PC Chou Assistant Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering & Mechanics
Drexel University
Address: 3141 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, PA 19104
Phone: (215) 571-4578
Fax: (215) 895-1478
Email: arn55@drexel.edu
Office location: 158 Curtis Hall
Group Members
Post-Doctoral Research Associates
Hsiao Wei Lee
MEM Post-Doctoral Research Associate
Email: hl863@drexel.edu
Research Interests
Unified mechanics theory, Fatigue and failure analysis, Damage mechanics, Corrosion and hydrogen embrittlement, Plasticity, Microbial induced calcium carbonate precipitation, Phase field method
Li Meng
MEM Post-Doctoral Research Associate
Email: mengle@mail.uc.edu
Research Interests
Finite element analysis, Fracture mechanics, Cohesive zone model, Phase field model, Fracture of brittle material, Fracture of ductile material
PhD Students
Nolan Black
MEM Graduate Research Associate
Email: njb89@drexel.edu
Research Interests
Dynamic Design Optimization, Energy Propagation, Advanced Manufacturing
Sarah Malik
MEM Graduate Research Associate
Co-advised by Professor Antonios Kontsos (Rowan University) & Professor Ahmad Najafi (Drexel University)
Email: sm3658@drexel.edu
Research Interests
Artificial Intelligence, Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Digital Thread/Digital Twin, Internet of Things, Fracture, Fatigue, Damage Detection, Structural Health Monitoring, Additive Manufacturing
Amir Sadighi
MEM Graduate Research Associate
Email: amir.sadighi@drexel.edu
Research Interests
Fracture Mechanics, Phase-Field Models for Fracture, Modeling of Fracture in Bone Structures and Composites, Biomechanics, Crashworthiness and Energy Absorption, Dynamic Loading, Composites, Optimization
Jordan Stolle
MEM Graduate Research Associate
Email: jts376@drexel.edu
Research Interests
Biomechanics, Design Optimization, Human Motion Analysis, Finite Element Methods
Jonathan Gorman
MEM Graduate Research Associate
Email: jbg76@drexel.edu
Research Interests
Design Optimization, Multifunctional Materials, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning
Mehrangiz Taheri
MEM Graduate Research Associate
Email: mt3343@drexel.edu
Research Interests
Bone Mechanics, Bone Remodeling , Effect of Implant Fixation by Osteointegration, Bone Fracture and Fatigue
Alireza Ashkpour
MEM Graduate Research Associate
Email: aa4743@drexel.edu
Research Interests
Computational Mechanics, Fracture Mechanics, Phase-field Modeling, Reduced Order Models
Sobhan Honarvar
MEM Graduate Research Associate
Email: sh3674@drexel.edu
Research Interests
Fracture Modeling of Bone Structures and Composites, Fracture Mechanics, Phase-field Modeling, Multi-scale Computational Mechanics, Biomaterials and Biological Materials, Optimization
MS Students
Timothy Speck 
MEM MS Student
Email: ts3355@drexel.edu
Research Interests
Computational Mechanics, Design Optimization, Finite Element Methods
Isabella Snyder 
MEM BS/MS Student
Email: ims55@drexel.edu
Research Interests
Design of Multifunctional Materials, Computational Mechanics, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Finite Element Analysis
Michael Iannota 
MEM MS Student
Email: mi387@drexel.edu
Research Interests
Computational Mechanics, Design Optimization, Finite Element Analysis
Undergraduate Students
Daniel Agbara 
MEM BS Student
Email: dca57@drexel.edu
Research Interests
Computational Mechanics
Sean Kerrane 
MEM BS Student
Email: sk4236@drexel.edu
Research Interests
Computational Mechanics, Finite Element Analysis, Fracture Mechanics, Fracture in Bone
Aboubakare Diaby 
MEM BS Student
Email: ad3875@drexel.edu
Research Interests
Finite Element Analysis, Design Optimization
Jack Pirtle 
MEM BS Student
Email: jcp358@drexel.edu
Research Interests
Computational Mechanics, Machine Learning, Finite Element Analysis