Kaliat Ramesh

Kaliat T. (KT) Ramesh

Born| 1959 (age 64-65)

India

Nationality| American
Alma mater| Brown University
Bangalore University
Known for| Impact (mechanics)
Nanomaterials
Planetary impacts

Title| Alonzo G. Decker Jr. Professor of Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University
Awards| ASME Koiter Medal (2019)
Scientific career
Institutions| Johns Hopkins University
Applied Physics Laboratory
Website| hemi.jhu.edu/ramesh/

Kaliat T. (KT) Ramesh is the Alonzo G. Decker Jr. Professor of Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University, the founding Director of the Hopkins Extreme Materials Institute (HEMI), and a Fellow of the American Association for Advancement of Science.[1]

Ramesh is a specialist in the areas of impact physics and the behavior and failure of materials under extreme conditions. His research focuses on fundamental studies of deformation and failure, with applications in mechanical engineering, materials science, planetary science, and biomedicine. He pioneered experimental methods for characterizing the dynamic failure mechanisms in metals and ceramics using high-speed visualization and in situ measurements with high temporal resolution. His most recent research work focuses on the design of materials for extreme conditions, hypervelocity impact, impact processes in planetary science, and impact biomechanics.

## Education[edit]

Ramesh earned his bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Bangalore University in 1983. He received a Sc.M. in engineering and a Sc.M. in applied mathematics from Brown University in 1985 and 1986, respectively. In 1988, he earned a PhD in engineering from Brown University, under the guidance of advisor Rodney Clifton.[2]

## Career and research[edit]

Following his doctorate, Ramesh was briefly a postdoctoral researcher at the University of California, San Diego under Siavouche Nemat-Nasser. He then joined Johns Hopkins in 1988 as a faculty member in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, rising to become the chair of the department in 1999. In 2012, he was named the founding Director of the Hopkins Extreme Materials Institute (HEMI), a research institute on the fundamental science associated with materials and structures under extreme conditions.

His primary appointment is as Professor of Mechanical Engineering, with joint appointments in the Departments of Earth & Planetary Sciences and Materials Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins. He is also a member of the Principal Professional Staff at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory.

Ramesh's research has included a blend of experimental and modeling efforts, with emphasis on identifying key deformation and failure mechanisms through experimental methods and then building theoretical and computational models for those mechanisms. This approach has allowed him to investigate extreme conditions where multiple mechanisms are triggered simultaneously.

Ramesh has written over 200 archival journal publications,[3] and is the author of the book Nanomaterials: Mechanics and Mechanisms. [4] His research efforts have been featured by the New York Times,[5] the Discovery Channel, Popular Science,[6] the Travel Channel,[7] and Fox News.[8]

In being awarded the Koiter Medal from ASME, Ramesh was cited "for pioneering scientific contributions and international leadership in the area of dynamic material instabilities and material failure, with applications ranging from the mechanics of traumatic brain injury to nanostructured materials and planetary impact." [9]

## Awards and honors[edit]

* 2019: Warner T. Koiter Medal, American Society of Mechanical Engineers[10]
* 2018: Fellow of the American Association for Advancement of Science[11]
* 2017: Fellow of the American Academy of Mechanics[12]
* 2015: William M. Murray Medal, Society for Experimental Mechanics[13]
* 2014: M.G. McLaren Lecture Award, Rutgers University
* 2013: Fellow of the Society for Experimental Mechanics[14]
* 2012: B.J. Lazan Award, Society for Experimental Mechanics<
* 2006: M. Hetenyi Award, Society for Experimental Mechanics
* 2001: Fellow of American Society of Mechanical Engineers[15]
* 1995: William H. Huggins Award for Excellence in Teaching, Johns Hopkins University
* 1987: Best Paper Award, ASME Tribology Division

## References[edit]

1. ^ "K.T. Ramesh". Hopkins Extreme Materials Institute.
2. ^ "K.T. Ramesh faculty profile". Johns Hopkins Department of Mechanical Engineering.
3. ^ "K.T. Ramesh Google Scholar".
4. ^ "Nanomaterials: Mechanics and Mechanisms". Springer Publishing Company.
5. ^ "If We Blow Up an Asteroid, It Might Put Itself Back Together". The New York Times. March 8, 2019.
6. ^ Patel, Neev (March 6, 2019). "Asteroids deal with breakups better than we thought". Popular Science.
7. ^ "Space Race Mysteries". Lost Secrets. Season 1. Episode 6. 1 December 2019. The Travel Channel.
8. ^ "Russian meteorite: Why didn't scientists see it coming?". The Associated Press. Fox News. October 15, 2015.
9. ^ "KT Ramesh to receive the Warner T. Koiter Medal from ASME". Johns Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering. June 27, 2019. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
10. ^ "Warner T. * Koiter Medal". American Society of Mechanical Engineering.
11. ^ "Two from Hopkins elected to American Association for the Advancement of Science". Johns Hopkins University. 27 November 2018. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
12. ^ "KT Ramesh selected by American Academy of Mechanics as its 2017 fellow". Johns Hopkins University. January 2, 2018. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
13. ^ "K.T. Ramesh to receive 2015 William M. Murray Medal". March 27, 2015. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
14. ^ "SEM Fellows". Society for Experimental Mechanics. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
15. ^ "ASME Fellows List" (PDF). ASME.org.

## External links[edit]

* The Ramesh Laboratory
* Kaliat Ramesh publications indexed by Google Scholar

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