Teaching

University of California, San Diego

MAE 131A - Solid Mechanics I Spring 2024-2026

Course Description - Analytical study of stresses and deformations and their application to the design of mechanical and structural elements subjected to static loads.

Topics include Concepts of stress and strain, Hooke’s law, Axial loading of bars, Torsion of circular shafts, Shearing and normal stresses in beam bending, Deflections in beams, Statically determinate and indeterminate problems, Combined loading, Principal stresses and design criteria, Buckling of columns, etc.

MAE 233A - Fracture Mechanics Fall 2025

MATS 201C / MAE 271C - Phase Transformations Winter 2026