Faculty

Michael Ortiz

Dotty and Dick Hayman Professor of Aeronautics and Mechanical Engineering

Degrees and Appointments

B.S., Polytechnic University of Madrid, 1977; M.S., University of California, 1978; Ph.D., 1982. Sherman Fairchild Distinguished Scholar, Caltech, 1994-95; Professor of Aeronautics and Applied Mechanics, 1995-2000; Professor of Aeronautics and Mechanical Engineering, 2000-04; Hayman Professor, 2004-.

Research Overview

Professor Ortiz's research interests include solid mechanics, computational mechanics, and nonlinear and failure processes in solids.

Space-Related Research

Inflatable space structures; helicopter rotor-blade dynamics.

List of Research Areas

solid mechanics, computational mechanics, nonlinear and failure processes in solids

Research Centers

Predictive Science Academic Alliance Program