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Foster, John T.

Experimental and computational geomechanics; Fracture mechanics; Hydraulic fracturing; Anomalous flow in porous media; Scientific machine learning


Email: john.foster@utexas.edu; Phone: (512) 471-6972
Office: CPE 3.108 (map)

Fuhg, Jan

Scientific machine learning; Computational mechanics; Solid mechanics; Scientific computing


Email: jan.fuhg@utexas.edu; Phone: (512) 471-4230
Office: ASE 5.234 (map)

Huang, Rui

Mechanics of soft materials; Thermomechanical reliability of advanced interconnects and packaging for microelectronics; Mechanical instability of thin films and nanostructures; Multiscale modeling and simulations


Email: ruihuang@mail.utexas.edu; Phone: (512) 471-7558
Office: ASE 5.210 (map)

Hughes, Thomas

Computational mechanics; Isogeometric analysis; Stabilized and variational multiscale methods; Phase-field modeling; Cardiovascular bioengineering; Complex fluids and turbulence


Email: hughes@ices.utexas.edu; Phone: (512) 232-7775
Office: POB 5.430A (map)

Kyriakides, Stelios

Instability in solids and structures (plastic buckling of structures, propagating instabilities in shape, memory metals, composites and foams); Modeling of nonlinear behavior and failure of solids (metals, composites and foams)


Email: skk@mail.utexas.edu; Phone: (512) 471-4167
Office: ASE 5.230 (map)

Landis, Chad M.

Mechanics of materials; Ferroelectrics; Ferromagnetic shape memory alloys; Fracture mechanics; Continuum thermodynamics; Computational mechanics


Email: landis@utexas.edu; Phone: (512) 471-4273
Office: ASE 5.214 (map)

Liechti, Kenneth M.

Experimental Mechanics; Mechanics of adhesion and friction; Viscoelasticity; Composite materials; Microelectronics packaging; Interfacial fracture mechanics; Nano indentation of ultra-thin films and self-assembled monolayers


Email: kml@mail.utexas.edu; Phone: (512) 471-4164
Office: ASE 5.228 (map)

Lu, Nanshu

Mechanics of flexible and stretchable structures; 2D and nano materials for soft electronics; Manufacture and transfer of bio-integrated electronics; Mechanics at bio-electronics interface; Wireless, multimodal e-tattoos for mobile health and human-machine interaction


Email: nanshulu@mail.utexas.edu; Phone: (512) 471-4208
Office: EER 7.614B (map)

Marder, Michael P.

Dynamic Fracture; Nonlinear Dynamic;, Micromechanics


Email: marder@chaos.utexas.edu; Phone: (512) 471-3612
Office: RLM 14.212 (map)

Mear, Mark E.

Micromechanics; Fracture Mechanics; Computational Mechanics


Email: mear@mail.utexas.edu; Phone: (512) 471-4212
Office: ASE 5.220 (map)

Rausch, Manuel

Soft tissue biomechanics; Nonlinear continuum mechanics; Numerical modeling; Material characterization and constitutive modeling


Email: manuel.rausch@utexas.edu; Phone: (512) 471-5147
Office: EER 7.620 (map)

Ravi-Chandar, Krishnaswamy

Experimental Mechanics; Mechanical behavior of materials at high strain rates; Fracture in nominally brittle materials; Shear banding in polymeric materials; Phase transformation in shape memory alloys


Email: ravi@utexas.edu; Phone: (512) 471-4213
Office: ASE 5.222 (map)

Rodin, Gregory J.

Computational Micromechanics; Inelastic Deformation; Fracture Mechanics; Size Effects


Email: gjr@oden.utexas.edu; Phone: (512) 471-4230
Office:

Sacks, Michael

Cardiovascular Biomechanics; Engineering of Soft Tissues; Mechanical Behavior of Heart Valves; and Remodeling Processes


Email: msacks@ices.utexas.edu; Phone: (512) 232-7773
Office: POB 5.236 (map)

Singh, Puneet

Computational aero-servo-elasticity, modeling and simulation; Multidisciplinary design optimization of advanced air mobility systems; System identification, control, flying and handling qualities of highly flexible aircraft


Email: punsingh@utexas.edu;
Office: ASE 5.208 (map)

Sirohi, Jayant

High power density solid state actuators; Smart and multifunctional structures; Multi-mission capable micro and unmanned aerial vehicles; Rotorcraft design; Experimental aerodynamics and structural dynamics; Active materials, sensors and actuators


Email: jayant.sirohi@mail.utexas.edu; Phone: (512) 471-4186
Office: ASE 5.216 (map)

Suh, Jong-Eun (Jaden)

Lightweight space structures; Structural mechanics; Origami-based design


Email: jongeun.suh@austin.utexas.edu; Phone:
Office: TBD

Yang, Jin

Machine learning and data-driven material characterization; Full-field deformation measurements; Laser-induced inertial cavitation in hydrogels and biological materials; Dynamic instability in viscoelastic materials


Email: jin.yang@austin.utexas.edu; Phone: (512) 471-1486
Office: ASE 5.236 (map)

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