Multiscale Computational Mechanics and Biomechanics LAB @ Drexel University
Innovative Optimization in Materials Design
Dr. Ahmad Najafi received the following award in May 2023: Early Career Award for Outstanding Scholarly Productivity. This award was given to him from the office of the provost. We in MCMB Lab congratulate Dr. Najafi on receiving this award. Continue reading Congratulations to Dr. Najafi on receiving Early Career Award for Outstanding Scholarly Productivity !
Nolan was one of eight recipients in the college of engineering to become a Fellow of the Koerner Family Foundation in 2023. Nolan was selected for his work related to Multiscale Topology Optimization with Machine Learning. We at MCMB Lab Continue reading Congratulations to Nolan Black for being selected to receive the 2023 College of Engineering Koerner Award!
Please check out our recent paper published in the Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, entitled: Numerical analysis of the mechanical response of novel swelling bone implants in polyurethane foams. This work was a collaboration between Dr. Siegler‘s Continue reading Our latest paper on “Numerical analysis of the mechanical response of novel swelling bone implants in polyurethane foams” has been published online !
Please check out our recent paper published in the Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part B: Applied Biomaterials, entitled: A porous swelling copolymeric material for improved implant fixation to bone. This work was a collaboration between Dr. Siegler‘s lab (Biomechanics Continue reading Our latest paper on “A porous swelling copolymeric material for improved implant fixation to bone” has been published online !
Congratulations to Nolan Black whose recent paper on “Deep neural networks for parameterized homogenization in concurrent multiscale structural optimization” has been published online in Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization. As part of the Springer Nature Content Sharing Initiative, you can have Continue reading Our latest paper on “Deep neural networks for parameterized homogenization in concurrent multiscale structural optimization” is now available at Springer Nature Online.
Congratulations to Dr. Reza Pejman for publishing his study on “Multiphysics topology optimization of a multifunctional structural battery composite” in the Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization journal. You can have full-text access to a view-only version of this paper by using Continue reading Our latest paper on “Multiphysics topology optimization of a multifunctional structural battery composite” is now available at Springer Nature Online.
Dr. Ebrahim Maghami successfully defended his dissertation on “Fracture micromechanics analyses of hard tissues: Study of increased glycation through diabetes and age-related changes” on January 30, 2023. During his Ph.D., he also managed to publish five research papers, and there Continue reading Congratulations to Dr. Ebrahim Maghami on his Graduation in PhD from Drexel
Dr. Ahmad Najafi received the two following awards in February 2023: 2023 College of Engineering Outstanding Early-Career Research Award. This award was given to him in order to acclaim the progress of the research in his lab (MCMBLAB), which focuses Continue reading Congratulations to Dr. Najafi on receiving two awards recently!
The MCMB Lab hosted a workshop to discuss their research direction and plans for the coming years. MCMB team members presented ideas related to experimental validation, fabrication strategies, and research expansions that produced fruitful discussion. The 2022 workshop is one Continue reading The MCMB Lab’s 2022 Workshop
Mini-symposium on “Emerging Topology and Shape Optimization Techniques in Computational Design of Materials and Structures” at the USNCCM17 Dr. Ahmad Najafi, in collaboration with Dr. James (Georgia Tech), is organizing a mini-symposium on “Emerging Topology and Shape Optimization Techniques in Continue reading Mini-symposium on “Emerging Topology and Shape Optimization Techniques in Computational Design of Materials and Structures” at the USNCCM17