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Sophia Santillan

Sophia Santillan

Associate Professor of the Practice in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
sophia.santillan@duke.edu
187 Hudson Hall, Box 90300, Durham, NC 27708-0302
187 Hudson Hall, Box 90300, Durham, NC 27708

Overview

I'm an Associate Professor of the Practice, teaching some required courses for the MEMS major. My research areas are: structural mechanics, nonlinear dynamics, and engineering/STEM education.

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Associate Professor of the Practice in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science · 2021 - Present Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Pratt School of Engineering
Associate Professor of the Practice of Mathematics · 2022 - Present Mathematics, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences

In the News

Published April 1, 2021
“Engineering While Black” creates a series of important conversations
Published May 19, 2020
To Shrink the Gender Gap in STEM, Start with Girls’ Math Identity

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Recent Publications

Work in Progress: Evaluation of 360 Coaching to Support Whole-Student Advising in the First-Year

Conference ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings · June 25, 2023 Cite

Interrogating the Configuration Space of Postbuckled Beams

Journal Article Journal of Engineering Mechanics · March 1, 2023 This paper considers the global configuration space of postbuckled structures. Initially, a slender buckled beam is considered. The boundary conditions are pinned at one end and fully fixed at the other. The pin-end of the initially flat beam is moved towa ... Full text Cite

IT'S CURLING NIGHT IN NEW ORLEANS!

Conference ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Proceedings (IMECE) · January 1, 2023 In a sophomore level dynamics class in Duke University's Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science department, a tabletop sized ice rink was built to demonstrate collision mechanics of Curling stones. Cameras and image processing techniques were used to ... Full text Cite
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Recent Grants

Duke Girls Exploring Math (DukeGEM)

Public ServiceCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by Mathematical Association of America · 2021 - 2023

High-Frequency Broadband Energy-Intensity Boundary Element Method Applied to Aircraft Panels Excited by a Turbulent Boundary Layer

FellowshipPI-Fellow · Awarded by National Aeronautics and Space Administration · 2003 - 2007

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Education, Training & Certifications

Duke University · 2007 Ph.D.