory Textile Classes: Assessing and Responding to Diverse Learning Styles,” 2002 AAHE Assessment Conference, Assessment: A Shared Commitment, Boston, June 2002

A. Messinger, R. Fleming, C. Pastore, and C. Wollner, “Understanding it all: A New Approach to Investigating Fabric Structures, Part 1”, Fabric Architecture, Industrial Fabrics Association International, Roseville, MN (May/June 2002).

R. Fleming and C. Pastore, “Transcendent Sustainability: The Role of Aesthetics”, Accepted and presented paper, Proceedings of the 90th ACSA National Conference. Washington D.C.: ACSA Press, April, 2002.

A. Messinger, R. Fleming, C. Pastore, and C. Wollner, “Search for a New Approach into the Investigation of Fabric Structures”, Accepted and presented paper, Proceedings of the 90th ACSA National Conference, Washington D.C.: ACSA Press, April, 2002.

E. Armstrong-Carroll, M. Dunn and C. Pastore, “Modelling the Tensile Response of Composite Rebar”, Transactions of the ASME, accepted for publication, 2000.

Christopher M. Pastore, "Opportunities and Challenges for Textile Reinforced Composites", Mechanics of Composite Materials, 12-3, 2000.

Frank K. Ko and Christopher M. Pastore, "Virtual Manufacturing of Braided Composites", Composites Tooling and Manufacturing, SME, 2000.

Matthew Dunn and Christopher Pastore, "Determining Three Dimensional Weaving Design from Material Requirements", Composites Manufacturing, 1998.

Matthew Dunn and Christopher Pastore, "Property-Driven Three-Dimensional Weave Design," Proceedings of the ICCE-V, July 1998.

Matthew Dunn, Christopher Pastore and Ania Saeys, “Yarn Compaction and Migration in Woven Composites”, Polymer and Polymer Composites, 6, 2, pp 89-96, 1998.

M. W. Dunn and C. Pastore, “Renitent Composites from Bicomponent Yarns,” Proceedings of the 42nd International SAMPE Symposium and Exhibition, May 1997, Anaheim, CA.

Alexander Bogdanovich and Christopher Pastore, “Material-smart Analysis of Textile Reinforced Structures,” Composites Science and Technology, 56 (3): 291-309, (1996).

Edward H. Glaessgen, Christopher M. Pastore, O. Hayden Griffin and Alexander B. Birger, "Geometrical and Finite Element Modeling of Textile Composites", Composites: Part B, 27B: 43-50, 1996.

Yasser A. Gowayed, Christopher M. Pastore and Carl S. Howarth, “Modification and Application of a unit cell continuum model to predict the elastic properties of textile composites”, Composites: Part A, 27A: 149-155 (1996).

A. E. Bogdanovich, C. M. Pastore, and B. P. Deepak “A comparison of various 3-D approaches for the analysis of laminated composite structure.” Composites Engineering, 5 (9):1105-1126, 1995.

Christopher M. Pastore and Yasser A. Gowayed. “A self-consistent fabric geometry model: Modification and application of a fabric geometry model to predict the elastic properties of textile composites.” Journal of Composites Technology and Research, 16:32--36, January 1994.

Ralph McGregor, Donald H. Mershon, and Christopher Pastore. “Perception, detection and diagnosis of appearance defects in fabrics.” Textile Research Journal, 64 (10):584--591, 1994.

Alexander E. Bogdanovich and Christopher M. Pastore, “An hierarchical three dimensional analysis of textile composite plates”, Transactions of the ASME, 94-WA/AERO-3, International Mechanical Engineering Congress, Nov., 1994.

Alexander E. Bogdanovich, Viren Kumar, Christopher M. Pastore, and Marge German. “3-D stress analysis in laminated plates using a combination of ANSYS and sub-element deficient approximation function analysis.” In Proceedings of the ASC 9th Technical Conference on Composite Materials, Technomic Publishers, September 1994.

Christopher M. Pastore. “Quantification of processing artifacts in textile composites.” Composites Manufacturing, 4 (4):87--112, 1993.

Alexander E. Bogdanovich, Christopher M. Pastore, E. Skott Greenhalgh and Alexander B. Birger, “Analytical and Experimental Results for a Quasi-Unbalanced Composite Double Box Beam Spar,” Proc. of The American Society for Composites, Eighth Technical Conference, Cleveland, OH, October 19-21, 1993, Technomic Publ., Lancaster-Basel

John E. Masters, R. L. Foye, Christopher M. Pastore, and Yasser A. Gowayed, “Mechanical properties of triaxially braided composites: Experimental and theoretical results.” Journal of Composites Technology and Research, 15 (2):112--122, Summer 1993.

Christopher M. Pastore. “Role of inhomogeneities in the damage resistance of textile composites.” In Proceedings of the 25th International SAMPE Technical Conference, Philadelphia, PA, October 1993.

E. Skott Greenhalgh, Christopher M. Pastore, and Moishe Garfinkle. “Aeroelastic airfoil smart spar.” Composites Manufacturing, 4 (4):194--206, 1993.

John Jaranson, Christopher M. Pastore, James N. Singletary, Skott Field, A. M. Kharod, Tim Kniveton, and Hershel Rushing. “Elastic properties of triaxially braided glass/urethane composites.” In Advanced Composites Technologies Conference Proceedings, pages 379--398, Dearborn, MI, November 1993. Engineering Society of Detroit.

Christopher M. Pastore. Illustrated glossary of textile terms for composites. NASA Contractor Report 191539, Hampton, VA, October 1993.

Christopher M. Pastore, Alexander E. Bogdanovich, and Yasser A. Gowayed. “Applications of a meso-volume based analysis for textile composite structures.” Composites Engineering, 3 (2):181--194, 1993.

Warren Jasper and Christopher Pastore. “Neural network modelling of the mechanical behavior of textile composites.” In Proceedings of the 1992 Fall Meeting of the Materials Research Society, Boston, MA, November 1993, Materials Research Society.

E. Skott Greenhalgh, Christopher M. Pastore, and Moishe Garfinkle. “Analytical and experimental results for a quasi-unbalanced composite double box beam spar.” In Proceedings of the American Society for Composites 8th Technical Conference, Cleveland, OH, October 1993, American Society for Composites.

Yasser A. Gowayed and Christopher M. Pastore. “Analytical techniques for the prediction of elastic properties of textile reinforced composites.” Mechanics of Composite Materials, 5:579--596, Dec 1993.

Alexander E. Bogdanovich, Christopher M. Pastore, and Alexander B. Birger. “Three dimensional deformation and failure analysis of textile reinforced composite structures.” In Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Composite Materials, pages 495--501, Madrid, July 1993. ICCM, Woodhead Publishing Limited.

E. Skott Greenhalgh, Christopher M. Pastore, and Moishe Garfinkle. “A continuous fiber composite wing box-beam exhibiting twist-bend coupling.” Composites Engineering, 3 (7-8):691--698, 1993.

Y. A. Gowayed and C. M. Pastore. “An integrated approach to the mechanical and geometrical modelling of textile reinforced composites.” In Fall Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, December 1992. Materials Research Society, MRS.

Yu. Dzenis, A. Bogdanovich, and C. Pastore. “Stochastic damage evolution in textile laminates.” Composite Manufacturing, 4 (4):187--193, 1992.

Alexander E. Bogdanovich and Christopher M. Pastore. “On the structural analysis of textile composites.” In Topics in Composite Materials and Structures, AE-Vol 26, AMD-Vol. 133, pages 13--19. ASME, ASME Publications, 1992.

John E. Masters, R. L. Foye, Christopher M. Pastore, and Yasser A. Gowayed. “Mechanical properties of triaxially braided composites: Experimental and analytical results.” Contract Report 189572, NASA, January 1992.

A. Bogdanovich, C. Pastore, and A. Birger. “Analysis of composite shallow shell structures reinforced with textiles.” In P. Hamelin and G. Verchery, editors, Textile Composites in Building Construction, volume 2, pages 35--44. Editions Pluralis, Paris, 1992.

C. M. Pastore, A. E. Bogdanovich, and J. E. Masters. “The effects of specimen width on tensile properties of braided laminates.” In 3rd Advanced Composites Technology Symposium, Long Beach, CA, June 1992. NASA/DoD.

Ralph McGregor, Don Meshon, and Christopher Pastore. “Perception, detection and diagnosis of appearance defects in fabrics.” In A. Zucker, editor, National Laboratory Technology Transfer, pages 13--91, ASME Publications, November 1992.

C. M. Pastore. “Quantification of processing artifacts in textile composites.” In Fiber Tex '92, Philadelphia, PA, October 1992. NASA Langley Research Center.

“Mechanical Properties of Triaxially Braided Composites: Experimental and Analytical Results”, J.E. Masters, R.L. Foye, C.M. Pastore, and Y.A. Gowayed, NASA Contractor Report 189572, NASA Langley Research Center, Jan. 1992.

T. Tan, C. Pastore, and F. Ko. “Engineering design of tough ceramic matrix composites for turbine components.” Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, 113(2):312--317, April 1991.

John E. Masters, R. L. Foye, Christopher M. Pastore, and Yasser A. Gowayed. “Mechanical properties of triaxially braided composites: Experimental and theoretical results.” In Proceedings of the NASA/DOD Advanced Composites Technology Conference, pages 34--41, Hampton, VA, Nov. 1991. NASA/DOD, NASA.

Christopher Pastore, Nick Casale, and Dan Bristow. “Design and fabrication of a composite monocoque bicycle frame.” In T. Vigo and A. Turbak, editors, High Tech Fibrous Materials, pages 90--101. American Chemical Society, March 1991.

Christopher M. Pastore, Yasser A. Gowayed, and YunJia Cai. “Applications of computer aided geometric modelling for textile structural composites.” In C. Brebbia, W. de Wilde, and W. Blain, editors, Computer Aided Design in Composite Material Technology, pages 45--53. Computational Mechanics Publications, Southampton, UK, 1990.

Yasser. A. Gowayed and Christopher M. Pastore. “Analytical techniques for textile structural composites: A comparative study of US-USSR research.” In Proceedings of FIBER-TEX 90. NASA, 1990. CP 3128.

Frank K. Ko and Christopher M. Pastore. “Modelling of textile structural composites: Part I: Processing science model for three dimensional braiding.” Journal of the Textile Institute, 81(4), 1990.

Christopher M. Pastore and Frank K. Ko. “CIM of braided preforms for composites.” In C. A. Brebbia, W. P. deWilde, and W. R. Blain, editors, Computer Aided Design in Composite Materials Technology. Springer Verlag, 1990.

Frank K. Ko and Christopher M. Pastore. Structure and properties of an Integrated 3-D fabric for structural composites. ASTM STP 1874. ASTM, 1990.

Christopher M. Pastore and Frank K. Ko, “Near Net Shape Manufacturing of Composite Engine Components by 3-D Fiber Architecture”, Transactions of the ASME, 89-GT-315, Gas Turbine and Aeroengine Congress, June 1989, ASME, NY, NY.

Christopher M. Pastore, Eileen Armstrong, and Frank K. Ko. “A fabric geometry model for brittle matrix composites.” In Ceramic Matrix Composites, Indianapolis, IN, April 1989. American Ceramic Society, ACerS.

Frank K. Ko and Christopher M. Pastore. “Design of complex shaped structures.” In Textiles: Product Design and Marketing, pages 123--135. The Textile Institute, The Textile Institute, May 1987.

Frank K. Ko, Christopher M. Pastore, Charles Lei, and Dennis W. Whyte. “A fabric geometry model for 3-D braid reinforced FP/Al-Li composites.” In 1987 International SAMPE Metals Conference: Competitive Advances in Metals/Metal Processing, Cherry Hill, NJ, Aug. 1987. American Society for Testing and Materials, ASTM.

Frank K. Ko and Christopher M. Pastore. “Structure and properties of an integrated 3-D fabric for structural composites.” In Recent Advances in Composites in the United States and Japan, ASTM STP 864, pages 428--439, Philadelphia, PA, Oct. 1985. American Society for Testing and Materials, ASTM.

Christopher M. Pastore, Dennis W. Whyte, H. Benny Soebroto, and Frank K. Ko. “Design and analysis of multi-axial warp knit fabrics for composites.” Journal of Industrial Fabrics, 5(1):84--91, September 1986.

Frank K. Ko, Ping Fang, and Christopher M. Pastore, “Multilayer Multidirectional Warp Knit Fabrics for Industrial Applications” Journal of Industrial Fabrics, 4(2):73--85, December 1985.

“A Comparison of the Japanese and American Primary Hand for Men's Winter Suiting Fabrics”, F. Ko, C. Pastore and S. Kawabata, Objective Measurement: Applications to Product Design and Process Control, eds. S. Kawabata, R. Postle and M. Niwa, (TMSJ: Osaka, Japan, 1986).

“Structure and Properties of an Integrated 3-D Fabric for Structural Composites”, F. Ko and C. Pastore, Recent Advances in Composites in the United States and Japan, J.R. Vinson and M. Taya, eds., American Society for Testing and Materials, Philadelphia, PA, 1985.

PATENTS FILED

Automated Three-Dimensional Method for Making Integrally Stiffened Skin Panels, US Patent # 6,019,138, February 2000.

Formation of Composite Structures from Knitted Hybrid Fabrics, patent pending.

Low Cost Exterior Wall Insulation System, patent pending