Teaching
Fall 2021: MSE 4095/5095 Special Topics in MSE (Soft Functional Materials and Structures: Fundamentals and Applications)
- Soft active materials (shape memory polymers, liquid crystal elastomers, hydrogels, liquid metals, etc.)
- Soft functional structures (flexible electronics, 3D functional structures, etc.)
Spring 2021: MSE 3056 Mechanical Behaviors Laboratory
Lectures + Lab (ANSYS)
Lectures + Lab (ANSYS)
- FEA formulations
- Trusses, axial members, beams and frames
- 1D and 2D problems in solid mechanics and heat transfer
- 1D, 2D and 3D elements
- ANSYS to solve FEA problems

Fall 2019: MAE 2100 Programming & Software Tools
Lectures + Lab (Matlab)
Lectures + Lab (Matlab)
- MATLAB syntax and programming techniques
- Algorithm design
- Programming with Excel spreadsheets
- Introduction to matrices,
- Regression and interpolation

Spring 2019/Spring 2020: MAE4280/7280 Introduction to Finite Element Method
Lectures + Lab (ANSYS)
Lectures + Lab (ANSYS)
- FEA formulations
- Trusses, axial members, beams and frames
- 1D and 2D problems in solid mechanics and heat transfer
- 1D, 2D and 3D elements
- ANSYS to solve FEA problems

Fall 2018: MAE 8240 Mechanical Behaviors of Materials
This course covers the mechanical behavior of metallic, ceramic, polymeric, and composite materials and their relationships to the underlying microstructures.
This course covers the mechanical behavior of metallic, ceramic, polymeric, and composite materials and their relationships to the underlying microstructures.
- Elasticity
- Plasticity
- Fracture mechanics