Computational Methods
Thermomechanical damage & fracture with peridynamics; Modeling of diffusion, dissolution and corrosion; Damage in heterogeneous materials; Fast, convolution-based methods for peridynamic models; Optimization of material composition & optimal shape design
Flow and heat transfer using functionalized metallic surfaces; Micro-fluidics; Flame Weeding; Vaporizing and combusting sprays; Blast wave mitigation; DNA multiplication (rapid PCR development) for detection of biological agents; Plastics processing
Dynamical systems theory, control and optimization with applications to swarm robotics, multi-agent decision making, microfluidics, active fluids, nonlinear vibration, nonlinear energy transfers, and metamaterials
Theoretical, computational, and experimental studies to characterize large deformation thermo-mechanical response of materials, in particular polymers
Hydrogeology, solute transport; groundwater / surface-water interactions; modeling; software development and customization
Fluid mechanics, Turbulence, Complex fluids, Electrokinetics, Microscale transport, Scientific computing
The translation of mechanobiology to improve cardiovascular medicine and ophthalmology through integration of techniques in biomechanics, nanotechnology, molecular biology, histology, imaging, finite element analysis, and adaptive modeling
Laser Material Processing; Blast Wave Absorbing Structure; Diesel Engine Emissions Control
Laboratories:
- Computational Thermal-Fluid Sciences Laboratory: Finite difference, finite element, and Green's functions methods applied to problems in fluid flow and heat transfer
- Computing Facilities: Graduate students
- Dynamical Systems Lab
- Translational Mechanobiology Lab (R. Pedrigi)