Brunnels@uccs - Edu Solids - Uccs.edu: B R, P D
Brunnels@uccs - Edu Solids - Uccs.edu: B R, P D
Brunnels@uccs - Edu Solids - Uccs.edu: B R, P D
EDUCATION
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
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CCS-2, Continuum Mechanics Group: Code pro ling tools for multiphysics code, and GPU adaption of code
packages. (Mentor: Dr. Bryan Lally)
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Assistant Professor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
August 2015 - present University of Colorado Colorado Springs
MAE2103: Undergraduate Engineering Mechanics I
MAE3201: Undergraduate Mechanics of Materials
MAE4000: Undergraduate Engineering Seminar
MAE5100: Graduate Continuum Mechanics
MAE5201: Graduate Solid Mechanics
Graduate Teaching Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . March 2013
- May 2014 California Institute of Technology
AE102: Mechanics of solids and structures (graduate level)
CS101: High performance computing
Teaching Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . January
2010 - May 2010 New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
MATH332: Vector Analysis
SYNERGISTIC ACTIVITIES
Referee, Scripta Materialia, Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets (AIAA), Computational Materials Science,
Journal of Applied Physics, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids
Symposium Organizer, Engineering Mechanics Institute (2016), Society of Engineering Science (2016-2017),
United States National Congress on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (2018)
Organizer, UCCS Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Research Seminar Series . . . . . . . . . August 2016 - present
ADVISING
Computational analysis of the mechanical properties of metal oxides in poly(vinylidene uoride)/poly(lactic acid)
composites from atomistic simulations for additive manufacture of solid propellant
Funding Source: Air Force O ce of Scienti c Research Summer Faculty Fellowship Program
Role: Principal Investigator
Time on project: 100%
Computational theoretical, multiscale, and phenomenological modeling of solid & uid mechanics in extreme
environments Funding Source: National Science Foundation Extreme Science and Engineering Development
Environment (XSEDE) Role: Co-Principal Investigator
Time on project: n/a (supplemental computational resource allocation grant)
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PUBLICATIONS
B. Runnels
A projection-based reformulation of the coincident site lattice for arbitrary bicrystals at nite
temperature
Acta Crystallographica A - Advances 2017