Materials & Solid Mechanics
Aluminum Metallurgy and Processing, Center for
Center Coordinator: Amit Ghosh (akg@engin.umich.edu)
2102 Dow
Phone: (734) 764-3322
The Center for Aluminum Metallurgy and Processing is an interdisciplinary center aimed at enhancing the use of aluminum alloys through research along several fronts: the physical and mechanical metallurgy of aluminum alloys, their processing to a variety of conventional and non-conventional product forms, their forming and joining to fabricate components, and to invent alloys and composites with superior structural properties.
Automotive Structural Durability Simulation, Center for
Director: Jwo Pan (jwo@umich.edu)
1123 Auto Lab
Phone: (734) 764-9404
The purpose of the Center is to work with industry to solve real engineering problems in the area of automotive structural durability. Center researchers accomplish this by developing techniques for automotive components modeling, subsystem and full vehicle dynamic simulation, stress and fatigue life prediction, and design optimization.
Center for Aluminum Metallurgy and Processing see "Aluminum Metallurgy and Processing, Center for"
Center for Lasers and Plasmas for Advanced Manufacturing see "Lasers and Plasmas for Advanced Manufacturing, Center for"
Computational Mechanics Laboratory
Director: Gregory M. Hulbert (hulbert@umich.edu)
3001B / 3005 / 3007 EECS
Phone: (734) 936-2925
Fax: (734) 647-3170
Established in 1988; supports more than 20 doctoral students, post-doctoral scholars and visiting professors working with Professors Greg Hulbert and Noboru Kikuchi; facilities include more than 15 engineering workstations, along with a multimedia presentation lab.
Heterogeneous Multiscale Materials Laboratory
Director: Ann Marie Sastry (amsastry@umich.edu)
1027 / 2008 / 2154 / 2155 GG Brown
Phone: (734) 764-3061
The Heterogeneous Multiscale Materials Laboratory (HMML) develops materials, models and demonstrations of technology. We study heterogeneous micro- and nanostructures, and develop ways to best employ the combined properties of each phase, for problems in energy and biological systems.
Laboratory on Transport, Reaction and Phase Change in Porous Media see "Transport, Reaction and Phase Change in Porous Media, Laboratory on"
Lasers and Plasmas for Advanced Manufacturing, Center for
Director: Jyotirmoy (Jyoti) Mazumder (mazumder@umich.edu)
Contact: Susan C. Charnley, Secretary, 734-647-6824
Center Mission: The University of Michigan Center for Lasers and Plasmas for Advanced Manufacturing is created to develop a fundamental understanding of laser-aided intelligent manufacturing to reduce lead-time for concept-to-product manufacturing for U. S. industry.
Soft Tissue Mechanics Laboratory
Director: Ellen Arruda (arruda@umich.edu)
1025 / 3126 GG Brown
The Soft Tissue Mechanics Laboratory (STML) at the University of Michigan studies the soft tissues of the human body, such as skin, tendon and skeletal and heart muscle. The goal is to build on the current understanding of the mechanics of these tissues through experimentation and modeling. At this time, there is particular interest in measuring the constitutive behavior of soft tissues and in developing a better constitutive model that relates the complex structure of the tissue to its mechanical response. Much of the current work in th lab involves tissue engineering of ligaments, tandons, muscle and the interfaces between them. Research in the STML is divided into four areas: tissue engineering, experimental characterization, analytical constitutive modeling, and finite element simulations.