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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
headshot of Ken Kamrin Ken Kamrin
Dept of Mechanical Engineering
solid and fluid mechanics, constitutive modeling, computational mechanics, physical applied mathematics
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
Jon Wilkening Jon Wilkening
Dept of Mathematics
applied mathematics, numerical analysis, computational solid and fluid mechanics
Per-Olof Persson Per-Olof Persson
Dept of Mathematics
applied mathematics, numerical methods, computational fluid and solid mechanics
Robert Taylor Robert L. Taylor
Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering
computational mechanics, mechanics of solids, finite element methods, finite element software
Kranthi K. Mandadapu Kranthi K. Mandadapu
Dept of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
statistical mechanics, fluid mechanics, solid mechanics, biological membranes, active matter, glassy dynamics
headshot of Francisco Armero Francisco Armero
Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering
computational mechanics, nonlinear continuum 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
Venkatesan Guruswami Venkatesan Guruswami
Dept of Mathematics
Division of Computer Science (EECS)
theoretical computer science, coding theory, approximate optimization, randomness in computation, computational complexity
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
Martin P. Head-Gordon Martin P. Head-Gordon
Dept of Chemistry
theoretical chemistry, electronic structure calculations, development of novel theories and algorithms, quantum mechanics
Frederic Theunissen Frederic Theunissen
Dept of Integrative Biology
Dept of Neuroscience
behavior, cognition, brain, psychology, birdsong, vocal learning, audition, neurophysiology, speech perception, computational neuroscience, theoretical neuroscience
Hayden Taylor (third from left) with group members and collaborators holding components produced by computed axial lithography Hayden Taylor
Dept of Mechanical Engineering
manufacturing, microfabrication, nanofabrication, semiconductor manufacturing, computational mechanics, nanoimprint lithography
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
Shawn Shadden Shawn Shadden
Dept of Mechanical Engineering
cardiovascular biomechanics, computational mechanics, computational fluid dynamics, thrombosis, medical image processing, dynamical systems, fluid dynamics, Lagrangian coherent structures, mathematical modeling
James Sethian James A. Sethian
Dept of Mathematics
mathematics, applied mathematics, partial differential equations, computational physics, level set Methods, computational fluid mechanics and materials sciences, fast marching methods
David Limmer David Limmer
Dept of Chemistry
theoretical chemistry
Nika Haghtalab Nika Haghtalab
Division of Computer Science (EECS)
artificial intelligence, machine learning, theoretical computer science, game theory and mechanism design
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Dept of Physics
Division of Electrical Engineering (EECS)
solid-state devices and technology, quantum technologies
headshot of Ömer Savaş Ömer Savaş
Dept of Mechanical Engineering
fluid mechanics
M. Reza Alam M. Reza Alam
Dept of Mechanical Engineering
Theoretical Fluid Dynamics, Nonlinear Wave Mechanics, ocean and coastal waves phenomena, ocean renewable energy (wave, Tide and Offshore Wind Energy), Nonlinear Dynamical Systems, Fluid Flow Control, ocean renewable energy
William Lester, Jr. William A. Lester, Jr.
Dept of Chemistry
theoretical and physical chemistry, advances in basic theory, computational methods, study of molecular electronic structure, quantum Monte Carlo method, Born-Oppenheimer approximation
Will Fithian Will Fithian
Dept of Statistics
Theoretical and Applied Statistics
Photo of Oliver O'Reilly standing near Sather Gate on the UC Berkeley campus. Oliver O'Reilly
Dept of Mechanical Engineering
continuum mechanics, vibrations, dynamics
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