Guruswami Ravichandran
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Guruswami Ravichandran | |
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| Born | 8 May 1959 Kurichikottai, Tamil Nadu, India |
| Citizenship | United States (Naturalized) |
| Education | |
| Awards | Eringen Medal (2013) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mechanical engineering |
| Institutions | California Institute of Technology |
| Thesis | Dynamic Fracture under Plane Wave Loading (1986) |
| Doctoral advisor | Rodney Clifton |
| Doctoral students | Samantha Daly |
Guruswami Ravichandran (born 8 May 1959) is a professor of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering at California Institute of Technology.[2] He is also serving as the Otis Booth Leadership Chair of the Division of Engineering and Applied Science at Caltech. He served as the director of Guggenheim Aeronautical Laboratory (GALCIT) at California Institute of Technology from 2009 to 2015.[3][4] He was named Fellow of the Society for Experimental Mechanics in 2010[5] and served as the President of the Society for Experimental Mechanics from 2015 to 2016.
He was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2015 for contributions to mechanics of dynamic deformation, damage, and failure of engineering materials.
