Professor
Michael Ortiz
California Institute of Technology
Materials engineer; Educator
Area
Mathematical and Physical Sciences
Specialty
Engineering and Technology
Elected
2007
Developed efficient computational algorithms for solid mechanics, including plasticity, collisions and the theory and implementation of variation integration algorithms. One of the founders of the quasicontinuum method, a key method bridging atomistic and continuum scales, which links to theory and computational material microstructures, crack propagation, and fragmentation processes.
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