Plastic flow and failure of crystalline and heterogeneous materials
Micro/nanomechanics and biomechanics of materials
Digital imaging based techniques in experimental mechanics
Research Accomplishments
and Activities
Author and co-author of more than 60 scientific papers and one book chapter
Research funded by NSF, National Labs, and various industrial partners
Faculty appointments at Yale University and University of Nebraska
Post-doctoral appointments at MIT and Caltech
NSF CAREER Award
Loctite Engineering Faculty Summer Fellowship Award
Alcoa Foundation Award
Layman Foundation Award
Research Philosophy
The interplay of experiments and analysis (increasingly computations) is often the key in resolving and understanding the complexity of many challenging engineering problems. Awareness of the current limitations of either approach (what is measurable, computational, and verifiable) is at the start of any on-going research effort.
