Presidential Young Investigator Award: Studies in Structural Mechanics

本次总统青年研究者奖的研究活动包括结构力学领域，重点是应用先进的分析和数值技术来研究材料表征和结构响应问题。研究领域包括断裂力学、塑性、疲劳分析、微观力学和非线性动力学，涵盖学术和工业领域。具体研究领域包括：滚动和轴承元件的疲劳寿命预测，包括杂质的影响；木材和复合结构构件的接缝和界面力学并且，滞回非线性动力系统的全局动力学，重点是结构应用。

The research activity of this Presidential Young Investigator Award includes the area of structural mechanics, with an emphasis on the application of advanced analytical and numerical techniques to the study of problems in materials characterization and structural response. Research includes fracture mechanics, plasticity, fatigue analysis, micro-mechanics, and nonlinear dynamics, both in academic and industrial contexts. Specific areas of research include the following: fatigue life predictions for rolling and bearing elements, including effects of impurities; mechanics of joints and interfaces in wood and composite structural elements; and, global dynamics of hysteretic nonlinear dynamical systems, with an emphasis on structural applications.