Teaching
Current Courses
MAE 157 - Lightweight Structures
Design and calculation of aerospace structures, with focus on semi-monocoque designs.
MAE 195/295 - Introduction to the Finite Element Method
Project-based course on the fundamentals of the finite element method with application to stress analysis problems.
MAE 254 - Mechanics of Solids
Finite deformation kinematics; stress and strain measures; invariance in solid mechanics; objective rates; constitutive theory of elastic and inelastic solids; rate formulations; computational approaches; theories of plates and shells; applications to aerospace vehicles.
Past Courses (at Georgia Tech)
- AE 6114 - Fundamentals of Solid Mechanics (graduate)
- AE 6104 - Computational Mechanics (graduate)
- AE 4132 - Finite Element Analysis (undergraduate)
- AE 3145 - Undergraduate Structures Laboratory (undergraduate)
- COE 2001 - Statics (undergraduate)
Truss Me!
Truss Me! is an educational structural simulation app created by Prof. Rimoli that teaches structural mechanics as a game: players design the lightest structure that can carry a given load and watch it deform, buckle, and fail in real time. The app has been downloaded more than one million times in 150 countries and is used to teach structural mechanics in high schools and leading universities around the world. A new version is coming soon, and it will run in the browser as well as on iOS and Android: see the Truss Me! page.
Student Resources
- Office hours: see the individual course websites for the current schedule.
- Research opportunities: interested students should email jrimoli@uci.edu with their CV and research interests.
- Prospective students: see the team page for information about joining the lab.