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Wilkins Aquino

Professor in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
121 Hudson Hall, Box 90287, Durham, NC 27708
309 Gross Hall, Durham, NC 27708

Overview


Wilkins Aquino obtained a BSCE from Purdue University, and a MS and PhD in Civil Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Before joining the Duke Faculty, he was an associate professor in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Cornell University. He was also a member of the fields of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics and Applied Mathematics at Cornell. Prof. Aquino has broad interests in computational mechanics, including finite element methods, computational inverse problems, uncertainty quantification, coupled chemo-mechanics, and computational acoustics, among others.

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Professor in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science · 2018 - Present Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Pratt School of Engineering
Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering · 2018 - Present Civil and Environmental Engineering, Pratt School of Engineering
Professor of Mathematics · 2020 - Present Mathematics, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Professor in Head & Neck Surgery & Communication Sciences · 2020 - Present Head and Neck Surgery & Communication Sciences, Clinical Science Departments

Education, Training & Certifications


University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign · 2002 Ph.D.