Nicholas M Patrikalakis

Nicholas M Patrikalakis is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He holds the Kawasaki Professor of Engineering title and is affiliated with the MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering. His research interests are not explicitly detailed in the provided information. His contact details include an email address of nmp@mit.edu and a website link to his profile page. The profile page indicates his affiliation with the MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering and his office location at Room 5-219.

Nicholas M. Patrikalakis is a professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His research focuses on geometric and solid modeling, visualization, robotics, design, and ocean engineering. His work includes the development of algorithms for shape interrogation, surface intersections, and medial axis transforms, as well as applications in robotics and autonomous underwater vehicles. Patrikalakis has contributed to the fields of computer-aided design and manufacturing, with publications on topics such as functionally graded materials, path planning, and feature-based design. His research emphasizes computational methods for geometric modeling and their applications in engineering systems.