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Christopher J. Larsen

Associate Professor

Office: Stratton Hall, 011
Phone: +1-508-831-6124
Fax: +1-508-831-5824
cjlarsen@wpi.edu

Related Information

Please see my personal web site for more detailed research information.

Educational Background

B.S., Carnegie Mellon University, 1989
J.D., University of Maryland, 1992
M.S., Carnegie Mellon University, 1994
Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University, 1996

Research & Teaching Interests

Calculus of variations; partial differential equations; geometric measure theory; image segmentation (computer vision); problems in optimal design; current focus on free discontinuity problems modeling fracture mechanics

IQP Advising Interests

Scientists in court - the role of experts; judicial review of science in policy; scientific evidence and forensics

Recent Publications

A. Braides and C. J. Larsen. Gamma-convergence for stable states and local minimizers. Ann. Scuola Norm. Sup. Pisa Cl. Sci., to appear.
C. J. Larsen. Epsilon-stable quasi-static brittle fracture evolution. Comm. Pure Appl. Math., 63 (2010), pp. 630-654.
A. Garroni and C. J. Larsen. Threshold-based quasi-static brittle damage evolution. Arch. Rat. Mech. Anal., 194 (2009), pp. 585-609.
C. J. Larsen, C. Ortner, and E. Suli. Existence of solutions to a regularized model of dynamic fracture. Mathematical Models and Methods in Applied Sciences, 20 (2010), pp. 1021-1048.
C. J. Larsen, M. Ortiz, and C. L. Richardson. Fracture paths from front kinetics: relaxation and rate-independence. Arch. Rat. Mech. Anal., 193 (2009), pp. 539-583.