ANASTASIA TZOUMAKA

A PhD Candidate in Solid Mechanics at Brown University, graduating in August 2022. A mechanical engineer with hands-on experience and expertise in analytical modeling and numerical methods in solid mechanics using Finite Element Analysis. Experienced and accomplished in material characterization of soft materials at high strain rates. Experienced with collaborating and working in an interdisciplinary environment. Seeking to acquire new skills and face new challenges, collaborate with people from multiple fields and use skill-set to solve complex problems that will enable the design of new innovative products.

• 2020: Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award
• 2018: Gerondelis Foundation Scholarship Awarded to Graduate students of a Greek descent pursuing a graduate degree in the United States

• 2021 : J. Yang, A. Tzoumaka, K. Murakami, E. Johnsen, D. Henann, C. Franck, Predicting Complex Non-spherical Instability Shapes of Inertial Cavitation Bubbles in Viscoelastic Soft Matter (PRE).
• 2022 : A. Tzoumaka, J. Yang, J. Sukovich K. Murakami, E. Johnsen, C. Franck, D. Henann, Modeling high strain-rate microcavitation in soft materials: the role of material response in bubble dynamics (in preparation).
• 2022 : A. Tzoumaka, D. Henann Accounting for material anisotropy and damage in soft materials during inertial microcavitation. (In preparation)