ACADEMIC PREPARATION

B.S. (Mechanical Engineering with Distinction) Bangalore University, Bangalore, India, 1980

M.S. (Mechanical Engineering with Distinction) Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, 1982

Ph.D. State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York, 1988

Post-Doctoral Research – California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, 1988-90

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1982 - 1983 Scientist, Gas Turbine Research Establishment, Defense Research and Development Organization, India

1983 - 1988 Research Assistant, Lab for Experimental Mechanics research, State University of New York - Stony Brook

1988 - 1990 Post-Doctoral Fellow, Dept of Aeronautics and Applied Mechanics, California Institute of Technology, CA

1990 - 1995 Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Auburn University, Alabama

1995 - 2000 Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Auburn University, Alabama

2000-present Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Auburn University, Alabama

HONORS AND AWARDS

1. McWane Endowed Chair Professorship, 2010-2015.

2. Fylde Electronic Prize, British Society for Strain Measurement, 2010.

3. Elected Fellow of ASME, 2004

4. Auburn University Alumni Professor - 2002-2007.

5. Auburn Alumni Engineering Council’s Senior Faculty Research Award, 1998

6. ASEE Outstanding New Mechanics Educator Award, 1995

7. Hetenyi Award for Outstanding Publication - Society for Experimental Mechanics, 1993

8. Southeastern ASEE Outstanding Research Publication Award, 1993

9. GALCIT Post-Doctoral Fellow - Caltech, 1988-90

10. Distinction Student, Indian Institute of Science, India, 1980-1982

11. Distinction and Rank Student, Bangalore University, India, 1975-80

12. National Merit Student Award, Ministry of Education, India, 1973