M. Torki

Background

About M. Torki

I'm currently a visiting assistant professor at the College of Engineering at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. I teach cross-campus courses in solid mechanics and conduct as well as advise research within Civil, Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering disciplines. Prior to my current appointment, I was a senior research scholar at the Laboratory for Research on the Structure of Matter (LRSM), University of Pennsylvania, and a former postdoctoral research associate at the Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge. I earned my PhD from the Department of Aerospace Engineering, Texas A&M University. My research spans a wide variety of subjects in the general area of computational solid mechanics and manufacturing including mechanism-based fracture and failure analysis, scalable manufacturing and design, porous and granular materials, soft matter (colloidal crystals, cells, soft tissues), and high-performance composites (high-entropy alloys, functionally-graded materials, roller-compacted concrete). I have conducted cutting-edge research under the auspices of luminaries in the abovementioned fields including Prof’s V. Shenoy, V. Deshpande, A. A. Benzerga and J. N. Reddy. My research contributions have been by far reflected in about 35 research articles in high-impact journals including but not limited to Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, Powder Technology, International Journal of Plasticity, and Journal of Sound and Vibration. Along with research, I have substantive teaching experience for advanced graduate-level courses in Continuum Mechanics and Engineering Fracture Mechanics as well as various undergraduate senior and junior-level courses in relevant subjects.