Computational Mechanics Group

Students in the Computational Mechanics Group (CMG) typically come from the Departments of Aerospace Engineering, Theoretical and Applied Mechanics and Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, where Professor Geubelle holds joint appointment. Please refer to the department web site for details on the course requirements associated with graduate degrees in these departments.

Most of the members of the CMG are also members of the Computational Science and Engineering (CSE) program, a multidisciplinary program that regroups computationally oriented faculty and graduate students across the College of Engineering. As part of this program, MS and PhD students take a series of courses in core (e.g., numerical methods, parallel programming, data structures, etc.) and applied  computational disciplines (computational solid mechanics, CFD, graphics, ...) and obtain an "unofficial minor" in Computational Science and Engineering, in addition to their primary degree. By joining the CSE program, graduate students also get access to a range of advanced computational facilities (such as the 1280 G5 processor machine called Turing).
More information about the program can be found at www.cse.uiuc.edu.

As illustrated by the list of current and recent research projects, the research activities in Computational Mechanics Group (CMG) involve a wide range of topics, with special emphasis on solid mechanics and materials science. The College of Engineering of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign offers many courses intermediate and advanced graduate courses in these disciplines. Here is an incomplete list of some of the courses taken by CMG students: