About Me

My name is William Martino and I am a first year Master of Science Candidate in Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science at Duke University with a Graduate certificate in Aerospace Research. I am primarily interested in structural analysis and design, dynamics, composite materials, and computational methods. Outside of my coursework, I conduct research for the Nonlinear Dynamics Group under Professor Lawrence Virgin where I leverage 3D printing to interrogate the vibrational and buckling characteristics of various structural configurations. Additionally, I am active in Duke AERO’s Structures and Student Researched and Developed (SRAD) Solid Propulsion teams. 

For more about me and my background feel free to connect with me on LinkedIn.

Past Projects

  • Script for automatic creation and extraction of outputs from Abaqus 
  • Bachelor Thesis: Physics Informed Neural Networks for Thermomechanical Simulations
  • Script to apply Classical Laminate Theory and the Tsai-Wu Criterion to composite laminates