CHRISTIAN PECO

Prof. Christian Peco

Contact me:
[email protected]
212 EES Building, 409D
Engineering Science and Mechanics, Penn State
University Park, PA 16802

Associate Professor at Engineering Science and Mechanics, Penn State. At CBioSaiL, we develop and apply computational mechanics models and artificial intelligence tools to answer fundamental questions at the interface of biomimetic materials and swarm robotics. Currently, we explore the emergent behavior of biological networks (fungus and slime molds), develop biomimetic AI for swarms of drones, and design multiscale, high performance computing models for accelerating microstructure response prediction in complex materials.

Prof. Peco at CBioSail holding a ground kilobot.
Image © Poornima Tomy/Penn State University

Other appointments and past collaborations:

Postdoctoral Research Associate (Duke University)
Information Initiative at Duke (iiD)
Research collaborator (Fuel Modeling and Simulation Department, Idaho National Lab)
Research collaborator (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology)
Ph.D. in Computational Mechanics (UPC-BarcelonaTech)
B.S. and M.S. in Civil Engineering (UPC-BarcelonaTech)
Structural Engineering Professor at Universidad de Chile
Physics and Mathematics Sciences Faculty
Research Scientist at UPC-BarcelonaTech
Research group LaCàN, Applied Mathematics III department
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - BarcelonaTech

OUR RESEARCH:
Computational mechanics and machine learning at the interface of biology and swarm robotics.

NEWS AND UPCOMING EVENTS IN THE LAB:
Prof. Christian Peco receives 2024 NSF CAREER Award. CP earns a five-year, $549,445 U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) Early Career Development (CAREER) Award for a project titled “Transferring biological networks emergent principles to drone swarm collaborative algorithms”.