Contact
Professor, Faculty of Engineering - Mechanical Engineering Dept
- cru@ualberta.ca
- Phone
- (780) 492-4477
- Address
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10-330 Donadeo Innovation Centre For Engineering
9211 116 StEdmonton ABT6G 2H5
Overview
Area of Study / Keywords
Mechanics And Materials Elasticity And Solid Mechanics Applied Mechanics Nano And Micro Materials Soft Matter Mechanics Composite Mechanics
About
Education:
- PhD. Peking University (China)
Research
Professor in Solid/Applied Mechanics
Courses
MEC E 380 - Advanced Strength of Materials I
Stress, strain, stress-strain relation, time-independent and time-dependent behavior, virtual work and energy theorems, deformations, indeterminate systems, matrix methods. Prerequisite: CIV E 270.
MEC E 682 - Nanomechanics
Surface forces, van der Waals forces, electrostatic forces, Poisson-Boltzmann equation, capillary forces, adhesion contact mechanics, surface energy, tip-surface interaction, adhesion of micro-cantilevers, microbeam arrays, carbon nanotubes, dissipation in MEMS/NEMS, fluid flow with slip, mechanical models for cells, biomembranes, cellular filaments, microtubules, molecular dynamics (MD) simulation. Prerequisite: MEC E 380 or consent of instructor.