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