Marek-Jerzy Pindera
About
RECENT CAREER
1997 - Present: Professor of Applied Mechanics, University of Virginia
1991 - 1997: Associate Professor of Applied Mechanics, University of Virginia
1988 - 1991: Assistant Professor of Applied Mechanics, University of Virginia
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE AND CAPABILITIES
Micromechanics/homogenization and simulation of heterogeneous materials
Stress analysis of anisotropic and layered materials with emphasis on mixed b-v problems (contact and crack)
Mechanics of composite materials (analysis, computational aspects, test method development and characterization of thermo-mechanical response)
SELECTED PROFESSIONAL AND SERVICE ACTIVITIES
Author of over 250 archival journal papers, proceedings papers and technical papers, co-author of three books, co-editor of an international proceedings and guest editor of 8 special issues of archival journals
PI and co-PI on numerous federal, state and industry funded research projects
Major advisor to 18 MS and 14 PhD students
Consultant to the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Ohio Aerospace Institute, Collier Research Corporation
NSF CENTER and NSF CAREER Proposal Panel Reviewer
ASCE Advanced Composites Committee: past chairman
International Journal of Plasticity – Editorial Board Member (2003 – present)
ASME Journal of Applied Mechanics - Associate Editor (1997-2003, 2008)
Composites: Part B (Engineering) – Editorial Board Member (1990 – present)
ASCE Journal of Aerospace Engineering – Editorial Board Member (1996-2008), Associate Editor (2006 - 2008)
RECENT CONFERNCE ORGANIZATION AND PARTICIPATION ACTIVITIES
Organizer of sessions on Micromechanics & Homogenization Aproaches in Graded Media, MM&FGM 2014
Technical Co-Chair of Multiscale & Functionally Graded Materials 2006 International Conference
Invited speaker at numerous national and international conferences, including Plenary Lectures
Invited participant in the NSF-funded Brazil-USA Workshop on Applied Mechanics (2002) and Advanced Materials (2003)
Organizer of sessions on Plasticity of Multiphase Materials at the Int. Plasticity 2003 Conference
Organizer of sessions on Functionally Graded Materials at the Int. Thermal Stress 2003 Conference
Education
B.S. University of Waterloo, Mechanical Engineering Department, 1975
M.S. University of Waterloo, Mechanical Engineering Department, 1976
Ph.D. Virginia Tech, Engineering Science and Mechanics Department, 1981