My research interests lie primarily in the broad areas of Computational Mechanics & Materials, which include but not limited to: Meshfree methods and application; Multi-scale multi-physics modeling and simulation; Mechanics of stochastic heterogeneous microstructure; Pervasive fracture and impact modeling.
Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Arizona State University, 2015
M.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Florida, 2012
2024-present: Associate Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Kentucky
2022-2024: Assistant Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Kentucky
2018-2022: Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering, University of Kentucky
2015-2018: Postdoctoral Computational Scientist, Fuels Modeling & Simulation, Idaho National Laboratory
