Advisor: Ortiz, Michael, Thesis and Dissertations from CaltechTHESIS

• Figueroa-Schibber, Erika 2020 (PHD) High-Cycle Dynamic Cell Fatigue with Applications on Oncotripsy 10.7907/0425-SN62
• Schill, William Joseph 2020 (PHD) Variational and Multiscale Modeling of Amorphous Silica Glass 10.7907/B2A9-RQ38
• Deffo Nde, Arnold Durel 2019 (PHD) A Line-Free Method of Monopoles for 3D Dislocation Dynamics 10.7907/23YV-3312
• Kirchdoerfer, Trenton Thomas 2018 (PHD) Data Driven Computing 10.7907/Z9Z899MV
• Sun, Dingyi 2018 (PHD) Proliferation of Twinning in Metals: Application to Magnesium Alloys 10.7907/Z93B5XB4
• Runnels, Brandon Scott 2016 (PHD) A Model for Energy and Morphology of Crystalline Grain Boundaries with Arbitrary Geometric Character 10.7907/Z9KS6PHP
• Mitchell, Stephanie Jane 2016 (PHD) Metaconcrete: Engineered Aggregates for Enhanced Dynamic Performance 10.7907/Z9H12ZXN
• Natsiavas, Panagiotis Philippos 2016 (PHD) Stability of Electrode-Electrolyte Interfaces During Charging in Lithium Batteries 10.7907/Z93R0QR8
• Mitchell, Sarah Louise 2016 (PHD) Topology Optimization of Silicon Anode Structures for Lithium-Ion Battery Applications 10.7907/Z9JW8BT2
• Wang, Xin C. 2015 (PHD) A Variational Framework for Spectral Discretization of the Density Matrix in Kohn-Sham Density Functional Theory 10.7907/Z99021QK
• Heyden, Stefanie 2015 (PHD) Micromechanical Damage and Fracture in Elastomeric Polymers 10.7907/Z9HX19NS
• Fokoua Djodom, Landry 2014 (PHD) Optimal Scaling in Ductile Fracture 10.7907/B1TW-2D81
• Johnson, Gwendolyn Brook 2013 (PHD) Modeling, Simulation, and Design of Self-Assembling Space Systems: Accurate Collision Detection, Robust Time Integration, and Optimal Control 10.7907/73S0-Y593
• Suryanarayana, Phanish 2011 (PHD) Coarse-Graining Kohn-Sham Density Functional Theory 10.7907/GCKH-EX20
• Gonzalez, Marcial 2011 (PHD) Energy and Force Stepping Integrators in Lagrangian Mechanics 10.7907/SP10-A207
• Perotti, Luigi Emanuele 2011 (PHD) Modeling the Behavior of Fiber Reinforced Sandwich Structures Subjected to Underwater Explosions 10.7907/83JD-HN76
• Reina Romo, Celia 2011 (PHD) Multiscale Modeling and Simulation of Damage by Void Nucleation and Growth 10.7907/WFYW-AS22
• Hurtado Sepulveda, Daniel Esteban 2011 (PHD) Multiscale Modeling of Microcrystalline Materials 10.7907/FHZT-3A33
• Venturini, Gabriela Natalia 2011 (PHD) Topics in Multiscale Modeling of Metals and Metallic Alloys 10.7907/D6YS-B365
• Rimoli, Julian Jose 2009 (PHD) A Computational Model for Intergranular Stress Corrosion Cracking 10.7907/K1HJ-DZ56
• Hansen, Benjamin Lee 2009 (PHD) Modeling Metallic Single Crystal Plastic Hardening Through the Evolution of Dislocation Subgrain Structures 10.7907/C052-3119
• Habbal, Feras 2009 (PHD) The Optimal Transportation Meshfree Method for General Fluid Flows and Strongly Coupled Fluid-Structure Interaction Problems 10.7907/MHQX-3Z52
• Li, Bo 2009 (PHD) The Optimal Transportation Method in Solid Mechanics 10.7907/FAT3-0247
• Lucas, Leonard Joseph 2009 (PHD) Uncertainty Quantification Using Concentration-of-Measure Inequalities 10.7907/DRAM-H941
• El Sayed, Tamer 2008 (PHD) Constitutive models for polymers and soft biological tissues 10.7907/KH16-4S81
• Kulkarni, Yashashree 2007 (PHD) Coarse-Graining of Atomistic Description at Finite Temperature 10.7907/W9M0-HX47
• Gavini, Vikram 2007 (PHD) Electronic Structure Calculations at Macroscopic Scales 10.7907/1R69-YY30
• Zielonka, Matias Gabriel 2006 (PHD) Configurational Forces and Variational Mesh Adaption in Solid Dynamics 10.7907/V6RB-FR94
• Yavari, Arash 2005 (PHD) Atomic Structure of Ferroelectric Domain Walls, Free Surfaces and Steps 10.7907/jdy3-1m77
• Kowalewsky, Olga 2005 (PHD) Theory of Complex Lattice Quasicontinuum and Its Application to Ferroelectrics 10.7907/rb0c-9534
• Klug, William Scott 2004 (PHD) A Director-Field Theory of DNA Packaging in Bacteriophage Viruses 10.7907/E0V6-4Y97
• Fago, Matthew Justin 2004 (PHD) Constrained Sequential Lamination: Nonconvex Optimization and Material Microstructure 10.7907/P1PK-E179
• Yang, Qiang 2004 (PHD) Thermomechanical Variational Principles for Dissipative Materials with Application to Strain Localization in Bulk Metallic Glasses 10.7907/6FV2-KV63
• Koslowski, Marisol 2003 (PHD) A Phase-Field Model of Dislocations in Ductile Single Crystals 10.7907/SFMJ-1B50
• Thoutireddy, Pururav 2003 (PHD) Variational Arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian Method 10.7907/DQT0-5104
• Lew, Adrián José 2003 (PHD) Variational Time Integrators in Computational Solid Mechanics 10.7907/6C74-GC16
• Nguyen, Olivier Thanh 2002 (PHD) Cohesive Models of Fatigue Crack Growth and Stress-Corrosion Cracking 10.7907/C3KP-4M44
• Molinari, Jean-Francois Roland 2001 (PHD) Three dimensional finite element analysis of impact damage and erosion of metallic targets 10.7907/6ZJV-B162
• Yu, Chengxiang Rena 2001 (PHD) Three-Dimensional Cohesive Modeling of Impact Damage of Composites 10.7907/nd8e-tc84
• Haberman, Keith Scott 2000 (Engineer) A Micromechanical Constitutive Model for the Dynamic Response of Brittle Materials “Dynamic Response of Marble” 10.7907/smj0-cq27
• Radovitzky, Raul A 1998 (PHD) Error estimation and adaptive meshing in strongly nonlinear dynamic problems 10.7907/MF7F-YK03
• Repetto, Eduardo A. 1998 (PHD) On the fatigue behavior of ductile F.C.C. metals 10.7907/zkfb-sr87