Title:

New Research Tools for Design and Processing of High Performance Materials

Speaker:

Dr. Surya R. Kalidindi

Affiliation:

Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA

When:

Thursday, August 25, 2011 at 11:00:00 AM   Add to Calendar

Where:

MARC Building, Room Auditorium

Host:

Dr. David McDowell
david.mcdowell@me.gatech.edu
404.894.5128

Abstract

This presentation summarizes our recent progress towards the development of a rigorous framework to enable custom design and processing of materials with optimized performance characteristics. Towards these goals, we have developed and validated a number of new experimental, modeling, and computational protocols. These include: (i) data analyses protocols for spherical nanoindentation for establishing mechanical properties of micro-scale constituents and interfaces, (ii) computational protocols for statistically rigorous quantification of microstructure, (iii) algorithms for automated feature identification in large microstructure datasets and extraction of microstructure metrics, (iv) construction of representative volume elements from ensemble of microstructure datasets, (v) construction of RVEs from partial datasets, (vi) real-time searchable microstructure databases, (vii) new computationally efficient strategies for multi-scale modeling using a database approach, and (viii) inverse solution methodologies for materials design. Some of these recent results will be discussed through selected case studies.

Biography

Surya R. Kalidindi earned a B.Tech. in Civil Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, an M.S. in Civil Engineering from Case Western Reserve University, and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. After his graduation from MIT in 1992, Surya joined the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Drexel University as an Assistant Professor. In 2000, he was promoted to the position of Department Head. Under his leadership, the department experienced tremendous growth and was ranked 10th nationally among Materials Science and Engineering programs. From 2009-2011, Surya served as the Department Head of Mechanical Engineering at Drexel University. Surya’s research efforts over the past two decades have made seminal contributions to the fields of crystal plasticity and microstructure design. His work has already produced over 150 articles in refereed journals, four book chapters, and a new book on Microstructure Sensitive Design. His work is well cited by peer researchers as reflected by an h-index of 32 and a current citation rate of over 500 citations/year (courtesy, Web of Science