Biography

I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign. I am broadly interested in the multiscale modeling of materials at various length and times scales ranging from the atomic scale to the continuum scale. Currently, the focus of my research is on the study of recrystallization in refractory materials to increase their operating temperature, and development of first-principles strain gradient elastic models to include non-local effects relevant in micromechanical systems, and systems with defects. Click here for a more detailed description of my current and previous research work

I obtained my Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics from the University of Minnesota under the guidance of Prof. Ellad Tadmor. Subsequently, I was a Postdoc in the Materials Science and Engineering department at UCLA working with Prof. Jaime Marian. My CV can be found here.

Research

Interfacial mechanics of grain/phase boundaries and 2D heterostruc- tures; Defect mechanics and crystal plasticity; Severe plastic defor- mation - recovery, recrystallization, grain growth; Nanocrystalline al- loys; Microscopic foundations of continuum mechanics and gradient elasticity; Multiscale modeling and simulation of materials; Numerical analysis of multiscale modeling

Education

  • 2014
    The University of Minnesota
    Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics
  • 2011
    University of Minnesota
    M.S. in Mathematics
  • 2010
    University of Minnesota
    M.S. in Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics

Positions

  • 2019 · Present
    Assistant Professor (Mechanical Science and Engineering)
    University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • 2014 · 2019
    Postdoctoral Research Scholar (Materials Science and Engineering)
    University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois
  • 2013 · 2013
    Visiting Research Scholar ( Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics)
    University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois