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Microstructure-aware fracture and damage
How heterogeneities, pores, inclusions, grain boundaries, and phase distributions steer crack initiation, growth, localization, and toughness.
The group studies failure as a microstructure-mediated process rather than a purely continuum abstraction. Work in this theme connects local heterogeneity, porosity, grain boundary behavior, inclusions, and phase contrast to macroscopic failure resistance.
This direction brings together experiments, simulations, and quantitative analysis to understand where damage initiates, how cracks grow, and why nominally similar materials can fail differently.