Mechanical Engineering FACULTY
Blume, Janet A., Ph.D., California Institute of Technology
Finite deformation solid mechanics, constitutive equations.
Bower, Allan F., Ph.D., Cambridge University
Tribology, fracture mechanics, microstructural modeling of materials, strength of contacting surfaces.
Clifton, Rodney J., Ph.D., Carnegie Institute of Technology
Dynamic plasticity, dynamic fracture, phase transformations.
Curtin, William A., Ph.D., Cornell University
Stochastic modeling of failure, composite materials, disordered materials.
Freund, L. B., Ph.D., Northwestern University
Mechanics of thin film materials, fracture mechanics, stress waves in solids.
Gao, Huajian, Ph.D., Harvard University
Biomechanics, nanomechanics, mechanics of thin films, mechanics of hierarchical materials, fracture mechanics.
Guduru, Pradeep R., Ph.D., California Institute of Technology
Experimental Mechanics at micron and nanometer scales, micro-sensors, dynamic deformation and fracture.
Kim, K. S., Ph.D., Brown University
Nano- and micro-mechanics of solids, adhesion, experimental mechanics.
Needleman, Alan, Ph.D., Harvard University
Plasticity, fracture, composite materials, computational mechanics.
Powers, Thomas R., Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
Molecular and cellular biomechanics, soft condensed matter physics.
Richardson, Peter D., Ph.D., D.Sc., F.R.S., University of London
Biomedical fluid mechanics, soft tissue mechanics, atherolclerosis, thrombosis, and transport processes.
Shenoy, Vivek B., Ph.D., Ohio State University
Surface science, thin films, nano and micro-mechanics of defects in crystals.
