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Ramana Grandhi


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Education:

Ph.D., Engineering Mechanics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1984

M.Tech., Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, 1980

B.Tech., Mechanical Engineering, Regional Engineering College, 1978

Research Interests:

Structural optimization, mechanical vibrations, finite-element methods, metal-forming processes design

Recent Publications:

1) Choi, J.H., Penmetsa, R.C., Grandhi, R.V., "Shape Optimization of the Cavitator for a Supercavitating Torpedo," Journal of the International Society for Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization 29(2), February 2005, pp.159-167.

2) Bae, H., Grandhi, R.V., and Canfield, R.A., "Successive Matrix Inversion (SMI) Method for Reanalysis of Engineering Structural Systems," AIAA Journal, Vol. 42, No. 8, August 2004, pp. 1529-1535.

3) Hoffman, R.M., Kinzel, G.L., and Grandhi, R.V., "Nonlinear Elastic-plastic Analysis using the Modified Finite Quasi-Prism Element," Journal of Finite Elements in Analysis and Design, Vol. 40, No. 4, 2004, pp. 449-460.

Honors & Awards:

1) AIAA Fellow inducted 2005.

2) The Solberg Award, American Society of Naval Engineers, 2004.

3) Outstanding Engineering Educator Award, Ohio Society of Professional Engineers, 2004.

4) The Distinguished Professor Title, Wright State University, 2001-2006 and 1996-2001.

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