Efforts in Computational Materials Science, Engineering and Design
- Short and long term kinetics of deformation, including atomistic simulations to characterize transition states and dislocation mechanisms at grain and phase boundaries
- Constitutive law development and code implementation
- Computational micromechanics of microstructures for cast and wrought alloys
- Emerging niche materials such as metallic foams and shape memory alloys
- Texture and void nucleation/growth in deformation processing
- Microstructure-dependent fatigue of wrought and cast metal alloys, with emphasis on multiaxial fatigue and high cycle fatigue
- Nonlinear and time-dependent fracture of components and structural joints such as weldments
- Creep-fatigue-environment interaction of high temperature single and polycystalline alloys
- Multiscale modeling of dislocation plasticity, fatigue and fracture processes in heterogeneous materials and alloys
- Mechanics and design of cellular materials
- Multilevel design of hierarchical materials