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Mechanics of Solids

Experimental Mechanics, Dynamic Failure Modes in Materials, Continuum Mechanics, Elasticity, Plasticity, Nonlinear Fracture, Dynamic Fracture of Metals and Polymers, Dynamic Localization, High Speed Optical Diagnostics and Metrology, Hypervelocity Impact Phenomena, Dynamic Decohesion of Bimaterials and Layered Systems, Impact Response of Heterogeneous and Composite Materials, Mechanics of Thin Film Structures, Reliability of Microelectronic and Optoelectronic Devices, Wafer Level Optical Inspection, Reliability of Space Materials and Structures, Micrometeoroid Impact Threats in Space, Spacecraft shielding.

Materials

Failure Mechanisms of Amorphous Metals (Metallic Glasses), Dynamic Deformation of Geomaterials, Microelectronic and Optoelectronic Thin-Film Materials and Structures. Thin Film Materials, Materials at Extreme Temperatures and Radiation Environments in Space. Light weight Composite Materials for Space Structures.

Geophysics

Mechanics of Seismology, Geological Fault Rupture Processes, Physics of Dynamic Friction, Laboratory Seismology, Validation of Large Scale Seismological Models, Dynamic Damage Evaluation in Geomaterials, Materials and Mechanics of the Restoration of Historical Monuments.