Pedro Ponte Castañeda
Professor
Curriculum Vitae
Phone: 215.898.5046
Email: ponte@seas.upenn.edu
Office: 235 Towne Building
EDUCATION:
Ph.D. Applied Mathematics, Harvard University, 1986.
M.S. Engineering Sciences, Harvard University, 1983.
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Lehigh University, 1982.
B.A. Mathematics, Lehigh University, 1982.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
2008-present Member, Graduate Group in Applied Math & Computational Science (AMCS),
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
2003-2008 Professor, Department of Mechanics, Ecole Polytechnique, Paris.
1998-present Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering & Applied Mechanics,
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
1994-1998 Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering & Applied Mechanics,
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
1990-1994 Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering & Applied Mechanics,
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
1987-1990 Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering,
The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore.
1986-1987 Research Officer, School of Mathematical Sciences,
University of Bath, England.
HONORS & AWARDS:
2007 George H. Heilmeier Faculty Award for Excellence in Research.
http://www.seas.upenn.edu/research/heilmeier-recipients.php
2005 Midwest Mechanics Seminar.
http://www.midwestmechanics.org/history.php
2003 Séminaire de la Fédération Francilienne en Mécanique des Matériaux, Paris.
http://www.idfmeca.cnrs-bellevue.fr/LeSeminaire.htm
2000 Achievement Award for Young Investigators in Applied Mechanics, ASME.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_Achievement_Award_for_Young_Investigators_in_Applied_Mechanics
2000 Sectional Lecture, 20th International Congress of Theoretical & Applied Mechanics, Chicago.
1994 Visiting Fellowship, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.
1994 EPSRC Visiting Fellow, University of Cambridge.
1993 & 2008 Visiting Scientist, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Marseilles.
EDITORIAL POSITIONS:
1999-present Associate Editor, Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences de Paris, Mécanique.
http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/622958/description#description
2002-present Associate Editor, Journal of Elasticity.
http://www.springerlink.com/content/0374-3535
2003-present Advisory Board, Archives of Mechanics.
COURSES:
MEAM 201 Dynamics
MEAM 321 Vibrations of Mechanical Systems
MEAM 454 Mechanics of Materials
MEAM 530 Continuum Mechanics
MEAM 633 Fracture Mechanics
MEAM 635 Composite Materials
ENM 601 Advanced Topics in Engineering Mathematics
MEC 553 Heterogeneous Materials (Polytechnique)
MEC 587 Mechanics of Polymers (Polytechnique)
RESEARCH:
Applied Math Variational Methods; Homogenization; Asymptotic Analysis.
Mechanics Nonlinear Composite Materials; Multi-Scale Analysis; Smart Materials;
Microstructure Evolution and Localization in Manufacturing Processes;
Mechanics of Polycrystalline Deformation and Texture Evolution;
Phase Transformations; Fracture Mechanics; Thermoplastic Elastomers;
Elastomeric Foams, Reinforced Rubbers; Semi-Crystalline Polymers;
Magneto-rheological Elastomers.
PAST MEMBERS:
Ph.D. students
Gouan Li, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins, October 1992.
"Constitutive Models for Ductile Solids Reinforced by Spheroidal Inclusions."
Gal de Botton, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, January 1993.
“The Constitutive Behavior of Nonlinear Anisotropic Composites.”
Kingshuk Bose, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, April 1994.
“Stable Crack Growth under Mixed-Mode Conditions.”
Mati Zaidman, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, December 1994.
“Composite Materials with Evolving Microstructures.”
Mahesh Kailasam, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, January 1998.
Michael Nebozhyn, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, May 2000.
“Variational Estimates for Nonlinear Polycrystals.”
Yi Liu, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, August 2003.
“Texture Evolution in Polycrystals and Applications to Forming.”
Martin Idiart, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania & Ecole Polytechnique, October 2006.
“Macroscopic Behavior and Field Statistics in Viscoplastic Composites.”
Oscar Lopez-Pamies, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania & Ecole Polytechnique, October 2006.
“On the Effective Behavior, Microstructure Evolution and Macroscopic Stability of Elastomeric Composites.” (Thesis Prize at the Ecole Polytechnique).
Francois Willot, Ph.D., Ecole Polytechnique, January 2007 (joint with Y.-P. Pellegrini).
“Contribution à l'étude théorique de la localisation plastique dans les poreux.”
Kostas Danas, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania & Ecole Polytechnique, May 2008.
“Heterogeneous Materials with Evolving Microstructure.”
Michalis Agoras, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, August 2010.
Postdoctoral Fellows
Michel Bornert, Ph.D, École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussés, Paris (1994).
Renald Brenner, Ph.D, Université de Paris XIII (2001).
Michele Brun, Ph.D, University of Trento (2003).
Dirk Mohr, Ph.D, MIT (2003).
Vikranth Racherla, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania (2007).