材料力学（MoM）计划在材料和结构的计算和实验建模与设计中提供了一个全面的研究和教育平台。重点是理解和预测跨越时间和长度范围的材料和结构系统的变形，断裂和疲劳行为。材料，结构性能和寿命的多尺度，多物理场和概率模型构成了该集中领域的重要组成部分，将基础科学和工程应用联系在一起。拓扑优化和材料设计也是MoM重点关注的一部分。此外，教师及其团队正在研究新兴领域，例如建筑材料和DNA纳米技术。
The PhD program in Civil and Systems Engineering aims to inspire the leaders of tomorrow to take on the challenge of creating and sustaining the built environment that underpins our society. Focal research areas in the department include structural engineering, structural mechanics, probabilistic methods, hazards management, and systems engineering. Use computational and experimental modeling and design techniques to collaborate with leading-edge partners and create everything from codes used to design aircraft engines to architected materials. <br>The Mechanics of Materials (MoM) program provides a comprehensive research and educational platform in computational and experimental modeling and design of materials and structures. Faculty members collaborate with government and industry partners on research of significant interest to professional fields including, aerospace, automotive, defense, manufacturing, materials, biomedical, and electronics that spans multiple scales and includes everything from codes used to design aircraft engines to machine learning. Emphasis is placed on the understanding and prediction of deformation, fracture and fatigue behavior of material and structural systems.