• Recruiting PhD students to study Solid Mechanics at Harvard

• suo group seminar
• harvard applied mechanics colloquium
• widely applied mathematics seminar

• fracture, deformation, polarization, diffusion
• soft materials, active materials, microelectronics, flexible electronics
• mechanics, thermodynamics, kinetics
• slides of research presentations

• Formation of creases on the surfaces of elastomers and gels
• Large deformation and electrochemistry of polyelectrolyte gels
• Maximal energy that can be converted by a dielectric elastomer generator
• Inhomogeneous swelling of a gel in equilibrium with a solvent and mechanical load
• Metal films on polymer substrates stretched beyond 50%
• Full list of papers

• Micromechanics of macroelectronics
• New directions in mechanics
• Forces that drive self-assembly on solid surfaces
• Stress and strain in ferroelectrics
• Evolving material structures of small feature sizes
• Models for metal/ceramic interface fracture
• Remarks on crack-bridging concepts
• Mechanics concepts for failure in ferroelectrics

• Reliability of interconnect structures
• Motions of microscopic surfaces in materials
• Mixed-mode cracking in layered materials

• Eengineering Sciences 240 Solid Mechanics
• Engineering Sciences 241 Advanced Elasticity, with emphasis on thermodynamics, large deformation, and soft active materials
• Engineering Sciences 242r, Spring 2007 Fracture Mechanics of Thin Films and Composite Materials
• Engineering Sciences 242r, Spring 2004 Evolving Small Structures
• Notes on Statistical Thermodynamics

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