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Instructor Information

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Rohan Abeyaratne (Spring)

Quentin Berg (1937) Professor in Mechanical Engineering

Interest Areas

  1. Mechanics of discrete and continuous systems
  2. Material instabilities
  3. Mechanics of growth

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Xuanhe Zhao (Spring)

Uncas (1923) and Helen Whitaker Professor

Interest Areas

  1. Soft materials and systems
  2. Solid mechanics
  3. Health and sustainability

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Kenneth Kamrin (Spring)

Visiting Professor

Interest Areas

  1. Theory and Modeling of Granular Media
  2. Computational Methods for Fluids and Solids
  3. Analytical and Asymptotic Techniques in Mechanics

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Carlos Portela (Spring)

Robert N. Noyce Career Development Professor

Interest Areas

  1. Architected Materials
  2. Nanomechanics (static and dynamic)
  3. Metamaterials

A Nanoscale Competition

Students compete to design a compression-resistant nanoscale material — and win possibly the world’s smallest trophy.