Materials and Structures promotes research addressing fundamental and applied issues in the broad field of mechanics of solids. This field is playing an increasingly important role in areas such as additive manufacturing, fiber-reinforced composite materials and materials science. The backgrounds and expertise of the faculty merge the focus on theoretical, experimental, and numerical simulation approaches necessary to solve mechanical behavior of materials and structures at multi-scale levels.
Interested in discussing the research we are working on or learning more? Please contact:
Curators' Distinguished Professor
573-341-4587 | chandra@mst.edu |
188 Toomey Hall
Composite Materials and Structures, Additive Manufacturing of Polymer Composites and Metal Cellular Structures, High Temperature Composites, Smart Structures, Bio-composites, Composite Manufacturing, Experimental Characterization, Finite Element Analysis, and Process Modeling.
Chancellor’s Professor
573-341-6504 | dharani@mst.edu |
333 Toomey Hall
Aircraft structures, fracture mechanics, fatigue and failure analysis; micromechanics; composite materials and structures; process modeling of ceramic matrix composites; friction and wear of composites; and fracture of laminated glazing.
Associate Professor
573-341-4982 | zlch5@mst.edu |
229 Toomey Hall
Micro/nanoscale thermodynamics and heat transfer, Dynamics of nanodroplets, nanobubbles, and nanoparticles, Structure-property relationship for materials and interfaces, and Computational modeling
Chancellor’s Professor
573-341-6499 | nisbett@mst.edu |
194E Toomey Hall
Kinematics, mechanical design and synthesis of mechanisms.
Professor
573-341-4699 | parkjonghy@mst.edu |
127 Toomey Hall
Advanced li-ion battery, beyond li-ion battery, energy storage system, renewable energy system, grid energy storage, nano, macro-mechanics of materials, self-assembly of nanoparticles, nanostructure, multiphysics, multiscale experiment and simulation.
Associate Professor
573-341-4084 | stutts@mst.edu |
282 Toomey Hall
Dynamics, vibrations, modeling and development of piezoactuators and transducers-mechatronics, mechanics of bone, structural dynamics, optimal design, acoustics, design and modeling of ultrasonic piezoelectric actuators and transducers, dynamic parameter estimation, and vibration mitigation
Professor/Associate Chair of Graduate Affairs
573-341-6273 | yangxia@mst.edu |
227 Toomey Hall
Optical materials and devices in nanophotonics and plasmonics; Physics and applications of optical metamaterials; Nanoscale optomechanics, optical nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS); Integrated optofluidic devices and optical sensors; Photon management for solar/thermal energy harvesting; Optical device micro-/nano-fabrication.
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