Edgar Karapetian

Edgar Karapetian is a Research Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at Suffolk University, where he has been employed since 2006. His research focuses on mixed boundary value problems, theoretical and computational solid mechanics, fracture mechanics, and nanoelectromechanics of piezoelectric materials.

• Education: PhD from Concordia University, Montreal; MS/BS from Polytechnic Institute, Yerevan, Armenia.

His work bridges applied mathematics and engineering, particularly in analyzing piezoelectric materials and contact/fracture mechanics. Recent publications emphasize computational modeling for scanning probe microscopies and electromechanical responses.

He serves as a reviewer for journals including Zeitschrift fur Angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik and Philosophical Magazine, and has held a Visiting Research Staff position at Oak Ridge National Laboratory since 2005.

• Grants: NSF-funded work on nanoelectromechanics of piezoelectric indentation; Oak Ridge National Laboratory grant on electromechanical response of anisotropic surfaces.