Nikolas Bouklas, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, MAE, Cornell
Simulation Intelligence Fellow, Pasteur Labs (2024-2025)
Ph.D. University of Texas Austin 2014; B.Sc. & M.Eng. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece 2008
Postdocs:
Govinda Padmanabha, Ph.D.
Research topic: ML-enabled solution of PDEs, Multiscale modeling, UQ
Jingye “Kira” Tan, Ph.D.
Research focus: hybrid ML approaches, UQ for materials modeling and discovery
Steven Yang, Ph.D. – Ignite Fellow for New Ventures
Research focus: Automated constitutive modeling, machine learning for mechanics
Ph.D. students:
Dimitrios Iordanidis, M.Eng.
Research focus: Composite materials, tendon mechanics, instabilities and damage
Mohammad Mousavi, M.Sc.
Research focus: Multiscale modeling of fracture and damage in elastomeric materials.
Sarvesh Joshi, M.Sc.
Research focus: Computational mechanics and multiphysics for soft materials
Past Postdocs:
Adnan Eghtesad, Postdoctoral researcher 2022-2023 (current affiliation: Exponent)
Teeratorn Kadeethum, Postdoctoral researcher 2020-2021 (current affiliation: postdoctoral researcher, Sandia National Laboratory}
Bin Li, Postdoctoral researcher 2018-2019 (current affiliation: Assistant Prof. Guandong Technion-Israel Institute of Technology)
Past Ph.D. students:
Ida Ang, Mechanical Engineering Ph.D. 2023 (current affiliation: Mikel Inc.)
Jaemin Kim, Mechanical Engineering Ph.D. 2023 (current affiliation: postdoc @ UT Austin)
Jason Mulderrig, Ph.D. 2023 (current affiliation: postdoc @ AFRL)
Jan Fuhg, Ph.D. 2023 (current affiliation: assistant professor @UT Austin)
Fernanda F. Fontenele, Ph.D. 2024 (current affiliation: research engineer @AMD)
Past M.Eng. students:
Ethan Wood-Thomas (Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering) M.Eng 2023
Ardash Sriram (Computer Science) M.Eng. 2023
Matthew Quinn (Computer Science) M.Eng. 2023
Arnav Karmakar (Computer Science) M.Eng. 2022
Harris Mandell (Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering) M.Eng. 2022
Arielle Rogers M.Eng. 2020
Gideon Schmidt M.Eng. 2020
Curtis Sumner, M.Eng. 2020
Ryan Stiefel, M.Eng. 2019
Grace Horton-Smith, M.Eng. 2019
Past Undergraduate students:
Kevin Huang, B.Sc. 2024
Hannah Duan, B.Sc. 2022
Arielle Rogers B.Sc. 2019
Past Visitors:
Alexandre El-Jaid (Ecole Polytechnique, Paris, France) M.Sc. 2023
Ronak Shoghi, M.Sc. (Ruhr-Universitat Bochum)