Tod A. Laursen
Office of the President
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Khalifa University
United Arab Emirates
Biography
Prof Dr. Tod A. Laursen is the President of Khalifa University of Science, Technology and Research, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Prior to becoming President of Khalifa University, Dr. Laursen was a member of the faculty of Duke University (USA), between the years of 1992 and 2010, during which time he had appointments in civil engineering, biomedical engineering, and mechanical engineering. He served as Chair of the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science from 2008-2010, and served as Senior Associate Dean for Education in the Pratt School of Engineering from 2003-2008. In the latter capacity, he had oversight responsibility for all undergraduate and graduate engineering programs at Duke.
Research Interest
His particular focus is development of methods to analyze contact, impact and frictional phenomena, in highly nonlinear and complex systems.
Publications
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Laursen, Tod A. Computational contact and impact mechanics: fundamentals of modeling interfacial phenomena in nonlinear finite element analysis. Springer Science & Business Media, 2013.
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Laursen, T. A. (2013). Computational contact and impact mechanics: fundamentals of modeling interfacial phenomena in nonlinear finite element analysis. Springer Science & Business Media.
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Laursen, Tod A. Computational contact and impact mechanics: fundamentals of modeling interfacial phenomena in nonlinear finite element analysis. Springer Science & Business Media, 2013.
