Neil Hodge

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1 Current work
2 Classes
3 Teaching Experience
4 Employment Experience
5 Academic History
6 Contact Information
7 Other Stuff

Current work

I am currently working toward my Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley, under the guidance of Professor Panos Papadopoulos.

My major field is Solid Mechanics, and my minor fields are Dynamics and Mathematics.

My research concerns the modeling of cell motility; particularly, we are working on the creation of a multi-scale model of a crawling cell.

Generally speaking, my research interests include computational mechanics, numerical simulation of biological systems, theoretical solid mechanics, and applied mathematics.

Classes

I have taken the following classes:

ME 185, Introduction to Continuum Mechanics, instructor: D. Steigmann
ME 280A, Introduction to the Finite Element Method, instructor: P. Papadopoulos
ME 280B, Finite Element Methods in Nonlinear Continua, instructor: P. Papadopoulos
ME 281, Methods of Tensor Calculus and Differential Geometry, instructor: J. Casey
ME 282, Theory of Elasticity, instructor: D. Bogy
ME 283, Wave Propogation in Elastic Media, instructor: D. Bogy
ME 284, Nonlinear Theory of Elasticity, instructor: D. Steigmann
ME 285A, Foundations of the Theory of Continuous Media, instructor: J. Casey
ME 286, Theory of Plasticity, instructor: J. Casey
ME 175, Intermediate Dynamics, instructor: J. Casey, O. O'Reilly

MATH 104, Introduction to Analysis, instructor: J. Reimann
MATH 202A, Introduction to Topology and Analysis (General Topology, Measure Theory), instructor: D. Sarason
MATH 202B, Introduction to Topology and Analysis ((more) Measure Theory, Functional Analysis), instructor: D. Sarason
MATH 228A, Numerical Solution of Differential Equations (ODEs), instructor: J. Strain
MATH 228B, Numerical Solution of Differential Equations (PDEs), instructor: J. Strain

Teaching Experience

ENGIN 117: Methods of Engineering Analysis, instructor: J. Casey
ME 180: Engineering Analysis Using the Finite Element Method, instructor: S. Govindjee
ME 185: Introduction to Continuum Mechanics, instructor: P. Papadopoulos (Fall 2008), J. Casey (Fall 2009)

Received the Oustanding Graduate Student Instructor Award, 2008-2009

Employment Experience

Occasionally, when I am not at school, I work in the Methods Development Group at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Most recently, I worked on the parallel implicit code Diablo.

Previously, I worked for Motorola and Northrop Grumman, both in Chicago. I spent much of that time running FE models for various structural problems. I also did a bit of work in both thermal modeling and structural experimentation (i.e., modal tests, drop tests, shooting chickens out of cannons, etc.).

Academic History

I received both my B.S. and M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. My thesis was entitled "Navigational Fuzzy Logic Control of an Autonomous Vehicle".