[ CNE | ESM | PSU ]

Francesco Costanzo Professor
Address	W-315 Millennium Science Complex Center for Neural Engineering The Pennsylvania State University University Park, PA 16802
Phone	(814) 863-2030
Fax	(814) 865-9974
E-Mail	costanzo@engr.psu.edu

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Research Interests

I am interested in various topics in the following general categories:

• Brain Biomechanics and Mechanical Behavior of Biological Tissues
• Computational Mechanics
• Multi-scale Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials with Complex Micro/Nano-Structure
• Time Dependent Fracture and Damage Mechanics of Composites
• Continuum Thermodynamics
• Heterogeneous Systems with Evolving Interfaces
• Micromechanics and Homogenization of Inelastic Composites

Current Projects

• Immersed FEM for Fluid-Structure Interaction with Applications to Hydrocephalus
• Engineering Mechanics: Dynamics—A sophomore-level textbook textbook on particle and planar rigid body dynamics