Mechanical Engineering Faculty

Janet Blume, Ph.D., California Institute of Technology 
Associate Professor
Janet_Blume@Brown.EDU
Finite deformation solid mechanics, constitutive equations. 

Kenneth Breuer, Ph.D. M.I.T.
Professor
kbreuer@brown.edu
Fluid Mechanics, including micron and nanometer scale fluid mechanics, animal locomotion and turbulent flows

Allan Bower, Ph.D., Cambridge University
Professor
Allan_Bower@Brown.EDU
Tribology, fracture mechanics, microstructural modeling of materials, strength of contacting surfaces. 

Rodney Clifton, Ph.D., Carnegie Institute of Technology 
Professor
clifton@engin.brown.edu
Dynamic plasticity, dynamic fracture, phase transformations. 

William Curtin, Ph.D., Cornell University 
Professor
William_Curtin@Brown.EDU
Stochastic modeling of failure, composite materials, disordered materials. 

Christian Franck
, Ph.D., California Institute of Technology
Assistant Professor
franck@brown.edu
Cell Mechanics, physics of soft materials, 3D microscopy, micromechanics.

L. B. Freund, Ph.D., Northwestern University 
Professor Emeritus
freund@brown.edu
Mechanics of thin film materials, fracture mechanics, stress waves in solids.

Huajian Gao, Ph.D., Harvard University
Walter H. Annenberg University Professor and Professor of Engineering
Huajian_Gao@brown.edu
Biomechanics, nanomechanics, mechanics of thin films, mechanics of hierarchical materials, fracture mechanics.

Pradeep Guduru, Ph.D., California Institute of Technology
Assistant Professor
Pradeep_Guduru@Brown.edu
Experimental Mechanics at micron and nanometer scales, micro-sensors, dynamic deformation and fracture.

Kyung-Suk Kim, Ph.D., Brown University 
Professor
Kyung-Suk_Kim@Brown.EDU
Nano- and micro-mechanics of solids, adhesion, experimental mechanics. 

Jinkee LeePh.D. Brown University.
Assistant Professor (Research)
Jinkee_Lee@brown.edu
Fluid dynamics and transport phenomena in micro/nano environments

Joseph T. C. Liu, Ph.D., California Institute of Technology 
Professor
Joseph_Liu@Brown.edu
Nanofluids, boundary layer heat transfer enhancement and streamwise vortices, nonlinear hydrodynamic stability. 

Shreyas Mandre, Ph.D. University of British Columbia
Assistant Professor
shreyas_mandre@brown.edu
Fluid-structure interaction, wetting and interfacial flows, heat and mass transport.

Alan Needleman, Ph.D., Harvard University
Professor Emeritus
Alan_Needleman@Brown.EDU
Plasticity, fracture, composite materials, computational mechanics. 

Thomas Powers, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
Associate Professor
Thomas_Powers@Brown.EDU
Molecular and cellular biomechanics.

Peter Damian Richardson, Ph.D., D.Sc., University of London
Professor
Peter_Richardson@Brown.EDU
Biomedical fluid mechanics, soft tissue mechanics, atherolclerosis, thrombosis, and transport processes.

Vivek Shenoy, Ph.D., Ohio State University
Associate Professor
Vivek_Shenoy@Brown.EDU
Surface science, thin films, nano and micro-mechanics of defects in crystals.

Petia Valhovska, Ph.D., Yale University
Assistant Professor of Engineering
Petia_Vlahovska@brown.edu
Physico-chemical Hydrodynamics, complex fluids, membrane biophysics