Michael Taylor

Associate Professor and Chair of Mechanical Engineering
Faculty Director of da Vinci RLC
Santa Clara University
Email: mjtaylor AT scu.edu
Office: 408-551-3428

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I have a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Johns Hopkins University as well as M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from U.C. Berkeley. Prior to joining SCU, I was a Mechanical Specialist at Northrop Grumman Marine Systems working on the structural dynamics of missile launching systems and developing analysis software. This was followed by a Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Harvard Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, which included research into auxetic structures for gas turbine applications for Rolls-Royce Energy. You can find me on ResearchGate and GitHub.

I’m originally from Philadelphia (let’s go Flyers).

Research Interests

solid mechanics, software development, GPU computing

Professional Experience

Chair of Mechanical Engineering, Santa Clara University
Faculty Director of da Vinci RLC, Santa Clara University
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Santa Clara University
Co-director, WAVE HPC Center, Santa Clara University
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Santa Clara University
Postdoctoral Fellow, Bertoldi Group, Harvard SEAS
Mechanical Specialist, Northrop Grumman Marine Systems

2024-present      
2024-present        
2021-present        
2021-2022               
2015-2021         
2011-2015            
2008-2011          

Education

2008      Ph.D, Mechanical Engineering, U.C. Berkeley (advisor: David Steigmann)
2005      M.S., Mechanical Engineering, U.C. Berkeley
2003      B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University