Kenneth Kamrin

Research Interests

Constitutive modeling
Solid mechanics
Plasticity
Fluid mechanics
Computational mechanics
Analytical methods in engineering

Honors + Awards

• 2022, MacVicar Faculty Fellow 
• 2016, JAM Award, ASME Applied Mechanics Division
• 2016, Ruth and Joel Spira Teaching Award, MIT School of Engineering
• 2015, Eshelby Mechanics Award for Young Faculty
• 2012, NSF CAREER Award
• 2011, Class of 1956 Career Development Chair
• 2010, Nicholas Metropolis Award, APS

Related Experience

• 2015, Visiting Assistant Professor, Brown University
• 2009-2011, NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Harvard

Memberships

• American Physical Society
• American Society of Mechanical Engineers
• Society of Engineering Sciences
• Society of Rheology

Professional Service

• 2019-present, Board of Directors, Society of Engineering Science
• 2013-present, Associate Editor, Computational Particle Mechanics
• 2014, Co-Organizer, International Conference on Modeling Granular Media Across Scales
• 2013-2016, Co-Organizer, SES Symposium on Multiscale Mechanics of Particulate Media
• 2011-2016, Co-Organizer, APS Focus Session on Continuum Descriptions of Discrete Media
• 2010-2016, Co-Organizer, New England Workshop on the Mechanics of Materials and Structures
• 2012, Topic Organizer, Amorphous Solids, ASME IMECE
• 2011, Co-Organizer, 9th Northeastern Granular Materials Workshop

MIT Service

• 2014-present, Mechanics Curriculum Committee
• 2013-present, UROP Coordinator for Course 2
• 2011-present, Co-Organizer,  MMEC Seminar Series
• 2011-present, Graduate Admissions
• 2011, 2A Core Curriculum Study Group

Teaching

• Mechanics and Materials I (2.001)
• Mechanics and Materials II (2.002)

Publications

• B. Valkov, C. H. Rycroft, and K. Kamrin, "Eulerian Method for Multiphase Interactions of Soft Solid Bodies in Fluids," ASME Journal of Applied Mechanics, In Press
• K. Kamrin and D. Henann, "Nonlocal Modeling of Granular Flows Down Inclines," Soft Matter, 11, 179-185 (2015)
• K. Kamrin and E. Bouchbinder, "Two-Temperature Continuum Thermomechanics of Deforming Amorphous Solids," Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 73, 269-288 (2014)
• K. Kamrin and J. D. Goddard, "Symmetry Relations in Viscoplastic Drag Laws," Proceedings of the Royal Society A, 470:2172, 20140434 (2014)     
• D. Henann and K. Kamrin, "Continuum Modeling of Secondary Rheology in Dense Granular Materials," Physical Review Letters, 113, 178001 (2014)
• D. Henann and K. Kamrin, "Continuum Thermomechanics of the Nonlocal Granular Rheology," International Journal of Plasticity, 60, 145-162 (2014)     
• K. Kamrin and G. Koval, "Effect of Particle Surface Friction on Nonlocal Constitutive Behavior of Flowing Granular Media," Computational Particle Mechanics, 1:2, 169-176, (2014)
• D. Henann, J. Valenza, D. Johnson, and K. Kamrin , "Small-Amplitude Acoustics in Bulk Granular Media," Physical Review E, 88, 042205 (2013)
• D. Henann and K. Kamrin , "A Predictive, Size-Dependent Continuum Model for Dense Granular Flows", Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 110:17, 6730-6735 (2013)
• P. Six and K. Kamrin, “Some Exact Properties of the Effective Slip Over Surfaces with Hydrophobic Patternings”, Physics of Fluids [letter], 25, 021703 (2013)
• K. Kamrin, C. H. Rycroft, and J.-C. Nave, “Reference map technique for finite-strain elasticity and fluid–solid interaction”, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 60:11, 1952-1969, (2012).     
• K. Kamrin and G. Koval, “Nonlocal Constitutive Relation for Steady Granular Flow”, Physical Review Letters 108, 178301, (2012).    
• K. Kamrin and L. Mahadevan, “Soft Catenaries”, Journal of Fluid Mechanics 691, 165-177, (2012).