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Pedro Miguel Reis

Faculty Instructor

Department of Mathematics, #2-335

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, 

MA 02139-4307
USA
e-mail: preis@@  mit.edu
            
            Faculty Instructor, MIT, USA
            CNRS Post-doc, ESPCI, Paris, France
            Research Assistant, CU of New York, USA

            Ph.D., Physics, Univ. of Manchester, UK
            CASM (Part III), Mathematics, Univ. of Cambridge, UK
            B. Sc. Physics, Univ. of Manchester, UK

Research Interests: Experiments, Nonlinear Dynamics, Non-equilibrium Statistical Mechanics, Granular Materials, Fluid Mechanics, Elasticity of Thin Objects, Solid Foams, Fracture, Adhesion, Biomechanics.

I am currently a Faculty Instructor at the Department of Mathematics at MIT. My scientific interests lie in the general area of nonlinear dynamics of systems driven far from equilibrium and elasticity of thin objects, which I probe primarily with experiments.

For more info, pics and videos on what I do, please visit my research pages.

Latest News:

Our article "The Unizip Instabilities: straight to oscillatory transitions in the cutting of thin elastic sheets" is published on Europhys. Lett. Our article "Tearing as a test for mechanical characterization of thin adhesive films" is published in Nature Materials and featured on the front cover. Interview for Morning Edition, National Public Radio (April 2, 2008), [Listen]; Scientific American 60-Second Science Podcast [Listen]; Winner in the video category of the GSNP Image Gallery (with B. Audoly and B. Roman) – ‘Oscillatory fracture paths in thin sheets’ – APS, March Meeting 2008, New Orleans, USA.