Danial Faghihi

Danial Faghihi is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University at Buffalo, with affiliated appointments in Civil Engineering and the Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Data Science. Before joining the University at Buffalo in 2019, he was a Research Associate at the Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences at The University of Texas at Austin. He received his Ph.D. in structural engineering from Louisiana State University. Dr. Faghihi’s research focuses on predictive computational modeling of complex materials and biomedical systems, with an emphasis on uncertainty quantification, scientific machine learning, and computational mechanics. Applications include aerogel composites for sustainable building insulation, brain tumor modeling, and digital twins for diabetes management. He received the NSF CAREER Award in 2022 and has authored more than 40 journal articles. He delivered a ASME Committee on Computing in