Lapusta, Nadia

Committee Member — 74 thesises

• Minson, Sarah Ellen — A Bayesian Approach to Earthquake Source Studies (2010, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Poon, Poh Chieh Benny — A Critical Appraisal of Nanoindentation with Application to Elastic-Plastic Solids and Soft Materials (2009, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Sadjadpour, Amir — A Micromechanics-Inspired Three-Dimensional Constitutive Model for the Thermomechanical Response of Shape-Memory Alloys (2006, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Smith, Deborah Elaine — A New Paradigm for Interpreting Stress Inversions from Focal Mechanisms: How 3D Stress Heterogeneity Biases the Inversions Toward the Stress Rate (2006, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Perry, Stephen Michael — Analyzing Stress Change and Energy Budget of Earthquakes Through Physics-Based Modeling (2018, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Fang, Jiaqi — Bridging Length and Time Scales of Plate Motions and Great Earthquakes (2026, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Carmi, Meital Oshrit — Buckling of Open Cross-Section Deployable Composite Thin Shells with Manufacturing Imperfections (2026, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Suryanarayana, Phanish — Coarse-Graining Kohn-Sham Density Functional Theory (2011, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hulikal Sampath Kumaran, Srivatsan — Collective Behavior of Asperities as a Model for Friction and Adhesion (2015, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lu, Xiao — Combined Experimental and Numerical Study of Spontaneous Dynamic Rupture on Frictional Interfaces (2009, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Zielonka, Matias Gabriel — Configurational Forces and Variational Mesh Adaption in Solid Dynamics (2006, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Fago, Matthew Justin — Constrained Sequential Lamination: Nonconvex Optimization and Material Microstructure (2004, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lambert, Valère Régis Westbrooke — Constraining Earthquake Source Processes Through Physics-Based Modeling (2021, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Leonard, Andrea Beth — Controlling Wave Propagation through Nonlinear Engineered Granular Systems (2013, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Giang, Ha Thanh — Coupled Effects of Mechanics, Geometry, and Chemistry on Bio-Membrane Behavior (2013, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Silva, Michael Lee — Damage Evolution in Composite Materials and Sandwich Structures Under Impulse Loading (2011, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kirchdoerfer, Trenton Thomas — Data Driven Computing (2018, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Pedivellano, Antonio — Deployment Dynamics of Thin-Shell Space Structures (2021, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Huang, Yihe — Dynamic Rupture Simulation Integrated with Earthquake Observations (2014, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Luo, Yingdi — Earthquake Moment-Area Scaling Relations and the Effect of Fault Heterogeneity on Slow to Fast Earthquake Slip (2018, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lui, Semechah Ka Yan — Earthquake Source Characterization Through Seismic Observations and Numerical Modeling (2017, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ader, Thomas Joachim — Earthquakes of the Nepal Himalaya : Towards a Physical Model of the Seismic Cycle (2013, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Gavini, Vikram — Electronic Structure Calculations at Macroscopic Scales (2007, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Gonzalez, Marcial — Energy and Force Stepping Integrators in Lagrangian Mechanics (2011, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Chenchiah, Isaac Vikram — Energy-Minimizing Microstructures in Multiphase Elastic Solids (2004, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Gabuchian, Vahe — Experimental Investigation of Thrust Fault Rupture Mechanics (2015, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lykotrafitis, Georgios C. — Experimental Study of Dynamic Frictional Sliding Modes along Incoherent Interfaces (2006, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Reddy, Narravula Harshavardhan — Folding and Dynamic Deployment of Ultralight Thin-Shell Space Structures (2023, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Thomas, Marion Y. — Frictional Properties of Fault: From Observations on the Longitudinal Valley Fault, Taiwan, to Dynamic Simulations (2014, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Köhne, Tobias — From Daily Deformation to Millennial Mechanics: Insights from Subduction Zone Earthquake Cycle Models (2025, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Mello, Michael — Identifying the Unique Ground Motion Signatures of Supershear Earthquakes: Theory and Experiments (2012, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Shi, Jian — Improving Site Response Analysis for Earthquake Ground Motion Modeling (2019, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Gu, Zichen — Interparticle Forces and Stress Transfer in Saturated and Unsaturated Granular Systems (2023, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Stephenson, Oliver Laurent — Investigating the Earthquake Cycle on Multiple Temporal and Spatial Scales Using Satellites and Simulations (2023, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kaneko, Yoshihiro — Investigations of Earthquake Source Processes Based on Fault Models with Variable Friction Rheology (2009, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Gori, Marcello — Laboratory Investigation of Shear Ruptures: Supersonic Propagation and Nucleation by Fluid Injection (2018, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Xia, Kaiwen — Laboratory Investigations of Earthquake Dynamics (2005, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Liu, Lijun — Linking Surface Evolution with Mantle Dynamic Processes Using Adjoint Models with Data Assimilation (2010, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kidd, Theresa Hiromi — Mechanical Characterization of Damage and Failure in Polymeric Foams and Glass/Epoxy Composites (2007, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Larochelle, Stacy — Mechanical Interactions Between Water and the Solid Earth: from Quasi-Static Geodetic Deformation to Dynamic Fault Slip (2022, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Weeks, John Stephen IV — Mechanical Response of Lattice Structures under High Strain-Rate and Shock Loading (2023, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Korner, Kevin Andreas — Modeling Deformations of Active Rods, Ribbons, and Plates (2023, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kim, Taeho — Modeling Frictional Processes in the Presence of Fluids: From Earthquakes in the Laboratory to Induced Seismicity in Geothermal Reservoirs (2025, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Schaal, Natalie Sarah Ann — Modeling of Nucleation and Dynamic Rupture on Heterogeneous Frictional Interfaces with Applications to Foreshocks (2018, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Karapiperis, Konstantinos — Multiscale, Data-Driven and Nonlocal Modeling of Granular Materials (2021, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Dayal, Kaushik — Nonlocal Microstructural Mechanics of Active Materials (2007, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Liu, Shengduo — Numerical Analyses of Frictional Sliding on Rate-and-State Interfaces: Fluid Effects, Dynamic Weakening, and Potential-Based Formulation Through Machine Learning (2025, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Chen, Ting — Part I: Structure of Central and Southern Mexico from Velocity and Attenuation Tomography. Part II: Physics of Small Repeating Earthquakes (2012, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kramer, Sharlotte Lorraine Bolyard — Phase-Shifting Full-Field Interferometric Methods for In-Plane Tensorial Stress Determination for Fracture Studies (2009, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ocegueda, Eric — Physics-Based and Data-Driven Computational Models of Inelastic Deformations (2023, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Jiang, Junle — Probabilistic Imaging and Dynamic Modeling of Earthquake Source Processes (2016, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Elbanna, Ahmed Ettaf — Pulselike Ruptures on Strong Velocity-Weakening Frictional Interfaces: Dynamics and Implications (2011, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Stevens, Victoria Louise — Reconciling Geodetic Strain and Seismicity Rate with Frequency-Magnitude Relation of the Largest Earthquakes (2016, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Stohlman, Olive Remington — Repeatability of Joint-Dominated Deployable Masts (2011, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Sirorattanakul, Krittanon — Response of Earthquakes to Transient Stresses, in Laboratory and Nature (2024, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Moncada Lopez, Rigoberto — Sea Ice Discrete Element Modeling: Melt and Fracture of Floes and Sheets (2024, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Roumi, Farshid — Shape Changing Transformations: Interactions with Plasticity and Electrochemical Processes (2010, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Oniyama, Tomoyuki — Shock Compression of Molybdenum Single Crystals to High Stresses (2020, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Agrawal, Vinamra — Shock Wave Propagation in Composites and Electro-Thermomechanical Coupling of Ferroelectric Materials (2016, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Harish, Ajay Bangalore — Simulation of Dynamic Interface Fracture Using Spectral Boundary Integral Method (2009, Engineer's thesis)
• Sudhir, Kavya — Slip Patterns on Heterogeneous Frictional Interfaces (2022, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Somala, Surendra Nadh — Source Imaging with Dense Sensor Networks: Inversions Based on Adjoint Methods (2013, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kawamoto, Reid Yoshio — The Avatar Paradigm in Granular Materials (2018, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Xiao, Yu — The Influence of Oxygen Vacancies on Domain Patterns in Ferroelectric Perovskites (2005, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Li, Bo — The Optimal Transportation Method in Solid Mechanics (2009, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kowalewsky, Olga — Theory of Complex Lattice Quasicontinuum and Its Application to Ferroelectrics (2005, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Liu, Yi — Three-Dimensional Elastodynamic Modeling of Frictional Sliding with Application to Intersonic Transition (2009, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Venturini, Gabriela Natalia — Topics in Multiscale Modeling of Metals and Metallic Alloys (2011, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lucas, Leonard Joseph — Uncertainty Quantification Using Concentration-of-Measure Inequalities (2009, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Mital, Utkarsh — Understanding Micro- and Macro-Mechanics of Soil Liquefaction: A Necessary Step for Field-Scale Assessment (2016, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Rollins, John Christopher — Using Heterogeneous 3D Earth Models to Constrain Interseismic and Postseismic Deformation in Southern California and Nepal (2018, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Schill, William Joseph — Variational and Multiscale Modeling of Amorphous Silica Glass (2020, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wen, Alexander Huai-Cheng — Vibration Damping of Coiled Structures Through Frictional Slip (2024, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Angelova, Anelia Nedelcheva — Visual Prediction of Rover Slip: Learning Algorithms and Field Experiments (2008, Dissertation (Ph.D.))