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Nadia Lapusta

Lawrence A. Hanson, Jr., Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Geophysics
Dipl., Kiev State University, 1994; M.S., Harvard University, 1996; Ph.D., 2001. Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Caltech, 2002-03; Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Geophysics, 2003-08; Associate Professor, 2008-10; Professor, 2010-19; Hanson Professor, 2019-.
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Research interests: fracture and frictional processes, computational mechanics, failure of geomaterials in the presence of fluids, physics of earthquakes, induced seismicity

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Professor Lapusta studies friction and fracture phenomena on both fundamental and practical levels.  Her work focuses on analytical and numerical modeling that incorporates and explains experimental findings. She has a special interest in failure of geomaterials in the presence of fluids, physics of earthquakes, and induced seismicity, where frictional faulting and cracking are key ingredients.

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Related Courses

2022-23
ME/Ge/Ae 266 ab – Fracture and Frictional Faulting
2021-22
Ae/Ge/ME 160 ab – Continuum Mechanics of Fluids and Solids
ME/Ge/Ae 266 ab – Dynamic Fracture and Frictional Faulting
2020-21
Ae/AM/CE/ME 102 abc – Mechanics of Structures and Solids
Ae/Ge/ME 160 ab – Continuum Mechanics of Fluids and Solids
ME/CE/Ge 174 – Mechanics of Rocks
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