The Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Creationism (2018)

Seely et al. ◀ Finite element analysis of a near impact event ▶ 2018 ICC 67 THE AUTHORS Denver Seely studied electrical and mechanical engineering at Cedarville University earning a B.S.E.E. in 1999. He earned a M.S. degree in bioengineering from the University of Toledo in 2000. Denver studied astro/geophysics at the Institute for Creation Research graduate school (2005) and worked as facilities engineer at the AiG Creation Museum (2006-2008). He earned a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering at Mississippi State University (2018) researching metal layered composites and functionally graded materials using laser based 3D metal printing systems. Andrew Bowman studied biology and engineering at Mississippi State University earning his B.A. in biological sciences in 2012 and his B.A. in mechanical engineering in 2014. Currently, he is a Ph.D. student in Mechanical Engineering at Mississippi State University conducting research in the area of multiscale modeling and computational engineering of viscoelastic materials. Noah Cho is currently a Ph.D. student in computational engineering at Mississippi State University, with an emphasis on computational geophysics. His dissertation research involves development of improved numerical models for the deformation behavior of mantle, combined with an exploration of how that deformation behavior influences the earth’s dynamics. The goal of his work is to model the plate tectonics during the Genesis Flood in a more realistic manner than ever before and to gain deeper insight into the physical processes that occurred during this cataclysm. Mark Horstemeyer is a fellow of four societies (ASME, ASM, SAE, and AAAS), is a member of the European Union Academy of Sciences and has garnered international acclaim as he has published over 500 journal articles, conference papers, books, and technical reports with a citation impact h-factor of 52; he has given 150 lectures throughout the world (was named as honorary professor of Xihua University, Chengdu, China); and has won many awards (R&D 100 Award, AFS Best Paper Award, Sandia Award for Excellence, Ralph E. Powe Research Award, Ohio State’s Thomas Figure 16. Equivalent plastic strain for cross sections of the stationary body (model Earth) along the equatorial x-y plane calculated from the internal state variable elastic-plastic model used for the mantle material during the fly-by of an Earth mass object. Counter clockwise from the upper left are shown total plastic strain at time steps referenced to time of nearest passage. All plastic strains were reset to zero at beginning of the simulation step (-10,000 seconds). Note the strong localization of plastic strain stress at the core mantle interface in the quadrant between the near-side and retreat faces.