Arash Yavari

Arash Yavari is a Professor at the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology. He holds a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Sharif University of Technology (1997), M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from The George Washington University (2000), and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering (Applied Mechanics) with a minor in Mathematics from Caltech (2005). His research focuses on geometric mechanics, nonlinear elasticity, and discrete mechanics of crystalline solids with defects. He is a Fellow of the Society of Engineering Science and a member of the American Academy of Mechanics.

Research Interests:

• Systematic theories for defective crystals, bridging atomistic and continuum models.
• Applications of differential geometry, exterior calculus, and algebraic topology in mechanics.
• Accretion mechanics, nonlinear anelasticity, and transformation cloaking in elastic structures.

His work addresses challenges in non-periodic systems, discrete boundary-value problems, and the geometric foundations of mechanics. Recent studies include optimal elastostatic cloaking and universal deformations in anisotropic materials.

Awards and Recognition:

• Fellow of the Society of Engineering Science (2018).
• Member of the American Academy of Mechanics.

Grants and Projects:

Included collaborations like the NSF-funded "Mechanics of Growing Bodies: A Riemannian Geometric Approach" (2011), focusing on geometric modeling of growth and accretion. Ongoing research explores cloaking structures and defect mechanics in nanomaterials.