Jay Fineberg’s laboratory has a variety of different research interests.  Each of these projects is interesting  (to us)  in itself ,  fundamentally important,  an intrinsically nonlinear process, and basically fun to study.  Some of these, in broad strokes, are:

  • The physics of  “How Things Break” - The study of dynamic (rapid) fracture in brittle materials
  • The pattern formation and interactions of nonlinear waves
  • The physics of  “How Things Slide” - The study of the onset of frictional motion and laboratory modeling of earthquakes
Take a look at a short video where Jay explains how we break and slide stuff in the lab