Research Interests
- Design of blast and impact resistant materials and structures
- Mechanical behavior of materials including elastomers, polymers, polymer composites and nanocomposites, and soft tissue
- Experimental and analytical investigations of the high strain rate response of polymers and polymer composites
- Nanoscale design, manufacturing and analysis of polymer nanocomposites
- Biomechanics of the knee – accurate constitutive models of soft tissues and full knee biomechanics simulations
- Tissue engineering of ligament, tendon, muscle and their interfaces