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The faculty who make up the Engineering Mechanics Graduate Studies Committee are listed below along with their research interests.
* indicates the Faculty Area Coordinator.
Computational Mechanics
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Babuska, Ivo M.
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Numerical solution of partial differential equations, the finite element method, and applied mathematics
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Dawson, Clint
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Computational mathematics, modeling of surface and subsurface flows
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Demkowicz, L. F.
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Computational mechanics and applied mathematics
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Hughes, Thomas J.R.
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Computational mechanics, isogeometric analysis, mutliscale methods, phase-field modeling, cardiovascular bioengineering, complex fluids and turbulence
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Oden, J. Tinsley
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Computational mechanics, numerical solution of partial differential equations, computational and applied mathematics
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Wheeler, Mary F.
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Numerical solution of coupled partial differential equations; modeling reactive and multiphase flows and parallel computations
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Mechanics of Materials and Structural Mechanics
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Huang, Rui
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Mechanics and materials in small dimensions, thin film structures, computational mechanics, mutliscale modeling and simulations
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Kyriakides, Stelios
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Stability of solids, structures, and materials; plasticity; composite materials
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Landis, Chad
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Mechanics of materials, smart materials, fracture mechanics
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*Liechti, Kenneth M.
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Composite materials, fracture mechanics, adhesive bonding
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Lu, Nanshu
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Mechanics of thin films on compliant substrates, flexible electronics and bio-electronics
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Mear, Mark E.
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Solid mechanics, micromechanics, fracture mechanics, boundary element methods
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Ravi-Chandar, K.
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Solid mechanics, fracture mechanics, mechanical behavior of materials at high strain rates, viscoelasticity
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Rodin, Gregory J.
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Solid mechanics, fracture of materials
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Structural Dynamics
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*Bennighof, Jeffrey K.
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Computation in structural dynamics, control of flexible structures
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Sirohi, Jayant
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Micro-aerial vehicles, rotorcraft design, technologies for next-generation vertical flight, adaptive structures
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Orbital Mechanics
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Bettadpur, Srinivas V.
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Orbital mechanics, orbit determination, space geodetic analysis and mission design (Earth's shape, orientation and gravity field)
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Mark, Hans. M.
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Engineering science, electro-magnetic launch systems, history of space flight
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Tapley, Byron D.
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Satellite applications, geodesy, optimal estimation and control
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