Solid Mechanics

Research in solid mechanics encompasses fields in computational mechanics, experimental mechanics, structural damage detection and nondestructive testing, fracture mechanics, design of active materials and intelligent structures, and biomechanics.
Laboratories
- Active Materials and Intelligent Structures (AMIS) Laboratory (Director: Yanfeng Shen)
- Advanced Intelligent Materials and Structures (AIMS) Center (Director: Shane Miguel Johnson)
- Laboratory of Smart Solids and Structures (S-Lab) (Director: Jaehyung “Joshua” Ju)
- MEchanics and Robustly Efficient Computation of Evolving Solids (MERECES) Laboratory (Director: Yongxing Shen)