Panayiotis Papadopoulos

Research Bio

Panayiotis Papadopoulos is a professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and the Byron and Elvira Nishkian Chair in Structural Engineering.

Research Expertise and Interest

continuum mechanics, computational mechanics, contact mechanics, computational plasticity, materials modeling, solid mechanics, applied mathematics, dynamics of pseudo-rigid bodies

Teaching

Courses taught during the three most recent terms
2026 Spring
  • Directed Group Study for Advanced Undergraduates  [AEROENG 198]  

  • Aerospace Engineering 2 Seminar  [AEROENG 2]  

  • Aerospace Engineering 2 Seminar  [AEROENG 2]  

  • Supervised Group Study and Research  [AEROENG 98]  

  • Individual Study or Research  [AST 299]  

  • Introduction to Solid Mechanics  [CIVENG C30]  

  • Master of Engineering Capstone Project  [ENGIN 296MB]  

  • Group Studies, Seminars, or Group Research  [MECENG 298]  

  • Individual Study or Research  [MECENG 299]  

  • Introduction to Solid Mechanics  [MECENG C85]  

2025 Fall
  • Aerospace Engineering 1 Seminar  [AEROENG 1]  

  • Aerospace Engineering 1 Seminar  [AEROENG 1]  

  • Undergraduate Aerospace Engineering Field Studies  [AEROENG 197]  

  • Directed Group Study for Advanced Undergraduates  [AEROENG 198]  

  • Master of Engineering Capstone Project  [ENGIN 296MA]  

  • Introduction to the Finite Element Method  [MECENG 280A]  

  • Group Studies, Seminars, or Group Research  [MECENG 298]  

  • Individual Study or Research  [MECENG 299]  

2025 Spring
  • Directed Group Study for Advanced Undergraduates  [AEROENG 198]  

  • Aerospace Engineering 2 Seminar  [AEROENG 2]  

  • Supervised Group Study and Research  [AEROENG 98]  

  • Individual Study or Research  [AST 299]  

  • Finite Element Methods in Nonlinear Continua  [MECENG 280B]  

  • Group Studies, Seminars, or Group Research  [MECENG 298]  

  • Individual Study or Research  [MECENG 299]