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| 05/2019 |
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Dr. K. Matous has been promoted to Professor of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering. |
| 05/2019 |
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In our new article
published in Combustion
and Flame, we present chemo-thermal
model and Gaussian process emulator for
combustion synthesis of Ni/Al composites.
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| 04/2019 |
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Dewen Yushu won the prestigious
Robert J. Melosh Medal !! Robert J. Melosh Competition is one of the most prestigious international student competitions in the computational mechanics area. The Robert J. Melosh Medal Competition was inaugurated by the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Duke University in 1989, to honor Professor Melosh for his pioneering work on the finite element method and for his dedication to research, teaching, and service during his tenure at Duke University. The winner of the Competition, as determined on the basis of a submitted extended abstract and oral presentation of the paper, receives the Robert J. Melosh Medal and a $500 honorarium. The names of winners are inscribed on a plaque displayed in Hudson Hall at Duke University. Congratulations Dewen !!  |
| 02/2019 |
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Katherine Ramos was selected
for the Rising Stars in Computational and Data
Sciences event, to be held in April 9-10 at
the Oden Institute for Computational
Engineering and Sciences at The University of
Texas at Austin. Congratulations Katherine !! |
| 12/2018 | : |
Dewen Yushu won The Best
Student Poster Competition on Computational
Mechanics sponsored by the Committee on
Computing in Applied Mechanics (CONCAM) as a
part of the ASME-IMECE 2018 meeting held in
Pittsburgh, PA on November 9-15, 2018. Congratulations Dewen !! |
| 12/2018 |
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Mentee Becomes Mentor Katherine Ramos excels at STEM and as example to other Hispanics. Being an example for other female engineers has become a life goal for Katherine Carrasco Ramos. As a Ph.D. candidate in aerospace and mechanical engineering at the University of Notre Dame, she brings life's lessons and inspiration to others, particularly Hispanic women with whom she often shares common experiences. Originally posted in Diversity in Action Magazine |
| 04/2018 |
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We have
developed the Multi-Resolution Wavelet
Toolkit (MRWT) |
| 03/2018 |
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In our new
article, we present an adaptive wavelet
method with error control. This work
introduced highly adaptive wavelet solver with
high-data compression. We show mathematical
proofs of errors in solution of nonlinear
PDEs, and construct a sparse, dynamically
adaptive computational grid for each unknown
that a priori guarantees the required
accuracy. |
| 08/2017 |
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In our new article, we present an innovative image-based modeling technique, based on the volumetric billboards -- Google Earth like algorithms -- to effectively resolve intricate material morphology and address the computational complexity associated with heterogeneous materials. |
| 06/2017 |
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Katherine Ramos was awarded a $16,000 stipend full GEM Ph.D. fellowship. Congratulations Katherine !! |
| 06/2017 |
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Zachariah El-Hajj (B.S. in
Mechanical Engineering from American
University of Beirut, Lebanon) has accepted
the graduate student position and will pursue
his Ph.D. in Computational Science and
Engineering. Zachariah welcome to CPG !! |
| 04/2017 |
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Satyaki Bhattacharjee has successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis entitled "Reduced Order Multiscale Modeling of Nonlinear Processes in Heterogeneous Materials". Congratulations Dr. Bhattacharjee !! |
| 02/2017 |
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The recent review article
entitled "A
Review of Predictive Nonlinear Theories for
Multiscale Modeling of Heterogeneous
Materials", published in the Journal
of Computational Physics is featured on
the ScienceDirect as the Most
Downloaded Article in Q4/2016. |
| 10/2016 |
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Katherine
Ramos was awarded a $10,000 Intel
Foundation Scholarship as part of the GMiS
Class of 2016 HENAAC Scholars. Congratulations
Katherine !! |
| 03/2016 |
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Andrew Gillman has successfully
defended his Ph.D. thesis entitled "Predicting
Effective Material Properties of
Heterogeneous Composites from Well-resolved
Higher Order Statistical Description of
Morphology". Congratulations Dr. Gillman !! |
| 03/2016 |
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Matthew Mosby has successfully
defended his Ph.D. thesis entitled "High
Performance Multi-Scale Modeling of
Heterogeneous Interfaces". Congratulations
Dr. Mosby !! |
| 02/2016 |
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Dr. K. Matous has been appointed an Associate Editor of the Journal of Computational Physics. |
| 01/2016 |
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Satyaki Bhattacharjee passed
the Ph.D. Candidacy Examination. Congratulations Satyaki !! |
| 01/2016 |
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Dr. K. Matous has been
appointed an Associate Editor of the International
Journal for Multiscale Computational
Engineering. |
| 12/2015 |
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CPG group conducts one of the largest multiscale damage simulations ever performed. In our recent Extreme Mechanics Letter, we present a simulation consisting of 53.8 Billion finite elements with 28.1 Billion nonlinear equations that is solved on 393,216 computing cores (786,432 threads). The excellent parallel performance of the computational homogenization solver is demonstrated by a strong scaling test from 4,096 to 262,114 cores. A fully coupled multi-scale damage simulation shows a complex crack profile at the micro-scale and the macroscopic crack tunneling phenomenon. Such large and predictive simulations are an important step towards Virtual Materials Testing and can aid in development of new material formulations with extreme properties. |
| 12/2015 |
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Dr. K. Matous lectured at the Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences, University of Cambridge UK, on Virtual Materials Testing. |
| 11/2015 |
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Dr. K. Matous has assumed responsibilities as a Director of the Center for Shock-Wave Processing of Advanced Reactive Materials (C-SWARM). |
| 07/2015 |
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Graduate student Andrew Gillman
has received a travel award to attend the 13th
U.S. National Congress on Computational
Mechanics to be held in San Diego, CA July
27-30, 2015. Congratulations Andrew !! |
| 06/2015 | : |
Dewen Yushu passed the Ph.D.
Qualifying Examination. Congratulations Dewen !! |
| 06/2015 |
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Dewen Yushu (B.S. in Materials
Science and Engineering from Huazhong
University of Science and Technology, China)
has accepted the graduate student position and
will pursue his Ph.D. in Computational Science
and Engineering. Dewen welcome to CPG !! |
| 04/2015 |
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 Our recent paper is featured as the cover article in Proceedings of the Royal Society A. |
| 09/2014 |
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The Computational Physics Group at the University of Notre Dame has been awarded a research project entitled "Modeling Mechanical Performance of Nanoparticle-Reinforced Resins", from Corporate Research Materials Laboratory at 3M: Amount $130,000. |
| 08/2014 |
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Cale Harnish (B.S. in Physics
and Minor in Mathematics from Indiana
University South Bend, IN) has accepted the
graduate student position and will pursue his
Ph.D. in Computational Science and
Engineering. Cale welcome to CPG !! |
| 07/2014 |
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Dr. K. Matous has been appointed the College of Engineering Collegiate Associate Professor of Computational Mechanics. |
| 07/2014 |
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Dr. K. Matous delivers the Keynote lecture at the 11th World Conference on Computational Mechanics in the mini-symposium on Advanced Homogenization Approaches for Modeling Damage and Failure in Solids. Title: High-performance Image-based Modeling of Failure in Heterogeneous Materials with Application to Thin Layers. |
| 07/2014 |
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Katherine Ramos (B.S. in
Metallurgical and Materials Engineering from
University of Texas at El Paso, TX) has
accepted the graduate student position and
will pursue her Ph.D. in Mechanics of
Materials and Materials Science. Katherine welcome to CPG !! |
| 05/2014 |
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Dr. K. Matous has been promoted to Associate Professor with tenure. Also, Dr. K. Matous will take responsibilities as a Co-Director of the Center for Shock-Wave Processing of Advanced Reactive Materials (C-SWARM). |
| 03/2014 |
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Dr. K. Matous delivers invite lecture at University of Florida at Gainesville. Title: High-performance Computational Science and Engineering: A Path Towards Virtual Materials Testing. |
| 02/1014 |
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Dr. K. Matous delivers invite lecture at Northeastern University. Title: High-performance Computational Science and Engineering: A Path Towards Virtual Materials Testing. |
| 02/2014 |
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The Computational Physics Group at the University of Notre Dame has been awarded a research project entitled "3D Nondestructive Imaging Techniques for Mesoscale Damage Analysis of Composite Materials", Multiscale Design Systems, LLC - DoD STTR program, Phase II, The Air Force Office of Scientific Research: Amount $375,000. |
| 07/2013 |
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Dr. Matous delivers keynote lecture at the Gordon Research Conferences on Adhesion, Science of Interfacial Chemistry and Mechanics in Hard and Soft Material Systems. Title: Multiscale Cohesive Modeling of Heterogeneous Material Interfaces. |
| 06/2013 |
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The Computational Physics Group is a part of the winning team for the NNSA's Predictive Science Academic Alliance Program II (PSAAP II) centers of excellence. The Center for Shock Wave-processing of Advanced Reactive Materials (C-SWARM) at the University of Notre Dame has been awarded $8 millions over five years to study the behavior of heterogeneous materials, specifically the dynamics of their shock induced chemo-thermo-mechanical transformations and resulting material properties. ND Press Release. |
| 06/2013 | : |
David Ju (B.S. in Mechanical
Engineering from the New Jersey Institute of
Technology) has accepted the graduate student
position and will pursue his Ph.D. in
Computational Science and Engineering. David
has been awarded the Arthur J. Schmitt
Presidential Fellowships in Science and
Engineering. David welcome to CPG and Congratulations !! |
| 06/2013 |
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Satyaki Bhattacharjee passed
the Ph.D. Qualifying Examination. Congratulations Satyaki !! |
| 05/2013 |
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Matthew Mosby and Andrew
Gillman both passed the Ph.D. Candidacy
Examination. Congratulations Matt and Andrew !! |
| 04/2013 |
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Graduate student Andrew Gillman
has been selected to receive a travel award to
attend the 12th U.S. National Congress on
Computational Mechanics to be held in Raleigh,
NC, July 22-25, 2013. Congratulations Andrew !! |
| 01/2013 |
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Dr. K. Matous has been elected
a fellow of ASME. Citation: "Professor
Matous has made major contributions to the
area of computational mechanics. He has
developed new computational methods as well as
pioneered their use in industrial
applications. His work on multiscale cohesive
modeling of interfaces has led to fundamental
understanding and defined the current state of
the art. His research on data-driven modeling
with co-designed simulations and experiments
has provided new insights into the complex
interactions between mechanics and materials
science. Professor Matous is an active member
of an engineering community. He has organized
numerous conference symposia and is active
participant of the ASME Committee on Computing
in Applied Mechanics." |
| 11/2012 |
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Dr. Matous delivers invited lecture at the Stanford University at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Mechanics and Computation Seminar Series. Title: Multiscale Modeling of Heterogeneous Materials and Inhomogeneous Layers with Resolved Mesoscale. |
| 10/2012 |
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Dr. Matous delivers invited lecture at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Structural Engineering Seminar Series. Title: Multiscale Modeling of Heterogeneous Interfaces. |
| 05/2012 |
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John Haase
(B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and
Engineering Physics from Kettering University,
Flint, MI) has accepted the graduate student
position and will pursue his Ph.D. in
Computational Science and Engineering. John
has been awarded the Arthur J. Schmitt
Presidential Fellowships in Science and
Engineering. John welcome to CPG and Congratulations !! |
| 04/2012 |
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Dr. Matous delivers invited lecture at the Eindhoven University of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Eindhoven, The Netherlands. Title: Chemo-Thermo-Mechanical Modeling of Heterogeneous Propellant Combustion. |
| 03/2012 |
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Jonathan MacArt
(Notre Dame '13, Aerospace Engineering) has
been awarded the undergraduate student
fellowship from the Center for
Research Computing (CRC). Congratulations Jonathan !! |
| 03/2012 |
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The Computational Physics Group at the University of Notre Dame has been awarded the project entitled "3--D Nondestructive Imaging Techniques for Mesoscale Damage Analysis of Composite Materials", Multiscale Design Systems, LLC - DoD STTR program, Phase I, The Air Force Office of Scientific Research: Dr. J. Fish (MDS) and Dr. D. Stargel (AFOSR) Program Managers, K. Matous (PI); Amount $48,500. |
| 01/2012 |
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Dr. Matous delivers invited lecture at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities at the Department of Civil Engineering, The Warren Lecture Series. Title: Multiscale Modeling of Heterogeneous Materials and Inhomogeneous Layers with Resolved Mesoscale. |
| 01/2012 |
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Satyaki
Bhattacharjee (M.Tech. in Aerospace
Engineering, IIT Kanpur, India) has accepted
the graduate student position and will pursue
his Ph.D. in Computational Mechanics. Satyaki welcome to CPG !! |
| 08/2011 |
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The
Computational Physics Group at the University
of Notre Dame has been awarded the project
entitled "EAGER:
Multiscale Modeling of Heterogeneous
Interfaces", NSF, CMMI-1153435,
Dr. G.H. Paulino program officer; Amount
$134,091. |
| 07/2011 |
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Matt Mosby has
been awarded a travel fellowship to attend
12th Workshop on the DOE Advanced
CompuTational Software (ACTS) Collection. Congratulations Matt !! |
| 06/2011 |
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Elizabeth
Berrigan passed the Ph.D. Qualifying
Examination. Congratulations Elizabeth !! |
| 04/2011 |
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Steven Atkinson
defended his undergraduate research thesis
entitled "Three-Dimensional Characterization
of Polydisperse Particulate Composites from
Microtomography" Congratulations Steve !! |
| 02/2011 |
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Matthew Mosby
passed the Ph.D. Qualifying Examination. Congratulations Matt !! |
| 08/2010 |
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The Computational Physics Group at the University of Notre Dame has been awarded the project entitled "Utilizing Medical Imaging Technology for Generation of Mesoscale Computational Descriptions'', IllinoisRocstar LLC - DoD SBIR program, Phase I, Office of Secretary of Defence (OSD): Dr. M. Brandyberry (IR) and Dr. M. Nixon (Eglin Air Force Base) program managers, K. Matous (PI); Amount $20,000. |
| 08/2010 |
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The Computational Physics Group at the University of Notre Dame has been awarded the project entitled "Solid Rocket Motor Propellant Characterization and Material Reconstruction Using High Resolution Tomography", IllinoisRocstar LLC - DoD SBIR program, Office of the secretary of defense (OSD), IR O081-PR2-1058, Phase II: Dr. M. Brandyberry (IR) and Dr. N. Brown (Edwards Air Force Base) program managers, K. Matous (PI); Amount $278,148. |
| 06/2010 |
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Andrew Gillman
passed the Ph.D. Qualifying Examination. Congratulations Andrew !! |
| 04/2010 |
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Steven Atkinson
(Notre Dame '11, Mechanical Engineering) has
been awarded the undergraduate student
fellowship from the Center for
Research Computing (CRC). Congratulations Steven !! |
| 04/2010 |
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Elizabeth
Berrigan (B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, The
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities) has
accepted the graduate student position and
will pursue her Ph.D. in Computational
Mechanics. Elizabeth welcome to Notre Dame !! |
| 02/2010 |
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Former student
of mine, Mohan Kulkarni (Ph.D. 2009 AE, UIUC,
with Prof. Geubelle as co-advisor), has been
selected as an "honorable mention" for the
2010 Melosh
Competition. Congratulations Mohan !! |
| 12/2009 |
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The
Computational Physics Laboratory at the
University of Notre Dame has be awarded a
project entitled "The Behavior
Within Minimum Signature Propellants During
Impact Insensitive Munition Tests",
IllinoisRocstar LLC - DoD SBIR program, Phase
I, U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Research
Development and Engineering Center (AMRDEC):
Dr. M. Brandyberry (IR) and Dr. W. Chew
(AMRDEC) program managers, K. Matous (PI) and
J.M. Powers (co-PI); Amount $36,000. |
| 11/2009 |
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The
Computational Physics Laboratory at the
university of Notre Dame has be awarded a
project entitled "Heterogeneous
Solid Propellant Characterization using
Micro-computer Tomography", Alliant
Techsystems Inc.: Dr. I. L. Davis - program
manager, K. Matous (PI); Amount
$71,062. |
| 10/2009 |
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The Computational Physics Laboratory at the University of Notre Dame has be awarded a project entitled "Experimental and Computational Program for Slow and Fast Cookoff for Insensitive Munitions Testing". The project is sponsored by the DoD SBIR program, Phase II, U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Research Development and Engineering Center (AMRDEC) through the IllinoisRocstar LLC. Dr. W. Chew (AMRDEC) and Dr. M. Brandyberry (IR) program managers, K. Matous (PI); Amount awarded to ND $195,000. Experimental part of the project is led by Prof. N. Glumac at UIUC. |
| 10/2009 | : |
Dr. Karel Matous has accepted an Associate Professor position at the Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering at the University of Notre Dame. |
| 07/2009 |
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Dr. Karel
Matous has been invited to deliver a keynote
lecture entitled "Numerical
Simulation of Heterogeneous Propellant
Combustion by Generalized Finite Element
Method" at the 10th US National
Congress on Computational Mechanics, Columbus,
OH, as the part of the symposium
Extended/generalized FEM and other partition
of unity based methods. |
| 12/2008 |
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The recent article on the finite element modeling of nonlinear viscoelastic elastomers, P. Areias and K. Matous, CMAME 197/2008, published in the Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering is featured on the ScienceDirect Top 25 Hottest Articles. |
| 08/2008 |
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The recent
article on the multiscale cohesive failure
modeling of heterogeneous adhesives, K. Matous
et al.,
JMPS, 56/5, 2008,
published in the Journal of the Mechanics and
Physics of Solids is featured on the
ScienceDirect Top
25 Hottest Articles. |
| 07/2008 |
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Brett Collins
has accepted the Ph.D. graduate offer from the
Mechanical Engineering Department at UC.
Berkeley. Congratulations Brett !! Good luck at Berkeley. |
| 07/2007 |
: | Mohan Kulkarni (Ph.D. candidate in
AE, UIUC, with Prof. Geubelle as co-advisor),
won the student presentation competition in
the material modeling & specialty area at
the 9th U.S. National Congress on
Computational Mechanics (USNCCM9) in San
Francisco. Congratulations Mohan !! |
| 2004 |
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Dr. Karel
Matous has derived the Multiscale
Cohesive
Model. |