Quantification of structure-property relationships requires application of solid mechanics concepts to materials microstructure. Using micromechanics approach, the course focuses on the deformation ...

and composites. Through the development of this understanding, the student learns how to control the properties of materials through various industrial manufacturing processes, how to select the ...

(Image: Stanford University) The nano-constituent in nanocomposites may be confined in nanoscale domains in one, two, or three dimensions for the unusual size-dependent behavior ... to conventional ...

Trisha Sain joined the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering department ... The current emphasis is on- multiscale and coupled physics behavior of polymers and polymer composite materials; fracture, ...