Samit Roy is the William D. Jordan Endowed Professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics at the University of Alabama, USA. He holds a Ph.D. in Engineering Science & Mechanics from Virginia Tech. Dr. Roy's research focuses on multi-scale modeling and life-prediction of fiber-reinforced polymer composites, nanostructured reinforcements, and structural health management including self-healing smart materials. He has authored over 200 peer-reviewed publications. His distinguished honors include Fellow of ASME, Fellow of the American Society for Composites, ASC Outstanding Researcher Award, and ASC/DesTech Award. He served as Division Chair of ASC's Emerging Composite Technologies Technical Division in 2022.Sankha Subhra Aditya is currently a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Texas, USA. He completed his Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics at the University of Alabama under the guidance of Prof. Samit Roy. He received his undergraduate education from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur in Aerospace Engineering. His research interests encompass a variety of applications, including polymer composites and electronics packaging, with his contributions focusing on multiscale modeling of materials and structures, as well as theoretical fracture mechanics.

• 1. Introduction to Fracture Mechanics and Fatigue in Materials 2. Introduction to the Finite Element Method (FEM) 3. Introduction to Molecular Dynamics for Multi-physics Modeling (MD) 4. Development of the Atomistic J-integral: Energetic and Entropic Effects 5. Length-scale Effects and the need for Multi-scale Coupling to Study Macro-scale Fracture 6. Modeling of Fracture in Two-Dimensional Crystalline Materials using MD 7. Modeling of Fracture in Amorphous Polymers using MD 8. Hierarchical Multi-scale Modeling of Failure in Composite Materials 9. Concurrent Multi-scale Coupling of FEM and MD to Simulate Fracture 10. Concurrent Multi-scale Coupling to Simulate Fracture at a Bi-material Interface 11. Concurrent Multi-scale Coupling of FEM and MD to Simulate Fatigue 12. Appendices