Professor Albert C. To
Albert C. To, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
University of Pittsburgh
508 Benedum Hall
Pittsburgh, PA 15261
Office: (412) 624-2052
Fax: (412) 624-4846
Email: albertto@pitt.edu
Research Interests
- Multiscale mechanics theory and methods
- Mechanics of nano- and bio-materials
- Nonequilibrium thermomechanical processes (i.e. shock)
- Multifunctional, phononic, and smart materials
- Wave propagation and dynamic fracture
- Inverse problems
- Acoustic emission
Education
- Postdoctoral Research Fellow (2005-2008), Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University
- Ph.D. (2005), Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley
- M.S. (2005), Earth and Planetary Science, University of California, Berkeley
- M.S. (1999), Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- B.S. (1997), Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley
Honors and Awards
- NSF Broadening Participation Research Initiation Grants in Engineering (BRIGE) Award (2009)
- Air Force Summer Faculty Fellowship (2009)
- Best Student Paper Award, 46th Acoustic Emission Working Group Meeting (2003)
- Jane Lewis Fellowship, University of California, Berkeley (Aug. 2002 - Aug. 2004)
Teaching
- Spring 2009 - CEE 2324 Computational Nanomechanics
- Fall 2009 - CEE 1330 Introduction to Structural Analysis
- Spring 2010 - CEE 2324 Computational Nanomechanics
- Fall 2010 - CEE 1330 Introduction to Structural Analysis
- Spring 2011 - CEE 1330 Introduction to Structural Analysis
- Fall 2011 - ME 2222/MSE 2112 Nanoscale Modeling and Simulation: Molecular Dynamics
- Spring 2012 - ME 2060 Numerical Methods
- Fall 2012 - ME 2222/MSE 2112 Nanoscale Modeling and Simulation: Molecular Dynamics
- Spring 2012 - ME 2060 Numerical Methods
- Spring 2012 - MEMS 1028 Mechanical Design I