Properties of materials including stress and strain, yield, strengthening methods and failure. Selection of materials by property profiles, and manipulation of material properties. Mechanics of ...

Microscale mechanisms and their relation to macroscopic behavior and mathematical constitutive modeling for advanced material systems. Emphasis on polymer viscoelasticity, shape memory materials, ...

The Mechanics of Multi-scale Materials research group uncovers the relationships of structures across the full range of engineering scales, from the molecular to the macro. In addition to established ...

A course on the mechanical properties of soft materials, designed for first year graduate students in Materials Science and related disciplines. Not recommended for students who have already taken ...

To enroll in the following courses, you must be admitted through the UAB Graduate School seeking a Master of Engineering (MEng) degree with a concentration in Structural Engineering (SE). The core ...

Stites, N. G, Krousgrill, C., and Berger, E., “Work in Progress: Active Learning Activities to Improve Conceptual Understanding in an Undergraduate Mechanics of Materials Course”, Proceedings of the ...

Fracture mechanics and fatigue analysis remain central to understanding and predicting material failure in metallic systems. These disciplines focus on characterising the initiation and propagation of ...

The Structural Engineering and Structural Mechanics (SESM) research area teaches and perform research on mechanics of solids, mechanics of structures, and structural engineering. Our research spans ...

A sturdy, lightweight, powerful clamp, but without bolts or rivets... a dream. A one-piece switch? Let's see! A 25m2 panel that fits into 1m3? Powder, perhaps? Yet all these technical promises have ...