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Mechanical Engineering Faculty

Janet Blume, Ph.D., California Institute of Technology 

Associate Professor

Janet_Blume@Brown.EDU
Finite deformation solid mechanics, constitutive equations. 

Kenneth Breuer, Ph.D. M.I.T.

Professor

kbreuer@brown.edu
Fluid Mechanics, including micron and nanometer scale fluid mechanics, animal locomotion and turbulent flows

Allan Bower, Ph.D., Cambridge University

Professor

Allan_Bower@Brown.EDU
Tribology, fracture mechanics, microstructural modeling of materials, strength of contacting surfaces. 

Rodney Clifton, Ph.D., Carnegie Institute of Technology 

Professor

clifton@engin.brown.edu
Dynamic plasticity, dynamic fracture, phase transformations. 

William Curtin, Ph.D., Cornell University 

Professor

William_Curtin@Brown.EDU
Stochastic modeling of failure, composite materials, disordered materials. 

L. B. Freund, Ph.D., Northwestern University 

H. L. Goddard University Professor and Professor of Engineering

freund@brown.edu
Mechanics of thin film materials, fracture mechanics, stress waves in solids.

Huajian Gao, Ph.D., Harvard University

Walter H. Annenberg University Professor and Professor of Engineering

Huajian_Gao@brown.edu
Biomechanics, nanomechanics, mechanics of thin films, mechanics of hierarchical materials, fracture mechanics.

Pradeep Guduru, Ph.D., California Institute of Technology

Assistant Professor

Pradeep_Guduru@Brown.edu
Experimental Mechanics at micron and nanometer scales, micro-sensors, dynamic deformation and fracture.

Kyung-Suk Kim, Ph.D., Brown University 

Professor

Kyung-Suk_Kim@Brown.EDU
Nano- and micro-mechanics of solids, adhesion, experimental mechanics. 

Alan Needleman, Ph.D., Harvard University

Professor

Alan_Needleman@Brown.EDU
Plasticity, fracture, composite materials, computational mechanics. 

Thomas Powers, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania

James R. Rice Associate Professor of Solid Mechanics and Associate Professor of Engineering

Thomas_Powers@Brown.EDU
Molecular and cellular biomechanics.

Peter Damian Richardson, Ph.D., D.Sc., University of London

Professor

Peter_Richardson@Brown.EDU
Biomedical fluid mechanics, soft tissue mechanics, atherolclerosis, thrombosis, and transport processes.

Vivek Shenoy, Ph.D., Ohio State University

Associate Professor

Vivek_Shenoy@Brown.EDU
Surface science, thin films, nano and micro-mechanics of defects in crystals.