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Panayiotis Papadopoulos Panayiotis Papadopoulos
Dept of Mechanical Engineering
continuum mechanics, computational mechanics, contact mechanics, computational plasticity, materials modeling, solid mechanics, applied mathematics, dynamics of pseudo-rigid bodies
David Steigmann David J. Steigmann
Dept of Mechanical Engineering
finite elasticity, mechanics, continuum, shell theory, variational methods, stability, surface stress, capillary phenomena, mechanics of thin films
Sanjay Govindjee Sanjay Govindjee
Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering
finite element analysis, Theoretical and computational solid mechanics, constitutive theory, micromechanics, polymer mechanics, elastomer modeling, battery modeling, thermomechanics, continuum mechanics, failure analysis
Robert O. Ritchie Robert Ritchie
Dept of Materials Science and Engineering
Dept of Mechanical Engineering
structural materials, mechanical behavior in biomaterials, creep, fatigue and fracture of advanced metals, intermetallics, ceramics
SHAOFAN LI Shaofan Li
Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering
applications of artificial intelligence and machine learning in engineering and sciences, structural mechanics, computational mechanics, computational materials, computational mechanics and computational physics, finite element methods and meshfree particle methods, ferroelectric and piezoelectric materials, atomistic simulation and multiscale simulations, nonlinear continuum mechanics, soft matter mechanics, wave propagations, modeling and simulation of fracture, dislocations, modeling and simulation of material failures, nano-mechanics, bio-mechanics and bio-physics, cellular mechanics, micromechanics & composite materials, mechanics and physics of amorphous materials
Kamrin headshot Ken Kamrin
Dept of Mechanical Engineering
solid and fluid mechanics, constitutive modeling, computational mechanics, physical applied mathematics
James Casey James Casey
Dept of Bioengineering
Dept of Mechanical Engineering
continuum mechanics, finite elasticity, continuum thermodynamics, plasticity, theories of elastic-plastic materials, history of mechanics, dynamics
Kranthi K. Mandadapu Kranthi K. Mandadapu
Dept of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
statistical mechanics, fluid mechanics, solid mechanics, biological membranes, active matter, glassy dynamics
photo of Jon Wilkening Jon Wilkening
Dept of Mathematics
applied mathematics, numerical analysis, computational solid and fluid mechanics
David Bogy David B. Bogy
Dept of Mechanical Engineering
fluid mechanics, mechanics in computer technology, tribology in hard-disk drives, laser measurement systems, numerical simulations, static and dynamic problems in solid mechanics
Picture of Prof. Per-Olof Persson Per-Olof Persson
Dept of Mathematics
numerical methods, numerical linear algebra, computational fluid and solid mechanics, mesh generation, machine learning
Robert Taylor Robert L. Taylor
Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering
computational mechanics, mechanics of solids, finite element methods, finite element software
Sara McMains Sara McMains
Dept of Mechanical Engineering
geometric and solid modeling, general purpose computation on the GPU (GPGPU), CAD/CAM, computational geometry, computer graphics and visualization, tool path planning, additive manufacturing, computer vision, deep learning
Kurt M Cuffey Kurt M. Cuffey
Dept of Earth and Planetary Science
Dept of Geography
continuum mechanics, climate, geomorphology, glaciers, glaciology, climate history, stable isotopes, geographical thought
Don Tilley in his office T. Don Tilley
Dept of Chemistry
inorganic, organometallic, polymer and materials chemistry, transition metal compounds, catalysis, new chemical transformations, advanced solid state materials, renewable energy, solar fuels
Carlos Fernandez-Pello Carlos Fernandez-Pello
Dept of Mechanical Engineering
fire, combustion, flammability of materials, wildland fire spotting, wildland fire propagation, ignition and fire spread, smoldering and flaming, self heating and ignition, small scale energy generation
Raymond Jenaloz Raymond Jeanloz
Dept of Astronomy
Dept of Earth and Planetary Science
planetary geophysics, high-pressure physics, national and international security, science-based policy
Gerbrand Ceder Gerbrand Ceder
Dept of Materials Science and Engineering
energy storage, computational modeling, machine learning, autonomous laboratories
Mimi R. Koehl Mimi R. Koehl
Dept of Integrative Biology
biomechanics, insects, invertebrate functional morphology, fluid dynamics, aerodynamics, marine animals, filtration, gliding vertebrates
Dimitrios Zekkos Dimitrios Zekkos
Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering
geotechnical engineering, landslides, drones, satellites, earthquakes, natural hazards, infrastructure resilience, informatics, geoenvironmental engineering, landfills
F. Dean Toste Dean Toste
Dept of Chemistry
organometallic chemistry, organic, development of new synthetic methods, enantioselective catalysts, strategies for the synthesis of natural products, synthesis of complex molecules, formation of carbon-carbon and carbon-heteroatom bonds, olefins, supramolecular chemistry, redox flow batteries, medicinal chemistry, bioconjugation, homogeneous catalysis, heterogeneous catalysis, biomass, fluorination
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