Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering
Mechanical Engineering, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, January 2022 - August 2026. Degree awarded August 15, 2026.
GPA: 4.00/4.00. Minor: Interdisciplinary Graduate Minor in Computational Science.
Dissertation
Microstructure as a Graph: Surrogates for Elastic and Failure Responses
My dissertation develops graph neural network surrogates for heterogeneous material response across three studies: anisotropic stiffness and failure in fiber composites, elastoplastic response in dual-phase polycrystals, and fatigue localization in austenitic stainless steel. The models connect microstructure topology and crystallography to mechanical response, including calibrated uncertainty estimates and extreme-value statistics for fatigue.
Related research: Graduate Research Assistant at UTK and Graduate Internship at ORNL
Advanced Training
Argonne Training Program on Extreme-Scale Computing (ATPESC), July 26 - August 7, 2026, Argonne National Laboratory.
Competitively selected for an intensive two-week program in extreme-scale computing at Argonne National Laboratory. Training covered GPU and MPI/OpenMP programming; scalable numerical methods (AMReX, PETSc, hypre); profiling, mixed precision, and parallel I/O; distributed ML, LLM training, and agentic simulation-AI workflows; scientific software testing and reproducibility. 2026 agenda.
Selected Coursework
Selected course materials and syllabi are linked where available.
- Nonlinear Finite Element Method (CE661), Prof. Timothy Truster
- Implemented linear elastic, Neo-Hookean, and J2 plasticity constitutive models in
deal.II. Source code
- Implemented linear elastic, Neo-Hookean, and J2 plasticity constitutive models in
- Machine Learning for Materials (MSE576), Prof. Sergei V. Kalinin
- Mathematical and Numerical Problem Solving Skills for Materials Scientists and Engineers (MSE510), Prof. Sergei V. Kalinin
- Discontinuous Galerkin Method (ME690), Prof. Reza Abedi
- Fracture Mechanics (ME524), Prof. Reza Abedi
- Advanced Mechanics of Materials (ME559), Prof. Brett G. Compton
- Numerical Methods for Engineers (ME570), Prof. Kivanc Ekici
- Implemented finite-volume and finite-difference solvers in MATLAB.
- Industrial Mathematics (MATH475), Prof. Vasilios Alexiades
- Implemented FV solver for the hyperbolic heat equation. Project
- Artificial Intelligence (COSC523)