Ravichandran, Guruswami

Committee Member — 262 thesises

• Rimoli, Julian Jose — A Computational Model for Intergranular Stress Corrosion Cracking (2009, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kelly, Alex — A Constitutive Relation for Shape-Memory Alloys (2009, 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.))
• Klug, William Scott — A Director-Field Theory of DNA Packaging in Bacteriophage Viruses (2004, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Amelang, Jeffrey Scott — A Fully-Nonlocal Energy-based Formulation and High-performance Realization of the Quasicontinuum Method (2016, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Deffo Nde, Arnold Durel — A Line-Free Method of Monopoles for 3D Dislocation Dynamics (2019, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Sadjadpour, Amir — A Micromechanics-Inspired Three-Dimensional Constitutive Model for the Thermomechanical Response of Shape-Memory Alloys (2006, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Chittur, Priya K. — A Millifluidic Bulge Test for Multiscale Properties of Engineered Biofilms (2023, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lyon, Bradley Joseph — A Multi-Scale Approach to Shaping Carbon Nanotube Structures for Hollow Microneedles (2014, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Meier, John Allen — A Novel Experimental Study of a Valveless Impedance Pump for Applications at Lab-On-Chip, Microfluidic, and Biomedical Device Size Scales (2011, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Koslowski, Marisol — A Phase-Field Model of Dislocations in Ductile Single Crystals (2003, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wolf, Julie Anne — A Plasticity Model to Predict the Effects of Confinement on Concrete (2008, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Joshi, Akshay — A Shock Compression Investigation of Failure Waves and Phase Transition in Soda-Lime Glass (2021, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Pahlevan, Niema Mohammed — A Systems Approach to Cardiovascular Health and Disease with a Focus on Aortic Wave Dynamics (2013, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wang, Xin C. — A Variational Framework for Spectral Discretization of the Density Matrix in Kohn-Sham Density Functional Theory (2015, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Zhou, Hao — Accelerated Computational Micromechanics (2022, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wang, Yingjin — Additive Manufacturing and Characterization of Micro-Architected Lithium-ion Battery Electrodes (2026, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Zhang, Wenxin — Advanced Nano Manufacturing Enables Probing Fundamental Mechanical Behaviors of Materials (2025, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Soni, Divesh — Agile Slew Maneuvers of Ultralight Space Structures with Momentum Actuators (2026, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Veazey, Christopher Thomas — Amorphous Metallic Foam: Synthesis and Mechanical Properties (2007, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Deshpande, Nitin Ashok — An Experimental Investigation of High-Shear-Strain-Rate Behavior of Metals (1999, Engineer's thesis)
• Ignatowich, Michael Joseph — An Investigation of Nonstoichiometric Oxides for Solar-Driven Thermochemical Fuel Production (2017, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Szelengowicz, Ivan Michel Nicolas — Analysis and Optimization of Stress Wave Propagation in Two-Dimensional Granular Crystals with Defects (2013, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wilson, Lee L. — Analysis of Packaging and Deployment of Ultralight Space Structures (2017, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• García Suárez, Antonio Joaquín — Application of Path-Independent Integrals to Soil-Structure Interaction (2020, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Fried, Eliot — Aspects of the morphological character and stability of two-phase states in non-elliptic solids (1991, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Yavari, Arash — Atomic Structure of Ferroelectric Domain Walls, Free Surfaces and Steps (2005, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Zhang, Qingsong — Atomistic Simulation of Barium Titanate (2005, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Oh, Chang Kook — Bayesian Learning for Earthquake Engineering Applications and Structural Health Monitoring (2008, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Carmi, Meital Oshrit — Buckling of Open Cross-Section Deployable Composite Thin Shells with Manufacturing Imperfections (2026, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Tsuyuki, Richard M. — Buckling of thermoviscoelastic structures under temporal and spatial temperature variation (1993, Engineer's thesis)
• Nowatzki, Paul John — Characterization of Crosslinked Artificial Protein Films (2006, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Jackson, Winston Paul — Characterization of Soft Polymers and Gels Using the Pressure-Bulge Technique (2008, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Morris, Bradford S. — Charge-Exchange Collision Dynamics and Ion Engine Grid Geometry Optimization (2007, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Deng, Xiaowei — Clefted Equilibrium Shapes of Superpressure Balloon Structures (2012, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Suryanarayana, Phanish — Coarse-Graining Kohn-Sham Density Functional Theory (2011, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kulkarni, Yashashree — Coarse-Graining of Atomistic Description at Finite Temperature (2007, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Nguyen, Olivier Thanh — Cohesive Models of Fatigue Crack Growth and Stress-Corrosion Cracking (2002, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hulikal Sampath Kumaran, Srivatsan — Collective Behavior of Asperities as a Model for Friction and Adhesion (2015, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Joseph Gonzalez, Gustavo — Collisional Dynamics of Macroscopic Particles in a Viscous Fluid (2003, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lu, Xiao — Combined Experimental and Numerical Study of Spontaneous Dynamic Rupture on Frictional Interfaces (2009, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Yogev, Or — Computational Evolutionary Embryogeny (2009, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Zelhofer, Alex James — Computational Modeling of the Mechanics of Elastic Structural Lattices: Effects of Lattice Architecture and Hierarchy (2017, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Zielonka, Matias Gabriel — Configurational Forces and Variational Mesh Adaption in Solid Dynamics (2006, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• El Sayed, Tamer — Constitutive models for polymers and soft biological tissues (2008, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Fago, Matthew Justin — Constrained Sequential Lamination: Nonconvex Optimization and Material Microstructure (2004, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ratnaswamy, Vishagan — Constraining the Mantle's Rheology Using Methods in Uncertainty Quantification (2019, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Zhong, Xiaoguang Allan — Continuum dynamics of solid-solid phase transitions (1995, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Aria, Adrianus Indrat — Control of Wettability of Carbon Nanotube Array by Reversible Dry Oxidation for Superhydrophobic Coating and Supercapacitor Applications (2013, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Mazur, Paul Antoine Benoit — Controlling the Buckling Behavior of Bilayered Systems (2019, 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.))
• Lokhandwalla, Murtuza — Damage Mechanisms in Shock Wave Lithotripsy (SWL) (2001, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Daly, Samantha Hayes — Deformation and Fracture of Thin Sheets of Nitinol (2007, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Yu, Kevin — Degradation Mechanisms of Oxide Ceramics Under Molten Regolith Electrolysis Conditions (2026, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Chari, Celia S. — Degradation of Ceramic Surfaces and its Mitigation: From Electric Propulsion to Cultural Heritage (2023, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wei, Yuchen — Deployable Piezoelectric Thin Shell Structures: Concepts, Characterization and Vibration Control (2019, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Pedivellano, Antonio — Deployment Dynamics of Thin-Shell Space Structures (2021, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Sakovsky, Maria — Design and Characterization of Dual-Matrix Composite Deployable Space Structures (2018, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Meza, Lucas Rosendo — Design, Fabrication, and Mechanical Property Analysis of 3D Nanoarchitected Materials (2016, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hofmann, Douglas Clayton — Designing Bulk Metallic Glass Matrix Composites with High Toughness and Tensile Ductility (2009, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Sternberger, Zachary Martin Murphy — Determining Strength of Materials Under Dynamic Loading Conditions Using Hydrodynamic Instabilities (2017, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Karnesky, James Alan — Detonation Induced Strain in Tubes (2010, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Roberts, Scott Nolan — Developing and Characterizing Bulk Metallic Glasses for Extreme Applications (2014, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Rinderknecht, Derek Gresham — Development of a Microimpedance Pump for Pulsatile Flow Transport - Part 1: Flow Characteristics of the Microimpedance Pump. Part 2: A Systematic Study of Steady and Pulsatile Transport in Microscale Cavities (2008, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Xu, Donghua — Development of Novel Binary and Multi-Component Bulk Metallic Glasses (2005, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lohwongwatana, Boonrat — Development, Characterization, and Applications of Gold and Platinum Bulk Metallic Glasses (2007, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lim, Keng-Wit — Discrete Modeling of Granular Media: A NURBS-based Approach (2015, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lambros, John — Dynamic decohesion of bimaterial interfaces (1994, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Chen, Weinong — Dynamic failure behavior of ceramics under multiaxial compression (1995, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Xu, Luoyu Roy — Dynamic Failure Characteristics in Layered Materials and Structures (2002, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Liu, Cheng — Dynamic fracture problems involving highly transient crack growth histories : an investigation of dynamic failure in homgeneous and bimaterial systems (1994, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Coker, Demirkan — Dynamic Initiation and Propagation of Cracks in Unidirectional Composite Plates (2001, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lamberson, Leslie Elise — Dynamic Optical Investigations of Hypervelocity Impact Damage (2010, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kettenbeil, Christian — Dynamic Strength of Silica Glasses at High Pressures and Strain Rates (2019, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Notbohm, Jacob K. — Dynamics of Cell–Matrix Mechanical Interactions in Three Dimensions (2013, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Burgoyne, Hayden Andrew — Dynamics of Granular Crystals with Elastic-Plastic Contacts (2016, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Pajunen, Kirsti Mari — Dynamics of Lightweight Tensegrity-Inspired Metamaterials Fabricated with 3D-Printing (2020, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Turteltaub, Sergio Ricardo — Dynamics of phase transformations in thermoelastic solids (1997, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Aitken, Zachary Howard — Effect of Microstructural Interfaces on the Mechanical Response of Crystalline Metallic Materials (2015, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hsueh, Chun-Jen — Effective Toughness of Heterogeneous Materials (2017, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ando, Keita — Effects of Polydispersity in Bubbly Flows (2010, 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.))
• Maskarinec, Stacey Ann — Engineering Protein-Based Biomaterials with Biological and Mechanical Cues to Direct Cellular Behavior (2009, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Fey, Kate Elizabeth — Experimental and theoretical aspects of dynamic crack growth along bimaterial interfaces (1996, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Anderson, David Deloyd — Experimental Investigation of Quasistatic and Dynamic Fracture Properties of Titanium Alloys (2002, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Gabuchian, Vahe — Experimental Investigation of Thrust Fault Rupture Mechanics (2015, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Harmon, John Shelby, III — Experimental Studies of Elasticity, Plastic Flow, and Anelasticity in Metallic-Glass-Forming-Liquids (2007, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lykotrafitis, Georgios C. — Experimental Study of Dynamic Frictional Sliding Modes along Incoherent Interfaces (2006, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Acosta, Alexander Ryan — Experiments on Fluid-Structure Coupling Under Impinging Shock Wave Loading (2026, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wojnar, Charles Stanley — Exploring the Kinetics of Domain Switching in Ferroelectrics for Structural Applications (2015, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Mohan, Nisha — Extracting Material Response from Simple Mechanical Tests on Hardening-Softening-Hardening Viscoplastic Solids (2014, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Nakahara, Kevin Hiroshi Keesun — Fabrication and Mechanical Characterization of Nano-Architected Composites Across Scales and Strain Rates (2026, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Montemayor, Lauren Christine — Fabrication, Characterization, And Deformation of 3D Structural Meta-Materials (2016, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Portela G., Carlos Mauricio — Fabrication, Mechanical Characterization, and Modeling of 3D Architected Materials upon Static and Dynamic Loading (2019, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lee, Sangwook — Failure of laminated composites at thickness discontinuities under complex loading and elevated temperatures (1998, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Yang, Jin — Fast Adaptive Augmented Lagrangian Digital Image Correlation (2019, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hurley, Ryan Colt — Force Chains, Friction, and Flow: Behavior of Granular Media across Length Scales (2016, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Brodnik, Neal Ryan — Fracture and Toughening of Brittle Structures with Designed Anisotropy (2020, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Penmecha, Bharat Prasad — Fracture of Materials Undergoing Solid-Solid Phase Transformation (2013, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Suh, Jin-Yoo — Fracture Toughness Study on Bulk Metallic Glasses and Novel Joining Method Using Bulk Metallic Glass Solder (2009, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Trivedi, Vikas — From Molecules to Organs : Microscopy and Multi-Scale Nature of Development (2015, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Gonzalez, Javier Gonzalez — Full Field Study of Strain Distribution Near the Crack Tip in the Fracture of Solid Propellants Via Large Strain Digital Image Correlation and Optical Microscopy (1997, Engineer's thesis)
• Lawlor, Barry Patrick — Full-Field Quantitative Visualization of Shock-Driven Pore Collapse in Solids: Mechanics of Deformation, Failure, and Interaction (2025, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Chao, Tong Wa — Gaseous Detonation-Driven Fracture of Tubes (2004, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Dorn, Charles Jacob — Geometry Synthesis and Multi-Configuration Rigidity of Reconfigurable Structures (2022, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Boechler, Nicholas Sebastian — Granular Crystals: Controlling Mechanical Energy with Nonlinearity and Discreteness (2011, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Raney, Jordan Robert — Hierarchical Structures of Aligned Carbon Nanotubes as Low-Density Energy-Dissipative Materials (2012, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Brown, Justin Lee — High Pressure Hugoniot Measurements in Solids Using Mach Reflections (2011, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Maqueda Jiménez, Ignacio — High Strain Composites and Dual-Matrix Composite Structures (2014, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Tao, Min — High Temperature Deformation of Vitreloy Bulk Metallic Glasses and Their Composite (2006, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Figueroa-Schibber, Erika — High-Cycle Dynamic Cell Fatigue with Applications on Oncotripsy (2020, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Roh, Chris — Hydrodynamics of Insects. Part 1. Jetting of the Dragonfly Larvae. Part 2. Honeybee at the Air-water Interface: Surfing with the Capillary Wave (2017, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Liu, Cangli — I. Rigid Body Penetration into Brittle Material. II. Phase Change Effect on Shock Wave Propagation (1999, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Luo, Sheng-Nian — I. The Heterogeneities at the Core-Mantle and Inner-Core Boundaries from PKP Phases. II. The Static and Dynamic Behavior of Silica at High Pressures (2003, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Rought, Rebecca Lynn — Identification of Thermally-Tagged Coherent Structures in the Zero Pressure Gradient Turbulent Boundary Layer (2013, Engineer's thesis)
• Mello, Michael — Identifying the Unique Ground Motion Signatures of Supershear Earthquakes: Theory and Experiments (2012, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ning, Xin — Imperfection Insensitive Thin Shells (2015, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Bhattacharyya, Abhijit — Internal flows and force matrices in axial flow inducers (1994, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Gu, Zichen — Interparticle Forces and Stress Transfer in Saturated and Unsaturated Granular Systems (2023, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Richards, Andrew Walter — Interplay of Martensitic Phase Transformation and Plastic Slip in Polycrystals (2013, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Mihaly, Jonathan Michael — Investigation of Hypervelocity Impact Phenomena Using Real-time Concurrent Diagnostics (2013, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Burcsu, Eric Noboru — Investigation of Large Strain Actuation in Barium Titanate (2001, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Rogan, Robert Cashman — Investigation of the Multiscale Constitutive Behavior of Ferroelectric Materials Using Advanced Diffraction Techniques (2004, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Aydiner, Cahit Can — Investigation of Thermal Tempering in Bulk Metallic Glasses (2004, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Krok, James Christopher — Jet Initiation of Deflagration and Detonation (1997, 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.))
• Marteau, Eloïse Sophie Hélène — Laboratory Studies of Granular Materials Under Shear: From Avalanches to Force Chains (2018, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Chow, Gang — Laser Tweezers for Moving Live Dissociated Neurons (2008, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Patterson, Keith D. — Lightweight Deformable Mirrors for Future Space Telescopes (2014, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Deng, Tony H. — Measurement of the dynamic bulk compliance of polymers (1997, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Brown, Michal Amaris — Measuring Stress in Thin-Film - Substrate Systems Featuring Spatial Nonuniformities of Film Thickness and/or Misfit Strain (2007, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lu, Jun — Mechanical Behavior of a Bulk Metallic Glass and Its Composite Over a Wide Range of Strain Rates and Temperatures (2002, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kidd, Theresa Hiromi — Mechanical Characterization of Damage and Failure in Polymeric Foams and Glass/Epoxy Composites (2007, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Fox, Chelsea Brae — Mechanical Characterization of Irregular Architected Two-Phase Materials (2025, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Zhang, Rongjing — Mechanical Characterization of Thin Films with Application to Ferroelectrics (2006, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Edwards, Bryce Walker — Mechanical Investigations: Experimental Fracture Techniques and Frozen Small-Molecule Organics (2021, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Weeks, John Stephen IV — Mechanical Response of Lattice Structures under High Strain-Rate and Shock Loading (2023, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kovalchick, Christopher — Mechanics of Peeling: Cohesive Zone Law and Stability (2011, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lopez Jimenez, Francisco — Mechanics of Thin Carbon Fiber Composites with a Silicone Matrix (2011, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kwok, Kawai — Mechanics of Viscoelastic Thin-Walled Structures (2013, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Mitchell, Stephanie Jane — Metaconcrete: Engineered Aggregates for Enhanced Dynamic Performance (2016, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Rajan, Aakila — Methods for Learning Mechanics: Inverse Problems, Constitutive Modeling, and Design (2025, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Oguni, Kenji — Micromechanical Aspects of Failure in Unidirectional Fiber Reinforced Composites (2000, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Heyden, Stefanie — Micromechanical Damage and Fracture in Elastomeric Polymers (2015, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Tran, Thomas Tuan — Microstructural and Mechanical Characterization of Additively Manufactured Binary Metallic Alloys (2025, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• McMahan, Connor Glenn — Modeling and Programming Shape-Morphing Structured Media (2022, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hansen, Benjamin Lee — Modeling Metallic Single Crystal Plastic Hardening Through the Evolution of Dislocation Subgrain Structures (2009, 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.))
• Perotti, Luigi Emanuele — Modeling the Behavior of Fiber Reinforced Sandwich Structures Subjected to Underwater Explosions (2011, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Johnson, Gwendolyn Brook — Modeling, Simulation, and Design of Self-Assembling Space Systems: Accurate Collision Detection, Robust Time Integration, and Optimal Control (2013, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kozachkov, Henry — Modifying Bulk Metallic Glasses: Composites and Configurational States (2015, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Injeti, Sai Sharan — Multi-Functional Metamaterials (2021, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Steeves, John Bradley — Multilayer Active Shell Mirrors (2015, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lee, Seola — Multiscale Design, Fabrication, and Mechanical Analysis of Structural Hierarchies in Functional Materials (2025, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ginsberg, Leah Morgan — Multiscale Mechanical Characterization of Subcellular Structures in Living Walled Cells (2021, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Reina Romo, Celia — Multiscale Modeling and Simulation of Damage by Void Nucleation and Growth (2011, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hurtado Sepulveda, Daniel Esteban — Multiscale Modeling of Microcrystalline Materials (2011, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Toledo Barrios, Patricia Amanda — Multiscale Response of Granular Materials under Cyclic Shear: Packing State, Force Chains, and Stress Transmission (2026, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Zhou, Jijie — Nanowicking: Multi-scale Flow Interaction with Nanofabric Structures (2005, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Swift, Geoffrey Allen — Neutron Diffraction Study of In Situ-Reinforced Silicon Nitride during Creep (2004, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Khatri, Devvrath — Non-Destructive Evaluation of Material System Using Highly Nonlinear Acoustic Waves (2012, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Nadkarni, Neel P. — Nonlinear Dynamics of Transition Waves in Multi-Stable Discrete and Continuous Media (2017, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Geubelle, Philippe H. — Nonlinear effects in interfacial fracture (1993, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Zhu, Weidong — Nonlinearly Viscoelastic Response of Glassy Polymers (2002, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Dayal, Kaushik — Nonlocal Microstructural Mechanics of Active Materials (2007, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Pulos, Guillermo C. — Nonsteady crack propagation and craze behavior in PMMA (1993, 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.))
• Avellar, Louisa Taylor — Observations of Failure Phenomena in Periodic Media (2018, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Graff, Emilio Castaño — On the Development of Defocusing Digital Particle Image Velocimetry with Full Characterization (2007, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Grivel, Morgane Anne Marie — On the Effect of Large-Scale Patterned Wettability on Contact Line Hydrodynamics (2018, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Newman, Matthew Gregory — On the Kinetics of Materials of Geophysical Interest (2018, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Collins, Lincoln Nash — Optimal Design of Materials for Energy Conversion (2017, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Fokoua Djodom, Landry — Optimal Scaling in Ductile Fracture (2014, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Herren, Benjamin Riley — Oxidative and Internal Stress Effects of Dopants in Multilayer Yb₂Si₂O₇ Environmental Barrier Coatings (2022, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Arya, Manan — Packaging and Deployment of Large Planar Spacecraft Structures (2016, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Howard, Danny Dwayne — Part I. Mechanisms of injury associated with extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy; Part II. Exsolution of volatiles (1996, 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.))
• Vidyasagar, A. — Predicting Microstructural Pattern Formation Using Stabilized Spectral Homogenization (2019, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Harmon, John Michael — Predicting the Strength of Planetary Surfaces (2022, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Zhou, Ziran — Predictive Modeling of Architected Solids across Scales (2025, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Veilleux, Jean-Christophe — Pressure and Stress Transients in Autoinjector Devices (2019, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Royer, Fabien A. — Probing the Buckling of Thin-Shell Space Structures (2021, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Jain, Mohit Kumar — Processing and mechanical behavior of ultrafine grain materials (1995, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Dooling, Lawrence Joseph — Programming Molecular Association and Viscoelastic Behavior in Protein Hydrogels (2016, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Sun, Dingyi — Proliferation of Twinning in Metals: Application to Magnesium Alloys (2018, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Franck, Christian — Quantitative Characterization of 3D Deformations of Cell Interactions with Soft Biomaterials (2008, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Winterrose, Michael Lon — Quantum Mechanical Simulation and X-Ray Scattering Applied to Pressure-Induced Invar Anomaly in Magnetic Iron Alloy (2011, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Bruck, Hugh Alan — Quasi-static and dynamic constitutive characterization of beryllium bearing bulk metallic glasses (1995, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Thevamaran, Ramathasan — Rate and Microstructure Effects on the Dynamics of Carbon Nanotube Foams (2015, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Stohlman, Olive Remington — Repeatability of Joint-Dominated Deployable Masts (2011, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hogstrom, Kristina — Robotically Assembled Space Telescopes with Deployable Modules: Concepts and Design Methodologies (2017, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Huang, Ying — Scanning Tunneling Microscopy and Digital Image Correlation in Nanomechanics Investigations (2001, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Roumi, Farshid — Shape Changing Transformations: Interactions with Plasticity and Electrochemical Processes (2010, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Shu, Yi-Chung — Shape-Memory Effect in Bulk and Thin-Film Polycrystals (1999, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Boddapati, Purna Chandra Jagannadh Kumar — Shear-Normal Coupled Deformations in Anisotropic Structured Materials (2025, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Gandhi, Vatsa Bhupeshkumar — Shock Compression of Body-Centered Cubic Metals from the Atomistic to Continuum Scale: Iron and Molybdenum (2023, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Oniyama, Tomoyuki — Shock Compression of Molybdenum Single Crystals to High Stresses (2020, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Rauls, Michael Brian — Shock Wave Behavior of Particulate Composites (2015, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Montilla Edmonds, Karina Luciel — Shock Wave Processing of Transitional Metal Silicides (1998, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Agrawal, Vinamra — Shock Wave Propagation in Composites and Electro-Thermomechanical Coupling of Ferroelectric Materials (2016, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Zhuang, Shiming — Shock Wave Propagation in Periodically Layered Composites (2002, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ai, Huirong (Anita) — Shock-Induced Damage in Rocks: Application to Impact Cratering (2006, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Harish, Ajay Bangalore — Simulation of Dynamic Interface Fracture Using Spectral Boundary Integral Method (2009, Engineer's thesis)
• Lopez Ortega, Alejandro — Simulation of Richtmyer-Meshkov Flows for Elastic-Plastic Solids in Planar and Converging Geometries Using an Eulerian Framework (2013, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Duan, Gang — Simulations, Modeling, and Designs of Bulk Metallic Glasses (2008, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
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