Brandon Runnels, PhD
Associate Professor, Aerospace Engineering
Iowa State University
Email: brunnels@iastate.edu
Web: www.solids.group
Phone: (719) 255-3430
Office: OCSE A431
Address: 1420 Austin Bluffs Pkwy, Colorado Springs CO, 80198
Education
- PhD, Mechanical Engineering
California Institute of Technology, 2015 - MS, Mechanical Engineering
California Institute of Technology, 2012 - BS, Mechanical Engineering
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 2011
Experience
- Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
University of Colorado Colorado Springs, 2022-present - Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
University of Colorado Colorado Springs, 2015-2022 - Graduate Research Assistant
California Institute of Technology, 2011-2015 - Graduate Research Assistant
Los Alamos National Laboratory 2011-2015
Professional Affiliations
- Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM)
- American Physical Society (APS)
- The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS)
- Society of Engineering Science (SES)
- Engineering Mechanics Institute (EMI)
- Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honors Society
- Kappa Mu Epsilon Mathematics Honors Society
Publications
See publication list
Scientific Review Activities
Acta Materialia, Archive of Applied Mechanics, Cambridge University Press, Computational Materials Science, Department of Energy, European Research Council, Fondecyt Program National Research and Development Agency, Journal of Applied Mechanics, Journal of Applied Physics, Journal of Computational Physics, Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, Manufacturing Technology, Mechanics of Materials, Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering, Scripta Materialia, Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Swiss National Supercomputing Centre.
Honors and Awards
- NSF CAREER Award, 2022
- Researcher of the Year, UCCS Engineering and Applied Science, 2022
- Recipient, 2017 AFOSR Summer Faculty Fellowship
- Recipient, 2014 Seaborg Institute Research Fellowshi