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This course will build a strong foundation in engineering mechanics, from fundamental theory to computational modeling. Constitutive relations governing various physical systems will be discussed, with a particular focus on constitutive symmetries and characteristic failure mechanisms corresponding to specific materials. Examples include ductile yielding and fracture in metals, shear banding in granular materials, fracture in composites, nonlinear inelasticity in biomaterials, and micro-buckling in architected materials. Finite element software will be used to model examples of these mechanisms.