Mohammad Charara

Mohammad Charara is a School of Engineering Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellow in mechanical engineering whose research explores the mechanics of topological metamaterials with the aims of expanding the design space of these metamaterials, understanding how their mechanics translate into realistic structural specimens, and elucidating their special wave-control properties. In his doctoral research, Mohammad expanded the field on multiple fronts by developing realistic structural lattices that can be physically fabricated, exploring their deformation in 3D, and addressing the dynamical behavior of these materials, particularly with respect to their ability to manipulate acoustic waves. Supported by a postdoctoral fellowship, Mohammad will leverage his expertise and unique perspectives in metamaterials, dynamical systems, and wave propagation to study the mechanics of lattice materials at the nano- and microscales. Mohammad’s work, which applies the latest advances in material physics and topology, has the potential to improve our understanding of the mechanics of metamaterials and deliver new structural materials with broader and superior functionalities.