Research Interests

Finite deformation plasticity (strain-gradient theory, interfaces, stability)

Interfacial kinetics in solids (grain boundaries, incoherent phase fronts, and junctions)

Geometry and mechanics of defects in solids and thin structures (continuous distributions of point defects, dislocations, and disclinations; residual stresses)

Nonlinear elasticity (biological growth mechanics)

Mechanics of Indian musical instruments (percussion and string instruments)