EDUCATION

• Ph.D. (Structures, Mechanics & Materials) [January 1998 May 2002],The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242-1527, USA
• M.E. (Civil Engineering) [August 1992 March 1994] The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara, Gujarat, India
• B.Tech. (Civil Engineering) [August 1988 June 1992] Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Professor [July 2013 Present], Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras

Associate Professor [March 2009 July 2013], Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras

Assistant Professor [May 2004 March 2009], Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras

Post Doctoral Research Scholar [May 2002 May 2004], Center for Computer Aided Design, The University of Iowa

Graduate Research Assistant [January 1998 May 2002], Center for Computer Aided Design, The University of Iowa, USA

Teaching Assistant [January 1999 December 2000], The University of Iowa, USA

Lecturer [September 1995 January 1998] The University of Technology, Kingston, Jamaica, West Indies

Part-time Lecturer [August 1994 September 1995] Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh, India

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Developing new computational techniques in the areas of

Computational solid mechanics

Finite element analysis

Meshless analysis

Computer-aided design

Structural reliability

Optimization

Stochastic mechanics

Fracture analysis

Crack propagation simulation studies & related fields