Nicolas Triantafyllidis Professor ADDRESS: 3042 FXB PHONE: (734) 763-2356 EMAIL: nick@engin.umich.edu

Specializations & Research Interests
Continuum mechanics. Micromechanics. Structural mechanics. Structural stability. Manufacturing process modeling, Numerical methods (f.e.m.), Geomechanics. Magneto-Electro-Mechanical coupling problems in solids

Education
Ph.D. (Engineering) Brown University
M.S. (Applied Math.) Brown University
M.S. (Engineering) Brown University
Diploma (Civil Engineering) National Technical University of Greece

Society Memberships
A.I.A.A. (Amer. Inst. Aero & Astro)
A.S.M.E. (Amer. Soc. Mechanical Eng.)
A.S.C.E. (Amer. Soc. Civil Eng.)
A.A.M. (Amer. Academy of Mechanics)
S.E.S. (Society of Engineering Science)

Honors and Awards
2003-Fellowship of the C.N.R.S. (French N.S.F.) Awarded to foreighn scientists to pursue research in France
2001-Southwest Mechanics Lecture Series Speaker
2000-Appointed Associate Editor for the A.S.M.E. Journal of Applied Mechanics
1999-Elected to the Board of Governors of the S.E.S. (Society of Engineering Science)
1998 Research Fellowship Award, Ecole Polytechnique of France
1997 Excellence in Research Award, Aerospace Engineering Department, University of Michigan
1987-1988 Fellowship of the C.N.R.S. (French N.S.F.) awarded to foreign scientists to pursue research in French Institutions
1996 Elected Fellow of the A.S.M.E.

Positions Held at Michigan
Professor of Aerospace Engineering
Assistant Professor in October 1980
06/03, Visiting Researcher, CNRS Laboratory for Mechanics and Acoustics (Marseille, FRANCE)
01/03 to 05/03, 7/98 to 01/99, 07/87 to 03/88, 07/85 to 12/85, Visiting Professor, Solid Mechanics Lab., Ecole Polytechnique (Paris, FRANCE)
07/94 to 12/94, Visiting Professor, Division Applied Sciences, Harvard University (Cambridge MA, USA)
06/90 to 05/93, Visiting Professor, Institut Calilee, University of Paris Nord (Paris, FRANCE)

Teaching Interests
Structural Mechanics I (AE 314)
Aircraft and Spacecraft Sturctures (AE 315)
Structural Mechanics II (AE 414)
Theory of Plates and Shells (AE 416)
Introduction to Finite Elements(AE 510)
Advanced Finite Elements(AE 511)
Nonlinear Continuum Solid Mechanics(AE 514)
Mechanics of Composite and Microstructured Media (AE 515)
Introduction to Structural Stability (AE 518)
Plasticity Theory -with Prof. W. Yang (AE 519)
Advanced Theory of Plates and Shells with Prof. R. Peek (AE 614)
Advanced Elastic & Plastic Stabiltiy (AE 618)

Links
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Structural Mechanics - Nonlinear continuum mechanics, finite elements, bifurcation-stability of solids, microstructured media
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