• Computer Applications in Experimental Mechanics
• Digital Photoelasticity
• Fracture Mechanics
• Composite Materials
• Educational Technology

   MSB224,
    Department of Applied Mechanics & Biomedical Engineering,
   IIT Madras Chennai, 600036.
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   Email: kramesh[at]iitm[.]ac[.]in

• Tarkes Dora, Anh-Tuan, K. Ramesh, P. Mahajan, Gang Liu and Olaf Dambon, “Birefringence Measurement for Validation of Simulation of Precision Glass Molding”, J. Am. Ceram. Soc., 2017, DOI: 10.1111/jace.15010.
• Vivek Ramakrishnan, Ramesh K, “Scanning schemes in white light Photoelasticity – Part II: Novel fringe resolution guided scanning scheme”, Optics and Lasers in Engineering, 92 , 141–149, 2017, DOI: 10.1016/j.optlaseng.2016.05.010
• Ramesh K, Vivek Ramakrishnan, “Digital photoelasticity of glass: A comprehensive review”, Optics and Lasers in Engineering, 87, 59-74, 2016, DOI: 10.1016/j.optlaseng.2016.03.017
• . Ramesh, M.P. Hariprasad, S. Bhuvanewari, “Digital photoelastic analysis applied to implant dentistry”, Optics and Lasers in Engineering, 87, 204-213, 2016, DOI: 10.1016/j.optlaseng.2016.03.022
• D. Swain, J. Philip, S. A. Pillai, K. Ramesh, “A Revisit to the Frozen Stress Phenomena in Photoelasticity”, Experimental Mechanics, 56, 903–917, 2016 DOI 10.1007/s11340-016-0134-5
• Tarkes Dora, K. Ramesh, P. Mahajan, and S. Vengadesan, “Numerical Modeling of Cooling Stage of Glass Molding Process Assisted by CFD and Measurement of Residual Birefringence”, J. Am. Ceram. Soc., 99(2), 470-483, 2016, DOI: 10.1111/jace.14000.
• K. Ramesh, Vivek Ramakrishnan, C. Ramya, “New initiatives in single-colour image-based fringe order estimation in digital photoelasticity”, Journal of Strain Analysis for Engineering Design, 50, 488-504, 2015. DOI: 10.1177/0309324715600044
• K.R. Madhu, R. G. R. Prasath and K. Ramesh, "Colour Adaptation in Three Fringe Photoelasticity", Experimental Mechanics, 47, 271-276, 2007.
• M. Ramji, V.Y. Gadre and K. Ramesh, “Comparative study of evaluation of primary isoclinic data by various spatial domain methods in digital photoelasticity”, J. Strain Analysis for Engng. Des., 41(5), 333-348, 2006.
• P.R.D. Karthick Babu and K. Ramesh, “Development of photoelastic fringe plotting scheme from 3D FE results”, Comm. Num. Meth. in Engng., 22(7), 809-821, 2006.
• M. Ravichandran and K. Ramesh, "Determination of Stress Field parameters for an interface crack in a bi-material by digital photoelasticity”, The Journal of Strain Analysis for Engineering Design, 40 (4), 2005, 327-343.
• K. Ramesh, M. A. Kumar and S. G. Dhande, "Fusion of digital photoelasticity, rapid prototyping and rapid tooling technologies", Experimental Techniques, 23(2), 36-38, 1999.
• K. Ramesh, "PHOTOSOFT_H : a comprehensive photoelasticity simulation module to teach the technique of photoelasticity", International Journal of Mechanical Engineering Education, 25(4), 306-324, 1997.
• K. Ramesh and Sanjeev S. Deshmukh, "Three-fringe photoelasticity - use of colour image processing hardware to automate ordering of isochromatic fringes", Strain, 32, 79-86, 1996.

• Anand C - Ph.D
• Ganesh Ramaswamy - MS+PhD
• Naman Verma - MS
• Sachin Sasikumar - DPhD
• Shins K - Ph.D

• Abhinav Thiyagarajan - Senior Manager, Tata Motors Ltd., Pune, India
• Ajay Kumar A J - Analysis Engineer, TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES Ltd. Bangalore, India
• Anand V - Assistant General Manager / Head – Brake Systems, Product Development, Ashok Leyland
• Ashutosh Pandey - PhD Research Assistant, Department of Aerospace, Engineering and Mechanics, University of Minnesota Twin Cities
• Bhagyashree Prabhune - Technical Officer, Spacekeyo division, Makman Brothers, Pune, India
• Bhuvaneswari Shanmugam - Consultant Prosthodontist & Implantologist at Clove dental Pvt.Ltd. Chennai, India
• Hema Nandhini - Senior Lecturer, Department of Prosthodontics, Sathyabhama University Dental College and Hospital, Chennai, India
• Jeby Philip - Division Head, Experimental Mechanics,
• Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre,Thiruvananthapuram, India
• Madhu K. R - Advanced Lead Engineer, General Electric, Bangalore, India
• Muktai Thomre - Thermofluid Analyst , Rolls-Royce Infosys Kestral Grp.
• M. Ravichandran - Development Leader, AmadaSoft Pvt. Ltd, Chennai, India
• Prashant Patil - Technical Specialist, Geometric Ltd., Chennai, India
• Ramya Chandrasekharan - Divisional Manager, Detect Technologies Pvt Ltd, IITM Research Park, Chennai, India
• Sanjay Kumar Mangal - Associate Professor, Mechanical Engg. Department, Punjab Engineering College, India Shiva prasad B - Senior CAE Analyst, Mercedes Benz R&D India, Bengaluru, India
• Shreesudha Bhaskara Mohan - Research Assistant, Shiv Nadar University, Greater Noida, India
• Sohan Kale - Postdoctoral researcher, Laboratori de Càlcul Numèric, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) - BarcelonaTech, Spain
• Tarkes Dora P. - Post-Doctoral Fellow, Institute Of Engineering Mechanics, Karlsruhe Institute Of Technology, Germany
• Vinayan E G - Scientist Engineer-SE, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Thiruvananthapuram, India
• Vivek Ramakrishnan - Sr. Systems Engineer (R&D), LAM Research UK (Metryx), Bristol
• Vivekanandan A - Research Engineer, Saint Gobain Research India

• Received the 2012 Zandman Award of Society for Experimental Mechanics (SEM) for Outstanding contributions in the Application of Photoelastic Coatings.https://sem.org/zandman-award/
• Distinguished Alumnus Award for Academic Excellence, National Institute of Technology, Trichy, 2008.
• Elected Fellow of The Indian National Academy of Engineering, 2006.
• Received the President of India Cash Prize, 1984
• Contributed a paper through invitation in the Golden Jubilee issue of the Journal of Strain Analysis for Engineering Design, 2015.
• Guest edited a Special Section on Digital Photoelasticity : Advancements and Applications, 2015, in SPIE Journal of Optical Engineering.http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.54.8.081201
• Contributed a chapter on Photoelasticity by invitation in the Springer Handbook of Experimental Solid Mechanics (2009) Published by SEM and Springer, Edited by W. N. Sharpe, Department of Mechanical Engineering, John Hopkins University, USA.
• Guest edited a Special Issue of Optics and Lasers in Engineering on Digital Photoelasticity, 38 (1-2): 1-2 JUL-AUG 2002
• Member of the Editorial Boards of the International Journals: Strain (since 2001), Journal of Strain Analysis for Engineering Design (2009-10), Optics and Lasers in Engineering, and Steering committee member of Asian Society for Experimental Mechanics since its inception in 2000