Area of research
Mechanical Engineering · Mechanics of Materials
Research interest
Research interests include Advanced Materials and Mechanics, Structural Analysis and Optimization, Adhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions, and Granular flow and fluidized beds.
A probabilistic buckling model for hemispherical shells with non-interacting localized defects
Dynamic drives allow independent control of material bits for targeted memory.
Frictional sliding strength of knotted and capstan configurations along the axis of a cylinder
Roadmap on embodying mechano-intelligence and computing in functional materials and structures
The most severe imperfection governs the buckling strength of pressurized multi-defect hemispherical shells
Self-locking and stability of the bowline knot
Stretch-independent magnetization in incompressible isotropic hard magnetorheological elastomers
Capsizing due to friction-induced twist in the failure of stopper knots
Harnessing centrifugal and Euler forces for tunable buckling of a rotating elastica
Stick-slip in a stack: How slip dissonance reveals aging
A reduced-order, rotation-based model for thin hard-magnetic plates
Leveraging the Snap Buckling of Bistable Magnetic Shells to Design a Refreshable Braille Dot
Twisting instabilities in elastic ribbons with inhomogeneous pre-stress: A macroscopic analog of thermodynamic phase transition
Indentation and stability of woven domes
The strength of surgical knots involves a critical interplay between friction and elastoplasticity.
Snap buckling of bistable beams under combined mechanical and magnetic loading.
Probabilistic buckling of imperfect hemispherical shells containing a distribution of defects.
Fluid-structure interactions of bristled wings: the trade-off between weight and drag.
Regulation of the swimming kinematics of lampreys Petromyzon marinus across changes in viscosity.
A Kirchhoff-like theory for hard magnetic rods under geometrically nonlinear deformation in three dimensions
A comprehensive framework for hard-magnetic beams: Reduced-order theory, 3D simulations, and experiments
A geometrically exact model for thin magneto-elastic shells
An elastic rod in frictional contact with a rigid cylinder
Tapered foils favor traveling-wave kinematics to enhance the performance of flapping propulsion
3D stretchable and self-encapsulated multimaterial triboelectric fibers.
Exploring the inner workings of the clove hitch knot
Spontaneous formation of a self-healing carbon nanoskin at the liquid-liquid interface.
A reprogrammable mechanical metamaterial with stable memory.
Probing the buckling of pressurized spherical shells
The shapes of physical trefoil knots