Faculty Ravi Shankar - Assistant Professor
- Education: Ph.D. (Industrial Engineering): Purdue University
- Areas of Expertise: Nanostructured materials, solid mechanics and
length-scale effects on mechanical response of materials
Professor Ravi Shankar joined the department in 2006 after receiving his PhD in Industrial Engineering from Purdue University. He received his B. Tech. in Mechanical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology - Madras.
Dr. Shankar's primary research interests include synthesis and thermo-mechanical characterization of nano-materials for structural and
bio-medical applications. He is currently involved in the areas of large-scale manufacture of nano-materials by severe plastic deformation as well as
development of thermally-stable, ductile nanostructured metal alloy systems.
Representative Publications
- M. Ravi Shankar, B. C. Rao, S. Chandrasekar, W. D. Compton and A. H. King, "Thermally Stable Nanostructured Materials from Severe Plastic Deformation of Precipitation-Treatable Ni-Based Alloys," Scripta Materialia, Vol. 58, pp. 675-678, 2008
- M. Ravi Shankar and A. H. King, "How Surface Stresses Lead to Size Dependent Mechanics of Tensile Deformation in Nano-wires," Applied Physics Letters, 90, 141907, 2007
- M. Ravi Shankar, S. Chandrasekar, A. H. King and W. D. Compton, "Microstructure and Stability of Nanocrystalline Aluminum 6061 Created by Large Strain Machining," Acta Materialia, Vol. 53(18), pp. 4781-4793, 2005
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