The University of Texas at Austin
College of Engineering
K. Ravi-Chandar

Professor
Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
Engineering Foundation Professorship

Education: Ph.D. California Institute of Technology

Office Location: W.R. Woolrich Laboratories (WRW)
Room 117B, Mail Code: C0600

Phone: (512) 471-4213

Email: kravi@mail.utexas.edu

Website: www.ae.utexas.edu/research/mssm/ravi_chandar.html

Research Interests:

  • mechanical behavior of materials at high strain rates
  • fracture in nominally brittle materials
  • shear banding in polymeric materials
  • phase transformation in shape memory alloys

Dr. K. Ravi-Chandar joined us as a Professor for the Fall 2000 semester. Since 1995 his previous position was Professor at The University of Houston. Dr. Ravi-Chandar is also the Associate Director of the Center for Mechanics of Solids, Structures, and Materials (CMSSM) and Editor of the International Journal of Fracture. He serves on the steering committee of the Texas Materials Institute (TMI).

His administrative assistant is Kate Joly. She is located in WRW 117A. Her phone is 475-7760 and email is
kjoly@mail.utexas.edu.

Dr. Ravi-Chandar is affiliated with the The Research Center for Mechanics of Solids, Structures and Materials. For more detailed biographical information on Professor Ravi-Chandar and his research interests please visit the CMSSM website.

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