I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. I am broadly interested in the multiscale modeling of materials at various length and times scales ranging from the atomic scale to the continuum scale. Currently, the focus of my research group is on studying defects in grain and phase boundaries, high-entropy alloys, and 2D heterostructures, with applications in nanoscale design of advanced semiconductor devices, quantum materials, and materials for nuclear fusion. Click here for a more detailed description of my current and previous research work.
Bio: I obtained my Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics from the University of Minnesota under the guidance of Prof. Ellad Tadmor. Subsequently, I was a Postdoc in the Materials Science and Engineering department at UCLA working with Prof. Jaime Marian. My CV can be found here.
Graduate Students
Himanshu Joshi I am a Doctoral candidate in the Mechanical Science and Engineering Department at the University of Illinois, starting Fall 2019. I completed my undergraduate degree from Indian Institute of Technology (ISM) Dhanbad, followed by a Master’s degree from University of Illinois. My research focusses on developing an understanding of grain boundary motion through atomistic simulations, and developing a rigorous mathematical model of grain boundary motion on a continuum level using the underlying concept of disconnections.
Sharier Nazim I am a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign. I obtained my B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from Khulna University of Engineering and Technology , Bangladesh, in 2020. Before joining the Mechanics at Interfaces Lab in Fall 2023, I worked as a Lecturer at the Bangladesh Army University of Science and Technology. My research focuses on atomic-scale modeling of dislocation–grain boundary interactions in polycrystalline materials and on employing Discrete Dislocation Dynamics simulations to investigate these interactions at the mesoscale. Broadly, my goal is to develop a theoretical and mathematical framework for grain boundary motion at the continuum scale, grounded in the concept of disconnections.
Tusher Ahmed I am a Ph.D. student in Mechanical Science and Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign. I completed my B. SC. and M. Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) in 2017 and 2019, respectively. I joined Dr. Admal’s research group in Spring 2021. My research focuses on the continuum and atomic scale modeling of graphene-metal interfaces formed during chemical vapor deposition of graphene.
Jaekwang Kim Currently Assistant Professor at the Hongik University, South Korea.