{"id":27,"date":"2012-11-07T01:59:24","date_gmt":"2012-11-07T06:59:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/my.dev.vanderbilt.edu\/cpml\/?page_id=27"},"modified":"2019-05-10T07:41:53","modified_gmt":"2019-05-10T12:41:53","slug":"ravindra-duddu","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/my.dev.vanderbilt.edu\/cpml\/ravindra-duddu\/","title":{"rendered":"Ravindra Duddu"},"content":{"rendered":"

Biography:<\/span><\/h3>\n

\"Profile\"<\/a>I\u00a0graduated in Civil Engineering in 2003 from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras and received my Ph. D. in 2009 from Northwestern University. Since then I have worked as a post doctoral researcher at University of Texas at Austin (2009-2010) and at Columbia University in the City of New York (2010-2012). I consider myself fortunate to have studied and worked closely with great teachers and mentors at various prestigious institutions. I am and will always be grateful to them.<\/p>\n

My research interests are in the general area of computational solid mechanics with an emphasis on multi-physics modeling and simulation of material degradation. Topics include: creep and fatigue fracture in materials and structures, environmentally assisted degradation of materials including corrosion, characterization of advanced materials such as composites and super-alloys. A key research focus is on developing robust, stable and efficient numerical methods for evolving phase\/crack interfaces using sharp and diffuse interface approaches.<\/p>\n

More specifically, I am interested in understanding and predicting crack interface \u00a0evolution using cohesive zone and continuum damage or phase field models. I am also interested in reactive transport modeling of multi-ionic electrochemical systems using sharp level set and\u00a0diffused phase field methods. The emphasis is on developing efficient solution strategies for simulating\u00a0processes involving multiple space and\/or time scales within the framework of the finite element method. The computational methods and models I intend to develop are useful to study a wide array of applications in the areas of mechanics of materials and structures, geophysics, and\u00a0biomedical engineering.<\/p>\n

On going research projects include:<\/p>\n

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  1. Simulating iceberg calving using damage mechanics (funded by NSF)<\/li>\n
  2. Modeling\u00a0fatigue delamination in composite materials (funded by Vanderbilt Discovery Grant and ONR)<\/li>\n
  3. Sharp and diffuse interface approaches for localized\u00a0corrosion<\/li>\n
  4. Simulating ultrasonic wave propagation in soft tissues with heterogeneities (funded by Vanderbilt Institute in Surgery and Engineering Pilot Grant)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Current Address:<\/span><\/h3>\n

    Assistant Professor
    \nDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering,
    \nDepartment of Earth and Environmental Sciences,
    \n400 24th Avenue South, 288 Jacobs Hall
    \nNashville, TN 37212
    \nEmail: ravindra.duddu@vanderbilt.edu<\/span>
    \nPhone: +1 615 343 4891
    \nFax: +1 615 322 3365<\/p>\n

    Download CV here ()<\/p>\n

    Fellowships, Honors and Awards<\/span><\/h3>\n
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    • National Science Foundation Early CAREER Award, 2019<\/li>\n
    • Junior Faculty Teaching Fellow at the Center for Teaching at Vanderbilt University, 2015-16<\/li>\n
    • ONR Summer Faculty Research Program Award, 2014<\/li>\n
    • Travel Award – Southeastern Conference (SEC) Faculty Travel Grant Program, 2013-2014.<\/li>\n
    • NSF Summer Institute Fellowship – “Materials Genome Initiative” short course from June 10-12, 2013, at Northwestern University in Evanston, IL.<\/li>\n
    • NSF Travel Fellowship – first workshop on “Barycentric Coordinates” from July 25-27, 2012 at Columbia University, New York, NY.<\/li>\n
    • United States Association for Computational Mechanics (USACM) Travel Award – World Congress on Computational Mechanics (WCCM) from July 8-13, 2012, in Sao Paulo, Brazil.<\/li>\n
    • NSF Summer Institute Fellowship – “Nanoscale Mechanics, Bio-inspired Hierarchical Structures, and Potential Applications” short course, from June 6-10, 2005, at Northwestern University, Evanston, IL.<\/li>\n
    • Walter P. Murphy Fellowship for graduate studies – Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 2003-2004.<\/li>\n
    • National Merit Scholarship – Government of India and Andhra Pradesh, India, 1999-2003.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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