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

· M. Hetenyi Award, Society for Experimental Mechanics 2021.

· Creative Research & Scholarship Award, Auburn U., 2019.

· Tatnall Award, Society for Experimental Mechanics, 2016

· Orr Best Paper Award, ASME – Materials Division, 2014

· S. Kobayashi Award, ICCES, 2014

· William F. Walker Teaching Award for Excellence, Auburn University – College of Engineering, 2012.

· McWane Endowed Chair Professorship, 2010-2015.

· Editor-in-Chief, Experimental Mechanics, Springer, 2010-2015.

· Fylde Electronics Prize, British Society for Strain Measurement, 2010.

· Elected Fellow of ASME, 2004

· Auburn University Alumni Professor - 2002-2007.

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

· ASEE Outstanding New Mechanics Educator Award, 1995

· M. Hetenyi Award, Society for Experimental Mechanics 1993

· Southeastern ASEE Outstanding Research Publication Award, 1993

· GALCIT Post-Doctoral Fellow - Caltech, 1988-90

· Distinction Student, Indian Institute of Science, India, 1980-1982

· Distinction and Rank Student, Bangalore University, India, 1975-80

· National Merit Student Award, Ministry of Education, India, 1973