The High Performance Materials and Structures Lab

Our group is focused on studying the mechanical behavior and performance of materials and structures, at various scales from nanowires and living cells to ships and buildings. Our special interest and expertise is development of new concepts and designs for enhancing the performance of structures and materials. We use a combination of methods that range from simple observations and simple scaling laws to detailed computational models and sophisticated experimental equipments to carry out our work.

Topics of our work are generally motivated by considering the current challenges and needs in structures, mechanics, materials including biomaterials and biomechanics and nanotechnology. Many of these topics are initiated and carried out via our industrial collaborations.


Recent Publications

  • Mechanics of highly-deformed elastic shells Click here for PDF version
    A. Vaziri, Thin-Walled Structures, 2009, 47, pp. 692-700.
  • Nanoscale ripples on polymers created by a focused ion beam Click here for PDF version
    M.W. Moon, J. H. Han, A. Vaziri, E. K. Her, K. H. Oh, K.R. Lee, & J. W. Hutchinson, Nanotechnology, 2009, 20, pp. 115301
  • Cell and biomolecular mechanics in silico Click here for PDF version of article
    A. Vaziri & A. Gopinath, Nature Materials, 2008, 7, pp. 15-23.
  • Surface Modification of polymers using a multi-step plasma treatment Click here for PDF version of article
    M.W. Moon & A. Vaziri, Scripta Materialia, 2009, 60, pp. 44-47.
  • Indium nanowires grown at ultra-fast rate Click here for PDF version of article
    S. S. Oh, D. H. Kim, M.W. Moon, A. Vaziri, M. Kim, E. Yoon, K. H. Oh & J. W. Hutchinson, Advanced Materials, 2008, 6, pp. 1093-1098.
  • Material aspects of dynamic neck retardation Click here for PDF version of article
    Z. Xue, A. Vaziri & J. W. Hutchinson, J. Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 2008, 56, pp. 93-113.
  • Localized and extended deformation of elastic shells Click here for PDF version of article
    A. Vaziri & L. Mahadevan, Proceedings of The National Academy of Sciences, 2008, 105, pp. 7913-7918.

Last Updated: November 9, 2009

Contact Information:

Ashkan Vaziri, Vitae:  Click here for PDF version of c.v.

Assistant Professor, Northeastern University

Associate of the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University

Visiting Scholar, UC, Berkeley

Associate Technical Editor, Experimental Mechanics

Email: Vaziri@coe.neu.edu

Recent News

Dr. Vaziri won AFOSR Young Investigator Award 2010

Computational and Experimental Methods in Impact and Blast Mechanics, a symposium in ICCES10 (Las Vegas, March 28-April 1) co-organized by Dr. Vaziri

Computational Methods in Impact Engineering, a mini-symposium in the IV European Conference on Computational Mechanics (Paris, France) co-organized by Dr. Vaziri

Opportunities

Several graduate, and undergraduate research positions are available. If you are interested, please email your CV along with a cover letter expressing your background and research interests to Professor Ashkan Vaziri.

Northeastern is an equal opportunity employer and encourages applications from under-represented groups such as women and minorities.

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