Ares J. Rosakis
Ares J. Rosakis
Theodore von Karman Professor of Aeronautics and Mechanical Engineering
B.Sc., University of Oxford, 1978; Sc.M., Brown University, 1980; Ph.D., 1982. Assistant Professor, Caltech, 1982-88; Associate Professor, 1988-93; Professor, 1993-2004; von Karman Professor, 2004-; Booth Leadership Chair, 2013-15; Director, Graduate Aerospace Laboratories, 2004-09; Division Chair, 2009-15.
Overview
Solid mechanics, dynamic mechanical properties, ballistic impact, hypervelocity impact of micrometeorites on spacecraft, dynamic fracture and fragmentation, adiabatic shear banding, mechanics of metallic glasses, mechanics of thin films, mechanics of geological materials, restoration of ancient stone monuments, earthquake fault mechanics, induced seismicity.
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