Dr. Michael Mello

Biography

Michael Mello is a Teaching Professor in Mechanical Civil Engineering at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). He earned his B.S. from Bridgewater State College in 1985, an M.S. from the University of Rochester in 1988, and completed his Ph.D. at Caltech in 2012. Prior to his academic career, Mello worked in the industry as a Senior Electronic Packaging Engineer and Mechanical Laboratory Manager at Intel Corporation from 1997 to 2006. His teaching covers a broad range of undergraduate courses in Mechanical Civil Engineering, including subjects like Rigid Body Statics, Hydrostatics, Mechanics of Materials, Dynamics, CFD/FEA Modeling, and Experimental Solid & Fluid Mechanics among others. His research is centered on pressure-shear plate impact (PSPI) experiments and the development of interferometric measurement techniques. Mello collaborates with Professor G. Ravichandran's research group and is involved in earthquake investigations with Professor Ares J. Rosakis. Additionally, he serves as an Associate Technical Editor for the journal Experimental Mechanics, which focuses on integrating experimental methods with the mechanical behavior of materials and structures.

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