Dr. Pradeep Sharma Bill D. Cook Chair Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering Dept. of Mechanical Engineering University of Houston Engineering Building One Houston, TX 77204-4006 Office Location: N233 Telephone: (713) 743-4256 Fax: (713) 743-4503 E-mail: psharma@uh.edu

engineering sciences: Nanomechanics of Materials
Theoretical and computational methods in multiscale modeling (spanning atomistic to continuum scale), coupled strain-quantum mechanical behavior in quantum dots and defects, nanoscale piezoelectricity, size-dependent elasticity, micromechanics of defects and inclusions, structure-property relations, non-traditional mechanics (nonlocal theories, micromorphic theories), gauge field theory

For more details please visit Dr. Sharma's website: http://www2.egr.uh.edu/~psharma/index.html

Curriculum Vitae

Engineering applications: Nanoelectronics and nanostructures, quantum dots, self-assembly, composites, multifunctional materials

Ph.D., University of Maryland, College Park