Nadia Lapusta
Lawrence A. Hanson, Jr., Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Geophysics
Dipl., Kiev State University, 1994; M.S., Harvard University, 1996; Ph.D., 2001. Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Caltech, 2002-03; Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Geophysics, 2003-08; Associate Professor, 2008-10; Professor, 2010-19; Hanson Professor, 2019-.
Research Overview
Mechanics and physics of earthquakes and aseismic slip, computational modeling, fracture and frictional processes.
Related Courses
2025-26
Ae/AM/CE/ME 102 abc – Mechanics of Structures and Solids
Ae/Ge/ME 160 ab – Continuum Mechanics of Fluids and Solids
ME/CE/Ge 174 – Mechanics of Rocks
2024-25
Ae/AM/CE/ME 102 abc – Mechanics of Structures and Solids
Ae/Ge/ME 160 ab – Continuum Mechanics of Fluids and Solids
ME/Ge/Ae 266 ab – Fracture and Frictional Faulting
2023-24
Ae/AM/CE/ME 102 abc – Mechanics of Structures and Solids
Ae/Ge/ME 160 ab – Continuum Mechanics of Fluids and Solids
ME/CE/Ge 174 – Mechanics of Rocks