Research

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