J Erik Jonsson '22 Distinguished
Professor of Engineering
Head, Department
of Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear
Engineering
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Administrative Coordinator:
Colleen Bonesteel
Phone: (518) 276-6521
Email: carroc@rpi.edu
Director, Center
for Modeling, Simulation and Imaging for
Medicine (CeMSIM)
Office of
the Vice President of Research
Business Coordinator:
Shannon Carrothers
Phone: (518) 276-2524
Email: bonts@rpi.edu
Joint appointments:
Department of Biomedical
Engineering
Information Technology and Web
Science
Email: des_at_rpi_dot_edu
Education
B.E., Jadavpur University, Calcutta, India – Mechanical Engineering (1993)
M.E., Indian
Institute of Science, Bangalore – Mechanical
Engineering (1995)
Sc. D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology –
Mechanical
Engineering (2001)
Research Interests
- Computational Mechanics
- Multiscale Modeling
- Haptics and Virtual Environments
- Medical Simulations
- Biomechanics of Soft Tissues
