RESEARCH INTERESTS
- Experimental Solid Mechanics
- [Murray Lecture presented at the 2004 SEM X International congress and Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, Costa Mesa, CA, June 2004]
- Dynamic Fracture Mechanics
- [Keynote Lecture presented at the 2003 ASME Applied Mechanics and Materials Conference, Scottsdale, AZ, June 2003]
- Waves in Shape Memory Alloys
- Mechanical Behavior of Polymers, Ceramics and Composites
- Biomechanics
CURRENT PROJECTS
- Dynamic fracture and friction
- One-dimensional waves in shape memory alloys
- Inelastic response of polymers under multiaxial compression
- Whirling of rods and strings
- Modeling and simulation of post-mastectomy reconstructive breast surgery
- Mechanics of stents