Research: Interests and Projects

Interests

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

• Multi-Scale Modeling and Simulation
• Time Dependent Fracture and Damage Mechanics of Composites
• Micromechanics and Homogenization of Inelastic Composites
• Computational Mechanics
• Heterogeneous Systems with Evolving Interfaces
• Continuum Thermodynamics
• Solid Mechanics

Projects

I am currently working on the following projects:

• Numerical Simulation of Dynamic Fracture in Temperature Sensitive Materials with Cohesive Zones
• Modeling of Damage and Fracture in Carbon/Carbon Composites for High-temperature and High Pressure Applications
• Model-Based Simulations to Engineer Nanoporous Thin Films
• A Cognitive Study of 'Modeling' during Problem-solving: How can we accelerate progress toward expert-like performance?