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Anuradha Banerjee,
Ph.D. (Glasgow) |
Dr. Anuradha Banerjee did her post graduate
degrees at Purdue University (MS) and University of Glasgow (PhD) on
theoretical and applied fracture mechanics of bi-material systems.
Her Post Doctoral work at MIT was on characterization of anisotropy
and tensile splitting in a high-grade pipe steel. Her current
research interests include mechanics of fracture and fatigue in
homogeneous, functionally graded and composite materials. She has
been teaching courses on strength of materials, advanced structural
mechanics, theory of plates and shells and engineering
mechanics. |
| E-mail: anuban[at]iitm[.]ac[.]in |
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A Arockiarajan,
Ph.D. (Kaiserslautern) |
Arockiarajan obtained his masters degree (M.E.)
from PSG college of Technology and pursued his doctoral Studies
(Ph.D.) at University of Kaiserslautern with specialization in
finite element modeling of ferroelectrics. His post doctorial work
at University of Nottingham focused on generalized continuum
approach for electro-mechanical coupled problems. His research
interest includes smart materials, ferroelectrics, electro-active
polymers, piezocomposites, constitutive modeling, and numerical
techniques. |
E-mail: aarajan[at]iitm[.]ac[.]in |
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C Lakshmana Rao,
Ph.D. (MIT) |
Dr. C. Lakshmana Rao is a Professor in the
Department of Applied Mechanics and an Adjunct Professor in the
Department of Civil Engineering at the Indian Institute of
Technology Madras. He obtained his Doctor of Science degree from MIT
Cambridge in 1992 and has been a faculty at IIT Madras since 1992.
His research interests include Fracture Mechanics, Constitutive
Modeling of Materials, Buckling Control of Structures using Smart
Materials, Numerical simulation of Material Systems and Rural
Hydrological Systems. He has co-authored a text book on ‘Engineering
Mechanics – Statics and Dynamics’ and has several research
publications to his credit. The courses that he has taught at IITM
include Engineering Fracture Mechanics, Constitutive modeling in
continuum mechanics, Discrete element methods in engineering,
Theories of elasticity, Strength of Materials and Engineering
Mechanics. |
E-mail: lakshman[at]iitm[.]ac[.]in |
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Palaninathan
R, Ph.D. (IITM) |
Dr. R. Palaninathan graduated from University of
Madras; obtained M.Tech. and Ph.D. degrees from Dept. of Applied
Mechanics, IIT, Madras with specialization in Engineering Mechanics.
Areas of expertise: (i) Structural Mechanics, (ii) Composite
Materials and Structures, (iii) Finite Element Method and (iv)
Thermal Structures. He has executed several projects (sponsored,
research based consultancy and Consultancy) of national importance,
such as: (i) design of heat shield for AGNI, (ii) structural
analyses of PSLV and GSLV rockets, (iii) erosion modeling of
hypersonic technology demonstrator vehicle and (iv) development of
selectively reinforced squeeze cast piston (metal matrix composite
product) for diesel engines under Technology Development Missions.
He teaches undergraduate (Engineering Mechanics, Strength of
Materials) and graduate (Advanced Mechanics of Solids, Theory of
Plates and Shells, Composite Structures) courses |
E-mail: rpnathan[at]iitm[.]ac[.]in |
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Pijush Ghosh
, Ph.D. (North Dakota) |
Dr. Ghosh obtained his M.Tech from IIT Kanpur. He did his PhD from North Dakota State University (USA). After his PhD he moved to Johns Hopkins University (USA) for his postdoctoral research. During his PhD, he worked on nanomechanics of clay (montmorillonite), influence of mineral proximity on the mechanics of organics in natural bio-nanocomposite, and on Polymer–Clay Nanocomposites(PCN). In his postdoctoral research, he worked on simulation of protein helix in a cell membrane. He specializes in Molecular Dynamics (MD) simulation. Dr. Ghosh’s research interest includes mechanics of nano-composite interfaces, multiscale modeling of civil engineering materials and mechanics of cell. These works involve experimental work and simulations.
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E-mail: pijush[at]iitm[.]ac[.]in |
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Ramesh K,
Ph.D. (IITM) |
Dr. K. Ramesh is currently a Professor with the Department of
Applied Mechanics, Indian Institute of Technology Madras. He was
formerly a Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur and was associated with that
institute for over a decade. His areas of interests include computer
applications in experimental mechanics, fracture mechanics and
education technology. He has over 80 publications in the areas of
digital photoelasticity, fracture mechanics and fiber composites and
two of his papers on photoelasticity have appeared in the Milestone
Series of SPIE. He is the author of several educational software
modules for experimental stress analysis. He has authored a book on Digital Photoelasticty – Advanced Techniques and
Applications published by Springer, Germany and co-authored a book
on Mechanical Sciences published by Narosa Publishing
House, India. He has developed a unique e-book on Engineering
Fracture Mechanics published by IIT Madras and distributed by
Online Solutions, India. In this e-book a novel attempt is made to
mimic the class room environment of developing the concepts through
a series of careful steps. He has also contributed a Chapter on
Photoelasticity in the Springer Handbook of Experimental
Solid Mechanics, Springer, USA. He is in the editorial board of
Strain. He is a fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering
and a member of several National and International Professional
societies such as SEM, BSSM, OSI, ISTAM etc.
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E-mail: kramesh[at]iitm[.]ac[.]in |
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Dr. Sayan Gupta’s research
interests are in the areas of structural dynamics, nonlinear
oscillations, random vibrations, stochastic mechanics, reliability
and risk estimation and structural problems related to earthquake,
wind and offshore engineering. His doctoral research focused on
reliability assessment of randomly excited vibrating structures
while his master’s thesis was on the stochastic finite element
method. During his post-doctoral stint at Technical University of
Delft, The Netherlands, he worked on random fatigue problems and
characterization of the lifetime for ageing structures. His
interests in teaching include courses on vibrations, stability and
structural reliability. |
E-mail: sayan[at]iitm[.]ac[.]in |
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Dr. S F Ali graduated from
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. During his PhD, Dr. Ali developed nonlinear hybrid control
algorithms for base isolated structures with magnetorheological dampers.
His post doctoral work at IUT Longwy, CRAN in France was focused on
the identification and control of glass moulding in a glass furnace.
He joined Swansea University, UK as a Newton fellow and worked on
smart structures and energy harvesting.
During his PhD and post-doctoral studies Dr. Ali has done extensive experiments.
Dr. Ali's research centered on the broad area of vibration and control.
He is particularly interested in the development and application of
nonlinear control, energy harvesting and self-powered actuations, control of PDEs etc.
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E-mail: sfali[at]iitm[.]ac[.]in |
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Dr. Srinivasan M.
Sivakumar (Siva) was offered the Doctoral degree by the Louisiana
State University, Baton Rouge, USA, based on his dissertation
related to plastic deformations in solids in 1993. Fascinated by the
serenity of the IIT Madras campus during his stay as an
undergraduate and a master's student, he returned to IIT Madras to
join the faculty of Applied Mechanics in 1994. His research interest
lies in understanding and modeling the dissipative nature of
materials. Modeling the "smart materials" for the design of
applications that use smart materials is a modern statement of this
research interest. Awe-struck by the reveling dances of mechanics
camouflaged in the small and the living, he swears that the best of
his quibbles on the multitude of its expressions is yet to come.
Apart from continuing to learn by way of teaching courses
fundamental to solid mechanics, he also offers specialized courses
such as engineering plasticity, computing techniques and analysis
& design of smart material structures. |
E-mail: mssiva[at]iitm[.]ac[.]in |
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