Srivastava Lab at Brown University

Research in the area of Solid Mechanics and Biomechanics at Brown University's School of Engineering

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It’s that time of year!🎓Huge congratulations to Owen Landry for successfully presenting his Undergraduate Honor’s Thesis. Balancing a full course load while completing original research is no small feat. We are so proud of your hard work and can’t wait to see what you do next!

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Huge congrats to Matthew Fang for successfully presenting his Master’s thesis! 👏 It’s been a joy watching your research come to life. We know you’re going to do amazing things in your career. Cheers to this massive milestone! ✨

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Say hello to our newest PhD, Dr. Aditya Konale! He defended his thesis in Solid Mechanics and we couldn’t be prouder. Aditya's dedication to research has been inspiring. We are thrilled to see him reach this milestone and we know he will do great things! 🎓🐻 @brownengin

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Congratulations Zahra and Srivastava lab for being awarded a patent for better cancer therapy (pH-regulating hydrogels that neutralize cancer cell environment acidosis and increase chemotherapy efficacy) https://t.co/IwmXS33er1

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yay for the new award

https://t.co/VOnVjIq0Ce

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Congratulations to Keven Alkhoury, Shawn Chester, and Vikas Srivastava on their new paper, A finite element implementation of a large deformation gradient-damage theory for fracture with Abaqus user material subroutines https://t.co/yTKRXKzncX @brownengin @NJITEngineering

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Congratulations to Aditya Konale and Vikas Srivastava on their new paper, A physics-informed neural network for modeling fracture without gradient damage: Formulation, application, and assessment, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 2025. https://t.co/3wOuOn9c0o

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Join us this week from Sept 22-24 as we host the "2025 AmeriMech Symposium: Mechanics of Materials in Extreme Environments" at @BrownUniversity! We are excited to welcome the many amazing speakers to present about their innovative research #AmeriMech2025 https://t.co/YcE15dp0qC

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So proud of our undergraduate researchers for presenting their work at the Summer Research Symposium!

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Great way to complete the semester of Biomechanics ☀️ @brownengin @Brown_BME @BrownUniversity

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Beautiful day for a Biomechanics lecture outside!

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Excited to share our article “On modeling fracture of soft polymers” is published in Mechanics of Materials! We present a unified framework to capture fracture in soft materials. Congrats to PhD student Aditya Konale!
https://t.co/YjEsoBPWho

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Had a great time with many of our current and past research group members this weekend! @Srivastava_Lab

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Congratulations to Angelina Clark, Mia Kamisato, & Chigozie Manu for presenting their work at the Summer Research Symposium! @brownengin https://t.co/xuBjFlbrpt

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Lots of energy and exchange of ideas at today’s Engineering and Cancer Retreat at @BrownUCancer @brownengin @BrownMedicine @BrownUniversity organized by @rwsobol and @ianywonglab

@TejalADesai @DawsonStemCell @ShiOnaCo @LauraKalafarski @SeanLawler20 @Tapinos_Lab @SheldonLHolder @SenduraiMani @LanlanZhou @LiangChengMD

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Great symposium this morning organised by @rwsobol @brownengin @BrownUniversity on Exploring the interface at cancer biology & Engineering with stimulating talks @TejalADesai @weldeiry @ianywonglab

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Special thanks to Dr. Shabnam Konica, a former post-doc in our lab and current member of the Abaqus development team, for hosting current graduate students at Dassault Systemes.

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Our latest paper published in the International Journal of Mechanical Sciences sheds light on the damage mechanisms and protection of critical underwater structures. Congratulations to Dr. Vaishakh K V for all his hard work on this project! https://t.co/TrIajh2Ehg

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Congratulations, Brown graduates @brown @brownengin! A very special congratulations to four outstanding undergraduates from the lab Venkatsai Bellala, Karolina Palac, Rachel Rowey, and Angelina Schorr who graduated with honors in Biomedical Engineering @Brown_BME.

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Congratulations to our undergraduate researchers for completing their capstone projects and presenting their posters at the @brownengin design symposium!