Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Materials
Contact
(805) 679-1122
2361B Engineering II
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA 93106
Santa Barbara, CA 93106
Materials Research Areas:
Honors:
Fraunhofer-Bessel Award, Humboldt Foundation
Research Description:
Simulating fracture: materials with evolving microstructure
- Thermal barrier coatings
- Environmental barrier coatings
- Ceramic matrix composites
- Explicit discrete element simulations
Novel materials synthesis
- Field-assisted materials assembly
- 3D printing/assembly of two-phase composites
Bio-inspired materials
- Hierarchical ordered materials
- Tensegrity structures
- Minimization in LDOF systems
- Field-assisted materials assembly
Microfluidics
- Pulsatile (unsteady) flows
- Solid-fluid interactions
- Acoustic assembly of particles
- Frequency-specific behavior
Education:
Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara
