People

People.

Meet the researchers, students, and collaborators working on mechanics, materials, computation, and fracture in the group.

Principal Investigator

Principal Investigator

Assoc. Prof. Shmuel Osovski

Principal Investigator

Research topic: Experimental and computational mechanics of materials; fractographic and statistical analysis of fracture surfaces; microstructure characterization and evolution; in-situ SEM mechanical experiments; damage mechanics; dynamic fracture mechanics; computational plasticity and fracture.

Active Members

Graduate Students

Assaf Asis

Ph.D. Student

Research topic: Quantitative fractography by features correlations
Graduate Students

Benny Tavlovich

Ph.D. Student

Research topic: The effect of nano-particles enhanced welding wires on microstructure and failure
Graduate Students

Ilya Slobodkin

Ph.D. Student

Research topic: Computational methodology for Liquid Metal Embrittlement (LME)
Graduate Students

Lev Misiuk

Ph.D. Student

Research topic: Predicting the Behavior of C/SiC Ceramic Matrix Composites Using a Surrogate based Multiscale Modeling Approach

Alumni

Alumni

Avner Shmuel

M.Sc. Alumnus

Research topic: Void distribution effects on the yield surface of porous materials
Alumni

Dr. Ben Amir

Postdoctoral Associate

Alumni

Dov Kogan

M.Sc. Alumnus

Research topic: Liquid metal embrittlement in the Copper/Bismuth couple.
Alumni

Dror Freedman

M.Sc. Alumnus

Research topic: Roughness toughness correlation and the effect of particle size and spacing on ductile fracture of metal matrix composite
Alumni

Efrat Lev

M.Sc. Alumnus

Research topic: Size effects in continuum theories in micron length scale
Alumni

Elan Weisberg

M.Sc. Alumnus

Research topic: Ductile fracture under complex loading scenarios: Experimental and numerical investigation
Alumni

Dr. Eyal Eshed

Ph.D. Alumnus

Research topic: The Microstructural and Mechanical Properties of AlCrFe2Ni2 alloy
Alumni

Galina Rakhman

M.Sc. Alumnus

Research topic: Strain localization and failure of heterogeneous mesostructured materials
Alumni

Idan Distelfeld

M.Sc. Alumnus

Research topic: Micro-Structural optimization for combined thermal and mechanical load-bearing composite materials
Alumni

Dr. Irfan Habeeb Chuzahli Nilat

Ph.D. Alumnus

Research topic: Crack-flaws interaction in brittle media
Alumni

Dr. Juan Carlos Nieto Fuentes

Ph.D. Alumnus

Research topic: A reassessment of the thermomechanical coupling in solids subjected to dynamic loading
Alumni

Dr. Long Hui Zhang

Ph.D. Alumnus

Research topic: Controlling adiabatic shear failure by tailoring microstructural toughening factors.
Alumni

Margarita Levit

M.Sc. Alumnus

Research topic: Tailoring the mechanical response of 3D-printed polymer composites
Alumni

Noam Cooperschmidt

M.Sc. Alumnus

Research topic: Microstructure and mechanical properties of Calcium containing Mg alloys
Alumni

Dr. Sagi Chen

Ph.D. Alumnus

Research topic: Unraveling Damage Processes at the Microstructural Level
Alumni

Stav Yalon

M.Sc. Alumnus

Research topic: Void Interactions in a mode I field.
Alumni

Dr. Stylianos Tsopanidis

Ph.D. Alumnus / Former Postdoctoral Associate

Research topic: Novel Metrology Tools Based on Artificial Intelligence to Study Damage in Aerospace Structures
Alumni

Tal Namir

M.Sc. Alumnus

Research topic: Joining of dissimilar metal using Equal Channel Angular Pressing
Alumni

Yali Barak

M.Sc. Alumnus

Research topic: Fracture toughness and fracture surface roughness: do they scale?
Alumni

Yarden Markovich

M.Sc. Alumnus

Research topic: Energy Absorption in AM Ti6Al4V Thin-Walled Cylinders
Alumni

Yuval Tal

M.Sc. Alumnus

Research topic: Energy Absorption and Waves Mitigation in Additive Manufactured Structures: The Role of Geometry and Materials