Research Interests

I am a mathematics postdoc at Carnegie Mellon University studying partial differential equations and calculus of variations. I focus on problems from material science, especially relating to either phase separation or thin structures and pattern formation. My mentors are Dr. Irene Fonseca and Dr. Giovanni Leoni. I was a graduate student at Courant working with Dr. Robert V Kohn.

Research Projects

Credit: Chopin and Kudrolli, PRL 2013. Taken from Chopin, Démery and Davidovitch, J. Elasticity 2015.

Wrinkling of a twisted ribbon

J. Elasticity 2018

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Credit: Žorž Mineralien Welt 2009. Taken from Shtukenberg et. al. Angew Chem 2014.

Rod theory with misfit

J. Nonlinear Science 2018

Generalized solutions to the Cahn-Hilliard equation

(In preparation)

Contact information

Email:

eobrien2 [at] andrew.cmu.edu

Office:

8214 Wean Hall

Mailing address:

Department of Mathematical Sciences
Carnegie Mellon University
Wean Hall 6113
Pittsburgh, PA 15213