Guruswami Ravichandran#
| Membership Number: | 4462 |
| Membership type: | FOREIGN |
| Section: | PHYSICS & ENGINEERING SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2017 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED STATES |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.ravi.caltech.edu |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2015 - present Otis Booth Leadership Chair of Division of Engng & Applied Science, Caltech
- 2009 - 2015 Director of Graduate Aerospace Labs, Caltech
- 2005 - present John E. Goode Jr Professor of Aerospace & Mechanical Engng, Caltech
- 1999 - 2005 Professor of Aeronautics & Mechanical Engng, Caltech
- 1995 - 1999 Associate & 1990-1995 Assistant Professor of Aeronautics, Caltech
- 1987 - 1990 Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Mechanics and Engineering Sciences, University of California at San Diego
- 1986, 1983 PhD and MS in Engineering, Brown University, USA
- 2007 Aditya Birla Chair, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
- 2005 Chair in International Cooperation, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan
- 2001 - 2002 CNRS Senior Visiting Scientist, Ecole Polytechnique,Paris, France
Fields of Scholarship
- Mechanics of materials
- Dynamic deformation
- Damage and failure
- Micro/nano mechanics
- Wave propagation
- Composite materials
- Active materials
- Cell Mechanics
- Experimental methods
Honours and Awards
- 2015 Member of US National Academy of Engineering
- 2014 Warner T. Koiter Medal, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
- 2014 William M. Murray Lecture and Medal, Society for Experimental Mechanics (SEM)
- 2013 A.C. Eringen Medal, Society of Engineering Science (SES)
- 2012 Foreign Member, European Academy of Sciences and Arts
- 2012 Foreign Member, International Academy of Engineering
- 2012 Fellow, American Academy of Mechanics (AAM)
- 2011 Chevalier de l'ordre des Palmes Academiques, Republic of France
- 2010 Fellow, Society for Experimental Mechanics (SEM),
- 2010 Andrew Heiskell Award for Innovation in Int. Education, Institute of International Education-IIE
- 2008 Charles Russ Richards Memorial Award, Pi Tau Sigma and ASME
- 2007 Aditya Birla Chair Visiting Professor, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
- 2006 Doctor honoris causa (Dhc), Paul Verlaine University, Metz, France
- 2005 John E. Goode, Jr. Endowed Professorship, California Institute of Technology
- 2005 Chair in International Cooperation Visiting Professor, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan
- 2005 B. J. Lazan Award, Society for Experimental Mechanics (SEM)
- 2001 - 2002, Senior Visiting Scientist, CNRS and Ecole Polytechnique, France
- 2000 Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
