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Dr. A.M. “Raj” Rajendran 229 Carrier Hall

University, MS 38677

Work Phone: 662 915 5770 FULL NAME: Dr. Arunachalam M. Rajendran, Chairman and Tenured Full Professor for the Department of Mechanical Engineering, 229 Carrier Hall, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS 38655

Citizenship: USA

QUALIFICATIONS Education: B.Sc (Mathematics major; Physics and Chemistry minors), First Class with Distinction, University of Madras, India. B.S (Diploma in Aeronautical Engineering), First Rank, Madras Institute of Technology, Madras, India. M.Tech (Aeronautical Engineering), Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur, India. Ph.D Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington. Leadership Training: A 4-week “Senior Executive Fellow” training course at JFK School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, March - April 2004

JOB DESCRIPTION AND EXPERIENCE

Fall 2008 – present: Chairman and Tenured Full Professor for the Mechanical Engineering Department of University of Mississippi at Oxford, MS. Responsible for : 1) effective implementation of the teaching and learning policy and strategy of the School of Engineering (SoE) and the University, 2) ensuring the necessary guidelines for high quality teaching by the faculty, 3) overall planning, development, renewal and changing of academic programs to ensure meaningful academic outcomes, quality, effectiveness and financial viability, and obtaining the necessary approval of the faculty, curriculum planning committee, and undergraduate academic council., 4) developing an action plan into effect through which the faculty’s contribution to the realization of the strategic goals of the SoE and University, 5) achieving the financial management and needs of the department, faculty, and staff, 6) setting up the necessary structures that will ensure that the research in the faculty is relevant and of a high quality. 7) establishing a sound research culture in the faculty, initiating and promoting ethically accountable research of quality, and increasing research output, 8) managing service to the community as an integrated part of the teaching and research activities of the faculty, 9) maintaining and ensuring accepted performance standards towards fulfillment of the service conditions and work agreements of all staff within the faculty; 10) fostering and maintaining sound personal and professional relationships among the members of staff and between staff and clients;, 11) developing the expertise of staff; 12) promoting employment equity and the goals associated with it; 13) disciplinary procedures and grievances, and referring them where necessary, 14) submitting recommendations on top performers in the faculty for consideration for the Dean’s Award for Outstanding Teaching, Award for Outstanding Research and Award for Outstanding

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Service, 15) developing and implementing assessment tools and writing the self study documents for ABET, 16) Fund raising for the School of Engineering through mechanisms build within the SoE and University of Mississippi, and 17) contributing towards the growth of enrollment, and 18) installing methods to increase retention rate and graduation rate. June 2000 – Sep 2008: Chief Scientist (Engineering Sciences), U.S. Army Research Office (ARO), RTP, NC: This Chief Scientist position in Department of Defense is called as “Science and Technology” (ST) position. The ''ST” designation is given to scientists and engineers who combine world-class technical expertise with demonstrated scientific leadership. An ST position is equivalent to a civilian Senior Executive Service position or the military rank of brigadier general. There are about 40 total ST positions in various scientific and engineering research areas in U.S. Army. The ARO ST: serves as the principal scientific authority and independent researcher in applied mechanics, including materials, electronics, atmospheric and terrain sciences, computational engineering, and other engineering sciences. The Chief Scientist for the engineering sciences initiates, technically plans, coordinates, evaluates, and conducts research and development to strengthen the in-house activities of the laboratory and strategic collaborations, both academic and inter-governmental relative to Army’s critical technological area. Conceives, plans, and advocates major research and development activities; invites internationally known scientists periodically to brainstorm on strategic research initiatives, defines high risk but high paying new area of research for invention and innovation, serves as the technical area chief for small business innovation research for engineering sciences, functions as tri-service lead for computational structural mechanics area for the High Performance Modernization Office within the Office of Secretary of Defense, manages and coordinates the DoD/DOE MOU projects in computational mechanics area; consults with the Director, other Chief Scientist in other disciplines, Division Chiefs and staff concerning the total research program and results; monitors and guides the quality of scientific and technical resources; and provides expert technical consultation to other Army organizations, DOD and government agencies, universities, and industry. As the lead ST for Army Science Conferences, coordinates the review processes of papers submitted to ASC in 15 different Science and Technology areas, serves as a member of the selection committee for in-house laboratory innovative research (ILIR) projects in all Army laboratories, etc. July 1995 – May 2000: Team Leader, Material Modeling Team, Weapons and Materials Research Directorate (WMRD), U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD. Technical Supervisor for 6 PhDs and 2 M.S. Research: High Strain Rate Modeling of Ceramic, Metals, and Composites, Developing new impact and high strain rate experimental techniques, and shock wave propagation in layered materials. Duties: (a) Exercise leadership in motivating team members for creative thinking and innovation, (b) inspiring and guiding team members towards achieving goals and strategic objectives, (c) assess team members’ unique capabilities and foster team work to achieve organizational goals, (d) initiate and conduct weapons and materials related research towards developing physics based models for use in armor/anti-armor design analyses, (e) promote the use of high performance computing for model validation and verification through advanced finite difference/element computer codes, (f) document the results in ARL reports and open literature, (g) determine material model parameters for metals and ceramics to be used in armor/anti-armor development and provide consultation for the model implementation to ARL and its customers, (h) set goals and scopes of research programs for the team members, and (i) seek funding support from R&D Engineering Centers and other services. March 1992 - June 1995: Mechanical Engineer (GS14/GS15): Duties: perform research on micromechanical constitutive and damage modeling of armor and anti-armor materials, raise

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reimbursable research funds from within DoD laboratories, publish research results in open literature and Army technical reports, present the scientific data in international conferences, special symposiums and workshops, work with shock wave and high strain rate experimentalists to analyze their results, and establish leadership in the area of material modeling among the academic and DoD/DOE communities, and serve as consultant in the area of constitutive/failure modeling for high strain rate and shock loading conditions. Promoted from GS14 to GS 15 in 1994. The GS 15 is the highest civilian rank among the General Schedule based army’s civilian employees. June 1988- February 1992: Supervisory/Technical Group Leader for the Analysis and Computation Group at the University of Dayton Research Institute (UDRI). Scope of duties: (a) Perform appraisals of team members, recommend pay raises, and manage personnel and projects assigned to the group, (b) Provide technical leadership for areas of high strain rate material response and failure modeling, (c) Provide technical expertise on dynamically loaded material behavior and experimentation including that associated with composite materials damaged by low/high velocity impact, (d) Support analytical studies in the areas of subcritical crack growth, residual strength, nondestructive evaluation and behavior of bonded structures. (e) Expand capabilities of finite difference and finite element codes to model material and structural behaviors, (f) Meet with prospective sponsors to discuss technical needs and approaches (g) Write technical papers, reports and proposals. (h) Present significant results at technical conferences and symposia, and (i) Direct and train S&Es, graduate, and undergraduate students in the analysis of structural problems and in the development of appropriate software. Served as an advisor for several graduate and undergraduate students, taught graduate level courses, and developed proposals for funding through collaboration with professors in the engineering school and researchers in the research institute, developed successful proposals to obtain grants and contracts from Navy, Air Force, Army, NASA, NSF, and Industries worth several millions of dollars and served as PI and Co-PI for several federal and industrial grants and contracts. Managed budget and personnel as the Group Leader for the computational modeling group in the structural integrity division of the research institute, published journal articles, papers in conference proceedings, published DoD technical reports, and proprietary documents for several industries. Conducted short courses on special engineering topics to scientists and engineers from industries, DoD and DOE laboratories. The research Areas include high strain rate material response and failure modeling, composite materials damaged by low velocity impact, and debris Impact on Space Structures. The courses taught in University of Dayton: Continuum Mechanics, Fracture Mechanics, Theory of Plasticity, High Strain Rate Behaviors of Materials, and Penetration Mechanics. December 1980 - June 1988 (Associate Research Engineer) & July 1984 - June 1988 (Research Engineer) at the University of Dayton Research Institute, Dayton, Ohio. Duties: (a) Propose and develop advanced microphysical failure models for ductile materials using grants (NSF, AFOSR, and the Materials Laboratory at Wright Patterson Air Force base), (b) Support and perform research activities in the area of non-linear fracture mechanics, (c) Develop special purpose material model routines to solve crack propagation under large scale yielding, (d) Investigate the limitation of linear fracture mechanics theories, and (e) Design and perform split Hopkinson bar experiments to evaluate the effects of strain rate on the flow and fracture behavior in several metals.

PROGRAMS & PROJECTS MANAGED

University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS (2009 – present):

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Principle Investigator (PI) – $900K – “Nano to Continuum Multi-Scale Modeling Techniques and Analysis for Cementitious Materials under Dynamic Loading,” U.S. Army Research Office, ARO-PIRT through partnership with North Carolina A&T Univeristy, Greensboro, NC.

Principal Investigator (PI) - $200K – “Multiscale Modeling of Transparent Materials for Armor Applications,” Tank Automotive R&D Engineering Center, Warren, MI in collaboration with Purdue University.

Co-PI - $3.5M - for congressional fudning through Office of Naval Research (ONR), and Department of Homeland Security - SERRI through Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

U.S. Army Research Office, ARL (2000-2008) ~ Several Million Dollars per Year:

Managed the staff research program (over $1M) at four local universities (University of North Carolina, NC State University, Duke University, and NCA&T University. Served as the Lab program manager for National Research Council program ($500K per year).

Served as the selection authority for the Army’s SBIR – Engineering Sciences program (Technical Area Chief (TAC-10), well over $30M each year including Phase I and Phase II. As the lead ST for the Army, I was involved in all levels of the SBIR process: beginning with topic reviews and ending with final selection of projects.

Technical Area Chief for the Office of Secretary of Defense (OSD)’s DoD High Performance Computing Modernization Office (HPCMO) ~ “Tri-service” leader for Army, Navy, and Air Force - Computational Structural Mechanics (CSM) area. As the TAC for Structural and Solid Mechanics, managed a portfolio ($1M) to develop next generation Finite Element Method based fracture and fragmentation code at Cal Tech.

Director Research Initiative: Proposed and managed funding ($1.8M) for a new topic on 6 new projects across various disciplines (Engineering, Physical, Biological, and Computer Sciences) related to multiscale phenomena.

Weapons and Materials Research Directorate (WMRD), ARL (1995-2000) ~ Managed $2.5M per year: Served as the work package manager for impact dynamics area that involved modeling and characterization of armor materials at a funding level of well over several millions. Obtained customer funding from TARDEC to develop fundamental constitutive and failure models for metals and ceramics. I served as the co-program manager for the body armor STO. Actively participated in the annual program planning meeting for the terminal effects division of WMRD, mostly representing the modeling and simulation area.

(1996-2000) DoD/DOE MOU ~ $10M / year. Co-ordinated and managed the Technical Area Coordination Group (TCG-I) on Computational Modeling of Materials for DoD/DOE MOU at a funding level of $10M per year during 1996-2000. As the leader of the TCG, the responsibilities included allocation of funds to about 20 to 30 research projects in consultation with DoD/DOE Scientists and Engineers.

Army Materials Technology Laboratory (AMTL, later became ARL – Materials Directorate) (1992-1995) ~ Managed $1.5M per year: Managed several university contracts. I closely worked with the contracting and procurement office of AMTL to solicit, procure, and contract a number of University contracts. Most of these procurements involved the development of engineering software and determination of dynamic properties of materials using customer funding from Air Force, Army, and Navy laboratories.

University of Dayton Research Institute (UDRI) (1981-1992 ~ about $ 1M per Year: As a supervisory

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group leader (Branch Chief) and Principle Investigator (PI), I generated and managed contractual funding from government and industries approximately $1M per year. The research areas include both experimental and computational/constitutive modeling of: armor ceramics, structural metals, and concrete, survivability of structures, penetration and perforation of projectiles into armors and structures, damage and failure mechanics.

Obtained funding of about $350K per year for three years from Garrett Turbine Engine Company to develop design criteria for ceramic engine survivability due to foreign object damage. As the program manager and PI of this industry / Oak Ridge National Laboratory project, worked and coordinated the research efforts with a multidisciplinary team from at least four divisions of the UDRI.

Principal Investigator for the analytical/computational modeling task ($150K per year) of a large experimental project from the Martin-Marietta company to design impact resistant structures for space station walls.

Served as the PI for a large Air Force project ($300K per year) on Material Characterization at High Strain Rates.

Wrote and won a NSF Grant ($240K) to investigate pre-strain effects on strength and failure of materials under dynamic loading conditions.

Obtained funding from Navy (about $100K per year for 5 years) to investigate plastic flow behaviors of several high strength steels.

TEACHING AND ADVISING

(2008-present) University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS :

Susan Wang (PhD student) and Mehdi Shahzamanian (PhD student) Michael Presnell (MS Student – graduated) Served in 10 MS Thesis committees and 5 PhD committees Dr. Tez Tadepalli, Post Doctoral Fellow (2010-present)

(2000-2008) North Carolina State University, NC:

Post Doctoral Fellows: Prof. Yehia Behei-El-Din – NRC Senior Associate (2002-2003), Prof. Toshi Kameda, NRC Associate (2004-2006), Dr. Avinash Dongare, NRC Associate (2007-2008)

(1988-1992) University of Dayton, Dayton, OH:

Gregory J. Czarnecki (1992) - M.S, Tarabay Antoun (1991) - Ph.D , Robin Banerjee and R. Kandasamy (1989-1991) - Ph.D Candidates, Pierfilippo Manieo (1988) - M.S

Post Doctorate and Visiting Fellows at University of Dayton: Prof. Miles Rubin, Israel – 1987, Dr. Zvi Rosenberg, Israel – 1984-1987, and Mr. Eli Baron, Israel – 1989-1990.

Courses Taught At University of Mississippi:

ME 101: Introduction to Mechanical Engineering

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ME 523 – Shock Waves in Condensed Matters ME 524 – Constitutive Modeling of Materials ME 523- Engineering Fracture Mechanics ME524 – Theory of Plasticity

At North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC (2001-2007):

Guest Lecturer in graduate Courses on Finite Element Methods

At University of Dayton (1984-1991):

MAT570, Fracture Mechanics, Fall 1984 and Fall 1986 (collectively with Dr. J.P. Gallagher), MEE509, Continuum Mechanics, Fall 1986 (28 students) MEE590, Constitutive Modeling, Summer 1987 MEE590: Special Topic Course: Impact Behavior of Materials (1987-1991) PhD and M.S Thesis Advisor PhD Dissertation Committee Membership; 1) University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD (1996-1999), 2) Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL (2001-2006), and 3) North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC (2000-present).

Adjunct Professor Mentor, National Research Council (2000-2008). North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC (2001 – 2008) Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, 2001-2006 University of Maryland, Baltimore County, 1996- 2000 University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio, 1988-1991

(d) Lecturer in a 3-day Short Course:

Dr. A.M. Rajendran has been a lecturer in short courses organized by Computational Mechanics Consultants, Inc., on two specialty subjects: 1) Impact Behavior of Materials, and 2) High Strain Rate Behavior of Materials. Scientists and Engineers from DOD/National Laboratories, Research Institutes, US Industries, and Professors and Engineers from foreign countries attended these courses. The details of dates and places are:

1. November 3-5, 1987 at Dayton, Ohio 2. April 18-20, 1989 at Monterey, CA 3. November 13-15, 1990 at Dayton, Ohio 4. April 21-23, 1992 at Monterey, CA 5. May 18-20, 1993 at Baltimore, MD 6. April 19-22, 1994 at Monterey, CA 7. September 10-12, 1996, Hunt Valley, MD 8. April 28-30, 1998 at Monterey, CA.

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY ACTIVITIES

Reviewer for Journal articles and proposals

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Journal of Applied Mechanics, Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology, International Journal of Plasticity, International Journal of Impact Engineering, Experimental Mechanics, Int. J. Solids and Structures, Journal of Applied Physics, Journal of Mechanics and Physics of Solids, Composite Journal: Part B, Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, and Mechanics of Materials.

Membership in scientific societies American Society of Mechanical Engineer, American Physical Society, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Materials Research Society, Member in American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE).

Secretary / Treasurer (2006-2007) – ASME Materials Division Executive Committee

Chair, Honors and Awards (2007-2008) - ASME Materials Division Executive Committee

Co-Chair(2008-2009): ASME Materials Division Executive Committee

Chair (2009-2011): ASME Materials Division Executive Committee

Chair,ASME Nadai Medal Panel (2010)

Governor-at-Large (2007-present), International Conference on Mechanical Behaviors of Materials (ICM11).

ELECTED FELLOW

U.S. Army Research Laboratory (2000) Society of Engineering Sciences (2012) Associate Fellow, AIAA (2006) American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1994)

EDITORIAL BOARDS

ASME – Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology 2000-2004 Computer Modeling in Engineering and Sciences (CMES)- 2002 – present International Journal of Plasticity, 2003- present Composites Part B: Engineering, 2007-2012

AWARDS AND HONORS

Fellow of Society of Engineering Sciences, 2012

“School of Engineering Outstanding Teacher Award – 2011” University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS

“Life Time Achievement Award” – ICCES11 – Nanjing, China, April 20, 2011.

Best Paper Award in 26th US Army Science Conference, Orlando, FL, Dec 2008

ICCES -2007 – “Prof. Eric Reissner Medal” for the original contributions to the “Impact and Penetration Mechanics” research area

Department of Army’s - Research and Development Achievement Award for 1998

Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). Elected in 1994

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“Outstanding Non-Resident Indian Award” for promoting computer education in rural high schools in the state of Tamil Nadu, India, Dec 1991.

Outstanding Professional Research (1990) – Wohlleben / Hochwalt Award. Each year the University of Dayton Research Institute, Dayton, Ohio recognized one Researcher as among from 25 scientific and engineering disciplines.

Martin-Marietta Recognition Award (1988): Martin-Marietta recognized Dr. A.M. Rajendran for his outstanding contributions to the meteoroid and space debris protection study as a research contractor. He received Martin-Marietta's "Manned Space Systems Award."

Performance Awards (at ARL): Exceptional (Highest Rating) for each year during 1992-2004.

Senior Executive Service Performance Award Bonus; Approximately ~ $15,000 each year during 2004-2008.

PROMOTIONS

2000: Army’s ST (Science and Technology) 1994: GS15 (Highest Grade in the Federal GS System) 1988: Promotion to Group Leader Position 1984: Promotion to Associate Research Engineer Position

ORGANIZER OF WORKSHOPS AND SYMPOSIUMS ON MULTIDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS

I have organized countless number (over 150) of technical and scientific workshops during my entire career. I have brought together a wide range of internationally known researchers around the world to discuss fundamental research on a variety of topics.

2000-present:

The following partial list documents the direct participation in multidisciplinary research areas as the Lead and Co-Organizer of Special Workshops and Symposiums on New Topics:

Vice-Chair: Shock Waves in Condensed Matters 2012, Kiev, Ukraine, Sep16-21, 2012

Co-Chair: Workshop on Inverse Methods, at Zonguldak Karaelmas University, Turkey, Sep 6-9, 2011

Co-Chair, Technical Committee, ASME’s McMat (combined Mechanics and Materials Executive Divisions of ASME) conference, Chicago, IL, June 4-7, 2011

Vice-Chair: Shock Waves in Condensed Matters 2010, St. Petersburg, Russia, Sep 4-10, 2010

Co-Organizer, Symposium on: “Nanostructured Materials” in ICCES10, Mar 28-Apr 1, 2010, Las Vegas, NV.

Co-Organizer: Special Nanoscale Modeling Symposium, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, June 2009.

US Army Workshop on Transparent Armors at University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS – April 2009.

Lead ST for 16 parallel technical sessions in 26th U.S. Army Science Conference at Orlando, FL, Dec 1-4, 2008.

Chair for the 17TH US ARMY SYMPOSIUM ON SOLID MECHANICS: Theme: Blast Mitigation, Baltimore, MD, April 2-5, 2007. 150 participants, including program managers from NSF, ONR, AFOSR, and ARO. Co-Chair: Drs. Tim Wright and Bruce LaMattina, ARL.

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Workshop on Blast and Fragment Mitigation under the auspicious of ARO/JIEDDO (DoD’s Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization) at Arlington, VA, November 2006. Co-Host: Dr. Bruce LaMattina, ARL.

Workshop on “Tools for Engineering of Nanomaterials,” Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, October, 2006. Co-Host: Prof. Byron Pipes, Purdue University.

General Chairperson, International Conference on Computation and Engineering Sciences (ICCES) in India; This conference had about 20 symposiums on multidisciplinary research topics. President of India Dr. Abdul Kalam inaugurated this conference. December 1, 2005.

ARO Workshop on “Multiscale Phenomena: Electronics, Atmospheric and Terrestrial Sciences, Materials, and other Basic Sciences” at RTP, NC, July 6-8, 2005.

ARO/AFOSR Workshop on: “Molecular Devices for Sensor Applications: Computational Electronics,” Arlington, VA, April 2005. Co-Host: Dr. John Zavada (ARO), Dr. Anne Matsuura (AFOSR), and Prof. John Muth (NCSU).

ARO / EUROPE Workshop on: “Multiscale Modeling Workshop” at Bled, Slavenia, Sep 14-16, 2004. Co-Chair: Dr. Sam Sampath of European Research Office, London, UK and Prof. Elias Eifantis, Socrates University, Greece.

“Mechanics & Chemistry of Biosystems” at University of California, Irvine, co-hosted by National Academy of Engineering, Feb 9-11, 2004. Co-Host: Prof. Satya Atluri

“Measurements: Nano/Bio Systems,” MIT, Cambridge, MA, June 2004. Co-host: Prof. Subra Suresh, Department Chair, Materials Engineering, MIT.

“Materials by Design: New Paradigms” Georgia Institute of Technology, GA, October, 2003. Co-Host: Prof. David McDowell, Georgia tech.

16th U.S. Army Symposium on Solid Mechanics, at Double Tree Hotels, Charleston, South Carolina May 4 - 7, 2003. Co-Chair: Drs. Tim Wright and Bruce LaMattina, ARL.

Vice-Chairman, International Workshop on: New Models and Hydrocodes for Shock Wave Processes in Condensed Matter, 19-24, May, 2002, Edinburgh, UK. Co-Chair: Dr. Vladmir Kleminko, Russia.

Co-Chair, ARO workshop at Ohio State University on: Analysis and Design of New Engineered Materials and Systems with Applications,” 5 Feb 2002.

Co-Organizer: “Future Directions in Nanomechanics” at Florida State University, FL, April 2002.

Co-Chair of “Structures Under Shock and impact (SUSI) 2002, in Montreal, Canada.

ARO Workshop on: "Biological Processes for New and Innovative Engineering Systems and Applications," RTP, NC, Feb 27-28, 2002. Co-Host: Drs. Campbell and Bruce LaMattina, ARO.

Lead Organizer, “New Innovative Experiments for Shock & Impact Experiments,” a Special Symposium at ASME Summer Meeting at San Diego, CA - June 25-29, 2001.

Co-organizer of a symposium on “Ceramic Armor Materials by Design,” in the PAC RIM IV int. Conference on Advanced Ceramics and Glasses at Maui, Hawaii, November 4-8, 2001

Co-organizer of a Symposium on “Physical Modeling of Dynamic Failure,” in ASME’s International conference and Exposition at Nashville, TN, November 14-19, 1999.

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PUBLICATIONS: BOOKS, BOOK CHAPTERS, JOURNAL ARTICLES

61. M.M.Shahzamanian, T.Tadepalli, A.M.Rajendran, “Micro-mechanics based multi-scale simulation of heterogeneous cementitious materials,” Referred ASME Early Career Technical Journal, 2012.

60. Avinash M Dongare, Bruce LaMattina, Douglas L Irving, Arunachalam M Rajendran, Mohammed A Zikry, and Donald W Brenner,” Modelling Simul. Mater. Sci. Eng. 20 035007, 2012.

59. Avinash M. Dongare, Bruce LaMattina, Arunachalam M. Rajendran, “Strengthening Behavior and Tension-Compression Strength-Asymmetry in Nanocrystalline Metal-Ceramic Composites,” ASME Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology, 134 (4), 2012.

58. Avinash M. Dongare, Bruce LaMattina, Arunachalam M. Rajendran, “Dynamic Failure Behavior of Nanocrystalline Cu at Atomic Scales,” CMC: Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol. 24, No. 1, pp. 43-60, 2011.

57. A. M. Dongare, B. LaMattina, A. M. Rajendran, M. A. Zikry, and D. W. Brenner, “Atomic scale studies of spall behavior in nanocrystalline copper,” J. Appl. Phys. 108, 113518 (2010).

56. R. Valisetty; A. Rajendran; and D. Grove, “Mesh Effects in Predictions of Progressive Damage in 3D Woven Composites,” Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol. 60, No. 1, pp. 41-72, 2010.

55. A. M. Dongare, A. M. Rajendran, B. LaMattina, M. A. Zikry, and D. W. Brenner, “Tension-compression asymmetry in nanocrystalline Cu at high strain rates,” Comp. Mat. Sci. 49, 260-265, 2010.

54. A. M. Dongare, A. M. Rajendran, B. LaMattina, M. A. Zikry, and D. W. Brenner, Atomic scale study of plastic-yield criterion in nanocrystalline metals using molecular dynamics simulations, Metall. Mater. Trans. A, 41A, 513-531, 2010.

53. G.I. Kanel, E.B. Zaretsky, A.M. Rajendran, S.V. Razorenov, A.S. Savinykh, V. Paris , “Search for conditions of compressive fracture of hard brittle ceramics at impact loading,” International Journal of Plasticity, Vol. 25, Issue 4, pp. 649-670, 2009.

52. G. I. Kanel, W. J. Nellis, A. S. Savinykh, S. V. Razorenov, and A. M. Rajendran, "Response of seven crystallographic orientations of sapphire crystals to shock stresses of 16.86 GPa", Journal of Applied Physics, 106, 043524, 2009.

51. A. M. Dongare, A. M. Rajendran, B. LaMattina, M. A. Zikry, and D. W. Brenner, Atomic scale simulations of the micro-mechanisms related to nucleation, growth, and coalescence of voids in nanocrystalline Cu at ultra-high strain rates, Phys. Rev. B 80, 104108, 2009.

50. A. M. Dongare, L. V. Zhigilei, A. M. Rajendran, and B. LaMattina, Atomic scale modeling of multi-component interactions in nanocomposites, Compos. Part B - Eng. 40, 461-459, 2009.

49. A.M. Rajendran, “Advanced numerical simulation of failure in solids under blast and ballistic loading – a review,” a chapter in the book: “Dynamic Failure of Materials and Structures,” Editors: A. Shukla, G. Ravichandran, Y. Rajapakse, Approx. 475 p. 307, ISBN: 978-1-4419-0445-4, 2009.

48. J. A. Parmentola and A.M. Rajendran, “Transformational Science and Technology for the Current and Future Force,” Proceedings of the 25th U.S. Army Science Conference, Tech Science Press, Vol. 42, ISN: 624 pages, ISBN-13: 978-0-9717880-8-4., Hardcover. 680 pages. 2008.

47. O. Rezvanian, M.A. Zikry, A.M. Rajendran , “Microstructural modeling in crystalline materials in a unified dislocation density framework, Materials Science and Engineering A, 494, 80-85, 2008.

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46. O. Rezvanian, M.A. Zikry, A.M. Rajendran (2007), Statistically stored, geometrically necessary, and grain boundary dislocation densities: microstructural representation and Modelling, Royal Society Journal A 463, 2833-2853

45. Fuping Yuan, Liren Tsai, Vikas Prakash, A.M. Rajendran, Dattatraya P. Dandekar, “Spall Strength of Glass Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composites,” International Journal of Solids and Structures, 2007.

44. Weinnong W. Chen, A.M. Rajendran, Bo Song, and Xu Nie, “Dynamic Fracture of Ceramics in Armor Applications,” J. Am. Ceram. Soc., Vol. 90, No. 4, pp. 1005-1018, 2007

43. L.Tsai, V. Prakash, A.M. Rajendran, and D.P. Dandekar, “Structure of Shock Waves in Glass Fiber Reinforced Polymer Matrix Composites,” Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 90, Jan 2007.

42. O. Rezzvanian, M.A. Zikry, and A.M. Rajendran, “Microstructural Modeling of Grain Subdivision and Large Strain Inhomogeneous Deformation Modes in f.c.c Crystalline Materials,” Mechanics of Materials, Vol. 38, pp. 1159-1169, 2006.

41. J. Parmentola, A.M. Rajendran, W. Bryzik, B.J. Walker, J. McCauley, J. Reifman, and N.M. Nasrabadi, “Transformational Science and Technology for the Current and Future Force,” Proceedings of the 24th U.S. Army Science Conference, World Scientific Publishers, Vol. 42, ISBN: 981-270-201-6, 575 pages, 2006.

40. T. Kameda, M.A. Zikry, and A.M. Rajendran, “Modeling of Grain-Boundary Effects and Intergranular and Transgranular Failure in Polycrystalline Intermetallics,” Mettallurgical and Materials Transactions A: pp. 2107-2115, July 2006.

39. J.N. Baucom, M.A. Zikry, and A.M. Rajendran, “Low Velocity Impact Damage Accumulation in Woven S2-Glass Composite Systems,” Composites Science and Technology, 66, 1229-1238, 2006.

38. A.M. Rajendran, W.M. Ashmawi, M.A. Zikry, “The Modeling of the Shock Response of Powdered Ceramic Materials,” Computational Mechanics, Vol. 38, pp. 1-13, 2006.

37. H.T. Liu, Z.D. Han, A.M. Rajendran, and S.N. Atluri, “Computational Modeling of Impact Response with the RG Damage Model and the Meshless Local Petrov-Galarkin (MLPG) Approaches,” Computers, Materials, and Continua, Vol. 4, No. 1, pp. 43=53, 2006.

36. Z.D. Han, H.T. Liu, A.M. Rajendran, and S.N. Atluri, “The Applications of Meshless Local Petrov-Galarkin (MLPG) Approaches in High-Speed Impact, Penetration and Perforation Problems,” Computer Modeling in Engineering Sciences, vol. 14, No. 2, pp. 119-128, 2006.

35. . H. Luo, W.W. Chen, and A.M. Rajendran, “Dynamic compressive Response of Damaged and Interlocked SiC-N Ceramics,” Journal of American Ceramic Society, Vol. 89. pp. 266-273, 2005.

34. G.I. Kanel, S.V. Razorenov, A.S. Savinykh, A. M. rajendran, and Z. Chen, “A study of the failure wave phenomenon in glasses compressed at different levels,” Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 98, 113523 (2005)

33. S.M. Sivakumar, A. Meher Prasad, B.Dattaguru, S. Narayanan, A.M. Rajendran, and S.N. Atluri, “Advances in Computational & Experimental Engineering Sciences,” Proceedings of ICCES’05, ISBN 0-9717880-0-6, Tech Science Press, 2005.

32. Z.D. Han, A.M. Rajendran, and S.N. Atluri, “Meshless Local Petrov-Galerkin (MLPG) Approaches for Solving Nonlinear Problems with Large Deformations and Rotations,” Computational Modeling in Engineering Sciences, Vol. 10, No. 1, pp. 1-12, 2005

31. S.N. Atluri, Z.D. Han, and A.M. Rajendran, “A New Implementation of the Meshless Finite Volume Method, Through the MLPG “Mixed” Approach,” CMES Journal, Vol. 6, 491-513, 2004.

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30. X. Chen, N. Chandra, and A.M. Rajendran, “Analytical solution to the plate impact problem of layered heterogeneous material systems,” International Journal of Solids and Structures, Vol. 41/16-17. pp 4635-4659, 2004,

29. Y.A. Bahei-El-Din, A.M. Rajendran, and M.A, Zikry, “A micromechanical model for damage progression in woven composite systems,” International Journal of Solids and Structures, Vol. 41, pp. 2307-2330, 2004.

28. A.M. Rajendran, ““Critical measurements for validation of constitutive equations under shock and impact loading conditions,” Journal of Optics and Lasers in Engineering,” Vol. 40, pp. 249-262, 2003

27. Y.A. Bahei-El-Din, M.A. Zikry and A.M. Rajendran, “Impact-Induced Deformation Fields in 3D Cellular Woven Composites, Composites Part A, Vol. 34, No. 8, pp. 765-778, 2003.

26. N. Chandra, X. Chen, and A.M. Rajendran, “The Effect of Material Heterogeneity on the Shock Response of Layered Systems in Plate Impact Tests,” Journal of Composites Technology & Research, pp. 232-238, 2002.

25. A.M. Rajendran, “Historical Perspective on Ceramic Materials Damage Models,” in “Ceramic Armor Materials by Design,” Eds. J. McCauley, A. Crowson, W. Gooch, A.M. Rajendran, S.J. Bless, K.V. Logan, M. Normandia, and S. Wax, Ceramic Transactions, Vol. 134, pp.281-299, 2002.

24. A.M. Rajendran and D.J. Grove, “Computational Modeling of Shock and Impact Response of Alumina,” Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol. 3, no. 3, pp.367-380, Tech Science Press, 2002.

23. N. Jones, C.A. Brebbia, and A.M. Rajendran, Book: “Structures Under Shock and Impact VII,” WIT Press, 2002.

22. D.J. Grove and A.M. Rajendran, “Overview of the Rajendran-Grove Ceramic Failure Model,” in “Ceramic Armor Materials by Design,” Eds. J. McCauley, A. Crowson, W. Gooch, A.M. Rajendran, S.J. Bless, K.V. Logan, M. Normandia, and S. Wax, Ceramic Transactions, Vol. 134, pp.371-384, 2002.

21. A.M. Rajendran, Penetration of Tungsten Alloy Rods into Shallow-Cavity Steel Targets, International Journal of Impact Engineering, vol. 21, No. 6, pp. 451-460, 1999.

20. A.M. Rajendran and D.J. Grove, Modeling of Inelastic Strains in Ceramics Under Shock and Impact Loading, in International Journal of Fracture, Netherlands, Vol. 88, pp. L57-L62, 1998.

19. A.M. Rajendran and D.J. Grove, "Modeling the Shock response of Silicon Carbide, Boron Carbide, and Titanium,” in International Journal of Impact Engineering, Vol. 18, No. 6, pp. 611-631, 1996.

18. A.M. Rajendran and D.P. Dandekar, Inelastic Response of Alumina, Int. J. of Impact Engineering, Vol. 17, pp. 649-660, 1995.

17. A.M. Rajendran and R.C. Batra, "Constitutive Laws: Experiments and Numerical Implementation," CIMNE publishers, Barcelona, 1995.

16. A.M. Rajendran and R.K. Garrett, Jr., " Review of Ductile Failure Models for Shock-Wave Propagation Finite Element Codes," in "Constitutive Laws: Experiments and Numerical Implementation," Eds. A.M. Rajendran and R.C. Batra, CIMNE publishers, Barcelona, pp. 52-61, 1995.

15. S.J. Bless and A.M. Rajendran, "Initiation and Propagation of Damage Caused by Impact on Brittle Materials," A Chapter in "Dynamic Fracture and Fragmentation," Eds. L. Davison, D. Grady, and M. Shahinpoor, in print, Springer-Verlag Publishers, 1995.

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14. G. Randers-Pehrson and A.M. Rajendran, "Evolution of Spall under Multiaxial Loading," "Constitutive Laws: Experiments and Numerical Implementation," Eds. A.M. Rajendran and R.C. Batra, CIMNE publishers, Barcelona, pp. 18-34, 1995.

13. A.M. Rajendran, "Modeling the Impact Behavior of AD85 Ceramic Under Multiaxial Loading," in Int. Journal of Impact Engineering," Vol. 15, No. 16, 1994.

12. Cook, W. H., A.M. Rajendran, and Grove, D. J., "An Efficient Numerical Implementation of Bodner-Partom Model in EPIC-Code," J. Eng. Fracture Mechanics, Vol. 41, No. 5, pp 607-623, 1992.

11. T. Nicholas, and A.M. Rajendran, "High Strain Rate Behavior of Materials," Chapter 3 in 'High Velocity Impact Dynamics,' edited by J. Zukas, John-Wiley & Sons, Inc., pp. 127-296, 1990.

10. A.M. Rajendran and N. Elfer, "Debris Impact Protection of Space Structures," Chapter in Structural Failures, eds. Wierzbicki and Jones, John-Wiley & Sons, Inc., pp. 41-78, 1989.

9. A.M. Rajendran, Dietenberger, M. A., and Grove, D. J., "A Void-Growth Based Failure Model to Describe Spallation," Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 65, pp. 1521-1527, 1989.

8. A.M. Rajendran and J.L. Kroupa, "Impact Damage Model for Ceramic Materials," Journal of Applied Physics, v. 66, no. 8, 7-20, pp. 3560-3565, 1989.

7. Nicholas, T., Rajendran, A. M., and Grove, D. J., "Analytical Modeling of Precursor Decay in Strain-Rate Dependent Materials," Int J. of Solids and Structures, Vol 23, No. 12, pp. 1601-1614, (1987).

6. Nicholas, T., Rajendran, A. M., and Grove, D. J., "An Offset Yield Criterion to Describe Precursor Decay Phenomenon," ACTA Mechanica, Vol. 69, pp. 205-218, (1987).

5. A.M. Rajendran, Bless, S. J., and Dawicke, D. S., "Evaluation of Bodner-Partom Model Parameters at High Strain Rates," J. of Eng. Mat. and Tech., Vol. 108, Trans. ASME, pp. 75-80, January 1986.

4. A.M. Rajendran, and Bless, S. J., "Determination of Tensile Flow Stress Beyond Necking at Very High Strain Rate," Experimental Mechanics, Vol. 26, no. 4, 1986.

3. Cross, L., Bless, S., Rajendran, A. M., Strader, E., and Dawicke, D., "New Techniques to Investigate Necking in a Tensile Hopkinson Bar," Experimental Mechanics, pp. 184-186, September 1984.

2. Rajendran, A. M. and Fyfe, I. M., "Inertia Effects on the Ductile Failure of Thin Rings," Journal of Applied Mechanics, Trans. ASME., Vol. 49, pp. 31-36, March 1982.

1. Fyfe, I. M. and Rajendran, A. M., "Dynamic Pre-Strain and Inertia Effects on the Fracture of Metals," Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, Vol. 28, pp. 17-26, February 1980.

ARTICLES IN TOPICAL AND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

92. M.M.Shahzamanian, T.Tadepalli, A.M.Rajendran, “Representative volume element based modeling of cementitious materials,” Proceedings of the International Congress on Computational Mechanics and Simulation (ICCMS), IIT Hyderabad, 10-12 December 2012.

91. A.M. Rajendran, R. Mohan, and A.M. Dongare, Multiscale Modeling of Cementitious Materials Under Shock Loading Conditions: Challenges and Issues,” Proceedings of the International Conference Shock Waves in Condensed Matter (SWCM 2012), Kiev, Ukraine 5-10 September 2012.

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90. M. B. Presnell and A.M. Rajendran, “A computational study of segmented tungsten rod penetration into a thick steel target plate at high velocities,” Proceedings of American Physical Society Conference on “Shock Compression of Condensed Matter – 2011”, July, Chicago, 2011.

89. Avinash M. Dongare, Bruce LaMattina, Arunachalam M. Rajendran, “Atomic Scale Studies of Spall Behavior in Single Crystal Cu,” Proceedings of ICM11, Como, Italy, Vol. 10, pp. 3645-3650, 2011

88. A.M. Rajendran, “Multi-Scale Modeling Capable Global Codes, R. Valisetty and A. Rajendran, Proceedings of ICCES’10, Las Vegas, April 29, 2010.

87. R. Valisetty, A. M. Rajendran, and Y. Bahei-El-Din, “Scalable computing of the mesh size effect on modeling damage mechanics in woven armor composites,” Best paper award in proceedings of the 26th US Army Science Conference, 2010.

86. Avinash M. Dongare,Arunachalam M. Rajendran,Bruce LaMattina,Mohammed A. Zikry,and Donald W. Brenner, “Atomic scale simulations of orientation of loading axis on the growth of voids at the onset of ductile failure in single crystal Cu,” proceedings of the materials Research Society, 2009.

85. Avinash M. Dongare, Arunachalam M. Rajendran, Bruce LaMattina, “Atomistic Studies Of Void-Growth Based Spall Failure In Single Crystal Cu At High Strain Rates,” 16th American Physical Society Topical Conference on Shock Compression of Condensed Matter, Nashville, Tennessee, June 28 – July 3, 2009.

84. Avinash M. Dongare and Arunachalam M. Rajendran,, ”Nanograin size effects on void nucleation, growth, and coalescence in nanocrystalline copper,” Proceedings of the ICCES09 conference, Phuket Island, Thailand, April 8-11, 2009.

83. A. M. Rajendran and A. M. Dongare, Atomistic scale simulations of spallation in nanocrystalline Cu, Proceedings of International Conference on Computational Methods in Engineering and Sciences (IC-CMES'09), Editors: P.R. Reddy, M.V.S. Muralikrishna, and N.V. Srinivasalu, 18-25 (2009).

82. A. M. Dongare, A. M. Rajendran, B. LaMattina, M. A. Zikry, D. W. Brenner, Atomic scale simulations of orientation of loading axis on the growth of voids at the onset of ductile failure in single crystal Cu, Mat. Res. Soc. Sym. Proc., 1137-EE08-09-W10-09.R1 (2008).

81. R. Valisetty, Y.A. Bahei-El-Din, and A.M. Rajendran, ““Scalable computing of the mesh size effect on modeling damage mechanics in woven armor composites,” Proceedings of 26th Army Science Conference, Orlando, FL, Dec 1-4, 2008.

80. A.M. Rajendran and M.A. Zikry, “Atomic-scale modeling of grain boundary effects in nano bicrystal copper specimens,” Proceedings of ICCES08, Hawaii, 2008.

79. O. Rezvanian, M.A. Zikry, A.M. Rajendran (2007), Microstructural behavior and failure of FCC crystalline aggregates, in Size Effects in the Deformation of Materials – Experiments and Modeling, edited by E. Lilleodden, P. Besser, L. Levine, A. Needleman (Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 976E, Warrendale, PA, 2007), 0976-EE02-02

78. A.M. Rajendran, “Review of High Velocity Penetration Mechanics,” Proceedings of the Computational & Experimental Engineering Sciences (ICCES’07),” ISBN 0-9717880-0-6, Tech Science Press, 2007.

77. N.S. Brar and A.M. Rajendran, “Confined Alumina Bar-on-Bar Impact Experiments,” in “Shock Compression of Condensed Matter – 2005,” Eds: Furnish, Elert, Russell, and White, pp. 843-846, AIP publishers, 2006.

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76. G.I. Kanel, S.V. Razorenov, A.S. Savinykh, A. Rajendran, and Z. Chen, “A Study of the Failure Wave Phenomenon in Glasses at Peak Stresses Exceeding the HEL,” in American Physical Society “Shock Compression of Condensed Matter – 2005,” Eds: Furnish, Elert, Russell, and White, pp. 876-879, AIP publishers, 2006.

75. A.S. Savinykh, G.I. Kanel, S.V. Razorenov, and A. Rajendran, “Compressive Fracture of Brittle Materials Under Divergent Impact Loading,” in American Physical Society “Shock Compression of Condensed Matter – 2005,” Eds: Furnish, Elert, Russell, and White, pp. 888-891, AIP publishers, 2006.

74. A.M. Rajendran , R. Valisetty, R. Namburu, and Y.A. Bahei-El-Din, “A Representative Volume Element Based Micromechanical Constitutive Modeling of Woven Composites,” Proceedings of Materials Research Society, San Francisco, CA, 2005

73. J. Normandia, J. C. LaSalvia, W. A. Gooch Jr., J. W. McCauley, and A. M. Rajendran, ”Advanced Ceramic Materials for Armor” AMTIAC Quarterly, Vol. 8, No. 4, 2004

72. R. Valisetty, R. Namburu, A. Rajendran, and Y. Bahei-El-Din, “Scalable coupling of TFA and PARADYN analyses for impact modeling of 3-d woven composites," ICCES proceedings, 2004

71. A.M. Rajendran and D.J. Grove, “Impact Response of Two-Layer Body Armors,” ICCES04 proceedings, 2004

70. T. Kameda, M. Zikry, and A. Rajendran, “Hierarchical Modeling of Failure Mechanisms and Grain-Boundary Effects in Crystalline Aggregates,” MMM-2 Proceedings of 2nd International Conference on Multiscale Materials Modeling, Edited by Nasr Ghoniem, pp.181-183, October 2004

69. G.I. Kanel, A.A. Bogach, S.V. Razorenov, A.S. Savinykh, Z. Chen, and A.M. Rajendran, “A Study of the Failure Wave Phenomenon of Brittle Materials,” Proceedings of American Physical Society, AIP Press, pp. 739-742, 2003.

68. N.S. Brar, W.G. Proud, and A.M. Rajendran, “Ceramic Bar Impact Experiments for Improved Material Model,” Proceedings of American Physical Society, AIP Press, pp. 727-730, 2003.

67. X. Chen1, N. Chandra1 and A.M. Rajendran, ”Oscillatory Structure of Stress Wave Profile in Layered Systems under Plate Impact Loading Conditions,” 2nd International Conference on Structural Stability and Dynamics, Singapore, December, pp. 981-986, 2002

66. Y.A. Bahei-El-Din, M.A. Zikry, and A.M. Rajendran, “Deformation Fields in Woven Composite plates under impact,” to appear in the proceedings of IMECE’02, 2002 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, New Orleans, LA, November 17-22, 2002.

65. X. Chen, N. Chandra, and A.M. Rajendran, “ A shock response of layered systems in plate impact tests,” proceedings of SWCM, Edinburg, Scotland, 2002.

64. J.Knap, A. M. Rajendran, and M. Ortiz, “Impact Modeling Using Scalable ARES Computer Framework,” CDROM Proceedings of the International Conference on Computational Engineering Scinces, Reno, Nevada, August 1, 2002.

63. S-C. Chou, A.M. Rajendran, and D.J. Grove, “Behavior of Layered Lightweight Armor Impacted by an Armor Piercing Projectile,” 2nd International Conference on Structural Stability and Dynamics, Singapore, pp. 987-996, World Scientific Press, 2002

62. A.M. Rajendran and D.J. Grove, “Computational Modeling of Projectile Penetration into Ceramic Plates,” Proceedings of the ICES’01 Conference, August 2001.

61. A.M. Rajendran, “Modeling Shock and Projectile Penetration Response of Ceramics,” “Structures Under Shock and Impact VI,” Eds. N. Jones and C.A. Brebbia, 215 – 222, WIT Press, 2000.

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60. A.M. Rajendran and D.J. Grove, “A Spall Criterion Based Microcracking Model for Brittle Materials,” in “Advances in Computational Engineering & Sciences – 2000,” Eds. S.N. Atluri and F.W. Brust, pp. 372-378, Tech Science press, 2000.

59. J.M. Boteler, A.M. Rajendran, and D.J. Grove, “Shock Wave Profiles in Polymer Matrix Composites,” in American Physical Society - Shock Compression of Condensed Matter – 1999,” Eds: Furnish, Chhabildas, and Hixson, pp. 563-566, APS Press, 2000.

58. D.J. Grove and A.M. Rajendran, “Modeling of Micro-crack Density Based Damage Evolution in Ceramics Rods,” in American Physical Society - Shock Compression of Condensed Matter – 1999,” Eds: Furnish, Chhabildas, and Hixson, pp. 619-622, APS Press, 2000.

57. A.M. Rajendran and D.J. Grove, “A Comparison Study of damage Evolution Using the Rajendran-Grove and Johnson-Holmquist Ceramic Models,” in “Constitutive and Damage Modeling of Inelastic Deformation and Phase Transformation,” Editor: A.S. Khan, Proceedings of Plasticity ‘99, pp. 671-674, 1999.

56. L.C. Chhabildas and A.M. Rajendran, “Impact of Alumina Rods - Intermediate Strain Rate Experiments,” in “Constitutive and Damage Modeling of Inelastic Deformation and Phase transformation,” Editor: A.S. Khan, Proceedings of Plasticity ‘99, Neat Press, pp. 627-630, Jan’ 1999.

55. A.M. Rajendran, “A Review of Ceramic Constitutive Models for Dynamic Loading,” in the Proceedings of 4th International Conference on Constitutive Laws for Engineering Materials,” July 27-30, Troy, NY, pp.188-191,1999.

54. A.M. Rajendran and S-C. Chou, “Modeling of 30-Caliber Projectile Penetration into Layered Targets,” in Impact Response of Materials and Structures, Eds: V.P.W. Shim, S. Tanimura, and C.T. Lim, Oxford Press, Proceedings of 3rd International Conference on Impact Engineering,” ISIE’98, pp. 432-438, 1999.

53. A.M. Rajendran and D.J. Grove, “Modeling of shock and impact behaviors of aluminum oxide,” in “Structures Under Shock and Impact V,” Eds. N. Jones, D.G. Talaslidis, C.A. Brebbia, and G.D. Manolis, Computational Mechanics Publications, pp. 447-460, 1998.

52. N. Chandra and A.M. Rajendran, “Micromechanics based modeling of damage in composites under high velocity impact - a review,” in “ Structures Under Shock and Impact V,” Eds. N. Jones, D.G. Talaslidis, C.A. Brebbia, and G.D. Manolis, Computational Mechanics Publications, pp. 421- 433, 1998.

51. D.J. Grove and A.M. Rajendran, A Comparison Study Between Scalar and Multiplane microcracking ceramic damage models,” in American Physical Society - Shock Compression of Condensed Matter-1997, AIP press, pp. 255-258, 1998.

50. A.M. Rajendran and K.P. Walsh, Modeling of in-situ ballistic measurements using the Rajendran-Grove and Johnson-Holmquist ceramic models, in Shock Compression of Condensed Matter - 1997, AIP press, pp. 913-916, 1998

49. Douglas W. Templeton and A. M. Rajendran, Armor modeling into the 21st century: U.S. army needs, in “Physics and Mechanics of Finite Plastic & Viscoplastic Deformation,” Editor: A.S. Khan, the proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Plasticity‘97, pp. 141-142, 1997.

48. D.J. Grove, A.M. Rajendran, and K.P. Walsh, Numerical simulations of tungsten projectile s penetrating titanium targets, in “Physics and Mechanics of Finite Plastic & Viscoplastic Deformation,” Editor: A.S. Khan, the proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Plasticity ‘97, pp. 115-116, 1997.

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47. A.M. Rajendran, D.J. Grove, and K.P. Walsh, Spallation due to a debris cloud impact at hypervelocity, in “Physics and Mechanics of Finite Plastic & Viscoplastic Deformation,” Editor: A.S. Khan, the proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Plasticity ‘97, pp. 135-136, 1997.

46. W.A. Gooch and A.M. Rajendran, Modeling of penetration into titanium and RHA steel, in “Physics and Mechanics of Finite Plastic & Viscoplastic Deformation,” Editor: A.S. Khan, the proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Plasticity ‘97 held in Juneau, Alaska, July 14-19, pp. 113-114, 1997.

45. A.M. Rajendran and S-C. Chou, “Review of Computational Modeling of Penetration of Projectiles into Polymeric Composites,” in Advances in Computational Engineering Science, edited by S.N. Atluri and G. Yagawa, Proceedings of ICES’97, Tech Science Press, pp. 1186-1191, May 1997.

44. A.M. Rajendran, D.J. Grove, and A.L. Chang, “A Comparison Study Between In-Situ Measurements from a Projectile Penetration Experiment and Numerical Simulation,” in Advances in Computational Engineering Science, edited by S.N. Atluri and G. Yagawa, Proceedings of ICES’97, Tech Science Press, pp. 1140-1145, May 1997.

43. R.K. Garrett, Jr., A.M. Rajendran, and H.Last, “Modeling Spall in HY100, HY130, and AF1410 Steels,” Proceedings of the Conference of the American Physical Society Topical Group on Shock Compression of Condensed Matter held at Seattle, Washington - 1995, pp. 323-326, AIP Press, 1996.

42. H. Last, R.K. Garrett, Jr., and A.M. Rajendran, “A Comparative Study of High Strain Rate Behavior of Three Martensitic Steels,” Proceedings of the Conference of the American Physical Society Topical Group on Shock Compression of Condensed Matter held at Seattle, Washington - 1995, pp. 631-634, AIP Press, 1996.

41. A.M. Rajendran and K.R. Iyer, “Comments on the material strength model formulation in hydrocodes for high loading rate applications,” in “Structures Under Shock and Impact IV,” Eds. N.Jones, C.A. Brebbia, and A.J. Watson, Computational Mechanics Publications, pp. 501-509, 1996.

40. A.L. Chang and A.M. Rajendran, “Novel In-Situ Ballistic Measurements for Validation of Ceramic Constitutive Models,” Proceedings of the 14th Army’s Symposium on Solid Mechanics, Battelle Press, pp. 99-110, 1996.

39. D.J. Grove and A.M. Rajendran, " Analysis of Projectile penetration into silicon carbide targets," Proceedings of the Conference of the American Physical Society Topical Group on Shock Compression of Condensed Matter held at Seattle, Washington - 1995, pp. 1143-1146, AIP Press, 1996.

38. S.P. Bodner and A.M. Rajendran, "On the Strain Rate and Temperature Dependence of Hardening of Copper," Proceedings of the Conference of the American Physical Society Topical Group on Shock Compression of Condensed Matter held at Seattle, Washington - 1995, pp. 499-502, AIP Press, 1996.

37. D.J. Grove, A.M. Rajendran, and D.P. Dandekar, “Modeling the Evolution of Multiple Spall in OFHC Copper,” Proceedings of the 14th Army’s Symposium on Solid Mechanics, pp. 462-470, 1996.

36. A.M. Rajendran and D.J. Grove, "Determination of Rajendran-Grove Ceramic Constitutive Model Constants, " Proceedings of the Conference of the American Physical Society Topical Group on Shock Compression of Condensed Matter held at Seattle, Washington - 1995, pp.539-542, AIP Press, 1996.

35. D.J. Grove and A.M. Rajendran, “Effects of Pulverized Material Strength on Penetration Resistance of Ceramic Targets,” American Physical Society - “Shock Compression of Condensed Matter” Eds. S.C. Schimdt and W.C. Tao, AIP Press, pp. 1143-1146, 1995.

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34. A.M. Rajendran and P. Woolsey, "Effects of Surface Plasticity on Depth of Penetration in steel Targets," in “Dynamic Plasticity and Structural Behaviors,” Eds. S. Tanimura and A.S. Khan, Proceedings of Plasticity ‘ 95, Gordon and Breach Publishers, pp. 915-198, 1995.

33. A.M. Rajendran and R.K. Garrett, jr., "Review of Ductile Failure Models for Shock-Wave Propagation Finite Element Codes," in “Computational Mechanics’ 95” Eds. S.N. Atluri, G. Yagawa, and T.A. Cruse, Springer-Verlag, pp.1703-1708, 1995.

32. A.M. Rajendran, "A Microphysical Material Model for Ceramics Under Impact Loading," expected to be published in the Proceedings of the 19th Army Science Conference, Orlando, FL, June 20-23 (1994).

31. A.M. Rajendran, "Modeling the Shock Response of AD995 Alumina," in "High-Pressure Science and Technology - 1993," AIP Press , New York, NY, pp. 725-729 (1994).

30. D.J. Grove and A.M. Rajendran, "Modeling of Kipp-Grady Plate Impact Experiments on Ceramics Using Rajendran - Grove Ceramic Model," in "High-Pressure Science and Technology - 1993," AIP Press , New York, NY, pp. 749-752 (1994).

29. W.H. Cook and A.M. Rajendran, "Modeling Impact Damage in AD85 Alumina," in "High-Pressure Science and Technology - 1993," AIP Press , New York, NY, pp. 753-756 (1994).

28. A.M. Rajendran, "An Advanced Ceramic Model for Impact Dynamics Codes," Proceedings of 13th Army Symposium on Solid Mechanics held during August 17-19, 1993 (1994).

27. A.M. Rajendran, and Grove D.J., "Impact behavior of AD-85 Ceramic," in "Proceedings of 24th Int. SAMPE Technical Conference, Eds. T.S. Reinhart, M. Rosenow, R.A. Cull, and E. Struckholt, Vol.24, pp. T925-T934, October 1992.

26. Ramamurthy, A.C., Lorenzen, W., A.M. Rajendran, and Grove D.J, "Stress Analysis of Multi-Layer Painted Steel Due to Stone Impact: A Numerical Simulation," in Proceedings of Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering Conference, October 1992.

25. A.M. Rajendran, Garrett, Jr., R. K., Clark, J. B., and Jungling, T. L., "Effects of Strain Rate on Plastic Flow and Fracture in Pure Tantalum," Journal of Materials Shaping Technology, ASM Journal, 9, 21, pp. 7-20, 1991.

24. Antoun, T. and A.M. Rajendran, "A Constitutive Model of the Impact Behavior of Concrete," in American Physical Society - Shock Compression of Condensed Matter - 1991, Elsevier Science Publishers, pp. 497-500, 1991.

23. John, R., Antoun, T., and A.M. Rajendran, "Effect of Strain Rate and Size on Tensile Strength of Concrete," American Physical Society - Shock Compression of Condensed Matter 1991, Elsevier Science Publishers, 501-504, 1991.

22. A.M. Rajendran, Bless, S. J., and Grove, D. J., "Dynamic Ductile Failure Under Multi-axial Loading," in Anisotropy and Localization of Plastic Deformation, Eds. J.P. Boehler and A.S. Khan, Elsevier Applied Scince, pp. 401-404, 1991.

21. Bar-On, E., Grove, D. J., and Rajendran, A. M., "Debris Cloud Simulations," in American Physical Society - Shock Compression of Condensed Matter - 1991, Elsevier Science Publishers, pp. 939-942, 1991.

20. Grove, D. J., Rajendran, A. M., and Bless, S. J., "Damage Evaluation in a Ceramic Rod," in American Physical Society - Shock Compression of Condensed Matter - 1991, Elsevier Science Publishers, pp. 971-974, 1991.

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19. Rajendran, A. M., Bless, S. J., Bar-On, E., and Grove, D. J., "Modeling of Dynamic Fracture in a Solid Cone Target," in American Physical Society - Shock Compression of Condensed Matter - 1991, Elsevier Science Publishers, pp. 995-998, 1991.

18. Dietenberger, M., Antoun, T., and Rajendran, A. M., "Simulation of Uniaxial Stress Behavior for Arbitrary Strain Rate and Confining Stress Histories," in American Physical Society - Shock Compression of Condensed Matter - 1991, Elsevier Science Publishers, pp. 265-268, 1991.

17. Rajendran, A. M., Dietenberger, M. A., and Grove, D. J., "Microphysical Model to Describe Impact Behavior of Ceramics," in "Constitutive Laws for Engineering Materials," eds. C. S. Desai et al., ASME Press, pp. 609-612, 1991.

16. Furlong, J. R., Alme, M. L., and Rajendran, A. M., "A Combined Tensile/Compressive Failure Model for Brittle Materials Applied to the Penetration of Ceramic Targets by LRP's," Proceedings of the 5th TACOM Armor Coordinating Conference for Light Combat Vehicles, Monterey, CA, March, 1989.

15. Rajendran, A. M., Grove, D. J., and Dietenberger, M. A., "A Dynamic Plasticity Based Failure Model," in 'Advances in Plasticity', eds. A.S. Khan and M. Tokuda, Proceedings of Plasticity '89, Pergamon Press, 1989.

14. Rajendran, A. M., Dietenberger, M. A., and Grove, D. J., "Results from the Recently Developed Dynamic Failure Model," American Physical Society - Shock Compression of Condensed Matter - 1989, S.C. Schmidt, J.N. Johnson, and L.W. Davison (Editors), Elsevier Science Publishers, pp. 373-376, 1989.

13. Kroupa, J. L. and Rajendran, A. M., "The Use of Grady-Kipp Type Fragmentation Model to Describe the Impact Behavior of Ceramic Materials, American Physical Society - " Shock Compression of Condensed Matter - 1989, S.C. Schmidt, J.N. Johnson, and L.W. Davison (Editors), Elsevier Science Publishers, 911-914, 1989.

12. Grove, D. J., Rajendran, A. M., and Dietenberger, M. A., "Numerical Simulation of a Double Flyer Impact Experiment," American Physical Society - Shock Compression of Condensed Matter - 1989, S.C. Schmidt, J.N. Johnson, and L.W. Davison (Editors), Elsevier Science Publishers, pp. 365-368, 1989.

11. Dietenberger, M. A., Rajendran, A. M., and Grove, D. J., "A Use of Microphysical Fracture Model to Describe Ceramic Material Upon Impact, American Physical Society - " Shock Compression of Condensed Matter -1989, S.C. Schmidt, J.N. Johnson, and L.W. Davison (Editors), Elsevier Science Publishers, pp. 457-460, 1989.

10. Rajendran, A. M., Brar, N. S., and Khobaib, M., "Effects of Dynamic Pre-Strain on the Subsequent Tensile Flow Strength," in American Physical Society - Shock Compression of Condensed Matter - 1989, S.C. Schmidt, J.N. Johnson, and L.W. Davison (Editors), Elsevier Science Publishers, pp. 401-404, 1989.

9. Furlong, J., Alme, M., and Rajendran, A. M., "Numerical Modeling of Penetration Experiments," Proceedings of TACOM Armor Coordinating Conference for Light Combat Vehicles, 1988.

8. Rajendran, A. M., Nicholas, T., and Grove. D. J., "Analytical Modeling of Precursor Decay in Rate-Dependent Metals," Trans., Const. Laws for Eng. Mat'ls: Theory and Applications, C.S. Desai, et al., eds., Elsevier Science Pub. Co., pp. 725-731, 1987.

7. Rajendran, A. M., Grove, D. J., and Bless, S. J., "A New Yield Function Based Dynamic Failure Model," in the proceedings of American Physical Society - Topical Conference on Shock Waves in Condensed Matter, edited by Niel Holmes, North-Holland Physics Publishing, pp. 359-362, 1987.

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6. Grove, D. J. and Rajendran, A. M., "Simulation of Flyer Plate-Rod Target Impact Experiment," in American Physical Society - Shock Waves in Condensed Matter, eds. S.C. Schmidt and N.C. Holmes, Elsevier Science Publishers, pp. 737-740, 1987.

5. Rosenberg, G., Lopatin, C., Rajendran, A. M., and Bless, S. J., "Electrically Driven Expanding Ring Generator Setup at UDRI," in American Physical Society - Shock Waves in Condensed Matter, eds. by S.C. Schmidt and N.C. Holmes, Elsevier Science Publishers, 1987.

4. Rajendran, A. M., and Bless, S. J., "Constitutive Modeling under High Temperature and High Strain Rate Loading Conditions," at Proceedings of International Conference on Computational Mechanics, Tokyo, Japan, May 25-29, 1986.

3. Rajendran, A. M. and Bless, S. J., "Use of the Bodner-Partom Viscoplastic Constitutive Model to Describe HY100 Steel” American Physical Society - Shock Waves in Condensed Matter, Y. M. Gupta, ed., Plenum Publishing, pp. 383-388, 1986.

2. A.M. Rajendran, Bless, S. J., and Garrison, R., "High Strain Rate Material Modeling," Proceedings of U. S. Army Symposium at Watertown, MA., Published in the Proceedings, January 1985.

1. A.M. Rajendran, "Constitutive Models Based on Compressible Plastic Flows," proceedings on "Nonlinear Constitutive Relations for High Temperature Applications," at NASA Conference, University of Akron, Akron, OH, May 19-20, 1982.

TECHNICAL REPORTS

Department of Defense / University of Dayton Research Institute / Industries

22. T.J. Holmquist, A.M. Rajendran, D.W. Templeton, and K.D. Bishnoi, “A Ceramic Armor Material Database,” TARDEC Technical Report No: 13754, TARDEC, Warren, MI 48397, Jan 1999.

21. A.M. Rajendran and D.J. Grove, Rajendran-Grove Ceramic Damage Model Constants for AD995 alumina, ARL-TR, ready for submittal to the Editorial Board, U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Aberdeen proving Ground, MD 21005-5069, April, 1998.

20. A.M. Rajendran, “A Review of Constitutive/Damage Models for Ceramic Materials in Hydrocodes,” ARL-TR, ready for submittal to the Editorial Board, U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Aberdeen proving Ground, MD 21005-5069, April, 1998.

19. A.M. Rajendran, D.J. Grove, and K.D. Bishnoi, “Analysis of Projectile Penetration into a SiC/Ti Layered Plate,” ARL Report - ARL-TR-1364, June 1997.

18. S.R. Bodner and A.M. Rajendran, “Application of an Analytical Model for Ballistic Penetration to Composite Targets.”ARL Report - ARL-TR-1383, June 1997.

17. A.M Rajendran, H. Last, and R,K, Garrett, Jr., "Plastic Flow and Fracture in HY100, HY130, and AF1410 Alloy Steels Under High Strain rate and Impact Loading Conditions," ARL Report - ARL-TR-687, March, 1995.

16. A.M. Rajendran, "Modeling the Impact Behavior of AD85 Ceramic under Multi-Axial Loading," ARL-TR-137, May 1993.

15. A.M. Rajendran, and Woolsey, P., "Penetration of Tungsten Alloy Rods into Shallow-Cavity Steel Targets," ARL-TR-216, August 1993.

14. A.M. Rajendran., "Modeling the Impact Behavior of High Strength Ceramics," ARL-TR-224, December 1993.

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13. A.M. Rajendran, "High Strain Rate Behavior of Metals, Ceramics, and Concrete," WL-TR-92-4006, Wright Laboratories, Materials Directorate, Wright Patterson Air Force Base, OH, April 1992.

12. A.M. Rajendran., Grove, D. J., Dietenberger, M. A., and Cook, W. H., "A Dynamic Failure Model for Ductile Materials," AFATL-TR-90-84, Eglin Air Force Base, FL, 1990.

11. A.M. Rajendran, and Bless, S. J., "Plastic Flow and Failure Modeling Under High Strain Rate Loading," AFWAL-TR-87-4134, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, OH, 45433, February 1988.

10. A.M. Rajendran, A. M. and Cook, W. H., "A Comprehensive Review of Modeling of Impact Damage in Ceramics," AFATL-TR-88-143, Eglin Air Force Base, FA, December 1988.

9. A.M. Rajendran, and Nicholas, T., "Dynamic Constitutive/Failure Models," AFWAL-TR-88-4229, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, OH, December 1988.

8. A.M. Rajendran, and Grove, D. J., "Bodner-Partom Viscoplastic Model in STEALTH Finite Difference Code," AFWAL-TR-86-4098, January 1987, Materials Laboratory, WPAFB, OH, 45433.

7. A.M. Rajendran, and Bless, S. J., "High Strain-Rate Material Behavior," AFWAL-TR-85-4009, Wright Aeronautical Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB, April 1985.

6. Ashbaugh, N. E., Khobaib, M., Hartman, G. A., Weerasooriya, T., A.M. Rajendran, Maxwell, D. C., and Goodman, R. C., "Research on Mechanical Properties for Engine Life Prediction," AFWAL-TR-85-4154, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, OH, May 1985.

5. Ashbaugh, N. E., Khobaib, M., Hartman, G. A., Weerasooriya, T., A.M. Rajendran., Maxwell, D. C., and Goodman, R. C., "Advances in the Study of the Mechanical Behavior of Materials," AFWAL-TR-85-4124, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH, December 1985.

4. A.M. Rajendran, Bless, S. J., Dawicke, D. S., Paisley, D. L., and Grove, D. J., "High Strain Rate Characterization of C1008 and HY100 Steel, and 7039-T851 Aluminum," AFWAL-TR-84-4103, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, OH, June 1984.

3. Bless, S. J., A.M. Rajendran, Dawicke, D. S., and Paisley, D. L., "High Strain Rate Characterization of Materials," AFWAL-TR-83-4038, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, OH, August 1983.

2. Hartman, G. A., A.M. Rajendran, and Dawicke, D. S., "The Application of a Nonlinear Fracture Mechanics Parameter to Ductile Fatigue Crack Growth," AFWAL-TR-83-4023, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH, December 1982.

1. Bless, S. J., Challita, T. C., and A.M. Rajendran, "Dynamic Tensile Tests Results for Several Metals," AFWAL-TR-82-4026, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, OH, April 1982.

PRESENTATIONS (OVER 150)

Conferences and other facilities:

(Keynote, Invited, and Plenary speaker at Universities, International, Engineering Society Conferences, Workshops, and Symposiums)

University Talks (2002 – 2007) (Semester Seminar Series, Faculty Colloquium, and Special Invitation by the Vice-Chancellor, Dean, and Department Chair)

Michigan Technological University, MI – 19 March 2009 (Host: Prof. Bill Predebon)

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University of Texas, Austin, TX – 19 Feb 2008 (Host: Prof. Ravi-Chander)

University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS – December 4, 2007-10-24. (Host – Prof. Karan Surana)

Texas A&M University, College Station, TX – November 27, 2007-10-24 (Host: Prof. John Junkins)

University of Akron, OH – November 1, 2007-10-24 ( Host: Prof. Ernie Pan)

University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE – October 18, 2007-10-24 (Host: Dean David Allen)

University of Delaware, Newark, DE – 20 April, 2007-10-24 (Host: Prof. Gillespie)

North Carolina A&T University, Greensboro, NC – 24 July 2007-10-24

University of Maryland, College Park, MD – 6 April, 2007

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA – 13 July 2006 (Host: Dr. Raul Radovitski)

Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 1 October 2006

United States Military Academy, West Point, NY, 19 April, 2006

Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08854, 5 October 2005

Brown University, Providence, RI. 30 September 2005

Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN. September 15, 2005

United States Military Academy, West Point, NY, 9 Sep 2005

Jackson State University, Jackson, MS. 15 February 2005

Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS. February 18, 2005

University of Rhode Island, Providence, RI. 28 January 2005

University of Illinois, Urbana- Champaign, March 1, 2004

Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Sep 23, 2003

Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, 11 March, 2003

University of California, Irvine, CA, 29 July, 2002

Presentations in Conferences, Symposiums, and Workshops:

“Multiscale Modeling of Dynamic Failure of Materials,” Keynote speaker at the ASME Chapter Meeting at Jackson State University, Jackson, November 8, 2012.

“Multiscale Modeling of Dynamic Failure at Various Length Scales in Ductile Copper and Brittle Silicon Carbide,” Invited speaker in the International Conference on Engineering Fracture (ICEFA 2012), The Hague, Netherlands, July 2, 2012.

“Multiscale Modeling of Dynamic Failure Processes Under Impact Loading Conditions,” Presented in WCCM 2012 – Sao Paulo, Brazil, July 11, 2012.

“Over view of multiscale modeling of next generation materials for infrastructure protection,” Invited speaker and review panel member, in a scientific workshop on bio-inspired materials at ERDC, Vicksburg, MS, September 20, 2011

“Glass Fracture Under Shock Loading: An Inverse Problem,” ICEMM11 scientific workshop in Karaelmas University, Zonguldak, Turkey, September 8, 2011.

Atomic Scale Studies of Spall Behavior in Single Crystal Cu, ICM11, Como, Italy – 7 June 2011.

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Multiscale Modeling of Failure Processes under High Strain Rate Loading Conditions , Presented in ICCES11 – Nanjing, China, April 19, 2011.

Inverse Problems in Shock and Impact Problems, University of Karaelmas, Zonguldak, Turkey, July 2010

“Complexity Theories in Mathematics – An Engineering Perspecive, Istanbul Institute of Technology, Istanbul, Turkey, July 2010.

“Applied Mathematics Opportunities in High Velocity Impact Problems,” Ankara University, Turkey, July 2010.

“21st Century Challenges: Engineering Research,” T.C. Bilecik University, Turkey, July 2010.

Spall Phenomena at Different Scales, Presented at the Second Symposium of Predictive Science and Technology of Mechanics and Materials at the Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems (CAVS), June 22-25, 2010.

Dynamic Failure of Nanocrystalline Metals A View at the Atomic Scale, ICCES 10 , Las Vegas, NV April 2010.

“ASME & Biology – 21st Century Science and Computational Engineering,” Presented at ECTC 2009, Tuscaloosa, AL on 2 October 2009.

Research at Mechanical Engineering in University of Mississippi, Presented at ERDC on March 30, 2009.Part – I: Research Opportunities in Mechanics and Nano/Biosciences at the Army Research Office” Part – 2: Atomistic Modeling of Ductile Failure, MTU, 19 March 2009.

Issue and Challenges: Spall Phenomena at Different Scales, Presented at the Second Symposium of Predictive Science and Technology of Mechanics and Materials at the Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems (CAVS), June 22-25, 2010.

Atomic Scale Simulations of Spallation In Nanocrystalline Cu, Hyderabad, India, 9 Jan 2009 – ICCMES-2009.

Atomic scale simulations of void nucleation, coalescence, and growth, at the onset of spallation in nanocrystalline Cu, Semester Seminar Series, Civil Engineering, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS , 29 Jan 2009.

“Engineering Sciences – Overview; U.S. Army Research Office,” Presented at “Particulate Mechanics in Extreme Environments, Eglin Air Force Base - on Jan 29, 2008.

Research Opportunities - Mechanics: Issues, Challenges, Overview, Presented at the Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS on June 23, 2008

Research Opportunities at Army Research Office – Overview, Presented at University of Hawaii, Honolulu on March 18, 2008.

Research Opportunities at Army Research Office – A Review, Presented at the Texas A&M University, College Station on November 27, 2007.

“Structural and Solid Mechanics Research Problems - ARO Program,” Presented at UT, Austin on Feb 9, 2008.

Opportunities in Applied Mechanics at the Army Research Office/Laboratory, Presented at Mississippi State University on February 18, 2005

Opportunities in Applied Mechanics at the Army Research Office/Laboratory, Presented at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, March 1, 2004

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Advances in Computational Structural Mechanics, Presented at the NCA&T University – HPCMO - June 23, 2009.

“Engineering Sciences at Army Research Office - Overview” A.M. Rajendran, U S Army Research Office, Presented at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln on October 18, 2007

Research Opportunities at Army Research Office – Overview, Presented at the Kansas University, Lawrence, KS on December 4, 2007

Engineering Sciences – Overview Army Research Office, Presented at the University of Akron, Akron, Ohio on November 1, 2007

“Opportunities in US Army Research Office: Engineering Sciences,” North Western University, Chicago, Illinois, March 1, 2004.

“An Overview of Computational Penetration Mechanics,” Plenary talk at International Conference on Computational Engineering and Sciences (ICCES), Miami, FL, January 2-5, 2007.

Purdue University / ARO Workshop on: Tools for Nanoengineering.” Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, October 2-4, 2006.

“High Performance Computing: Structural and Solid Mechanics.” DoD sponsored HBCU Annual Course. North Carolina A&T University, Greensboro, NC, July 11, 2006.

ARO Workshop on “Hybrid Molecular / Semiconductor Structures: Design of Electronics by Computation.” Arlington, Virginia, June 17, 2005.

ARO Workshop on: “Multiscale Phenomena: Experiment, Theory, and Computation.” July 6-7, 2005 at RTP, NC.

“The Blast Effects Modeling Workshop” sponsored by ARO’s HBCU/MI – NC A&T University, NC at Williamsburg, VA, August 24, 2005.

Materials Research Society Meeting, San Francisco, CA. 29 March, 2005.

Keynote Speaker on “Impact Response of Two-Layer Body Armors,” International Conference on Computational and Engineering Sciences (ICCES) in Madeira Island, Portugal, July 30, 2004.

Invited Keynote Speaker in International Union for Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (IUTAM) conference, Hong Kong, June 2, 2004.

International workshop on “Multiscale Modeling,” at LLNL, Berkeley, CA January 7, 2004.

“Advances in Biomechanics – Workshop” at UC, Irvine on Feb 9, 2004.

Solid Mechanics Workshop at Arlington, VA on Sep 16, 2003.

ICCES’03 International Conference, “Computational Requirements in Modeling and Simulation of Solids and Structures to Blast and Projectile Penetration,” July 29, 2003.

War College, Carlyle, Pennsylvania, Feb 25, 2003.

ICCES’02 at Reno, Navada on Aug 31, 2002.

IUTAM, Marrakech, Morocco on Oct 22, 2002.

NEMS workshop at University of Chicago, Nov 14, 2002.

ARO Workshop on “Analysis and Design of New Engineered Materials and Systems with Applications,” Feb 5-6, 2002 at Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio.

MIT Workshop on Experimental Measurements for Nano and Bio applications on Nov 20, 2002.

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ICSSD, Singapore, Dec 17, 2002.

ICM9 in Geneva on May 27, 2003.

SEM Conference in Charlotte, NC on June 3, 2003.

“Current Status of Ceramic Damage Models for Armor Applications,” International Conference on Shock Waves in Condensed Matters at Edinburg, Scotland, May 22, 2002.

“Computational Modleing Effort to support Armor Design Analysis,” Speail lecture to the Engineering Graduate School, University f California at Irvine, CA, July 29, 2002.

“Analysis and Design of New Engineered Materials and Systems with Applications', ARO – Workshop, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 5 Feb 2002.

“Historical perspective on ceramic materials damage models,” PAC RIM IV Conference: Nov 5-8, 2001.

“Overview of the Rajendran-Grove ceramic failure model,” PAC RIM IV Conference: Nov 5-8, 2001.

“Grain Level Analysis of Ceramic Microstructures – paper by Zavattieri and Espinosa,” PAC RIM IV Conference: Nov 5-8, 2001.

“Modeling Impact Failure Evolution with a Damage Diffusion Law,” American Physical Society (APS) Conf. in Atlanta: June 25, 2001,

“Theory Critical Experiments for Shock and High Strain Rate Modeling,” ASME Summer Conf. in San Diego, June 26-29, 2001

“High Performance Computing Relating to Load Balance of Material Models,” U.S. Conf. on Computational Mechanics, Detroit, MI, August 1, 2001.

“Computational Modeling of Projectile Penetration into Ceramic Plates,” ICES’01 conference in Mexico: August 20-23, 2001.

Keynote speaker in “Structures Under Shock and Impact VI,” International Symposium in Cambridge University, England, July 1-5. 2000

Invited Speaker in “International Conference on Plasticity - 2000” at Whistler Resort, Canada, July 17-21, 2000

Invited Speaker in “International Conference on Computational Engineering & Sciences,” Anaheim, CA, August 23-25, 2000

Lead Presenter in “Heterogeneous Materials/Structures,” workshop at University of California at Los Angeles, CA, July 26-28, 2000

Army Research Office’s MeCOG meeting in Duck, NC on “Opportunities in Applied Mechanics,” August 2000.

“Current Status of Ceramic damage Model for Impact Loading,” Keynote speaker at “International workshop on fracture mechanics and engineering materials,” Sydney University, Australia, December 7-9, 1999.

“Recent Modifications to the RG Ceramic Model,” Invited Speaker at ASME Winter Conference at Nashville, TN, November 15-19, 1999.

“Fundamentals of Penetration Mechanics,” Invited by the Summer Research Group of Advanced Material Center of Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, July 19-20, 1999.

“Progress in Numerical Modeling of Shock Wave Processes in Ceramics.” Invited Speaker in an

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International Workshop on New Models and Predictive Methods for Shock Wave/Dynamic Processes in Energetic Materials and Related Solids at College Park, MD 6-9 July 1999.

“Modeling Damage Evolution in Ceramic Materials Under shock and High Strain rate Loading Conditions,” in T.W. Wright special symposium on “Dynamic Failure,” at 1999 ASME - Mechanics & Materials Conference at Blacksburg, VA, June 27-30, 1999.

“Modeling of APM2 Bullet Fracture Using a Brittle Constitutive Model,” in 15th US Army Symposium on Solid Mechanics, April 12-14, 1999 at Myrtle Beach, SC.

“Modeling the effects of Shock Wave Ramping on Damage Evolution in a Ceramic Rod,” in 15th US Army Symposium on Solid Mechanics, April 12-14, 1999 at Myrtle Beach, SC.

“Recent Progress in the Application of the RG ceramic damage model,” internationally attended Ceramic Modeling Working Group Meeting at IAT, Austin, TX, February 10, 1999.

“A Comparison Study of damage Evolution Using the Rajendran-Grove and Johnson-Holmquist Ceramic Models.” Invited Speaker in “Constitutive and Damage Modeling of Inelastic Deformation and Phase Transformation,” Int. Conf. on Plasticity ‘99, January 12, 1999.

“Impact of Alumina Rods - Intermediate Strain Rate Experiments,” in “Constitutive and Damage Modeling of Inelastic Deformation and Phase Transformation,” Int. Conf. on Plasticity ‘99, Jan 11, 1999.

“Modeling of 30 Caliber Projectile Penetration into Layered Targets,” in the 3rd International Conference on Impact Engineering, ISIE’98, Singapore, December 8, 1998.

“Use of Bodner-Partom Constitutive Model to Describe High Strain Rate and Shock Response of Several Metals.” Invited Speaker, Special Symposium in Honor of the 1998 SES Medalist Prof. Sol Bodner, 35th Annual Technical Meeting of Society of Engineering Science, Pullman, Washington, Sep 27-30, 1998.

“Ceramic Damage Models for Numerical Codes.” Invited Speaker, International Conference on Shock Waves in Condensed Matter, St. Petersburg, Russia, July 14, 1998.

“Modeling of shock and impact behaviors of aluminum oxide,” Invited Speaker, International Conference on “Structures Under Shock and Impact V,” Thessaloniki, Greece, June 25, 1998.

“Damage Evolutions as Predicted by the JH2 and RG ceramic damage models.” Joint Contractors Meeting of DARPA’s Body Armor Program, Arlington, VA, August 19, 1998.

“Damage initiation in ceramics due to an APM2 bullet impact. Penetration Workshop (under the auspices of DARPA’s Body Armor program) at Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, Texas, Feb 17, 1998.

“Review of Spall Models for Metals,” TCG-I workshop at Picattiny Arsenal, NJ, June 4, 1998.

“Summary of Rajendran-Grove Ceramic model and its applications.” Joint Contractors Meeting of DARPA’s Body Armor Program, Arlington, VA, April 29, 1998.

“Modeling of damage in AD995 ceramic,” Penetration Workshop (under the auspices of DARPA’s Body Armor program) at Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, Texas, November 20, 1997.

“Modeling the microcracking process in ceramics due to shock and impact loading.” Invited Speaker at the Graduate Student and Faculty Seminar Series at Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, WV, Nov 5, 1997.

“A review of constitutive/damage models for ceramic materials in hydrocodes.” Invited Speaker, International Workshop on “Shock Wave Processes in Condensed Media,” at Oxford, United

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Kingdom, September 17, 1997

“Numerical simulations of tungsten projectiles penetrating titanium targets.” Invited Speaker, presented in the Sixth International Symposium on Plasticity and its Current Applications held in Juneau, Alaska during July 14-18, 1997.

“Spallation due to a debris cloud impact at hypervelocity.” Invited Speaker in the Sixth International Symposium on Plasticity and its Current Applications held in Juneau, Alaska during July 14-18, 1997.

“Use of a micromechanical model to describe ceramic armor elements response,” an invited presentation at the McNU’97 conference at Northwestern University, IL, June 29- July 2, 1997.

“A Comparison Study between In-Situ Measurements from a Projectile Penetration Experiment and Numerical Simulation.” An invited presentation in the ICES’97 Conference on Advances in Computational Engineering Science, San Jose, Costa Rica, May 4-9, 1997.

“A comparison study between scalar and multi-plane microcracking ceramic damage models.” Presented in the APS Shock Compression of Condensed Matter, Amherst, MA, July 27 - August 1, 1997.

“Modeling of in-situ ballistic measurements using the Rajendran-Grove and Johnson-Holmquist ceramic models,” in the Shock Compression of Condensed Matter Meeting of the American Physical Society, Amherst, MA, July 27 - August 1, 1997.

“Review of Computational Modeling of Penetration of Projectiles into Polymeric Composites.” Invited presentation in the ICES’97 Conference on Advances in Computational Engineering Science, San Jose, Costa Rica, May 4-9, 1997.

“Modeling of Penetration into Titanium and RHA Steel.” Presented in the Sixth International Symposium on Plasticity and its Current Applications, held in Juneau, Alaska during July 14-18, 1997.

"Effects of Surface Plasticity on Depth of Penetration in steel Targets," invited presentation in “Dynamic Plasticity and Structural Behaviors,” International Conference on Plasticity ‘95, at the University of Osaka Prefecture, Sakai, Osaka, Japan, July 19, 1995

"Determination of Rajendran-Grove Ceramic Constitutive Model Constants, " In the 1995 APS Topical Conference on Shock Compression of Condensed Matter, Seattle, WA, August 13-18, 1995,

" Analysis of Projectile penetration into silicon carbide targets," In the 1995 APS Topical Conference on Shock Compression of Condensed Matter, Seattle, WA, August 13-18, 1995,

"Fracturing in Ceramic Plate and Rod Under Impact Loading," in the International Conference on Computational Engineering Science,” at Hawaii, July 30 - August 3, 1995.

"Modeling the Response of Layered Sic/Ti Targets due to Penetration of a Tungsten Projectile," at the APS Topical Conference on Shock Compression of Condensed Matter, Seattle, WA, Aug 13-18, 1995.

"On the Strain Rate and Temperature Dependence of Hardening of Copper," In the 1995 APS Topical Conference on Shock Compression of Condensed Matter, Seattle, WA, August 13-18, 1995,

“Modeling Spall in HY100, HY130, and AF1410 Steels,” In the 1995 APS Topical Conference on Shock Compression of Condensed Matter, Seattle, WA, August 13-18, 1995,

"Effects of Surface Plasticity on Depth of Penetration in steel Targets," in the Fifth International Symposium on Plasticity and its Current Applications,” at the University of Osaka Prefecture, Sakai, Osaka, Japan, July 20, 1995.

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“A Comparative Study of High Strain Rate Behavior of Three Martensitic Steels,” at the 1995 APS Topical Conference on Shock Compression of Condensed Matter, Seattle, WA, August 13-18, 1995.

"Review of Ductile Failure Models for Shock-Wave Propagation Finite Element Codes," in the International Conference on Computational Engineering Science,” at Hawaii, July 30 - Aug 3, 1995.

"Evolution of Spall under Multiaxial Loading," in the International Conference on Computational Engineering Science,” at Hawaii, July 30 - August 3, 1995.

“High Strain Rate Effects on Ceramic Strength,” in International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition of the ASME International, San Francisco, CA, November 14, 1995.

“Recent Results from the Ceramic Model,” in TCG-I at Sandia National Laboratory, Albuquerque, New Mexico on December 8, 1995.

"Modeling the Defeat of a Long Rod Projectile at the Interface Between the Ceramic Armor and the Cover Plate," at the Ceramic Mini Workshop at the Southwest Research Institute,TX, Organizer: Dr. Anderson, June 6, 1994.

"A Microphysical Model to Describe the Impact Behavior of Ceramics," a 60-minute seminar presented at the Materials Directorate, Army Research Laboratory, Watertown, MA 02172, June 18, 1993.

"Constitutive Modeling of Ceramics Under Impact Loading Conditions," a 40-minute presentation at the 10th Ceramic Modeling Working Group Meeting at Army Research Laboratory, Watertown, October 5-6, 1993.

"Advanced Ceramic Model for Hydrocodes," a 45-minute talk at Weapons Technology Directorate, Army Research Laboratory, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Aberdeen, MD, June 2-3, 1993.

"An Approach to Model the Impact Response of GRP," a 30-minute talk at Weapons Technology Directorate, Army Research Laboratory, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Aberdeen, MD, November 1993.

"Estimation of Residual Strength of Ballistically Impacted GRP Laminates," at TACOM, MI, July 1993.

"Advanced Constitutive/Failure Model for Metals under Shock Loading Conditions," 60-minute seminar presented at the Materials Directorate, Army Research Laboratory, Watertown, MA, May 21, 1993.

"An Advanced Ceramic Model for Impact Dynamic Codes" in the Army Symposium on Solid Mechanics," at Plymouth, MA on 18 August, 1993.

"A Constitutive Model for Ceramics" a 40-minute presentation at the 9th Ceramic Modeling Working Group Meeting at Institute for Advanced Technology, Austin, Texas 78759, November 4-5, 1992.

"Constitutive/Damage Models for Hydrocodes," a 90-minute presentation in "EPIC-code Workshop" organized by Dr. Gordon Johnson of Alliant Techsystems, Minneapolis, and Dr. W.H. Cook of Eglin Air Force Base at the Eglin Air Force Base, FL, 24-26, June 1992.

"Microphysical Models to use in Hydrocodes," at the Workshop on Continuum Damage," at Sandia Livermore, CA. Organizers: Prof. Fred Leckie, Univ., of California at Santa Barbara, and Dr. Bammann of Sandia National Laboratory, June 11-13, 1990.

"Microphysical Model to Describe Impact Behavior of Ceramics," in Conference on "Constitutive Laws for Engineering Materials," Tucson, Arizona, January 7-12, 1991.

"A Void-Growth Based Dynamic Ductile Failure Model," 22nd Midwestern Mechanics Conference in Rolla, Missouri, October 6-9, 1991.

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"High Strain Rate and Impact Behavior of Ceramic Materials," Invited Speaker Series Lectures, at Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI, Sponsor: Prof. W.W. Predebon. Note: Travel expenses were paid by the sponsor's organization, October 15, 1991.

"Impact Behavior of Materials," A special invited seminar at United Technologies Research Center (UTRC), at Hartford, Connecticut, Sponsor: Dr. Raymond L. Deblois at UTRC. Note; Travel expenses were paid by the sponsor's organization, Feb 26, 1990.

"Impact Behavior of Ceramics," Invited Speaker in 92nd Annual Meeting, American Ceramic Society Inc., Dallas, Texas, April 23-26, 1990.

"A Dynamic Plasticity Based Failure Model," Invited Speaker in Plasticity '89 Conference, Japan, 1989.

"A recently developed impact damage model for ceramics," Invited Talk at Sandia National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, Sponsor: Dr. Douglas J. Bammann, Oct’ 24, 1989.

"Debris Impact Protection of Space Structures," Invited Speaker, Int. Sym. on Structural Failure at M.I.T., Cambridge, MA, June 6-8, 1988.

"Dynamic Failure of Materials," Workshop on 'Dynamic Constitutive / Failure Models to Use in Codes,' Invited Speaker, Dayton, OH, Sponsors: ARO, AMTL, and AFOSR, May 11, 1988.

"A Simulation of a Flyer Plate-Rod Target Experiment," Fourth Topical APS Conference on 'Shock Waves in Condensed Matter,' Monterey, California, July 20-23, 1987.

"A New Yield Function Based Dynamic Failure Model," Fourth Topical APS Conference on 'Shock Waves in Condensed Matter,' Monterey, California, July 20-23, 1987.

"Analytical Modeling of Precursor Decay in Rate-Dependent Metals," Int. Conf. on Constitutive Laws for Eng. Mat'ls, at Tucson, Arizona, January 1987.

"Constitutive Modeling under High Temperature and High Strain Rate Loading Conditions," Int. Conf. on Computational Mechanics, at Tokyo, Japan, May 25-29, 1986.

"Use of the Bodner-Partom Viscoplastic Constitutive Model to Describe HY100 Steel," Third Topical APS Conference on 'Shock Waves in Condensed Matter,' at Spokane, Washington, July 1985.

Other facilities (1985-1994):

The seminar (presentation) topic at Industries was mostly on: High Strain Rate Behavior of Materials and Foreign Object Damage Studies. At Government facilities, the topic was mainly on: Constitutive and Failure Models for Finite Element and Finite Volume Codes (Hydrocodes) Applications.

Pratt & Whitney, Canada. Host. Mr. Ebrahim Talib, June 1986,

General Electric, Cincinnati, OH, 1989

Garrett Auxiliary Power Division, Allied Signal Co., Phoenix, AZ. Host: Mr. John Cuccio, several lectures during 1988-91

Pratt & Whitney, East Hartford, CT. Mr. Ed Todd, 1990

Textran-Lycoming, Stratford, CT, Ms. Dorina Mikhail, Feb 1989

United Technologies Research Center, Stratford, CT. Host: Mr. Ray Deblois, October 1989

Research Development Associates, Long Beach, CA. Dr. Marvin Alme

FMC Corporation, San Jose, CA. Host: Mr. Mark Raphael, October 1989

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General Dynamics, Warren, MI - Dr. W.A. Burke, June 1990

BASF Co., Troy, MI - Dr. A. Ramamurthy, January 1992

Naval Surface Warfare Center - several invited lectures - R.H. Garrett and William Hinckley (1988)

David Taylor R&D Center, Cardrock, MD - Several invited lectures - Mr. Ray Garrison, 1985-1991

NASA at Huntsville, Alabama. Sponsor: Dr. Sherman Avans, October 18, 1989

Army Arsenal at Waterviliet, NY - Hosts: Dr. Peter A. Thornton and Mr. John Senick, February 24, 1989

Eglin Air Force Base, Ft. Walton Beach, FL - Hosts: Dr. W.H. Cook and Dr. Joseph Foster, several seminars during 1987-1992

Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio - Host: Dr. Theodore Nicholas, Several seminars, 1981-1990

Martin-Marietta Corporation, New Orleans, LA - 1988. Host: Dr. Norman Elfer.

MEMBERSHIP ON COMMITTEES & PANELS

Technical Symposium/Workshop/Conference Organizer/Member/ Session Chair

Vice-Chair, International Conference Shock Waves in Condensed Matter, Kiev, Ukraine 5-10 September 2012.

International Scientific Committee, 28th International Symposium on Shock Waves in Manchester at in Rochester, UK, 17 - 22 July 2011.

Co-Chair, ASME- McMAT conference in Chicago, IL, May 30 – June 1, 2011.

Governor-at-Large, ICM11, Como, Italy, June 5-9, 2011.

Co-Chair (USA) International Conference on : Composites for 21st Century: Current & Future Trends,” in Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, 4-8, January, 2011.

Vice-Chair, International Conference Shock Waves in Condensed Matter, St.Petersburg - Novgorod, Russia, 5-10 September 2010.

A Symposium for ICCES 2009 Conference: Materials Modeling: Recent Progress in Metal and Ceramic Based Systems, Las Vegas, NV, Jan 2010

A Symposium for ASCE-ASME-SES-Conference: Material Response to Shock Loading at Multiscales,” summer meeting in VPI, Blacksburg, VA, June 2009.

Army panel for a workshop on “Transparent Armor” in Ole Miss, May 3-5, 2009.

Technical Chair for all sessions in “US Army Science Conference” in Orlando, FL, Dec 2008.

Chair, U.S. Army Solid Mechanics Symposium in Baltimore, MD in April 2007. About 100 professors participated in this symposium based on my invitation and travel support.

Chair for the session on “Computational Modeling of Engineering Systems” in US Army Science Conference – Nov 2006, Orlando, FL.

ARO Workshop on: Tools for Nanoengineering.” Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, October 2-4, 2006.

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ARO Workshop on “Hybrid Molecular / Semiconductor Structures: Design of Electronics by Computation.” Arlington, Virginia, June 17, 2005.

ARO Workshop on: “Multiscale Phenomena: Experiment, Theory, and Computation.” July 6-7, 2005 at RTP, NC.

“The Blast Effects Modeling Workshop” sponsored by ARO’s HBCU/MI – NC A&T University, NC at Williamsburg, VA, August 24, 2005.

General Chair for International Conference on Computational and Experimental Sciences (ICCES) – December 2005 in India

International Advisory Committee: ICCES’04 conference at Madeira Island, Portugal, July 26-30, 2004

International Advisory Committee: ICCES’03 conference at Corfu Island, Greece, July 25-29, 2003

International Advisory Committee, ICM9, Geneva, May 24-29, 2003

ARO Workshop at MIT on: Mechanics and the Study of Biological Cells and Molecules,” Nov 20, 2002

Organizing Committee, International Conference on Structural stability & Dynamics (ICSSD’02) in Singapore, 16-18, 2002.

Member of International Organizing Committee on “Plasticity 2002,” January 3-8, 2002 in Aruba

Session Organizer: “Mechanical Properties,” in 12th APS Topical Conf on Shock Waves in Condensed Matter, June 24-29, 2001 at Atlanta, GA

Organizer of 3 special sessions on Dynamic Damage Mechanics in an International Symposium on Plasticity’99, Cancun, Mexico, Jan 9-13,1999. Served as session chairperson.

Organized the Ceramic Modeling Working Group Meeting at IAT with Dr. Stephan Bless of IAT, Austin, Texas, February 8-11, 1999.

ARO/SRI Workshop on the “Mesomechanical Model Technology Transfer Planning Workshop,” at IAT, Austin, Texas, February 11, 1999. Co-organizers: Dr. Klopp of SRI International, CA and Dr. Bailey of ARO.

Member of the Organizing Committee of 15th U.S. Army Symposium on Solid Mechanics, Myrtle Beach, SC - April 12-14, 1999.

Modeling Session Organizer in American Physical Society (APS) Meeting in Snowbird, UT- June 28-30, 1999.

Organized a Special Symposium on Adiabatic Shear Banding with Prof. Ravichandran of Cal Tech, ASME - Mechanics & Materials - June 28-29, 1999.

Member of the Scientific Advisory Committee, Fourth Int. Conf. Constitutive Laws for Engng Matls., Troy, NY, July 27-30, 1999.

Organized a Workshop on Optimization at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory during March 24-25, 1999. Co-sponsors: Dr. Michael Murphy of LLNL and Dr. Ernest Baker of ARDEC.

ASME Winter meeting 1998, Anaheim, CA. Organized 5 sessions on: Constitutive Modeling, November 16-20, 1998.

Member, organizing committee of the Army Symposium on Solid Mechanics, 1996 and 1998.

Member, International Scientific Advisory Committee, SUSI’98 (Structure Under Shock and Impact)

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conference in Greece during 24-26, 1998.

Member, International Scientific Advisory Committee, Shock Waves in Condensed Matters, St. Petersburg, Russia, July 13-16, 1998.

Member, International Organizing Committee in “International Workshop on New Models and Numerical Codes for Shock Wave Processes in Condensed Matter,” at Oxford University, UK, 13-19, September, 1997.

ICES’97 - International Conference on Computational Engineering Science, Organized a symposium on: Penetration modeling at Cost Rica. May 1997

ICES’97 - International Conference on Computational Engineering Science, Organized a symposium on: Composite modeling at Cost Rica. May 1997

Int. conf. on plasticity - Organized 3 sessions on penetration and impact problems, Juneau, Alaska - July 1997.

Session Chairman in ICES’97 - International Conference on Computational Engineering Science, Penetration Modeling at Cost Rica. May 1997.

Session Chairman in SUSI’96-International Conference on structures under shock and impact, Material response at High Loading Rate, Udine, Italy, July, 1996.

Session Chairman of ceramic and composite modeling session in Shock Waves in Condensed Matters, St. Petersburg, Russia, August 30-September3, 1996.

ICES’95 - International Conference on Computational Engineering Science, Organized a symposium on: Penetration Modeling in Hawaii, August 1995.

Session Chairman in ICES’95 - International Conference on Computational Engineering Science, Penetration Modeling in Hawaii, August 1995.

Member of International Organizing/Steering Committee of the 5th International Symposium on Plasticity and its Current Applications. This conference was held in Osaka, Japan during July 17-21, 1995. Dr. A.M. Rajendran organized a session on Dynamic Damage Modeling in Computational Analyses.

Session Chairman in Hypervelocity Conference on " Numerical Techniques." This conference was held during October 16-19, 1994 in Santa Fe, NM.

Session Chairman in ASME Winter Annual Meeting on Material Instabilities held during November 6-11, 1994 at Chicago, IL.

DoD /DOE/ NASA RELATED PANELS

Member of external review panel for the in-house research program at ERDC, Vicksburg (2011-present)

NSF Proposal review panel (2004 and 2006).

ONR – Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) review panel member (2006-2008)

Member, an Ad-Hoc Panel (2004) for Collaborative Research among University of California System. This panel was created by the President of UC Systems. Only DoD member in the panel.

National Research Council Mentor and Laboratory Representative (2001-2008).

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Army’s Research & Development Award (RDA) Panel at ASAALT (Assistant Secretary of Army Acquisition, Logistics, and Training) –(2002-2008).

Army Nominated Member in the NASA Head Quarters Director’s In-house Laboratory Research (ILR) evaluation panel, 2002-2003.

NASA Super Problem Resolution Team (SPRT) for Structures, NASA, Langley, VA, 2004 – 2009.

U.S. Army Science Conference, Advanced High Performance Computing Session Chair, 2002, 2004, and 2006.

Army’s Senior Executive Service (SES) Candidates Screening Panel – 2002, 2003

Leader for Computational Technical Area (CTA) for Computational Structural Mechanics (CSM), High Performance Modernization Office (HPCMO) in Department of Defense Research & Engineering (DDR&E) , 2004-2008

Technical Area Chief (Engineering Sciences), Army’s Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR), 2002-2008.

Senior Scientist Position Candidates Screening Panels - 2002-2008.

Army High Performance Computing Research Center (AHPCRC) selection panel – ASAALT, 2002 and 2007

ARL’s Director Research Initiative Proposals Selection Panels – 2000 - 2008

Several selection panels for the position of ARO Program Directors.

Team Leader, TCG -I (Technology Cooperation Group) - 1997-2001, a Joint DoD/DOE (MOU) Munitions Technology Development Program, Pentagon on Computational Mechanics and Material Modeling. Funding level $8M per year.

Member of the DARPA/ARL/NATICK- Body Armor Penetration Mechanics Working Group, 1997- 2008.

National Science Foundation, Member, Mechanics of Materials Panel, 1998-. This panel derives S&Es from DoD and Professors from different universities. Headed by Dr. Ozden Ochoa of AFOSR.

Coordinator of Ceramic Working Group: The main objective of this group is to bring together the experimentalists and the computational specialists to discuss each other's capabilities and needs. Dr. A.M. Rajendran has been the coordinator of this group since 1993. Members include the S&E's who are currently active in ceramic materials development, ceramic armor and model developments, and material characterization of ceramics. The last three meetings were organized by Dr. Rajendran and Dr. S.J. Bless (IAT) at ARL/MD during October 5 and 6, 1993, March 14 and 15, 1995 at IAT, Austin, and April 24 and 25, 1997 at ARL.

Army Research Laboratory Technology Opportunities Conference (ATOC): This meeting was held in Baltimore, MD under the auspices of ARL during November 30 - December 4, 1992. Served as a Group Leader in one of the battle lab panels and summarized the proceedings of this group to the general audience of the conference on the last day of the conference. Louisiana Maneuvers (LAM) Coordination Exploratory Panel: Served in this short-lived panel (March - June 1993) as the only member of the Materials Directorate.

Technical Presentation Development Team: This team was formed by the Director of the Materials Directorate to enhance the quality of both oral and poster presentations of S&E at the Materials Directorate of ARL. Dr. A.M. Rajendran served as the coordinator of the team during July - September, 1993.

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Technical Member of The Technical Cooperation Program (TTCP-P-TP4): Dr. Rajendran has served on this panel since September 1993 as a technical member along with Dr. S.C. Chou of ARL/MD who is the administrative member of the panel. This panel is the subcommittee on non-atomic military research and development between English speaking countries. The subgroup - P focuses on Materials Technology.

Member of "CAV" - QIP Meeting Group: The quarterly-in-progress (QIP) review meetings were held at the TARDEC facility in Warren, MI. The members of the panel served as consultants to the TACOM personnel to evaluate and critique contractors' work-in-progress towards the development of a proposal to design a CAV (composite armored vehicle). Meetings attended: January 6-8, 1993, April 6-8, 1993, and June 21-23, 1993.

Member of CAV-ADT (1994) : Dr. Rajendran served the CAV armor development team (ADT). The main objective of this team is to coordinate with the CAV-PDT (product development team) which consists of members from FMC Corporation.