Shaofan Li

Shaofan Li is a Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley. His research interests include AI & ML applications in engineering, Structural & Computational mechanics, Finite element methods, Nonlinear and nonlocal continuum mechanics, Multiscale simulation of materials, Modeling, and simulation of material failures, and Modeling/simulation of environmental fluid dynamics, Nanoscale characterization of cementitious materials. Li's current research focuses on AI-aided design methodology, computational failure mechanics, computational environmental fluid mechanics, and nano- and mesoscale modeling of sustainable cementitious materials. He is also involved in developing nonlocal environmental fluid dynamics methods for respiratory viruses and pathogen transmission.

Shaofan Li is a Professor of Applied and Computational Mechanics at the University of California-Berkeley, specializing in soft matter mechanics, computational nano-mechanics, and multiscale simulation. His research focuses on developing advanced computational methods for modeling complex mechanical behaviors in materials, including failure mechanics and dynamic crack propagation. Li's work also explores the application of meshfree and particle methods in structural dynamics and the simulation of micro-scale phenomena. His contributions span both theoretical and applied aspects of computational mechanics, with a strong emphasis on interdisciplinary approaches to material science and engineering.