Eliot Fried
Professor, Mechanical Engineering
- Ph.D. Applied Mechanics, California Institute of Technology 1991
- M.S. Applied Mathematics, California Institute of Technology 1989
- B.S. Applied Mathematics, California Polytechnic State University 1986
Eliot Fried joins Mechanical Engineering from McGill University where he was professor of mechanical engineering and the Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in interfacial and defect mechanics. He previously held positions at Carnegie Mellon University; Pennsylvania State University; College Park; University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; and Washington University in St. Louis.
Dr. Fried’s research focuses on the mechanics and thermodynamics of novel materials, including liquid crystals, surfactant solutions, nematic elastomers, hydrogels, biomembranes, and nanocrystalline alloys.
Honors include a NSF Mathematical Sciences Postdoctoral Fellowship, a Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, and an NSF Research Initiation Award. Fried was a fellow of the Center for Advanced Study at the University of Illinois and was awarded a Critical Research Initiative Grant while at the University of Illinois.
New Faculty 2011 by Department
Civil & Environmental Engineering
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Electrical Engineering
Kai-Mei Fu
Daniel Kirschen
Industrial & Systems Engineering
Wanpracha “Art” Chaovalitwongse
Mechanical Engineering
Eliot Fried
Jonathan Posner
Materials Science & Engineering
Jihui Yang
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