Education

Ph.D., University of Maryland, College Park

Research Interests

Nanomechanics of Materials—Theoretical and computational methods in multiscale modeling (spanning atomistic to continuum scale), coupled strain-quantum mechanical behavior in quantum dots and defects, nanoscale piezoelectricity, size-dependent elasticity, micromechanics of defects and inclusions, structure-property relations, non-traditional mechanics (nonlocal theories, micromorphic theories), gauge field theory

Engineering Applications

Nanoelectronics and nanostructures, quantum dots, self-assembly, composites, multifunctional materials