Varda Faghir Hagh

Varda Faghir Hagh is an Assistant Professor in Mechanical Science and Engineering at the University of Illinois. Her research focuses on mechanical stability, rigidity analysis, and computational methods in materials science. She develops open-source software like rigidPy for rigidity analysis and contributes to interdisciplinary studies in biophysics and soft matter mechanics.

• Institution: University of Illinois
• School: College of Engineering
• Academic Rank: Assistant Professor
• Email: hagh@illinois.edu

Her research interests include:

• Mechanical stability and constraint counting
• Rigidity in disordered and biological materials
• Computational physics and Python-based tool development
• Topological mechanics and zero modes
• Energy-dynamics tradeoffs in physical systems

Key publication trends show interdisciplinary work bridging:

• Physics and mechanical engineering
• Biophysics and computational modeling
• Software development for rigidity analysis
• Studies on jamming and underconstrained systems