Email
cjlarsen@wpi.edu
Office
Kaven Hall 108
Document
Affiliated Department or Office
Education
BS Physics Carnegie Mellon University 1989
JD University of Maryland 1992
MS Applied Mathematics Carnegie Mellon University 1994
PhD Mathematics Carnegie Mellon University 1996
The evolution of defects in materials present very interesting mathematical challenges. My research focuses on improving mathematical models for material defects and advancing mathematical methods for studying them. Of particular interest are the growing lower-dimensional surfaces found in fracture mechanics. There are many open questions here, and my projects involve postdocs, graduate students, and undergraduates, as well as other mathematicians and collaborators from other fields.
Research Interests
Partial Differential Equations
Calculus of Variations
Geometric Measure Theory
Applications to Materials Science, particularly Fracture Mechanics
Scholarly Work
Professional Highlights & Honors
Principal Investigator, 2005-present,
National Science Foundation
National Science Foundation
Visiting Scholar/Professor/Associate,
University of Paris XIII, University of Paris IX, Caltech, Oxford, Brown
University of Paris XIII, University of Paris IX, Caltech, Oxford, Brown
Lecturer, Park City Mathematics Institute - "variational methods for materials science" , 2014
Institute for Advanced Study
Institute for Advanced Study