Madura Pathirage

Contact


Phone: 847.440.6506

Physical Address

Room 3044
Centennial Engineering Center

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Assistant Professor

Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering

Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics

Pathirage Research Group

Personal Website

Education

PhD, Mechanics, Materials, & Structures, Northwestern University, 2020

MS, Mechanics of Materials & Solids, Northwestern University, 2015

BS and MS, Structural Engineering, École Spéciale des Travaux Publics, 2014

Biography

I lead the Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics research group at UNM. My group works on four research areas: (i) analytical and computational methods in fracture mechanics, (ii) fracture mechanics in nuclear and extreme environments, (iii) injury biomechanical fracture mechanics, and(iv) fracture mechanics in novel cementitious composites.

Teaching Interests

  • Finite Element Methods in Solid Mechanics (CE 502)
  • Structural Analysis (CE308)

Research Interests

  • Fracture Mechanics
  • Applied Mechanics
  • Numerical Modeling