WELCOME TO THE COMPUTATIONAL MECHANICS RESEARCH LABORATORY
About CMRL
Under the direction of Professor Somnath Ghosh, the Computational Mechanics Research Laboratory (CMRL) at JHU specializes in research involving Computational Engineering & Sciences integrating Computational Mechanics & Physics, Computational Materials Science, and Integrated Computational Materials Engineering (ICME), with emphasis on Multiscale Modeling, Structure-Materials Modeling & Simulations, Multi-Physics Modeling of Multi-Functional Materials, Materials Characterization, Process Modeling, Machine Learning, Uncertainty Quantification, Additive Manufacturing.
Specific areas of activity include:
- Additive Manufacturing: Digital Twin for process-microstructure-performance and life
- Spatial and temporal multiscale, multiphysics modeling method development
- Modeling failure and fatigue in metals, composites, and multifunctional materials
- Coupled phase-field crystal plasticity modeling for heterogeneous materials
- Fatigue and failure modeling and damage sensing of engineering components
- Data-driven methods, Machine Learning and Uncertainty Quantification
- Synthetic microstructure builders, statistically equivalent RVEs
- Atomistic-continuum multiscale modeling of polymeric and metallic materials
- Novel computational model development
About CISMMS
Chartered in July 2013, The Center for Integrated Structure-Material Modeling & Simulation (CISMMS) creates a collaborative, multidisciplinary research and educational program to foster foundational advances in computational modeling, simulation and design in the fields of Integrated Computational Materials Science and Engineering (ICMSE) , Multi-Scale Analysis (MSA) and Computational Structure-Material Analysis and Design (CSMAD). CISMMS creates three dimensional and computerized models and simulations to study and improve the design of materials ranging from automobiles and air craft to biomaterials and electronics.
Examples of CMRL Work
Somnath Ghosh
Director of CMRL
Director of CISMMS
Michael G. Callas Chair Professor
Departments of Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Materials Science & Engineering
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Latest News
Kishore Appunhi Nair Wins U.S. National Congress on Computational Mechanics Student Poster Competition
Congratulations to Kishore Appunhi Nair as one of this year’s student poster competition winners at the U.S. National Congress on Computational Mechanics! Advised by Somnath Ghosh, Kishore presented his research on understanding how the microscopic features of metal...
Somnath Ghosh Elected to European Academy of Sciences and Arts
Somnath Ghosh, Michael G. Callas Chair Professor in the Department of Civil and Systems Engineering (CaSE) at Johns Hopkins University’s Whiting School of Engineering, has been elected as a member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts (EASA). Ghosh joins the...
Somnath Ghosh Recognized with Theodore von Karman Medal for Advances in Computational Multiscale Multiphysics Solid Mechanics
Somnath Ghosh, Michael G. Callas Chair Professor in the Department of Civil and Systems Engineering (CaSE), has been awarded the 2025 Theodore von Karman Medal by the American Society of Civil Engineers’ Engineering Mechanics Institute (EMI). Ghosh is recognized for...