He graduated from MIT in November 2009 with a Ph.D. degree in engineering mechanics. His Ph.D. thesis was entitled “Finite Strain Behavior of Polyurea for a Wide Range of Strain Rates.” During his stay at MIT, he performed several types of dynamic tests on virgin polyurea, proposed a finite rate-sensitive constitutive model, and validated the proposed model with various loading condition tests. As a part of his thesis work, he also visited École Polytechnic in Paris, France, to perform the classical and hydraulic split Hopkinson pressure bar tests. Prior to coming to ICL, he developed a constitutive model of ultra-high performance concrete to capture its thermo-chemo-mechanical coupling effect, and worked on structural dynamics with an application to structural health monitoring.