Phone: (251) 460-7453
Fax: (251) 460-6549
Email: vphan@jaguar1.usouthal.edu
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Office:  EGCB 202

Education:
Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Montreal, 1997
M.S., Solid Mechanics, Grenoble Institute of Technology, 1993
B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, 1982

Research Interests:
Multiscale dynamic fracture analysis
Boundary element methods for elastodynamics
Modeling the growth instability in Si-based thin films

Courses Taught:
EG 315: Mechanics of Materials
ME 328: Mechanical Engineering Analysis II
ME 421: Mechanical Systems Design
ME 430/530: Mechanism Synthesis
ME 338/538: Finite Element Analysis
ME 518: Advanced Mechanical Engineering Analysis
ME 572: Advanced Vibrations
ME 583: Applied Elasticity
ME 590 (Special Topics): Micromechanics