Solid Mechanics and Materials

Additional research information can be found by clicking the faculty member's name.

	Ryan S. ElliottRyan Elliott Associate Professor and Russell J. Penrose Faculty Fellow Ph.D., Aerospace Engineering and Scientific Computing, University of Michigan	Research Areas: -Martensitic phase transformations -Shape memory alloys -Atomistic materials simulation -Stability and bifurcation View a presentation See research Q&A See personal page Current research projects
	Roger L. Fosdick Professor Ph.D., Applied Mathematics, Brown University	Research Areas: -Broad spectrum of problems in thermodynamics and continuum mechanics at both the applied and foundation levels -Study of non-linear material behavior using the methods of applied mathematics
	Richard D. James Distinguished McKnight University Professor Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University	Research Areas: -Thermodynamics of solids -Phase transformations -Micromagnetics -Active materials, especially shape memory materials -Multiscale mathematical methods View a presentation See research Q&A Current research projects
	Perry H. Leo Professor and Associate Department Head Ph.D. Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science Carnegie Mellon University	Research Areas: -Phase transformations -Micromechanics of defects in solids -Biological materials -Composites See research Q&A Current research projects
	Thomas W. Shield Professor Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of California at Berkeley	Research Areas: -Experimental solid mechanics -Mechanics of materials -Single crystal plasticity -Shape-memory and magnetostrictve materials -Fracture mechanics -Elasticity See research Q&A See personal page Current research projects
	Ellad B.Tadmor Professor Ph.D., Solid Mechanics, Brown University	Research Areas: -Connection between continuum theory and atomistic models -The Quasicontinuum (QC) Method -Peierls criterion for Deformation Twinning at Crack Tips -Determination of Transition Paths using a Continuous Path Expansion -Reliability of MEMS Devices See research Q&A Current research projects
	William H. Warner Professor Emeritus Ph.D., Mathematics, Carnegie Institute of Technology	Research Areas: -Optimal design problems for elastic bodies and structural elements using energy methods -Biorthogonal series solutions of polyharmonic equations with application to thick plate and shell problems

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Projects with web pages are listed below:

E. Tadmor

Modeling Materials - Continuum, Atomistic and Multiscale Techniques

R. D. James

Computational Tools for the Atomic/Continuum Interface: Nanometer to Millimeter Scale Aircraft

T. W. Shield

Last Modified: 2013-02-25 at 15:03:14 -- this is in International Standard Date and Time Notation