Payam Poorsolhjouy

My main field of research is in the broad field of solid mechanics and micromechanical material modeling. In particular, I focus on understanding materials behavior informed by their microstructure and corresponding micromechanical properties for complex and structured materials to predict their mechanical behavior. As a result, I try to develop insight into the microscopic root of macro-scale behavior, enabling material modeling from a fundamental level as well as design of new materials and metamaterials.

Specific applications of my work include:

• Study of structural materials’ microstructure and its anisotropic evolution through loading
• developing numerical analysis schemes for structural and bio-inspired systems made by complex materials
• Multiscale analysis of powder compaction and its applications in pharmaceutical industry (pharmaceutical tablet production)
• Structural topology optimization and effects of induced anisotropy on material, and consequently, structural behavior
• design of metamaterials with non-classical properties such as negative Poisson’s ratio, frequency band-gaps, etc.
• Multiscale modeling of materials and structures