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EXPERTISE AND SERVICES
Fracture Mechanics, Crack Propagation Expert ConsultantExpertise in aerospace materials, advanced strength of materials, advanced mechanics of materials, advanced fracture mechanics, biomechanics, experimental methods in solid mechanics, experimental methods in mechanical engineering, nondestructive evaluation, measurements and instrumentation, mechanics of materials, dynamics, materials science, mathematical theory of plasticity, mechanics, vibrations laboratory, response of materials to impulsive loading.
This KKAI Associate's areas of expertise include solid mechanics, statics, theory of elasticity, wave propagation, elastic stress distribution at a crack front using scattered light photoelasticity, experimental investigation into interface fracture, constitutive behavior of polycarbonate, mixed-mode fracture, mechanics and mechanisms of fracture in polymeric materials, scattered light photoelastic investigation of three-dimensional stress fields, necking and necking induced molecular orientation on mechanical and fracture behavior of polycarbonate.
Additional experience includes numerical simulation of transient crack growth experiments, mechanical characterization of high temperature superconductors, brazing of metal-ceramic joints, dynamic crack tip stress field, three dimensionality of crack tip stress fields, ambient uniaxial and biaxial viscoplastic behavior of inconel 718, superconducting wires, nondestructive investigation of the thermal stresses in metal matrix composites using ultrasonic velocity measurements, dynamic mixed-mode fracture, buckling of filament wound tanks under external pressure, microstructural refinement, high strain rate compressive behavior of polycarbonate, confined compression, superconductor precursor nano-particles by infrared spray pyrolysis, and mechanical response of aortic stent.
Other areas of expertise and specialization include dynamic characterization of ni ti shape memory alloy, mechanical behavior of helicoidal composite, viscoelastic materials characterization under multiaxial loading, mechanical behavior of metals subjected to thermal loading by short duration current pulses, dynamics of phase transformations, elastic plastic fracture mechanics, deformation localization problems under quasi-static, dynamic loading, boundary element methodology for crack path prediction in brittle and quasi-brittle materials incorporating a cohesive zone model.
This associate has expertise in areas related to seeded infiltration and growth, detection of transverse cracking in a hybrid composite laminate using acoustic emission, mesoscale friction tester, exploring friction at length scales intermediate to atomic force microscopes and macroscale devices, generating high strain rate loading on materials and structures, drop weight tower, split-Hopkinson pressure and tension apparatus, electromagnetic loading stress-wave generator, high speed camera for imaging events at 200,000 frames per second, high speed digital image acquisition capable of 2 million frames per second
PRINCIPAL INDUSTRIES SERVED
Aeronautics, Materials Science, Defense, Medical
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Aeronautics, California Institute of Technology
M.Sc., Aeronautics, California Institute of Technology
D.M.I.T., Aeronautics Engineering, Madras Institute of Technology
B.Sc., Physics, St. Joseph's College, Bangalore University
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
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Professor, major university
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Specialization in Aeronautics Engineering, Materials Science
Professor, University of Houston, Houston, TX
Visiting Scholar, University of Texas at Austin, TX
AFOSR Summer Faculty Research Associate, Edwards AFB, CA
Guest Scientist, IZFP, Saarbrucken, Germany
Associate Professor, University of Houston, Houston, TX
Assistant Professor, University of Houston, Houston, TX
Research Fellow, California Institute of Technology, CA
Graduate Teaching Assistant, California Institute of Technology, CA
ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE
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PROPOSAL AND PAPER REVIEW
Air Force Office of Scientific Research
AIAA Journal
AIAA – Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets
American Ceramic Society
American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)
American Chemical Society - Petroleum Research Fund
Army Research Office
Austrian Science Fund
Europhysics Letters
Experimental Mechanics
International Gas Turbine Institute
International Journal of Computational and Engineering Sciences
International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering
International Journal of Fracture
International Journal of Solids and Structures
Israel Science Foundation
Journal of Adhesion
Journal of Applied Mechanics (ASME)
Journal of Applied Physics
Journal of Cold Regions Engineering (ASCE)
Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology (ASME)
Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids
Journal of Plasticity
Journal of Polymer Science Physics Edition
J.R. Rice Anniversary Volume
McGraw Hill Publishers
Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids
Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures
Mechanics of Materials
Mechanics of Time Dependent Materials
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
National Science Foundation (Division of Civil and Mechanical Systems, Mechanics and Materials Program, Division of Materials Research: Ceramics Program Metals Program, SBIR Program Electronic Packaging, Division of International Programs)
Optics and Lasers in Engineering
South Carolina EPSCoR Program
US-Israel Binational Science Foundation
US Department of State
GRANTS AND CONTRACTS
An experimental facility for fracture mechanics
Quasi-static experiments on branched cracks, Research Initiation Grant
Stable Crack Growth
Dynamic fracture under mixed mode loading
Stress field near a crack tip: An experimental study of the three dimensional variation
Superconducting ceramics and their composites
Ceramic to Metal Joining
Mechanical Behavior of Polycarbonate
Superconducting ceramics and bulk applications
Fracture of Ice
Directional solidification of YBCO wires
Fracture of solid propellants
Fracture characterization in inelastic polymers
High Tc wires for current lead applications
Fracture of solid propellants
Nondestructive measurement of impact toughness of aircraft windshields
Mixed-mode fracture in solid propellants
Development of nanoscale grains for extrusion processing of YBCO wires
Development of small grains for bulk processing of YBCO and BSCCO wires
Modeling of fracture and fragmentation, UH Energy Laboratory
Development of small grains for bulk processing of YBCO and BSCCO wires
Strain rate dependence of mixed-mode fracture of solid propellants
Temperature dependence of mixed-mode fracture of solid propellants
Development of small grains for bulk processing of YBCO and BSCCO wires
Shear banding and shear failure in polycarbonate
Development of enabling technologies for reconfigurable uninhabited air vehicles
Acquisition of surface-characterizing equipment, DURIP program
Development of small grains for bulk processing of YBCO and BSCCO wires
A fundamental investigation into the deformation and failure behavior of heterogeneous materials with the aim of developing design guidelines
Near-net shape fabrication of high current density YBCO slabs
Dynamic behavior and shock absorption properties of shape memory alloys
Acquisition of apparatus for multiaxial experiments in composites
Inelastic behavior of polymers under multiaxial compression
Three dimensional visualization of damage in cellular solids and composites.
Growth of three dimensional cracks
Mechanical behavior of metals subjected to short duration heat pulses
Mechanical behavior of metals subjected to short duration heat pulses
Mesoscale friction in the presence of electric currents
Collaborative Research: Physics based modeling and simulation of post-mastectomy breast reconstruction
Experimental characterization of the nonlinear viscoelastic and adhesive properties of elastomers
Mechanical behavior of metals subjected to short duration heat pulses
Design optimization and characterization of helicoidal composites with enhanced impact resistance
Acquisition of apparatus for characterization of dynamic failure in composites
Mechanics of impact resistant polymer coatings
CONSULTING ACTIVITIES
Reliability analysis of a float-zone furnace for space flight rating
stress analysis of the mvi-1g training chair
Lifetime assessment of hot-section pipes
Pressure testing of storm shutters and blinds
Design of a pipe storage/transportation system for gas
Evaluation of cured-in-place piping
Thermal fatigue cracking in coatings
Failure investigation of an automobile wheel.
Failure analysis of an aluminum ladder
Headbolt failure investigation
Shear strength of pultruded composite I-Beams
Evaluation of the mechanical response of stents for vascular applications
Impact strength of tungsten carbide tool bit materials
HONORS AND AWARDS
Engineering Foundation Professorship
Murray Medal, Society for Experimental Mechanics
Charlotte Maer Fellowship, Engineering
Fellow, International Congress on Fracture
Fellow, American Academy of Mechanics
Fellow, Society for Experimental Mechanics
Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Junior Faculty Research Excellence Award, Cullen College of Engineering
Ernest Sechler Memorial Award, California Institute of Technology
GALCIT Wind Tunnel Fellowship, California Institute of Technology
First Prize for Academic Proficiency, Madras Institute of Technology
Editor-in-Chief, International Journal of Fracture
Associate Editor, Experimental Mechanics, Journal of Applied Mechanics
Editorial Board Member, Mechanics of Time Dependent Materials
Editorial Board Member, Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures
Editorial Board Member, Experimental Mechanics
Vice President, International Congress on Fracture
President, International Congress of Fracture
Director, International Congress of Fracture
Executive Board Member, Society of Experimental Mechanics
Executive Committee Member, Applied Mechanics Division of ASME
Vice President, International Congress of Fracture
Co-Chairman, 10th International Conference on Fracture
Regional Editor, International Journal of Fracture
Scientific Advisory Board, Kluwer Academic Publishers
Program Chair, International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition
Chairman, Experimental Mechanics Committee
Member, Executive Board, Society for Experimental Mechanics
Chairman, Time Dependent Materials Division
Member, Fellows Committee
Director, Society of Engineering Science
Treasurer, Southwest Mechanics Lecture Series
Secretary of Local Organizing Committee, Seventh International Conference of Fracture held in Houston
Review Panelist, US Department of Energy
Scientific Advisory Committee Member, First International Conference on Mechanics of Time Dependent Materials, Slovenia
Panelist, Nonlinear and Time Dependent Constitution of Engineering Polymers, Workshop of the NSF Institute for Mechanics and Materials
Review Panelist, Accelerated Research Instrumentation Program, Division of Civil and Mechanical Systems, National Science Foundation
Panelist, Institute for Mechanics and Materials Workshop on Identification of Basic Research Issues Arising from Industrial Uses of Polymeric Structural Materials, Santa Barbara, CA
Advisory Committee Member, The Mechanics-Materials Linkage, Summer Program of the NSF Institute for Mechanics and Materials
International Advisory Board Member, First International Conference on Damage and Failure of Interfaces, Vienna
International Scientific Committee Member, Second International Conference on Mechanics of Time Dependent Materials, Pasadena, CA
Invited Speaker and Participant, Army Research Office Workshop on the Mechanics of Heterogeneous Structures, Durham, North Carolina.
Review Panelist, Civil and Mechanical Systems, National Science Foundation
Scientific Advisory Committee Member, International Conference on Theoretical, Applied, Computational and Experimental Mechanics, Kharagpur, India
Organizing Committee Member, International Conference on Advanced Technology in Experimental Mechanics, Ube City, Yamaguchi, Japan
International Scientific Committee Member, Third International Conference on Mechanics of Time Dependent Materials, Erlangen, Germany
Member, Effects of Defects Panel of the JANNAF Subcommittee on Structures and Mechanical Behavior of Solid Propellants
Review Panelist, NASA Atmospheric and In-Space Systems Review Panel
Co-Organizer and Participant, American Academy of Mechanics and National Science Foundation Workshop on Future Directions in Solid Mechanics
Organizing Committee Member, The 3rd International Conference on Experimental Mechanics, Beijing, China
Review Panelist, Civil and Mechanical Systems, National Science Foundation
Review Panelist, SBIR Program, Electronic Packaging, National Science Foundation
Organizing Committee Member, International Symposium on Experimental Mechanics, Taipei, Taiwan
Organizing Committee Member, International Conference on Advanced Technology in Experimental Mechanics, Nagoya, Japan
International Scientific Committee Member, Fourth International Conference on Mechanics of Time Dependent Materials, Lake Placid, NY
Review Panelist, SBIR Program, Electronic Packaging, National Science Foundation
Scientific Advisory Board, 11th International Conference on Fracture, Turin, Italy
Panel for Review of AFOSR Mechanics Research Proposals, National Materials Advisory Board
International Scientific Committee Member, 5th International Conference on Mechanics of Time Dependent Materials, Karuizawa, Japan.
NSF Review Panel for the NER Program
Scientific Advisory Board, 16th European Conference on Fracture, Alexandroupolis, Greece
Scientific Advisory Board, 13th International Conference on Experimental Mechanics Alexandroupolis, Greece
Organizing Committee Member, 7th International Conference on Advanced Technology in Experimental Mechanics, Fukuoka, Japan
Co-Editor, Proceedings of NSF-ARO Workshop on Dynamic Fracture, California Institute of Technology
Co-Editor, Analytical, Numerical and Experimental Aspects of Three Dimensional Fracture Processes for ASME
Co-Editor, Advances in Fracture Research, Pergamon Press, Oxford, UK
Guest Editor, Time Dependent Problems in Mechanics, The Wolfgang G. Knauss Anniversary Volume, International Journal of Solids and Structures, Pergamon Press, Oxford, UK
Editor and Author, Final Report of a Think Tank on the Interaction between Experiments and Theory in the Mechanics and Physics of Solids and Structures, NSF Institute for Mechanics and Materials
Co-Editor, Advances in Fracture Research, Elsevier Science
Guest Editor, Special Volume of the Journal of Applied Mechanics
Track Co-Chair, Conference of the Society for Experimental Mechanics
Co-Chairman, 10th International Conference on Fracture, Hawaii
Co-Chair, Applied Mechanics and Materials Conference
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Member, US National Committee on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
Member, ASME Applied Mechanics Division Executive Committee
Member, numerous committees, major universities
PUBLICATIONS
Holds multiple U.S. and European patents on the subject of fabrication of superconducting wires and rods, method for fabricating superconducting wires, and the determination of the adhesion strength of HVOF coatings by spherical indentation.
Author of numerous publications, papers, addresses, lectures on topics including dynamic fracture, dynamic loading and crack arrest, dynamic crack tip stresses under stress wave loading, crack initiation and crack arrest, microstructural aspects, steady state crack propagation and branching, interaction of stress waves with propagating cracks , experimental evaluation of three-dimensional effects, characterization of the transient stress field near the tip of a crack, constitutive behavior of polycarbonate under large deformations, failure mode transitions in polycarbonate under dynamic mixed-mode loading, dynamics of brittle fracture, microcracks in the dynamic fracture of brittle materials, dynamic fracture of nominally brittle materials, inelastic deformation in polymers under multiaxial loading, wrinkling of a thin elastic sheet under tension, dynamic loading of polycrystalline shape memory alloy rods, interaction of stress waves with propagating cracks, liquid infiltration and seeded growth process, pressure-diameter relationship, aortic stent elastic foundation model, viscoelastic characterization of polymers under multiaxial compression, the mechanical behavior of conductors exposed to short-duration thermal loading, dynamic crack response to a localized shear pulse perturbation in brittle amorphous materials, helicoidal composite, nanoscale damage during fracture in silica glass, forced motion of flexible strings , dynamics of brittle fracture, dynamic fracture under shear loading, dynamic shear crack propagation, dynamic fracture of brittle materials , physical aspects of dynamic fracture , experiments on dynamic slip, response of dynamic cracks to large perturbations, dynamics of phase transformations in niti alloys, photomechanics in dynamic fracture and fracture, dynamic stress intensity factor, experiments in dynamic crack propagation, dynamic fracture of brittle solids, mechanics of dynamic fracture, on crack tip stress state, crack growth in polymers, numerical simulation of transient crack growth, scattered light photoelasticity, dynamic fracture of polymeric materials, fracture of polymers, dominance of the singular crack tip stress-field in propagating cracks, failure mechanisms and failure mechanics, measurement of crack tip field parameters, crack tip field parameters, effect of higher order terms on the methods of caustics and photoelasticity, and more.
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