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Director: Professor Sia Nemat-Nasser

More than twenty five graduate students, as well as several under-graduates and postdoctoral fellows, are either conducting research under the center's auspices or using the center's facilities.


Recent News

MAE Professor Sia Nemat-Nasser is selected to receive the 2008 American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Stephen P. Timoshenko Medal
May, 2008

Sia Nemat-Nasser, distinguished professor of mechanics and materials, will receive the 2008 Timoshenko Medal of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. It recognizes Sia for ‘fundamental theoretical and experimental contributions in dynamic stability; deformation and failure modes of materials; nano-electro-chemo-mechanical characterization and modeling of ionic polymer metal composites; and composites with tuned electromagnetic functionality, self-healing and self-sensing.’ The medal will be presented during the ASME 2008 International Mechanical Congress and Exposition (IMECE), Oct 31-Nov 06, 2008, in Boston, MA.

MAE Professor Sia Nemat-Nasser is awarded the 2008 American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Theodore von Karman Medal
May, 2008

The Engineering Mechanics Division of ASCE awards Sia Nemat-Nasser, distinguished professor of mechanics and materials, the 2008 Theodore von Karman Medal. The award recognizes Sia for 'exceptional, distinguished and sustained contributions in the fields of micromechanics, granular materials, constitutive relations of materials, stability and dynamic behavior of solids and structures, and experimental and analytical methods in broad areas of engineering mechanics'. The medal was presented during the Engineering Mechanics Institute's inaugural International Conference, May 18-21, 2008, in Minneapolis, MN.