◆ Lab Overview

Main thrusts of the research involves a better understanding of the heterogeneous micro-mechanical responses of engineering materials & their reaction to 3D microstructural attributes, the development of numerical strategies for incorporation of microscopic responses in macroscopic modeling using advanced homogenization techniques, and physics-based modeling of materials constitutive responses as a function of imposed constraints and the corresponding microstructural variability for the materials prognosis and sustainability.

◆ Research Area

- Computation materials modeling with 3D materials science.

- Micro to macro modeling for heterogeneous materials.

- Numerical & Experimental methods for microstructure property relationship.

- Location-specific property modeling for advanced aerospace materials.

◆ Current Projects

- Mechanism-based elasto-viscoplasticity constitutive modeling for engineering intermetallics.

- Numerical study on crystal plasticity of single crystals.