PC Chou Assistant Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering & Mechanics
Drexel University
Address: 3141 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, PA 19104
Phone: (215) 571-4578
Fax: (215) 895-1478
Email: arn55@drexel.edu
Office location: 158 Curtis Hall
Group Members
Post-Doctoral Research Associates
Hsiao Wei Lee
MEM Post-Doctoral Research Associate
Email: hl863@drexel.edu
Research Interests
Unified mechanics theory, Fatigue and failure analysis, Damage mechanics, Corrosion and hydrogen embrittlement, Plasticity, Microbial induced calcium carbonate precipitation, Phase field method
Li Meng
MEM Post-Doctoral Research Associate
Email: mengle@mail.uc.edu
Research Interests
Finite element analysis, Fracture mechanics, Cohesive zone model, Phase field model, Fracture of brittle material, Fracture of ductile material
PhD Students
Jonathan Gorman
MEM Graduate Research Associate
Email: jbg76@drexel.edu
Research Interests
Design Optimization, Multifunctional Materials, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning
Mehrangiz Taheri
MEM Graduate Research Associate
Email: mt3343@drexel.edu
Research Interests
Bone Mechanics, Bone Remodeling , Effect of Implant Fixation by Osteointegration, Bone Fracture and Fatigue
Alireza Ashkpour
MEM Graduate Research Associate
Email: aa4743@drexel.edu
Research Interests
Nonlinear Reduced-Order Models, Nonlinear Fracture Mechanics, Phase-field Fracture Modeling
Sobhan Honarvar
MEM Graduate Research Associate
Email: sh3674@drexel.edu
Research Interests
Multi-scale Computational Mechanics, Biomaterials and Biological Materials, Optimization
Burak Kumas
MEM Graduate Research Associate
Email: bk527@drexel.edu
Research Interests
Fracture Mechanics, Structural Optimization
Alex McDonnell
MEM Graduate Research Associate
Email: am5694@drexel.edu
Research Interests
Bone Implants, Mechanoadaptation, Topology Optimization, Design Optimization
MS Students
Devon Michalski 
MEM BS/MS Student
Email: dtm97@drexel.edu
Research Interests
Computational Mechanics, Optimization, Physics-Informed Neural Networks, Computational Fluid Dynamics
Foufouo Flora
MEM BS/MS Student
Email: fmf34@drexel.edu
Research Interests
Simulation and numerical optimization of biomimetic materials, Computational modeling, Finite Element Analysis
Undergraduate Students
Abigail Choy 
MEM BS Student
Email: ac4434@drexel.edu
Research Interests
Computational Mechanics, Finite Element Analysis
Christian Le
MEM BS Student
Email: ctl56@drexel.edu
Research Interests
Robotics, Design Optimization, Biomechanics
Sampath Kanumuri
Aerospace B.S.E Student
Email: sampkanu@umich.edu
Research Interests
Aerospace, Fracture Analysis, Composite Materials, Structures, Additive Manufacturing
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