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Guruswami RavichandraN
John E. Goode Professor of Aeronautics and Mechanical Engineering

B.E., University of Madras (Regional Engineering College), 1981
Sc.M. (Solid Mechanics and Structures), Brown University, 1983
Sc.M. (Applied Mathematics), 1984; Ph.D., 1986

1200 East California Boulevard, MS 105-50
Pasadena, CA 91125 USA
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Mechanics of materials: deformation and failure of solids; active materials and structures (ferroelectrics; shape memory alloys; MEMS); biomaterials; bulk metallic glasses; composite materials; stress waves; dynamic behavior; experimental mechanics.

Space-Related Research: Mechanics of light-weight materials; active materials with large strain actuation; space structures.

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