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Solid mechanics was at the top of my course list because of my interest in
strength of

materials. Prior courses in solid mechanics include undergraduate mechanics of

materials and an introduction to solid mechanics course. Mechanical engineering

was my undergraduate major. My main weakness related to this course is the

ability to take a real world problem, which is not spelled out and correctly

apply the theories learned in the course. My primary strength related to this

Hi, my name is Sun Min Jung and I am pursuing a Master of Science in Engineering Sciences. Thus I do not belong to a research group, but I am interested in doing research next semester for a 299r. I will be going into industry as a stress engineer, so this course will prepare me to have the necessary background for the job, as well as prepare me for a 299r next semester.

I took the course of Theory of Elasticity during my undergraduate study and the course of Finite Element Method during my master's study.  And my major is Engineering Mechanics. Therefore, I have some fundamental knowledge in solid mechanics but not enough, since I have no background in the aspects of plasticity and large deformation theory. I am currently doing research under Professor Suo's group (http://www.seas.harvard.edu/suo/) and my research topic will focus on gel which is a kind of soft material.

My name is Eric Kiser. I am part of the seismology group at EPS.  I am currently working on a back-projection method for imaging earthquakes.  My undergraduate major was in geology at the University of Illinois.  Some of the topics we are covering in ES 240 I have seen in my undergraduate geophysics classes.  I'm hoping to obtain a better understanding of stress and strain from this course, so I can apply it to physical properties within the Earth.

Hi everyone

   - my prior courses are mechancis of materials (ES 120) and intro to material science (ES 190)

   - I am pursuing Harvard's co-terminal AB/SM degree, and have finished my undergraduate requirements in engineering scinces with a focus on Mechanical Engineering

   - A definate plus is having taken the undergraduate class only a few years ago, and having much of the material presented in a very similar style which i have grown accustomed to.  My weakness is always the math.

I have got the master degree of Solid Mechanics in University of Science and Technology of China. Actually, I have taken several courses related to this subject, such as strength of materials and the theory of elasticity. So, my strength may be that I have some  knowledge about it, but my poor ability to solve PDE or even ODE could be the specific obstacle for studying this course. I will do research in Suo’s group(http://www.seas.harvard.edu/suo/), and my research may be related to soft matters, such as gels.

 My name is Maria Persson Gulda. I am a first year grad student at Harvard. I did my undergrad in Engineering Physics, with a minor in Applied Math, at University of Colorado at Boulder.

The classes from my undergrad that are closest related to this course are Classical Mechanics and Solid State Physics. I think my strength in ES 240 will be my applied math knowledge and my weakness will be my lack of courses in mechanics and/or materials.

Can anybody tell whether there is any closed form solution for Green's function in an anisotropic material? If yes it would be great if you share some of the literatures on this topic.

This entry is meant to summarize my personal information, and the reasons why I am taking this class.  Here are my responses to the bulleted topics:

 - I have taken three courses relating to solid mechanics prior to ES 240.  These were undergraduate classes taken at the Univ. of Delaware and they include:  (1)  Mechanics of Solids, (2) Material Science and Engineering,  (3) Design of Machinery

- My undergraduate major was Mechanical Engineering