Our Mechanics and Materials group includes an interdisciplinary spectrum of research concerned with the study of deformation, fracture, fatigue, and failure of solids at different time and length scales (from atoms to planets) through advanced analytical, computational, and experimental techniques.
Our research portfolio addresses multiple material systems, such as metals, polymers, ceramics, soft materials, biomaterials, active materials, composites, and geological and planetary materials.
Current research directions include but are not limited to: fatigue crack initiation, hydrogen embrittlement, hypervelocity impact, shocks and wave propagation, nanomaterials, constitutive modeling, damage evolution, failure prediction, nonlinear mechanics of solids, thermal barrier coatings, high-strain-rate behavior and dynamic failure processes, deformation and failure mechanisms across multiple scales, growth and remodeling of fibrous soft tissues, planetary impact, asteroid disruption, injury biomechanics, and in situ testing of materials.
Specialties
- Materials and Structures Under Extreme Conditions
- Additive Manufacturing and Architected Materials
- Fatigue and Fracture Mechanics
- Bioinspired Materials and Mechanical Systems
- Nanomaterials
Faculty
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Email:jelawady@jhu.eduPhone:(410) 516-6683
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Email:hemker@jhu.eduPhone:(410) 516-4489
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Email:rhurley6@jhu.eduPhone:(410) 516-5569
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Email:jmidden1@jhu.edu
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Thao (Vicky) Nguyen
Professor and Marlin U. Zimmerman, Jr. Faculty ScholarEmail:Vicky.Nguyen@jhu.eduPhone:(410) 516-4538 -
Kaliat (K.T.) Ramesh
Alonzo G. Decker Jr. Professor of Science and EngineeringEmail:ramesh@jhu.eduPhone:(410) 516-7735
Affiliated Faculty
- Stephen Belkoff
- Todd Hufnagel
- Somnath Ghosh
- Lori Graham-Brady
- Mark Robbins
- Pazhayannur Swaminathan
- John Thomas
- Timothy Weihs
Affiliated Groups, Centers, and Institutes
- Hopkins Extreme Materials Institute
- Johns Hopkins Center for Additive Manufacturing and Architected Materials (JAM2)
- Center for Integrated Structure-Materials Modeling and Simulation
- Hemker Group
- Hurley Research Group
- The Kang Group for Bioinspired Materials and Mechanical Systems
- Mechanics of Soft Adaptive Materials (Nguyen)
- The Ramesh Laboratory
Mechanics and Materials
Creating the building blocks for engineering