About

Ph.D. Aeronautics (Solid Mechanics), April 1982, California Institute of Technology
M.S. Aeronautics, June 1977, California Institute of Technology
DMIT First Class Honours, Aeronautical Engineering, May 1976,
(Diploma of the Madras Institute of Technology; equivalent to a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering)
B.Sc. Physics, May 1973, Bangalore University

Professor, University of Texas at Austin. Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, 9/2000
Professor, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, 9/1995-8/2000
Visiting Scholar, University of Texas at Austin, 1/1999-6/1999
Associate Professor, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, 9/1988-8/1995
US AFOSR Summer Faculty Research Associate Philips Laboratory, Edwards Air Force Base, California, 5/1994-7/1994
US AFOSR Summer Faculty Research Associate Philips Laboratory, Edwards Air Force Base, California, 5/1992-7-1992
Guest Scientist, Fraunhofer-Institut fur zersturungsfreie Prufverfahren, Saarbrucken, Germany, 12/1990-8/1991
Assistant Professor, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, 9/1983-8/1988
Research Fellow, California Institute of Technology, 4/1982-8/1983

Editor-in-chief, International Journal of Fracture
Associate Editor, Experimental Mechanics, 1999 – 2002
Associate Editor, Journal of Applied Mechanics, 1999 – present
Editorial Board, Mechanics of Time Dependent Materials, Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures

Member, Executive Committee, Applied Mechanics Division of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2003 – 2008
Member, Executive Board, Society for Experimental Mechanics, 2005 – 2005
Member, US National Committee of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, 2003 – present
Member, International Advisory Board, Experimental Mechanics, 2003 – present
Vice President, International Congress of Fracture, 2001 – present
Director, Society of Engineering Science, 1998 – 2000
Director, International Congress of Fracture, 1997 – 2001
Co-Chairman, 10th International Conference on Fracture, Hawaii, Dec 2001