The Solid Mechanics Research Group attended the Society of Engineering Science Annual Technical Meeting (SES 2025) in Atlanta, Georgia, October 12–15.

Group members: Nihal Pushkar, Abhijith Anantharanga, Lucy Gates, Matthew Mehrtens, Jackson Plummer, Eric Sandall

Our contributions:

  • 5 oral presentations

  • 6 posters

  • Hosted a session on the mechanics of energetic materials

Research highlights:

  • Polymer rheology

  • Machine learning for damage mechanics

  • Solid–fluid coupling

  • Energetic materials

  • And more