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Kaushik Bhattacharya

Howell N. Tyson, Sr., Professor of Mechanics and Materials Science; Vice Provost
B.Tech., Indian Institute of Technology, 1986; Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1991. Assistant Professor, Caltech, 1993-99; Associate Professor, 1999-2000; Professor, 2000-10; Tyson, Sr., Professor, 2010-; Executive Officer, 2007-16; Vice Provost, 2016-.
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Research interests: mechanics of materials, continuum mechanics, active materials, shape-memory alloys, heterogeneous materials, density functional theory

Overview

Professor Bhattacharya studies the mechanical behavior of solids, and specifically uses theory to guide the development of new materials.  Current research concerns three broad areas: (i) Active materials such as shape-memory alloys, ferroelectrics and liquid crystal elastomers, (ii) Heterogeneous materials and designing unprecedented properties by exploiting heterogeneities, (iii) Coarse-grained density functional theory to understand defects in solids.

Related News

EAS Faculty Receive Multidisciplinary Research Funding Awards from the Dept. of Defense
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Graduate Student Wins First Place At Ferro2019
Professor Bhattacharya Named Vice Provost
Professor Bhattacharya Receives the Warner T. Koiter Medal
Transforming the Thomas Laboratory
Professors Bhattacharya and Bruno Named 2013 SIAM Fellows
Better, Stronger, Lighter Armor
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Related Courses

2022-23
AM 201 – Advanced Topics in Applied Mechanics
CE 201 – Advanced Topics in Civil Engineering
ME 201 – Advanced Topics in Mechanical Engineering
ME/MS/AM 221 – Effective properties of heterogenous and meta-materials
2021-22
AM/ACM 127 – Calculus of Variations
2020-21
ME/MS/Ae/AM 224 – Multifunctional Materials
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