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Experimental mechanics, dynamic failure modes in materials, continuum mechanics, elasticity, plasticity, nonlinear fracture, dynamic fracture of metals, polymers and bulk metallic glasses (amorphous metals), dynamic localization, high-speed optical diagnostics and metrology, hypervelocity impact phenomena, dynamic decohesion of bimaterials, layered systems and sandwich structures, impact response of heterogeneous and composite materials, mechanics of thin-film structures, reliability of microelectronic and optoelectronic devices, wafer-level optical inspection, mechanics of seismology, geological fault rupture processes, physics of dynamic friction, laboratory seismology, validation of large-scale seismological models, dynamic damage evaluation in geomaterials, materials and mechanics of the restoration of historical monuments (Parthenon restoration).

Space-Related Research: Reliability of space materials and structures, spacecraft shielding against micrometeoroid impact; the mechanics of sample return (avoiding inter-planetary and planetary contamination); microelectronics and MEMS in space; optical properties of space telescope mirrors.

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