#	Project	Sponsor
1	Polymer Additive Manufacturing for Composite Applications	America Makes/Boeing/ Stratasys/Impossible Objects
2	Additive Manufacturing of Metallic Lattice Structures	Honeywell/Spirit AeroSystems
3	Multiscale/ Multiphysics Modeling to Predict Manufacturing-Induced Defects in Autoclave Composite Airframe parts	NAVAIR/Technical Data Analysis
4	Manufacturing of Composite Aircraft Structures Using Out-of-Autoclave Process	Air Force Research Lab/ Boeing/GKN Aerospace /Spirit AeroSystems
5	Hydrokinetic Turbine System for Energy Harvesting	Office of Naval Research/ Department of Energy
6	Continuous Fiber Reinforced Ceramic Composite using Polymer Precursors	Air Force Research Lab/Advanced Technology Institute
7	Fiber Reinforced Transparent Composite	General Dynamics/ NAVAIR /NASA/MO-Sci Corp.
8	Hot Rolling Simulation of Steel using Non-linear Material Models	Gerdau/ Nucor/ U.S. Steel/ SSAB
9	Process Modeling of Cavity Molded Composite Flex Beams	Bell Helicopter/Textron
10	Modeling and Simulation of Hot Radial Forging Process	U.S. Army/ Benet Labs
11	Strain Monitoring of BMI Composites using Embedded Fiber Optic Sensors	NAVAIR/Boeing
12	Manufacturing and Performance Evaluation of Biocomposites	National Science Foundation/ U.S. Department of Agriculture
13	Composite Hydrogen Storage Cylinder	U.S. Department of Transportation
14	Development of Soy Based Resin and Foam	United Soybean Board/ Missouri Soybean Merchandising Council
15	Design and Construction of a Smart Composite Bridge	Missouri Department of Transportation/U.S. Department of Commerce
16	Smart Composite Structures	Office of Naval Research/Army Research Office
17	Composite Materials for Affordable Housing	U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development
18	Advanced Materials for Infrastructures: Multidisciplinary Curriculum	National Science Foundation
19	Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis of V-Ribbed Belt Tracking System	MarkIV Automotive/Dayco Products
20	Microwave Processing of Composites	NAVAIR

Publications

Text Book

B. D. Agarwal, L. J. Broutman, and K. Chandrashekhara, Analysis and Performance of Fiber Composites, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ, Fourth Edition 2018 (ISBN 978-1-119-38998-9).

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Refereed Journal Articles

K.P. Abraham, K. Chandrashekhara, and N.G.R. Iyengar, "Experimental Studies on Buckling of Columns of Composite Material," Journal of Aeronautical Society, Vol. 36, No. 2, pp. 121–128, 1984.
J.N. Reddy and K. Chandrashekhara, "Geometrically Nonlinear Analysis of Laminated Shells Including Transverse Shear Strain," AIAA Journal, Vol. 23, No. 3, pp. 44–45, 1985.
J.N. Reddy and K. Chandrashekhara, "Geometrically Nonlinear Transient Analysis of Laminated Doubly Curved Shells," International Journal of Nonlinear Mechanics, Vol. 20, No. 2, pp. 79–80, 1985.
J.N. Reddy and K. Chandrashekhara, "Recent Advances in the Nonlinear Analysis of Laminated Composite Plates and Shells," Shock and Vibration Digest, Vol. 19, No. 4, pp. 3–9, 1987.
K. Chandrashekhara, "Free Vibrations of Anisotropic Laminated Doubly Curved Shells," Computers and Structures–An International Journal, Vol. 33, No. 2, pp. 435–440, 1989.
K. Chandrashekhara, K. Krishnamurthy, and S. Roy, "Free Vibration of Composite Beams Including Rotary Inertia and Shear Deformation," Composite Structures–An International Journal, Vol. 14, No. 4, pp. 269–279, 1990.
K. Chandrashekhara, A.H. Yahyavi, and P.R. Rao, "Bending of Cross–Ply Laminated Clamped Plates Using Lagrange Multipliers," Composite Structures–An International Journal, Vol. 15, No. 2, pp. 169–179, 1990.
K. Krishnamurthy, K. Chandrashekhara, and S. Roy, "A Study of Single–Link Robots Fabricated from Orthotropic Composite Materials," Computers and Structures–An International Journal, Vol. 36, No. 1, pp. 139–146, 1990.
K.M. Bangera and K. Chandrashekhara, "Nonlinear Vibration of Moderately Thick Laminated Beams Using Finite Element Method," Finite Elements in Analysis and Design–An International Journal, Vol. 9, pp. 321–333, 1991.
A.H. Yahyavi and K. Chandrashekhara, "Deflections and Stresses of Anti–Symmetric Angle–Ply Clamped Plates Under Transverse Loading," ASME Journal of Energy Resources Technology, Vol. 113, No. 3, pp. 210–213, 1991.
K. Chandrashekhara, "Buckling of Laminated Cylindrical Panels Under Uniaxial Compression," ASME Journal of Energy Resources Technology, Vol. 113, No. 4, pp. 250–253, 1991.
A. Bhimaraddi and K. Chandrashekhara, "Some Observations on the Modeling of Laminated Composite Beams with General Lay–up," Composite Structures–An International Journal, Vol. 19, No. 4, pp. 371–380, 1991.
A. Bhimaraddi and K. Chandrashekhara, "Three–Dimensional Elasticity Solution for Static Response of Simply Supported Orthotropic Cylindrical Shells," Composite Structures–An International Journal, Vol. 20, No. 4, pp. 227–235, 1992.
K. Chandrashekhara and K.M. Bangera, "Free Vibration of Composite Beams Using a Refined Shear Flexible Beam Element," Computers and Structures–An International Journal, Vol. 43, pp. 719–727, 1992.
K. Chandrashekhara, "Thermal Buckling of Laminated Plates Using a Shear Flexible Finite Element," Finite Elements in Analysis and Design–An International Journal, Vol. 12, pp. 51–61, 1992.
S. Krishnaswamy, K. Chandrashekhara, and W.Z.B. Wu, "Analytical Solutions to Vibration of Generally Layered Composite Beams," Journal of Sound and Vibration, Vol. 159, No. 1, pp. 85–99, 1992.
K. Chandrashekhara and K.M. Bangera, "Vibration of Symmetrically Laminated Clamped–Free Beam with a Mass at the Free End," Journal of Sound and Vibration, Vol. 160, No. 1, pp. 93–101, 1993.
K. Chandrashekhara and K.M. Bangera, "Geometrically Nonlinear Analysis of Composite Beams Under Transverse Loading," Composites Science and Technology–An International Journal, Vol. 47, No. 4, pp. 339–347, 1993.
A. Bhimaraddi and K. Chandrashekhara, "Nonlinear Vibrations of Heated Laminated Antisymmetric Angle–Ply Plates," International Journal of Solids and Structures, Vol. 30, No. 9, pp. 1255–1268, 1993.
K. Chandrashekhara and K. Bhatia, "Active Buckling Control of Smart Composite Plates–Finite Element Analysis," Smart Materials and Structures–An Institute of Physics Journal, Vol. 2, pp. 31–39, 1993.
A. Bhimaraddi and K. Chandrashekhara, "Some Observations on Higher Order Beam Theory," ASCE Journal of Aerospace Engineering, Vol. 6, No. 4, pp. 408–413, 1993.
K. Chandrashekhara and A. Agarwal, "Active Vibration Control of Laminated Composite Plates Using Piezoelectric Devices–A Finite Element Approach," Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, Vol. 4, No. 4, pp. 496–508, 1993.
K. Chandrashekhara and R. Tenneti, "Nonlinear Static and Dynamic Analysis of Heated Laminated Plates: A Finite Element Approach," Composites Science and Technology–An International Journal, Vol. 51, No. 1, pp. 85–94, 1994.
K. Chandrashekhara and A. Bhimaraddi, "Thermal Stress Analysis of Laminated Doubly Curved Shells Using a Shear Flexible Finite Element," Computers and Structures–An International Journal, Vol. 52, No. 5, pp. 1023–1030, 1994.
R. Tenneti and K. Chandrashekhara, "Nonlinear Thermal Dynamic Analysis of Graphite/Aluminum Composite Plates," AIAA Journal, Vol. 32, No. 9, pp.1931–1933, 1994.
R. Tenneti and K. Chandrashekhara, "Large Amplitude Flexural Vibration of Laminated Plates Using a Higher Order Shear Deformation Theory," Journal of Sound and Vibration, Vol.176, No.2, pp.279–285, 1994.
T. Schroeder and K. Chandrashekhara, "Nonlinear Impact Response of Laminated Plates Using a Higher Order Theory," European Journal of Mechanics: A Solids, Vol.13, No.6, pp.833–855, 1994.
R. Tenneti and K. Chandrashekhara, "Nonlinear Vibration of Laminated Plates Using a Refined Shear Flexible Finite Element," Advanced Composite Materials– Journal of the Japan Society for Composite Materials, Vol. 4, No.2, pp.145–158, 1994.
K. Bhatia and K. Chandrashekhara, "Analytical Solutions for the Bending of Laminated Clamped Plates Using a Higher Order Theory," Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites, Vol. 14, No. 12, pp.1259–1277, 1995.
K. Chandrashekhara and T. Schroeder, "Nonlinear Impact Analysis of Laminated Cylindrical and Doubly Curved Shells," Journal of Composite Materials, Vol. 29, No. 16, pp. 2160–2179, 1995.
K. Chandrashekhara and R. Tenneti, "Thermally Induced Vibration Suppression of Laminated Plates with Piezoelectric Sensors and Actuators," Smart Materials and Structures–An Institute of Physics Journal, Vol. 4, pp.281–290, 1995.
A.C. Okafor, K. Chandrashekhara and Y.P. Jiang, "Delamination Prediction in Composite Beams with Built–in Piezoelectric Devices Using Modal Analysis and Neural Network," Smart Materials and Structures–An Institute of Physics Journal, Vol. 5, No. 3, pp. 338–347, 1996.
V. Birman, K. Chandrashekhara and S. Sain, "An Approach to Optimization of Shape Alloy Hybrid Composite Plates Subjected to Low Velocity Impact," Composites: Part B –An International Journal, Vol. 27B, pp. 439–446, 1996.
P. Donthireddy and K. Chandrashekhara, "Modeling and Shape Control of Composite Beams with Embedded Piezoelectric Actuators," Composite Structures – An International Journal, Vol. 35, No. 2, pp. 237–244, 1996.
M. Kolli and K. Chandrashekhara, "Finite Element Analysis of Stiffened Laminated Plates Under Transverse Loading," Composites Science and Technology–An International Journal, Vol. 56, pp. 1355–1361, 1996.
P. Donthireddy and K. Chandrashekhara, "Nonlinear Thermomechanical Analysis of Laminated Composite Beams," Advanced Composite Materials– Journal of the Japan Society for Composite Materials, Vol. 6, No.2, pp. 153–166, 1997.
M. Kolli and K. Chandrashekhara, "Nonlinear Static and Dynamic Analysis of Stiffened Composite Plates," International Journal of Nonlinear Mechanics, Vol. 32, No.1, pp. 89–101, 1997.
V. Birman, K. Chandrashekhara and S. Sain, "Global Strength of Hybrid Shape Memory Composite Plates Subjected to Low Velocity Impact," Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites, Vol. 16, No. 9, pp. 791–809, 1997.
K. Chandrashekhara and P. Donthireddy, "Vibration Suppression of Composite Beams with Piezoelectric Devices Using a Higher Order Theory," European Journal of Mechanics: A/Solids, Vol. 16, No. 4, pp. 709–721, 1997.
K. Chandrashekhara and M. Kolli, "Free Vibration of Eccentrically Stiffened Laminated Composite Plates," Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites, Vol. 16, No. 10, pp. 884–902, 1997.
C. Smyser and K. Chandrashekhara, "Robust Vibration Control of Composite Beams Using Piezoelectric Devices and Neural Networks," Smart Materials and Structures – An Institute of Physics Journal, Vol. 6, pp. 178–189, 1997.
K. Chandrashekhara and S. Varadarajan, "Adaptive Shape Control of Composite Beams with Piezoelectric Actuators," Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, Vol. 8, No. 2, pp. 112–124, 1997.
K. Chandrashekhara, A.C. Okafor and Y.P. Jiang, "Estimation of Contact Force on Composite Plates using Impact–Induced Strain and Neural Networks," Composites: Part B, Vol. 29B, pp. 363–370, 1998.
S. Varadarajan, K. Chandrashekhara and S. Agarwal, "Adaptive Shape Control of Laminated Composite Plates Using Piezoelectric Materials," AIAA Journal, Vol. 36, No. 9, pp. 1694–1698, 1998.
F. Akhavan, S.E. Watkins and K. Chandrashekhara, "Measurement and Analysis of Impact Induced Strain Using Extrinsic Fabry–Perot Fiber Optic Sensors," Smart Materials and Structures–An Institute of Physics Journal, Vol. 7, pp. 745–751, 1998.
K. Chandrashekhara, C. Smyser, and S. Agarwal, "Dynamic Modeling and Neural Control of Composite Shells Using Piezoelectric Devices," Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, Vol. 9, pp. 29–43, 1998.
S. Varadarajan, K. Chandrashekhara and S. Agarwal, "LQG/LTR Based Robust Control of Composite Beams with Piezoelectric Devices," Journal of Vibration and Control, Vol. 6, No. 4, pp. 607–630, 2000.
F. Akhavan, S.E. Watkins and K. Chandrashekhara, "Prediction of Impact Contact Forces of Composite Plates Using Fiber Optic Sensors and Neural Networks," Mechanics of Composite Materials and Structures, Vol. 7, No.2, pp.195–205, 2000.
M.T. Valoor, K. Chandrashekhara and S. Agarwal, "Active Vibration Control of Smart Composite Plates Using Self Adaptive Neuro–Controller," Smart Materials and Structures–An Institute of Physics Journal, Vol. 9, pp. 197–204, 2000.
M.T. Valoor and K. Chandrashekhara, "A Thick Composite Beam Model for Delamination Prediction by the Use of Neural Networks," Composites Science and Technology, Vol. 60, pp. 1773–1779, 2000.
A. Lunia, K.M. Isaac, K. Chandrashekhara and S.E. Watkins, "Aerodynamic Testing of a Smart Composite Wing Using Fiber–Optic Strain Sensing and Neural Networks," Smart Materials and Structures – An Institute of Physics Journal, Vol. 9, pp. 767–773, 2000.
M.T. Valoor, K. Chandrashekhara and S. Agarwal, "Self–Adaptive Vibration Control of Smart Composite Beams Using Recurrent Neural Architecture," International Journal of Solids and Structures, Vol. 38, No. 44–45, pp. 7857–7874, 2001.
A. Belarbi, S.E. Watkins, K. Chandrashekhara, J. Corra and B. Konz, "Smart Fiber–Reinforced Polymer Rods Featuring Improved Ductility and Health Monitoring Capabilities," Smart Materials and Structures–An Institute of Physics Journal, Vol. 10, pp. 427–431, 2001.
Y. Shen, K. Chandrashekhara and S. Agarwal, "Recurrent Neural Networks for Robust Vibration Control of Composite Shells," International Journal of Smart Engineering System Design, Vol. 3, pp. 175–185, 2001.
S. Watkins, G. Sanders, F. Akhavan and K. Chandrashekhara, "Modal Analysis Using Fiber Optic Sensors and Neural Networks for Prediction of Composite Beam Delamination," Smart Materials and Structures–An Institute of Physics Journal, Vol. 11, pp. 489–495, 2002.
Y. Shen, G. Song, K. Chandrashekhara, W.F. Breig and L.R. Oliver, "Accessory Serpentine Belt Stress Analysis Using Hyperelastic Model," Journal of Engines–SAE Transactions, pp. 1434–1446, 2002.
Y. Shen, M. Xu, K. Chandrashekhara and A. Nanni, "Finite Element Analysis of FRP Tube Assemblies for Bridge Decks," Advanced Composite Materials–Journal of the Japan Society for Composite Materials, Vol. 11, No. 12, pp. 151–169, 2002.
P. Kumar, K. Chandrashekhara and A. Nanni, "Testing and Evaluation of Components for a Composite Bridge Deck," Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites , Vol. 22, No. 5, pp. 441–461, 2003.
G. Song, Y. Shen, K. Chandrashekhara, W.F. Brieg, D.L. Klein and L.R. Oliver, "Thermal–Mechanical Finite Element Analysis of V–ribbed Belt Drive Operation," Journal of Engines –SAE Transactions, pp. 1246–1261, 2003.
J. Zhu, K. Chandrashekhara, V. Flanigan and S. Kapila, "Manufacturing and Mechanical Properties of Soy–based Composites Using Pultrusion," Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, Vol. 35, pp. 95–101, 2004.
P. Kumar, K. Chandrashekhara and A. Nanni, "Structural Performance of a FRP Bridge Deck," Construction and Building Materials, Vol. 8, No. 1, pp. 35–47, 2004.
J. Zhu, K. Chandrashekhara, V. Flanigan and S. Kapila, "Curing and Mechanical Characterization of Soy–based Epoxy Resin System," Journal of Applied Polymer Science, Vol. 91, No. 6, pp. 3513–3518, 2004.
Y. Shen, K. Chandrashekhara, W. Breig and L.R. Oliver, "Neural Network Based Constitutive Model for Rubber Material," Rubber Chemistry and Technology, Vol. 77, No. 2, pp. 257–277, 2004.
S.E. Watkins, R.H. Hall, K. Chandrashekhara, and J.M. Baker, "Interdisciplinary Learning through a Connected Classroom," International Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 20, No. 2, pp. 176–187, 2004.
Y. Shen, K. Chandrashekhara, W. Breig and L.R. Oliver, "Finite Element Analysis of V–Ribbed Belts Using Neural Network Based Hyperelastic Model," International Journal of Nonlinear Mechanics, Vol. 40, pp. 875–890, 2005.
A. Shabeer, A. Garg, S. Sundararaman, K. Chandrashekhara, V. Flanigan and S. Kapila, "Dynamic Mechanical Characterization of Soy–based Epoxy Resin System," Journal of Applied Polymer Science , Vol. 98, pp. 1772–1780, 2005.
K. Chandrashekhara, S. Sundararaman, V. Flanigan and S. Kapila, "Affordable Composites Using Renewable Materials," Materials Science and Engineering A, Vol. 412, pp. 2–6, 2005.
G. Liang, A. Garg, K. Chandrashekhara, V. Flanigan and S. Kapila, "Cure Characterization of Pultruded Soy–based Composites," Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites , Vol. 24, No. 14, pp. 1509–1520,2005.
G. Song, K. Chandrashekhara, W.F. Breig, D.L. Klein and L.R. Oliver, "J–Integral Analysis of Cord–Rubber Serpentine Belt Using Neural Network Based Material Modeling," Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures, Vol. 28, pp. 847–860, 2005
G. Song, K. Chandrashekhara, W.F. Breig, D.L. Klein and L.R. Oliver, "Analysis of Cord–Reinforced Poly–Rib Serpentine Drive with Thermal Effect," ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, Vol.127, pp. 1198–1206, 2005.
G. Liang and K. Chandrashekhara, "Cure Kinetics and Rheology Characterization of Soy–based Epoxy Resin System," Journal of Applied Polymer Science , Vol. 102, pp. 3168–3180, 2006.
A. Shabeer, S. Sundararaman, K. Chandrashekhara and L. Dharani, "Physicochemical Properties and Fracture Behavior of Soy–based Resin," Journal of Applied Polymer Science, Vol. 105, pp. 656–663, 2007.
S.E. Watkins, F. Ahkavan, R. Dua, K. Chandrashekhara, D. C. Wunsch, "Impact Damage Characterization of Composite Plates Using Neural Networks," Smart Materials and Structures Vol. 16, pp. 515–524, 2007.
A. Shabeer, K. Chandrashekhara and T. Schuman, "Synthesis and Characterization of Soy–based Nanocomposites," Journal of Composite Materials, Vol. 41, No. 15, pp. 1825–1850, 2007.
S. Sundararaman, G. Liang, K. Chandrashekhara, L. R. Oliver and S. G. Holmes, "Mode–I Fatigue Crack Growth Analysis of V–ribbed Belts," Finite Elements in Analysis and Design, Vol. 43, pp. 870–878, 2007.
J. Hu, J. Chen, S. Sundararaman, K. Chandrashekhara and W. Chernicoff, "Analysis of Composite Hydrogen Storage Cylinders Subjected to Localized Flame Impingements," International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Vol. 33, pp. 2738–2746, 2008.
S. Sundararaman, A. Shabeer, K. Chandrashekhara and T. Schuman, "Impact Behavior of Fiber Reinforced Pultruded Soy–Epoxy Composites," Journal of Biobased Materials and Bioenergy , Vol. 2, pp. 1–7, 2008.
G. Liang and K. Chandrashekhara, "Neural Network Based Constitutive Model for Elastomeric Foam," Engineering Structures , Vol. 30, pp. 2002–2011, 2008.
J. Hu, S. Sundararaman, V.G.K. Menta and K. Chandrashekhara, "Failure Pressure Prediction of Composite Cylinders for Hydrogen Storage using Thermo–mechanical Analysis and Neural Network," Advanced Composite Materials, Vol. 18, pp. 233–249, 2009.
J. Hu and K. Chandrashekhara, "Failure Analysis of Hydrogen Storage Composite Cylinders with Liner Crack accounting for Autofrettage Effect," International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Vol. 34, pp. 3425–3435, 2009.
J. Hu, J. Chen, S. Sundararaman and K. Chandrashekhara, "Finite Element Analysis of V–Ribbed Belt/Pulley System with Pulley Misalignment using a Neural Network based Material Model," Neural Computing and Applications, Vol. 18, pp. 927–938, 2009.
S. Sundararaman, J. Hu, J. Chen and K. Chandrashekhara, "Thermal Fatigue–Failure Analysis of V–ribbed Serpentine Belts," International Journal of Fatigue, Vol. 31, pp. 1262–1270, 2009.
J. Chen, K. Chandrashekhara, V. L. Richards and S. N. Lekakh , "Three–dimensional Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis of Hot Radial Forging Process for Large Diameter Tubes," Material and Manufacturing Processes, Vol. 25, pp. 669–678, 2010.
C. H. Nguyen, K. Chandrashekhara, and V. Birman, "Enhanced Static Response of Sandwich Panels with Honeycomb Cores Through the Use of Stepped Facings," Journal of Sandwich Structures and Materials, Vol. 13, No. 2, pp. 237–260, 2010.
J. Chen, K. Chandrashekhara, C. Mahimkar, S. N. Lekakh, and V. L. Richards, "Void Closure Prediction in Cold Rolling using Finite Element Analysis and Neural Network," Journal of Material Processing Technology, Vol. 211, pp. 245–255, 2011.
C. H. Nguyen, R. R. Butukuri, K. Chandrashekhara, and V. Birman, "Dynamics and Buckling of Sandwich Panels with Stepped Facings," International Journal of Structural Stability and Dynamics , Vol. 11, No. 4, pp. 697–716, 2011.
J. Chen, K. Chandrashekhara, C. Mahimkar, S. N. Lekakh and V. L. Richards, "Study of Void Closure in Hot Radial Forging Process Using 3D Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis", International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Vol. 62, pp.1001–1011, 2012.
R.R. Butukuri, V.P. Bheemreddy, K. Chandrashekhara, T.R. Berkel and K. Rupel, "Evaluation of Skin–Core Adhesion of Out–of–Autoclave Honeycomb Sandwich Structures", Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites, Vol. 31, No. 5, pp. 331–339, 2012.
V. G. K Menta, R.R. Vuppalapati, K. Chandrashekhara, D. Pfitzinger and N. Phan, "Manufacturing and Mechanical Performance of Resin–infused Honeycomb Composites", Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites, Vol. 31, No. 6, pp. 415–423, 2012.
R. R. Butukuri, V.P. Bheemreddy, K. Chandrashekhara and V.A. Samaranayake, "Evaluation of Low–velocity Impact Response of Honeycomb Sandwich Structures using Factorial–based Design of Experiments," Journal of Sandwich Structures and Materials, Vol. 14, No. 3, pp. 339–361, 2012.
C.H. Nguyen, K. Chandrashekhara and V. Birman, "Multifunctional Thermal Barrier in Aerospace Sandwich Panels," Mechanics Research Communications, Vol. 39, pp. 35–43, 2012.
S. Nagarajan, V.G.K. Menta, K. Chandrashekhara, T.R. Berkel, J. Sha, P. Wu, and D. Pfitzinger, "Out–of–Autoclave Sandwich Structure: Processing Study, " SAMPE Journal, Vol. 48, No. 4, pp. 24–31, 2012 (Feature Article).
V. P. Bheemreddy and K. Chandrashekhara, "Study of Bird Strikes Using Smooth Particle Hydrodynamics and Stochastic Parametric Evaluation," Journal of Aircraft, Vol. 49, No. 5, pp. 1513–1521, 2012.
Birman, V., Chandrashekhara, K, Hopkins, M.S. and Volz, J.S., "Effects of Nanoparticle Impregnation of Polyurethane Foam on the Performance of Sandwich Beams," Composites: Part B, Vol. 46, pp. 234–246, 2013.
W. Everhart, S. Lekakh, V. Richards, J. Chen, H. Li and K. Chandrashekhara, Corner Strength of Investment Casting Shells, " International Journal of Metalcasting, Vol. 7, No.1, pp. 21–27, 2013.
N. Roe, Z. Huo, K. Chandrashekhara, A. Buchok and R.A. Brack, "Advanced Moisture Modeling of Polymer Composites," Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites, Vol. 32, No. 7, pp. 437–449, 2013.
W. Everhart, S. Lekakh, V. Richards, J. Chen, and K. Chandrashekhara, "Crack Formation during Pattern Firing in the Investment Casting Process, " International Journal of Metalcasting, Vol. 7, No.2, pp. 7–14, 2013.
A. Heckman, J.L. Rovey, K. Chandrashekhara, S.E. Watkins, D.S. Stutts, A. Banerjee, and R.S. Mishra, "Structural Health Monitoring Data Transmission for Composite Hydrokinetic Turbine Blades," Advanced Shipping and Ocean Engineering, Vol. 12, No. 2, pp. 50–59, 2013.
Z. Hu, H. Li, X. Du, X, and K. Chandrashekhara, "Simulation–Based Time–Dependent Reliability Analysis for Composite Hydrokinetic Turbine Blades," Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, Vol. 47, pp. 765–781, May 2013.
V. Bheemreddy, K. Chandrashekhara, L. R. Dharani, and G. E. Hilmas, "Modeling of Fiber Pull–Out in Continuous Fiber Reinforced Ceramic Composites using Finite Element Method and Artificial Neural Networks," Computational Materials Science, Vol. 79, pp. 663–673, 2013.
V. Birman, K. Chandrashekhara, M.S. Hopkins, and J. S. Volz, "Strength Analysis of Particulate Polymers," Composites : Part B, Vol. 54, pp. 278–288, 2013.
V. Menta, R. Vuppalapati, K. Chandrashekhara, T. Schuman, and J. Sha, "Elevated Temperature Vacuum Assisted Resin Transfer Molding Process for High Performance Aerospace Composites," Polymer International, Vol. 62. pp. 1465–1476, 2013.
V. Bheemreddy, Z. Huo, K. Chandrashekhara, and R.A. Brack, "Process Modeling of Cavity Molded Composite Flex Beams," Finite Elements in Analysis and Design, Vol. 78, pp. 8–15, 2014.
H. Li, K. Chandrashekhara, S. Komaragiri, S. N. Lekakh, and V. L. Richards, "Crack Prediction using Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis during Pattern Removal in Investment Casting Process," Journal of Materials Processing Technology, Vol. 214, pp. 1418–1426, 2014.
S. Anandan, S. Nagarajan, V. Bheemreddy, K. Chandrashekhara, D. Pfitzinger and N. Phan, "Performance Evaluation of Out–of–Autoclave Sandwich Structures with K–COR and Nomex Core," Journal of Multifunctional Composites, Vol. 2, No. 1, pp. 45–53, 2014.
Wang, R., Schuman, T., Vuppalapati, R. R. and Chandrashekhara, K., "Fabrication of Bio–Based Epoxy–ClayNanocomposites," Green Chemistry, Vol. 16, pp. 1871 – 1882, June 2014.
Vuppalapati, R. R., Menta, V. G. K., Chandrashekhara, K. and Schuman, T., "Manufacturing and Impact Characterization of Soy–Based Polyurethane Pultruded Composites," Polymer Composites, Vol. 35, pp. 1070 – 1077, June 2014.
Li, H., Hu, Z., Chandrashekhara, K., Du, X. and Mishra, R., "Reliability–Based Fatigue Life Investigation for a Medium–Scale Composite Hydrokinetic Turbine Blade," Ocean Engineering, Vol. 89, pp. 230 – 242, October 1, 2014.
Menta, V. G. K., Vuppalapati, R. R., Chandrashekhara, K. and Schuman, T., "Manufacturing of Transparent Composites Using Vacuum Infusion Process," Polymer & Polymer Composites, Vol. 22, pp. 843 – 850, December 2014.
Wei, J., Dharani, L. R., Chandrashekhara, K., Hilmas, G. E. and Fahrenholtz, W. G., "Modeling of Thermal and Mechanical Behavior of ZrB2–SiC Ceramic After High Temperature Oxidation," Journal of Ceramics, Vol. 2014, Article ID 169748, pp. 1 – 9, November 2014.
Huo, Z., Bheemreddy, V., Chandrashekhara, K. and Brack, R. A., "Modeling of Concentration Dependent Moisture Diffusion in Hybrid Fiber–Reinforced Polymer Composites," Journal of Composite Materials, Vol. 39, No. 3, pp. 321 –333, January 16, 2015.
Mohamed, M., Anandan, S., Huo, Z., Birman, V., Volz, J. and Chandrashekhara, K., "Manufacturing and Characterization of Polyurethane Based Sandwich Composite Structures," Composite Structures, Vol. 123, pp. 169 –179, May 2015.
Li, H. and Chandrashekhara, K., "Particle Swarm–Based Structural Optimization of Laminated Composite Hydrokinetic Turbine Blades," Engineering Optimization, Vol. 47, No. 9, pp. 1191 – 1207, June 2015.
Tuwair, H., Hopkins, M., Volz, J., ElGawady, M., Mohamed, M., Chandrashekhara, K. and Birman, V., "Evaluation of Sandwich Panels with Various Polyurethane Foam–Cores and Ribs," Composites Part B, Vol. 79, pp. 262 – 276, September 15, 2015.
Mohamed, M., Hawkins, S. and Chandrashekhara, K., "Manufacturing and Performance Evaluation of Polyurethane Composites Using One–Part and Two–Part Resin Systems," Polymers & Polymer Composites, Vol. 23, No. 5, pp. 333 – 344, 2015.
Li, H., Taylor, G., Bheemreddy, V., Iyibilgin, O., Leu, M. and Chandrashekhara, K., "Modeling and Characterization of Fused Deposition Modeling Tooling for Vacuum Assisted Resin Transfer Molding Process," Additive Manufacturing, Vol. 7, pp. 64 – 72, July 2015.
Mohamed, M., Vuppalapati, R. R., Bheemreddy, V., Chandrashekhara, K. and Schuman, T., "Characterization of Polyurethane Composites Manufactured Using Vacuum Assisted Resin Transfer Molding," Advanced Composite Materials, Vol. 24, pp. 13 – 31, December 2015.
Li, H., Chen, J., Chandrashekhara, K., Xu, M., Lekakh, S. N. and Richards, V. L., "Characterization and Modeling of Anisotropic SL Pattern During Investment Casting Process," International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Vol. 80, pp. 1933 – 1943, November 2015.
Huo, Z., Mohamed, M., Nicholas, J.R., Wang, X., and Chandrashekhara, K., "Experimentation and Simulation of Moisture Diffusion in Foam–cored Polyurethane Sandwich Structure," Journal of Sandwich Structures and Materials, Vol. 18, No. 1, pp. 30–49, 2016.
Tuwair, H., Volz, J., ElGawady, M.A., Mohamed, M., Chandrashekhara, K., and Birman, V., "Testing and Evaluation of Polyurethane–based GFRP Sandwich bridge Deck Panels with Polyurethane Foam Core," ASCE Journal of Bridge Engineering, Vol. 21, No. 1, pp. 04015033–13, 2016.
Kaur, A., Anandan, S., Yuan, L., Watkins, S.E., Chandrashekhara, K., Xiao, H., and Phan, N., "Strain Monitoring of Bismaleimide Composites Using Embedded Microcavity Sensor," SPIE Optical Engineering, Vo. 53, No. 3, pp. 037102–6, 2016.
Anandan, S., Dhaliwal, G.S., Chandrashekhara,K., Berkel, T.R., and Pfitzinger,D., "Processing and Performance of Out–of–Autoclave Bismaleimide Composite Sandwich Structures, SAMPE Journal, Vol. 52, No. 3, pp. 44–53, 2016.
Tuwair, H., Volz, J., ElGawady, M.A., Chandrashekhara, K., and Birman, V., "Modeling and Analysis of GFRP Bridge Deck Panels Filed with Polyurethane Foam," ASCE Journal of Bridge Engineering, Vol. 21, No. 5, pp. 04016012–1–04016012–14, 2016.
Nicholas, J, Mohaned, M., Dhaliwal, G.S., Anandan, S., and Chandrashekhara, K., "Effects of Accelerated environmental Aging on Fiber Glass Reinforced Thermoset Polyurethane Composites," Composites Part B , Vo.94, pp. 370–378, 2016.
Bheemreddy, V., Huo, Z., Chandrashekhara, K., and Brack, R.A., "Modeling and Simulation of Cure Kinetics and Flow in Cavity–Molded Composites," Journal of the American Helicopter Society, Vol. 61, pp. 022004–1–022004–10, 2016.
Hussein, R.M., Anandan, S., and Chandrashekhara, K., "Anisotropic Oxidation Prediction using Optimized Weight Loss Behavior of Bismaleimide Composites," Journal of Materials Science, Vo. 51, pp. 7236–7253, 2016.
Tuwair, H., Volz, J., ElGawady, M.A., Mohamed, M., Chandrashekhara, K., and Birman, V., "Behavior of GFRP Bridge Deck Panels Infilled with Polyurethane Foam under Various Environmental Exposure," Structures, Vol. 5, pp. 141–151, 2016.
Bheemreddy, V., Chandrashekhara, K., Dharani, L.R., and Hilmas, G.E., "Microstructure Image–based Modeling of Fracture in Continuous Fiber–reinforced Ceramic Matrix Composites," Journal of Multifunctional Composites, Vol. 3, pp. 1–9, 2016.
Bheemreddy, V., Chandrashekhara, K., Dharani, L.R., and Hilmas, G.E., "Computational Study of Micromechanical Damage Behavior in Continuous Fiber–reinforced Ceramic Composites," Journal of Materials Science, Vol. 51, pp. 8610–8624, 2016.
Wang, X., Chandrashekhara, K., Rummel, S. A., Lekakh, S., Van Aken, D. C. and O’Malley, R. J., "Modeling of Mass Flow Behavior of Hot Rolled Low Alloy Steel Based on Combined Johnson–Cook and Zerilli–Armstrong Model," Journal of Materials Science, Vol. 52, pp. 2800 – 2815, November 2016.
Anandan, S., Dhaliwal, G. S., Samaranayake, V. A., Chandrashekhara, K., Berkel, T. R. and Pfitzinger, D., "Influence of Cure Conditions on Out–of–Autoclave Bismaleimide Composite Laminates," Journal of Applied Polymer Science, Vol.133, pp. 43984 – 43991, October 2016.
Mohamed, M., Hussein, R., Abutunis, A., Huo, Z., Chandrashekhara, K. and Sneed, L. H., "Manufacturing and Evaluation of Polyurethane Composite Structural Insulated Panels," Journal of Sandwich Structures and Materials, Vol.18, pp. 769 – 789, November 2016.
Wang, X., Chandrashekhara, K., Rummel, S. A., Lekakh, S., Van Aken, D. C. and O’Malley, R. J., "Inverse Finite Element Modeling of the Barreling Effect on Experimental Stress–Strain Curve for High Temperature Steel Compression Test," Journal of Materials Processing Technology, Vol. 243, pp. 465 – 473, January 16, 2017.
Motaparti, K. P., Taylor, G., Leu, M. C., Chandrashekhara, K., Castle, J. and Matlack, M., "Experimental Investigation of Effects of Build Parameters on Flexural Properties in Fused Deposition Modeling Parts," Journal of Virtual and Physical Prototyping, doi.org/10.1080/17452759.2017.1314117, April 12, 2017.
Anandan, S., Dhaliwal, G. S., Huo, Z. and Chandrashekhara, K., "Curing of Thick Thermoset Composite Laminates: Multiphysics Modeling and Experiments," Applied Composite Materials, doi.org/10.1007/s10443–017–9658–9, pp. 1 –14, November 11, 2017.
Hussein, R. M. and Chandrashekhara, K., "Thermo–Oxidative Induced Damage in Polymer Composites: Microstructure Image–Based Multi–Scale Modeling and Experimental Validation," Applied Composite Materials, doi.org/10.1007/s10443–017–9660–2v, pp. 1 – 21, November 7, 2017.
Huo, Z., Anandan, S. and Chandrashekhara, K., "Investigation of Three–Dimensional Moisture Diffusion Modeling and Mechanical Degradation of Carbon/Bismaleimide Composites Under Seawater Conditioning," Journal of Composite Materials, doi.org/10.1177/0021998317725159, August 2017.
Z. Huo, S. Anandan, and K. Chandrashekhara., "Investigation of Three–Dimensional Moisture Diffusion Modeling and Mechanical Degradation of Carbon/Bismaleimide Composites under Seawater Conditioning," Journal of Composite Materials, doi.org/10.1177/0021998317725159, August 2017.
X. Wang, K. Chandrashekhara, S.N. Lekakh, D.C. Van Aken and R.J. O’Malley., "Modeling and Simulation of Dynamic Recrystallization Behavior in Alloyed Steel 15V38 During Hot Rolling," Steel Research International,doi.org/10.1002/s10443–017–9658–9, March 2018.
Z. Huo, M. Mohamed, J.R. Nicholas, S. Anandan and K. Chandrashekhara., "Effect of Salt Water Exposure on Foam–Cored Polyurethane Sandwich Composites," Journal of Sandwich Structures, doi.org/10.11777/1099636218783328,June 19, 2018.
R.M. Hussein, S. Anandan, G.S. Dhaliwal and K. Chandrashekhara., "Multi–Scale Modeling of Thermo–Oxidation Effects on the Flexural Behavior of Cross–Ply Bismaleimide Composites," Mechanics of Time–Dependent Materials, doi.org/10.1007/s11043–018–9392–1, June 2018.
S. Anandan, G.S. Dhaliwal, S. Ganguly and K. Chandrashekhara., "Investigation of Sandwich Composite Failure under Three–point Bending: Simulation and Experimental Validation," Journal of Sandwich Structures and Materials, https://doi.org/10.1177/1099636218791162, July 30, 2018.
G.S. Gurjot, S. Anandan, K. Chandrashekhara, J. Lees and P. Nam., "Development and Characterization of Polyurethane Foams with Substitution of Polyester Polyol with Soy–Based Polyol," European Polymer Journal, Vol.107, pp. 105 – 117, October 2018.
A. Abutunis, R. Hussein and K. Chandrashekhara., "Neural Network Approach to Enhance Blade Element Momentum Theory Performance for Horizontal Axis Hydrokinetic Turbine Application," Renewable Energy, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2018.09.105, October 3, 2018.
G. Taylor, X. Wang, L. Masson, M. Leu, K. Chandrashekhara, T. Schniepp and R. Jones., "Flexural Behavior of Additively Manufactured Ultem 1010: Experiment and Simulation," Rapid Prototyping Journal,doi.org/10.1108/RPJ–02–2018–0037, pp. 1–9, October 2018.
S. Anandan, R.M. Hussein, M. Spratt, J. Newkirk, K. Chandrashekhara, H. Misak and M. Walker., "Failure in Metal Honeycombs Manufactured by Selective Laser Melting of 304L Stainless Steel under Compression," Virtual and Physical Prototyping, doi.org/10.1080/17452759.2018.1531336, pp. 1–9, October 2018.
G. Taylor, S. Anandan, D. Murphy, M. Leu and K. Chandrashekhara., "Fracture Toughness of Additively Manufactured Ultem 1010," Virtual and Physical Prototyping, doi.org/10.1080/17452759.2018.1558494, pp. 1–7, December 2018.
J. Wei, L.R. Dharani and K. Chandrashekhara., "Thermal and Mechanical Response of Inner Cone Sample of ZrB2– SiC Ceramic under Arc–Jet Conditions," International Journal of Astronaut Aeronautical Engineering, Vol. 3:016, pp. 1–9, 2018.
Z.K. Aljaberi, J.J. Myers and K. Chandrashekhara., "Behavior of EB FRP Masonry Bond Under Service Temperature," Advanced Materials Letters, Vol. 9, No. 11, pp. 753–759, 2018.
M.F. Buchely, X. Wang, D.C. Van Aken, R.J. O’Malley, S.N. Lekakh and K. Chandrashekhara., "The Use of Genetic Algorithms to Calibrate Johnson–Cook Strength and Failure Parameters of AISI/SAE 1018 Steel," ASME Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology, Vol. 141, No. 2, pp. 021012–1–021012–12, 2019.
Z. Al–Jaberi, J.J. Myers and K. Chandrashekhara., "Effect of Direct Service Temperature Exposure on the Bond Behavior between Advanced Composites and CMU using NSM and EB Techniques," Composite Structures, Vol. 211,pp. 63 – 75, 2019.
O. Fashanu, M.F. Buchely, M. Spratt, J. Newkirk, K. Chandrashekhara, H. Misak and M. Walker., "Effect of SLM Build Parameters on the Compressive Properties of 304L Stainless Steel," Journal of Manufacturing and Materials Processing, doi:10.3390/jmmp3020043, pp. 1 – 15, 2019.
G.S. Dhaliwal, S. Anandan, K. Chandrashekhara, N. Dudenhoeffer and P. Nam., "Fabrication and Testing of Soybased Polyurethane Foam for Insulation and Structural Applications," Journal of Polymers and the Environment,doi.org/10.1007/s10924–019–01477–0, pp. 1 – 11, 2019.
S. Jothibasu, Y. Du, S. Anandan, G.S. Dhaliwal, R.E. Gerald, S.E. Watkins, K. Chandrashekhara and J. Huang.,"Spatially Continuous Strain Monitoring Using Distributed Fiber Optic Sensors Embedded in Carbon Fiber Composites," Optical Engineering, doi: 10.1117/1.OE.58.7.072004, pp. 1 – 8, July 2019.
M. Nadari, N. Iyyer and K. Chandrashekhara., "Micromechanisms of Failure and Damage Evolution in Low–Thickness Laminates under Tensile Loading," Journal of Failure Analysis and Prevention,DOI.10.1007/s1668–019–00777–w, pp. 1 – 13, October 2019.
X. Wang, K. Chandrashekhara, M.F. Buchely, S.N. Lekakh, D.C. Van Aken, R.J. O’Malley, G.W. Ridenour and E. Scheid., "Experiment and Simulation of Static softening Behavior of Alloyed Steel during Round Bar Hot Rolling," Journal of Manufacturing Processes, Vol. 52, pp. 281–288, 2020.
G.S. Dhaliwal, S. Anandan, M. Bose, K. Chandrashekhara, and P. Nam., "Effects of Surfactants on Mechanical and Thermal Properties of Soy–based Polyurethane Foams," Journal of Cellular Plastics, DOI:10.1177/0021955x12092200, pp. 1–19, 2020.
R. Hussein, S. Anandan, M. Spratt, J.W. Newkirk and K. Chandrashekhara., "Effective Elastic Moduli of Metal Honeycombs Manufactured using Selective Laser Melting," Rapid Prototyping Journal, Vol. 26, No. 5, pp.971–980, 2020.
A. Abutunis, G. Taylor, M. Fal and K. Chandrashekhara., "Experimental Evaluation of Coaxial Horizontal Axis Composite Turbine System," Renewable Energy, Vol. 157, pp. 232–245, 2020.
M.F. Buchely, S. Ganguly, D.C. Van Aken, R. O’Malley, S. Lekakh and K. Chandrashekhara., "Experimental Development of Johnson–Cook Strength Model for Different Steel Grades and Application for Single–Pass Hot Rolling," Steel Research International, DOI:10.1002/srin.201900670, pp. 1– 10, 2020.
O. Fashanu, D. Murphy, M. Spratt, J. Newkirk, K. Chandrashekhara, B. Brown and J. Porter., "Effective Elastic Properties of Additively Manufactured Metallic Cellular Structures Using Numerical Unit–Cell Homogenization," Progress in Additive Manufacturing, DOI:10.1007/s40964–020–00141–7, pp.1–12, 2020.
M. Spratt, S. Anandan, R. Hussein, J.W. Newkirk, K. Chandrashekhara, H. Misak and M. Walker., "Build Accuracy and Compression Properties of Additively Manufactured 304L Honeycombs," Rapid Prototyping Journal, Vol. 26, No. 6, pp. 1049–1059, 2020.

Conference Proceedings

J.N. Reddy and K. Chandrashekhara, "Nonlinear Finite Element Models of Laminated Plates and Shells," Proceedings of the International Conference on Finite Elements in Computational Mechanics, Bombay, INDIA, Edited by Tarun Kant, Pergamon Press, Vol. I, pp.189–209, Dec. 2–6, 1985.
K. Chandrashekhara and J.N. Reddy, "Nonlinear Analysis of Composite Laminates Accounting for Elastic–Plastic Material Behavior," Proceedings of the International Symposium on Composite Materials and Structures, Beijing, CHINA, Edited by T.L. Loo and C.T. Sun., Technomic Publishing Company, pp. 162–167, June 10–13, 1986.
K. Chandrashekhara and J.N. Reddy, "Transient Analysis of Laminated Composite Plates and Shells with Elastic–Plastic Material Behavior," 23rd Annual Meeting of the Society of Engineering Science, Inc., Buffalo, NY, August 25–27, 1986.
K. Chandrashekhara, "Nonlinear Analysis of Laminated Composite Structures," 28th AIAA/ ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials (SDM) Conference, Work–in–Progress Session, Monterey, CA, April 6–8, 1987.
K. Chandrashekhara, "General Nonlinear Bending Analysis of Composite Beams, Plates and Shells," Proceedings of the International Symposium on Composite Materials and Structures, Madras, INDIA, Edited by A.V.K. Pandalai and K.S. Malhotra, Tata McGraw–Hill Company Limited, pp.392–408, Jan. 6–9, 1988.
K. Chandrashekhara, P. Hansen, B.S. Kim, and J.W. Ha,"Finite Element and Experimental Investigation of Large Deflection of Graphite/Epoxy Beams," in Developments in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Vol. XIV, pp. 266–273, Proceedings of the Fourteenth Southeastern Conference on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (SECTAM), University of Mississippi, MS, April 18–19,1988.
K. Chandrashekhara, "Buckling of Compression Loaded Laminated Composite Cylindrical Panels," in Composite Material Technology (Edited by D. Hui and T.J. Kozik), PD–Vol. 24, pp. 191–194, Proceedings of ASME Twelfth Annual Energy–Sources Technology Conference and Exhibition, Houston, TX, January 22–25, 1989.
K. Chandrashekhara, R. Heiman and W. Soucie, "Finite Element and Experimental Study of Buckling of Thermoplastic Automotive Composite Conduits," Symposium on Automotive and Industrial Composites, Charlotte, NC, March 14, 1989.
K. Chandrashekhara, "Natural Vibrations of Multilayered Doubly Curved Shells," Proceedings of the Twelfth Canadian Congress of Applied Mechanics (CANCAM), Ottawa, CANADA, Vol. 1, pp.440–441, May 28–June 2,1989.
K. Krishnamurthy, K. Chandrashekhara and S. Roy, "Modelling and Control of Robotic Arms Fabricated from Orthotropic Composite Materials," Proceedings of the Twelfth Canadian Congress of Applied Mechanics (CANCAM), Ottawa, CANADA, Vol.2, pp.464–465, May 28–June 2,1989.
K. Chandrashekhara, "Bending Analysis of Shear Deformable Cross–Ply Clamped Cylindrical Panels," 26th Annual Meeting of the Society of Engineering Science, Ann Arbor, MI, Sept. 18–20, 1989.
K. Chandrashekhara and A.H. Yahyavi, "Analysis of Antisymmetric Angle–Ply Clamped Plates," in Composite Material Technology, (Edited by D. Hui and T.J. Kozik), PD–Vol. 32, pp. 219–223, Proceedings of the ASME Thirteenth Annual Energy–Sources Technology Conference and Exhibition, New Orleans, LA, January 14–18, 1990.
K. Chandrashekhara, "Buckling of Multilayered Composite Plates Under Uniform Temperature Field," in Thermal Effects on Structures and Materials,(Edited by V. Birman and D. Hui), PVP–Vol. 203, AMD–Vol. 110, pp. 29–33, Proceedings of the ASME Winter Annual Meeting, Dallas, TX, Nov. 25–30, 1990.
K. Chandrashekhara and K.M. Bangera, "Geometrically Nonlinear Analysis of Cross–Ply Composite Beams," in Composite Material Technology, Edited by D. Hui and T.J. Kozik, PD–Vol. 37, pp. 237–241, Proceedings of the ASME Energy–Resources Technology Conference and Exhibition, Houston, TX, pp. 237–241, Jan. 20–23, 1991.
K.M. Bangera and K. Chandrashekhara, "Large Amplitude Free Vibrations of Cross–Ply Composite Beams," Proceedings of the Thirteenth Canadian of Applied Mechanics (CANCAM), Winnepeg, CANADA, Vol. 1, pp. 202–203, June 2–6, 1991.
K. Chandrashekhara, "Thermal Buckling of Anisotropic Laminated Cylindrically Curved Panels," Proceedings of 32nd AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials (SDM) Conference, Baltimore, MD, AIAA Paper No. 91–0915, pp. 933–937, April 8–10, 1991.
K. Chandrashekhara and K.M. Bangera, "Poisson Effect on the Free Vibration of Laminated Composite Beams," in Developments in Mechanics, (Edited by R.C. Batra and B.F. Armaly), Proceedings of the Twenty–Second Midwestern Mechanics Conference, Rolla, MO, Vol. 16, pp. 97–98, October 6–9, 1991.
K. Chandrashekhara and A. Agarwal, "Dynamic Modeling of Piezoelectric Laminated Plates Using Finite Element Method," in Smart Structures and Intelligent Systems (Edited by N.W. Hagood and G.J. Knowles), Vol. 1917, pp. 451–460, Proceedings of the SPIE Smart Structures and Materials Conference, Albuquerque, NM, Feb. 1–4, 1993.
A.C. Okafor, K. Chandrashekhara and S.E. Watkins, "Impact Damage Assessment of Smart Composite Plates Using Neural Networks and Expert System," in New and Alternative Materials for the Automotive Industries, 26th International Symposium on Automotive Technology and Automation(ISATA), Aachen, GERMANY, pp. 583–590, Sept. 13–17, 1993.
K. Chandrashekhara and K. Bhatia, "Enhancement of Critical Buckling Loads of Smart Composite Plates Using Finite Element Method," in Composite Material and Structures (Edited by C.W. Bert, V. Birman and D. Hui), AD–Vol. 37, AMD–Vol.179, pp. 163–173, Proceedings of the ASME Winter Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, Nov. 28–Dec. 3, 1993.
K. Chandrashekhara and R. Tenneti, "Thermomechanical Modeling of Laminated Plates with Piezoelectric Sensors and Actuators," in Smart Structures and Intelligent Systems(Edited by N.W. Hagood), Vol.2190, pp. 782–789, Proceedings of SPIE North American Conference on Smart Structures and Materials, Orlando, FL, February. 14–16, 1994.
A.C. Okafor, K. Chandrashekhara, Y.P. Jiang and R.R. Kilcher, "Damage Assessment of Smart Composite Plates Using Piezoceramic and Acoustic Emission Sensors," in Smart Sensing, Processing and Instrumentation, (Edited by J.S. Sirkis), Vol. 2191, pp. 265–275, Proceedings of SPIE North American Conference on Smart Structures and Materials, Orlando, FL, February. 14–16, 1994.
V.S. Rao, L.R. Koval, K. Chandrashekhara, L. Acar and F. Kern, "Combined Research–Curriculum Development in Smart Structures," NSF Conference on Project Impact: Disseminating Innovation in Undergraduate Education, Washington, D.C., May 31–June 3, 1994.
P. Pojanasomboon, S.E. Watkins and K. Chandrashekhara, "Strain Sensing of Low–Velocity Impacts for Smart Composite Plates," Proceedings of Second International Conference on Intelligent Materials, (Edited by C.A. Rogers and G.G. Wallace), pp. 985–993, Colonial Williamsburg, VA, June 5–8, 1994.
A.C. Okafor, K. Chandrashekhara and Y.P. Jiang, "Damage Detection in Composite Laminates with Built–in Piezoelectric Devices Using Modal Analysis and Neural Networks," in Smart Sensing, Processing and Instrumentation, (Edited by W.B. Spillman, Jr.), Vol. 2444, pp. 314–325, Proceedings of the SPIE North American Conference on Smart Structures and Materials, San Diego, CA, February 26–March 3, 1995.
F. Akhavan, S.E. Watkins and K. Chandrashekhara, "Hybrid Sensors for Impact Induced Strain in Smart Composite Plates," in Smart Sensing, Processing and Instrumentation, (Edited by W. P. Spillman, Jr.), Vol. 2444, pp. 514–525, Proceedings of the SPIE North American Conference on Smart Structures and Materials, San Diego, CA, February 26–March 3, 1995.
K. Chandrashekhara and M. Kolli, "Thermally Induced Vibration of Adaptive Doubly Curved Composite Shells with Piezoelectric Devices," AIAA Paper No. 95–1352–CP, pp. 1628–1636. Proceedings of 36th AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials (SDM) Conference, New Orleans, LA, April 10–12, 1995.
A.C. Okafor, K. Chandrashekhara and Y.P. Jiang, "Detection of Delamination in Composite Beams Using Broad Band Acoustic Emission," in Advances in Smart Materials, NASA–CP–10185, pp. 363–367, Proceedings of the 4th Annual Workshop, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, May 4–5, 1995.
F. Akhavan, S.E. Watkins and K. Chandrashekhara, "Delamination Detection of Composite Plates Using Fiber Optic Sensors," Proceedings of the SPIE Midwest Conference on Optical Engineering (Edited by Rudolph P. Guzik), Vol. 2622, pp. 292–302, Chicago, IL, May 18–19, 1995.
K. Chandrashekhara and S.K. Khanna, "Strain Energy Release Rates in Thermosetting and Thermoplastic Matrix Graphite Reinforced Composites During Fatigue Delamination," Proceedings of the SEM Spring Conference on Experimental Mechanics, pp. 170–176, Grand Rapids, MI, June 12–14, 1995.
V.S. Rao, F.J. Kern, L.R. Koval and K. Chandrashekhara, "System Modeling and Control of Smart Structures," Proceedings of the American Control Conference, Paper No. WP2, pp. 1077–1081, Seattle, WA, June 20–23, 1995.
V.S. Rao, F.J. Kern, L.R. Koval and K. Chandrashekhara, "Multidisciplinary Research–Curriculum Development in Smart Structures," Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), Vol. I, pp. 1072–1076, Anaheim, CA, June 25–28, 1995.
V. Birman and K. Chandrashekhara, "Optimization of Shape Memory Alloy Hybrid Composite Plates Subjected to Low Velocity Impact," Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Composites Engineering, pp. 67–68, New Orleans, LA, August 21–24, 1995.
K. Chandrashekhara and S. Varadarajan, "Adaptive Shape Control of Composite Beams Based on a Using a Higher Order Theory," ARO Second Workshop on Smart Structures, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, Sept. 5–7, 1995.
K. Chandrashekhara, A.C. Okafor, V. Birman and S.E. Watkins, "Impact Damage Detection and Control in Composite Structures Using Multisensing, Actuation and Neural Network Systems," ONR Workshop on Hybrid Systems Integrating Physical Models and Neural Networks, David Taylor Model Basin, Carderock, MD, November 20–21, 1995.
A.C. Okafor, K. Chandrashekhara and Y.P. Jiang, "Location of Impact in Composite Plates Using Waveform–Based Acoustic Emission and Gaussian–Correlation Techniques," in Smart Sensing, Processing and Instrumentation, (Edited by K.A. Murphy and D.R. Houston), Vol. 2718, pp. 291–302, Proceedings of the SPIE North American Conference on Smart Structures and Materials, San Diego, CA, February 26–29, 1996.
K. Chandrashekhara, A.C. Okafor and Y.P. Jiang, "Estimation of Contact Force on Composite Plates Using Impact Induced Strain and Neural Network," in Smart Sensing, Processing and Instrumentation, (Edited by K.A. Murphy and D.R. Houston), Vol. 2718, 320–330, Proceedings of the SPIE Conference on Smart Structures and Materials, San Diego, CA, February 26–29, 1996.
S. Varadarajan, K. Chandrashekhara and S. Agarwal, "Adaptive Shape Control of Laminated Composite Plates Using Piezoelectric Materials," Proceedings of AIAA/ASME/AHS Adaptive Structures Forum, Salt Lake City, UT, Paper No.AIAA–96–1288–CP, pp. 197–206, April 18–19,1996.
A. Belarbi, K. Chandrashekhara and S.E. Watkins, "Smart Composite Rebars with Enhanced Ductility," Proceedings of ASCE Engineering Mechanics Conference, (Edited by Y.K. Lin and T.C. Su), pp. 778–791, Fort Lauderdale, FL, May 19–22, 1996.
A. Belarbi, K. Chandrashekhara and S.E. Watkins, "Composite Rebar with Enhanced Ductility and Sensing Capability," Proceedings of the Fourth National Workshop on Bridge Research in Progress, (Edited by I.G. Buckle and I.M. Friedland), pp. 331–336, Buffalo, NY, June 17–19, 1996.
F. Akhavan, S.E. Watkins and K. Chandrashekhara, "Recovery of Impact Contact Forces of Composite Plates Using Fiber Optic Sensors and Neural Networks," Proceedings of the SPIE International Symposium on Optical Science, Engineering and Instrumentation–Annual Meeting, Vol. 2839, pp. 277–288, Denver, CO, August 4–9, 1996.
C. Smyser, S. Varadarajan and K. Chandrashekhara, "Robust Vibration Control of Composite Beams Using Piezoelectric Devices and Neural Networks," Proceedings of the Artificial Neural Networks in Engineering, pp. 593–598, St. Louis, MO, November 10–13, 1996.
K. Chandrashekhara, C. Smyser and S. Agarwal, " Dynamic Modeling and Neural Control of Composite Shells Using Piezoelectric Devices,"(Edited by V.K. Aatre, V.K. Varadan and V.V. Varadan), Proceedings of the SPIE Far East and Pacific Rim Symposium on Smart Materials, Structures and MEMS, Vol. 3321, pp. 746–755, Bangalore, INDIA, December 11–14, 1996.
R. Krishnamoorthy, A. Belarbi, K. Chandrashekhara and S.E. Watkins, "Hybrid Composite Rebars for Smart Concrete Structures," in Smart Systems for Bridges, Structures, and Highways(edited by N. Stubbs), Proceedings of the SPIE North American Conference on Smart Structures and Materials, San Diego, CA, Vol. 3043, pp. 65–71, March 5–6, 1997.
G. W. Sanders, F. Akhavan, S.E. Watkins and K. Chandrashekhara, " Fiber Optic Vibration Sensing and Neural Networks Methods for Prediction of Composite Beam Delamination," in Smart Structures and Integrated Systems(edited by M.E. Regelbrugge), Proceedings of the SPIE North American Conference on Smart Structures and Materials, San Diego, CA, Vol. 3041, pp. 858–876, March 5–6, 1997.
K. Chandrashekhara, A.C. Okafor, V. Birman and S.E. Watkins, "Neural Vibration Control of Active Composite Structures," ONR Neural Computational Workshop, NUWC, Newport, RI, May 7–8, 1997.
M.T. Valoor and K. Chandrashekhara, "Thick Composite Beam Model for Delamination Prediction Using Neural Networks," Proceedings of the Artificial Neural Networks in Engineering Conference, St. Louis, MO, ASME Press, Vol. 7, pp. 797–802, Nov. 9–12,1997.
C. Jiang, K. Chandrashekhara, P. Manis, A. Belarbi and S.E. Watkins, "Manufacturing of FRP Rebars by a Combined Filament Winding and Pultrusion Process," Proceedings of the 43rd International SAMPE Symposium and Exhibition, pp. 1818–1825, Anaheim, CA, May 31–June 4, 1998.
K. Chandrashekhara, S.E. Watkins and F. Akhavan, "Impact Characterization of Composite Plates Using Fiber Optic Sensors and Shearography," PHOTONICS–98: International Conference on Fiber Optics and Photonics, pp. 716–719, New Delhi, INDIA, Dec. 14–18, 1998.
C.S. Sloan, K. Chandrashekhara, W.F. Breig and L.R. Oliver, "Simulation of V–Ribbed Belt Tracking," SAE International Congress and Exposition, Paper No. 01–0642, pp. 12, Detroit, MI, March 1– 4, 1999.
K. Chandrashekhara, C.S. Sloan, M. Xu, W.F. Breig and L.R. Oliver, "Material Nonlinear Analysis of V–Ribbed Belts," 155th Meeting of the Rubber Division, American Chemical Society, Paper No. 54, pp. 21, Chicago, IL, April 13–16, 1999.
J.F. Unser, K. Chandrashekhara, V.J. Flanigan, and N. Berring, "Performance Evaluation of Recovered Carbon Fibers," Proceedings of the 44th International SAMPE Symposium and Exhibition, pp. 1831–1839, Long Beach, CA, May 23–27, 1999.
K. Chandrashekhara, V. Flanigan, N. Berring, and J.F. Unser, "Pultrudable Resin from Soybean Oil," Proceedings of the 44th International SAMPE Symposium and Exhibition, pp. 1857–1865, Long Beach, CA, May 23–27, 1999.
K. Chandrashekhara, M.T. Valoor and S. Agarwal, "Self Adaptive Vibration Control of Smart Composite Beams Using hybrid Neural Architecture," International Conference on Smart Materials, Structures and Systems (Edited by P.D. Mangalgiri, A.R. Upadhya and A. Selvarajan), pp. 449–454, Bangalore, INDIA, July 7–10, 1999.
A. Belarbi, K. Chandrashekhara and S.E. Watkins, "Performance Evaluation of FRP Rebar Featuring Ductility, and Health Monitoring Capability," Proceedings of the Fourth International Symposium on Fiber Reinforced Polymer for Reinforced Concrete Structures, pp. 1–12, Baltimore, MD, Oct. 31–Nov. 5, 1999.
M.T. Valoor, K. Chandrashekhara and S. Agarwal, "Active Vibration Control of Smart Composite Plates Using Self–Adaptive Neuro–Controller," in Mathematics and Control (edited by V.V. Varadan), Proceedings of the SPIE North American Conference on Smart Structures and Materials, Newport Beach, CA, March 6–9, 2000.
A. Belarbi, S.E. Watkins, K. Chandrashekhara, J. Corra, and B. Konz, "Smart FRP Reinforcing Bars for Health Monitoring of Concrete Structures," Proceedings of the European COST F3 Conference on System Identification & Health Monitoring, pp. 549–558, Madrid, SPAIN, June 5–7, 2000.
J.B. Castle, T.J. Herrick, K. Chandrashekhara, W.F. Breig and L.R. Oliver, "Experimental Measurements of V–Ribbed Belt Tracking Lateral Forces," SAE World Congress, SAE Paper 2000–01–0912, Detroit, MI, March 6–9, 2000.
J. Unser, P. Kumar, K. Chandrashekhara, A. Nanni and S. Watkins, "Adaptable All–Composite Bridge Concept," Proceedings of the CFA Composites Conference, Paper No. 39, pp. 1–15, Las Vegas, NV, Sept. 26–30, 2000.
Y. Shen, K. Chandrashekhara and S. Agarwal, "Recurrent Neural Networks for Robust Vibration Control of Composite Shells," Proceedings of the Artificial Neural Networks in Engineering Conference, St. Louis, MO, ASME Press, Vol. 10, pp. 569–574, 2000.
M. Xu, J. Castle, Y. Shen, K. Chandrashekhara, W.F. Breig and L.R. Oliver, " Finite Element Simulation and Experimental Validation of V–Ribbed Belt Tracking," SAE World Congress, SAE Paper 2001–01–0661, pp. 1–12, Detroit, MI, March 5–8, 2001.
S.E. Watkins, J.F. Unser, A. Nanni, K. Chandrashekhara and A. Belarbi, "Implementation and Manufacture of a Smart Composite Bridge for Short–Span Applications," in Smart Systems for Bridges, Structures, and Highways (edited by S.C. Liu), Proceedings of the SPIE North American Conference on Smart Structures and Materials, Newport Beach, CA, Vol. 4330, pp. 148–157, March 6–9, 2001.
R. Dua, S.E. Watkins, D.C. Wunsch, K. Chandrashekhara and F. Akhavan, "Detection and Classification of Impact Induced Damage in Composite Plates Using Neural Networks," Proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN), pp. 681–686, Washington, D.C., July 15–19, 2001.
Y. Shen, S. Sundararaman, V. Birman, K. Chandrashekhara and V.S. Rao, "Optimization of Bonded Composite Patches Used in Repair of Aerospace Structures," Proceedings of the 3rd Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring, Stanford, CA, pp. 1–11, September 12–14, 2001.
J. Zhu, J. Castle, N. Berring, K. Chandrashekhara, V. Flanigan and S. Kapila, "Mechanical Characterization of Soy–based Pultruded Composites," Proceedings of the CFA Composites Conference, Tampa, FL, Paper No. M–203, pp. 1–8, October 3–6, 2001.
Y. Shen, G. Song, K. Chandrashekhara, W.F. Breig and L.R. Oliver, "Accessory Serpentine Belt Stress Analysis Using Hyperelastic Model," SAE World Congress, Detroit, MI, SAE Paper 2002–01–0860, pp. 1–12, March 4–7, 2002.
J. Zhu, A. Garg, K. Mekhissi, K. Chandrashekhara, V. Flanigan and S. Kapila, "Curing and Mechanical Characterization of Soy–based Epoxy Resin System," Proceedings of the SAMPE Conference, Long Beach, CA, pp. 1209–1219, May 12–16, 2002.
A. Garg, J. Zhu, K. Chandrashekhara, V. Flanigan and S. Kapila, "Fiber Reinforced Composites with Recycled Polystyrene Additives and Natural Fibers," Proceedings of the SAMPE Conference, Long Beach, CA, pp. 1220–1230, May 12–16, 2002.
A. Garg and K. Chandrashekhara "Natural Fiber Reinforced Soy–based Composites," AIChE Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, IN, Nov. 3–8, 2002 (Abstract Published).
S. E. Watkins, V. M. Eller, J. Corra, M. Molander, B. Konz, R.H. Hall, K. Chandrashekhara, and A. Belarbi," Interdisciplinary Graduate Experience: Lessons Learned," Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference, Montreal, CANADA, pp. 1–10, June 16–19, 2002.
T. Moran, A. Garg, K. Chandrashekhara, V. Flanigan, N. Berring and S. Murray, "Performance of Recycled Shingle Core Filled Composite Tubes," Proceedings of the CFA Composites Conference, Atlanta, GA, pp. 1–7, September 25–27, 2002.
Y. Shen, G. Song and K. Chandrashekhara, "Neural Network Based Constitutive Model for Rubber," Proceedings of the Artificial Neural Networks in Engineering Conference, St. Louis, MO, ASME Press, Vol. 12, pp. 883–888, November 10–13, 2002.
G. Song, Y. Shen, K. Chandrashekhara, W.F. Breig, D.L. Klein and L.R. Oliver, "Thermal–Mechanical Finite Element Analysis of V–ribbed Belt Drive Operation," SAE World Congress, SAE Paper 2003–01–0925, Detroit, MI, pp. 1–16, March 4–7, 2003.
G. Liang, A. Garg, J. Zhu, K. Chandrashekhara, V. Flanigan and S. Kapila, "Cure Characterization of Pultruded Soy–based Composites," Proceedings of the SAMPE Conference, Long Beach, CA, pp. 861–872, May 11–15, 2003.
J. Chen, S. Kapila, K. Chandrashekhara and V. Flanigan, "Preparation of Semi–rigid and Rigid Polyurethane Foams Through Soy Hull Augmentation," Proceedings of the SAMPE Conference, Long Beach, CA, pp. 130–141, May 11–15, 2003.
G. Song, K. Chandrashekhara, W.F. Breig, D.L. Klein and L.R. Oliver, "Failure Analysis of Serpentine V–ribbed Belt Drive System," SAE World Congress, Detroit, MI, SAE Paper 2004–01–0993, pp. 1–15, March 8–11, 2004.
K. Chandrashekhara, "Energy Efficient and Sustainable Building Enclosures Using Bio–based Materials," Proceedings of the NSF–PATH Housing Research Workshop, Orlando, FL, pp. 187–191, February 12–14, 2004.
A. Shabeer, A. Garg, S. Sundararaman, K. Chandrashekhara, V. Flanigan and S. Kapila, "Dynamic Mechanical Characterization of Soy–based Epoxy Resin System," Proceedings of the SAMPE Conference, Long Beach, CA, pp. 1–10, May 16–20, 2004.
G. Ayalasomajuala, A. Garg, S. Kapila, K. Chandrashekhara and V. Flanigan, "Fabrication and Evaluation of Rice Hull Derived Nano Slica Composites," Proceedings of the SAMPE Conference, Long Beach, CA, pp. 1–10, May 16–20, 2004.
R. Chalasani, A. Garg, S. Kapila, V. Flanigan and K. Chandrashekhara, "Synthesis and Characterization of Soyhull Glycerol Derived Rigid Polyurethane Foams," Proceedings of the SAMPE Conference, Long Beach, CA, pp. 1–14, May 16–20, 2004.
K. Chandrashekhara, S.E. Watkins, A. Nanni and P. Kumar, "Design Technologies for a Smart Composite Bridge," IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Conference, Washington, D.C., pp. 954–959, October 3–6, 2004.
S. Sundararaman, A. Shabeer, A. Garg and K. Chandrashekhara, "Impact Characterization of Pultruded Soy–based Composites," Proceedings of the SAMPE Conference, Long Beach, CA, pp. 1–10, May 1–5, 2005.
R. Yadav, A. Shabeer, R. Seemamahannop and K. Chandrashekhara, "Thermal and Mechanical Characterization of Soy Protein Based Plastics," Proceedings of the SAMPE Conference, Long Beach, CA, pp. 1–10, May 1–5, 2005.
K. Chandrashekhara, S. Sundararaman, T. Berkel and G. Liang, "Manufacturing and Performance Improvements of Stiffened Carbon/Epoxy Panels Using VARTM Process," AeroMaT Conference, Orlando, FL, June 8–10, 2005 (Abstract Published).
K. Chandrashekhara, S. Sundararaman and G. Liang, "Nonlinear Analysis of V–ribbed Belt Drive System with Pulley Misalignment," Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Structural Stability and Dynamics, Kissimmee, FL, pp. 1–6, June 19–22, 2005.
K. Chandrashekhara, S. Sundararaman, T. Berkel, G. Bilow and J. Fielding, "Experimental Evaluation and Finite Element Analysis of Vacuum Infused Stiffened Composite Panels," SAMPE Fall Technical Conference, Seattle, WA, pp. 1–10, October 31–November 3, 2005.
S. Sundararaman, K. Chandrashekhara, L.R. Oliver and S.G. Holmes, "Predictive Fatigue Model for Serpentine Belt Drive Systems," SAE World Congress, Detroit, MI, SAE Paper 2006–01–0018, pp. 1–12, April 3–6, 2006.
R. Yadav, A. Shabeer, S. Sundararaman and K. Chandrashekhara, "Development and Characterization of Soy–based Epoxy Foams," Proceedings of the SAMPE Conference, Long Beach, CA, pp. 1–10, May 1–4, 2006.
A. Shabeer, S. Sundararaman, V.G.K. Menta, K. Chandrashekhara and T. Schuman, "Manufacturing and Performance Evaluation of Soy–based Nanocomposites," Proceedings of Composites & Polycon ACMA Conference, pp. 1–10, St. Louis, MO, October 18–20, 2006.
T. Schuman, M. Duda, K. Chandrashekhara and A. Shabeer, "Soy Epoxy Nanoclay Composite Coatings," Proceedings of the International Waterborne, High–Solids, and Powder Coatings Symposium, New Orleans, LA, pp. 301–314, February 14–16, 2007.
J. Hu, S. Sundararaman, K. Chandrashekhara, "Thermomechanical Analysis of Composite Cylinders for Hydrogen Storage," Proceedings of the SAMPE Conference, pp. 1–10,Baltimore, MD, June 3–7, 2007.
J. Hu, S. Sundararaman, K. Chandrashekhara, T. Berkel, G. Bilow and J. Fielding, "A Refined porous Media Model for Mold Filling in Vacuum Infusion Process," Proceedings of the SAMPE Conference, pp. 1–11, Baltimore, MD, June 3–7, 2007.
A. Shabeer, K. Chandrashekhara, T. Schuman, N. Phan and T. Nguyen, "Mechanical, Thermal and Flammability of Pultruded Soy–based Nanocomposites," Proceedings of the SAMPE Conference, pp. 1–12, Baltimore, MD, June 3–7, 2007.
S. Sundararaman, J. Hu, K. Chandrashekhara and W. Chernicoff, "Analysis of Composite Storage Cylinders under Transient Thermal Loads," Proceedings of the International Conference on Hydrogen Safety (ICHS)Conference, pp. 1–12, San Sebastian, SPAIN, September 11–13, 2007.
J. Chen, J. Hu, V.G.K. Menta, K. Chandrashekhara and W. Chernicoff, "Neural Network Based Failure Prediction Model for Composite Hydrogen Storage Cylinders," Proceedings of the Artificial Neural Networks in Engineering (ANNIE) Conference, pp. 1–6, St. Louis, MO, November 11–14, 2007.
K. Chandrashekhara and W.E. Showalter, "Core–filled Biocomposite Panels for Energy Efficient Housing," Proceedings of NSF CMMI Engineering Research and Innovation Conference, pp. 1–10, Knoxville, TN, January 7–10, 2008
J. Hu, J. Chen, S. Sundararaman, K. Chandrashekhara and W. Chernicoff, "Three Dimensional Finite Element Modeling of Composite Hydrogen Cylinders in Automobile Fire and Localized Flame Impingements," SAE World Congress, Paper 2008–08B–308, pp. 1–13, Detroit, MI, April 14–17, 2008.
V.G.K. Menta, S. Sundararaman, K. Chandrashekhara, N. Phan and T. Nguyen, "Hybrid Composites Using Out–of–Autoclave Process for Aerospace Sub–structures, Proceedings of the SAMPE Conference, pp. 1–11, Long Beach, CA, May 19–22, 2008.
K. Chandrashekhara, T. Schuman, S. Sundararaman, D. Day, M. Velez and N. Phan, "Manufacturing and Performance Evaluation of Glass–ribbon Reinforced Transparent Composites," Proceedings of the SAMPE Conference, pp. 1–12, Long Beach, CA, May 19–22, 2008.
R. Vuppalapati, K. Chandrashekhara and W. E. Showalter, "Impact Characterization of Core–filled Pultruded Biocomposite Panels," Proceedings of SAMPE Fall Technical Conference, pp. 1–10, Memphis, TN, September 8–11, 2008.
S. Lekakh, D. Kline, K. Chandrashekhara, J. Chen and V. Richards, "Process Parameters Study for Net–Shape Steel Casting," The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society (TMS) Annual Meeting, pp. 97–104, San Francisco, CA, February 15–19,2009.
V.G.K. Menta, R. Vuppalapati, K. Chandrashekhara and N. Phan, "Low Velocity Impact of Composites Manufactured using Out–of–Autoclave Process," Proceedings of SAMPE Conference, pp. 1–13, Baltimore, MD, May 18–21, 2009.
C. H. Nguyen, K. Chandrashekhara and V. Birman, "Sandwich Panels with Stepped Facings," 50th AIAA/ASME/SACE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics and Material Conference, pp. 1–15, Palm Springs, California, May 4–7, 2009.
D. M. Kline, S. N. Lekakh, V. L. Richards, K. Chandrashekhara and J. Chen, "Stucco Size Comparison and Simulated Pressure Loading of Investment Casting Shells," American Foundry Society (AFS) Transactions, Schaumburg, IL,Vol. 113, pp. 341–353, 2009.
J. Chen, K. Chandrashekhara, C. Mahimkar, S. N. Lekakh, and V. L. Richards, "Neural Network Approach for the Prediction of Void Closure in Cold Rolling Process," Proceedings of the Artificial Neural Networks in Engineering (ANNIE) Conference, St. Louis, MO, Vol. 20, pp. 557–564, November 1–3, 2010.
V.G.K. Menta, R. Vuppalapati, K. Chandrashekhara, D. Pfitzinger and N. Phan, "Evaluation of Honeycomb Composite Sandwich Structures Manufactured using VARTM Process," Proceedings of SAMPE Conference, pp. 1–12, Seattle, WA, May 17–20, 2010.
R. Vuppalapati, V.G.K. Menta, K. Chandrashekhara and T. Schuman, "Synthesis and Performance Evaluation of Soy–based Aliphatic Polyurethane Nanocomposites for Pultrusion, " Proceedings of SAMPE Conference, pp. 1–12, Long Beach, CA, May 23–26, 2011.
H. Zhao, M. Xu, W. Everhart, S. Lekakh, V. Richards, K. Chandrashekhara and P. Nam, "Characterization of Low Density polymer Patterns for Large Steel Investment Casting," 58th Annual Technical Conference and Equipment Expo, Investment Casting Institute, pp. 1–13, Covington, KY, October 9–12, 2011.
Heckman, A.J., Rovey, J.L., Chandrashekhara, K., Watkins, S.E., Mishra, R., and Stutts, D.S., "Ultrasonic Underwater Transmission of Composite Turbine Blade Structural Health," Paper 8343–23, SPIE Smart Structures/NDE Conference, San Diego, CA., Mar. 11–13, 2012.
Robison, K.E., Watkins, S.E., Nicholas, J., Chandrashekhara K., and Rovey, J.L., "Instrumented Composite Turbine Blade for Health Monitoring," Paper 8347–93, SPIE Smart Structures/NDE Conference, San Diego, CA., Mar. 11–13, 2012.
H. Zhao, M. Xu, W. Everhart, S. Lekakh, V. Richards, K. Chandrashekhara and P. Nam, "Characterization of Low Density polymer Patterns for Large Steel Investment Casting," 58th Annual Technical Conference and Equipment Expo, Investment Casting Institute, pp. 1–13, Covington, KY, October 9–12, 2011.
W.A. Everhart, S.N. Lekakh, V.L. Richards, J.D. Smith, H. Li, K. Chandrashekhara, h. Zhao and P.S. Nam, "Foam Pattern Aging and its Effect on Crack Formation in Investment Casting Ceramic Shells, " Proceedings of American Foundry Society (AFS) Conference, pp. 1–8, Schaumburg, IL, April 5–8, 2012.
J. Nicholas, V.G.K. Menta, K. Chandrashekhara, J. Watts, B. Lai, G. Hilmas and W. Fahrenholtz, "Processing of Continuous Fiber Reinforced Ceramic Composites for Ultra High Temperature Applications using Polymer Precursors, Proceedings of SAMPE Conference, pp. 1–12, Baltimore, MD, May 21–24, 2012.
H. Li, K. Chandrashekhara and R.S. Mishra, "Fatigue Life Investigation for a Medium Scale Composite Hydrokinetic Turbine Blade," Proceedings of SAMPE Conference, pp. 1–15, Baltimore, MD, May 21–24, 2012.
N. Roe, Z. Huo, K. Chandrashekhara and A. Buchok, "Three Dimensional Simulation of Moisture Diffusion in Thick Composites," Proceedings of SAMPE Conference, pp. 1–15, Baltimore, MD, May 21–24, 2012.
V. Bheemreddy, Z. Huo, K. Chandrashekhara and R.A. Brack, "Cure and Consolidation Study of Cavity Molded Flex Beam Composite Parts," Proceedings of SAMPE Conference, pp. 1–12, Baltimore, MD, May 21–24, 2012.
S. Nagarajan, V.G.K. Menta, K. Chandrashekhara, T.R. Berkel, J. Sha, P. Wu and D. Pfitzinger, "Out of Autoclave Sandwich Structure Processing Study," Proceedings of SAMPE Conference, pp. 1–12, Baltimore, MD, May 21–24, 2012.
Li, H and Chandrashekhara, K., "Structural Optimization of Laminated Composite Blade Using Particle Swarm Optimization," Proceedings of the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, IMECE2012–88313, Houston, TX, Nov. 9–15, 2012.
Bheemreddy, V., Dharani, L., Chandrashekhara, K., Hilmas, G. and Fahrenholtz, W., "Three–dimensional Micromechanical Modeling of Continuous Fiber Reinforced Ceramic Composites with Interfaces," Proceedings of the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, IMECE2012–88260, Houston, TX, Nov. 9–15, 2012.
Mohamed, M, Vuppalapati, R.R., Hawkins, S., Chandrashekhara, K. and Schuman, T., "Impact Characterization of Polyurethane Composites Manufactured Using Vacuum Assisted Resin Transfer Molding," Proceedings of the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, IMECE2012–88267, Houston, TX, Nov. 9–15, 2012.
W. Everhart, S. Lekakh, V. Richards, J. Smith, H. Li, K. Chandrashekhara, H. Zhao and P. Nam, "Foam Pattern Aging and its Effect on Crack Formation in Investment Casting Ceramic Shells," Proceedings of American Foundry Society (AFS) 115th Metalcasting Congress, pp. 1–8, Schaumburg, IL, April 5–8, 2012. (Best Paper Award)
S.E. Watkins, K.E. Robison, G.A. Taylor, J.R. Nicholas, K. Chandrashekhara, and J.L. Rovey, "Damage Assessment of Hydrokinetic Composite Turbine Blades Using Fiber Optic Sensors," Paper 8694–82, Proceedings of the SPIE Smart Structures/NDE Conference, San Diego, CA, Mar. 10–14, 2013.
S. Anandan, S. Nagarajan, A. Kaur, K. Chandrashekhara, K. and H. Xiao, "Monitoring of Out–of–Autoclave BMI Composites Using Fiber Optic Sensors," Paper 8694–21, SPIE Smart Structures/NDE Conference, San Diego, CA., Mar. 10–14, 2013.
A. Kaur, S. Nagarajan, S. Anandan, L. Yuan, K. Chandrashekhara, S. Watkins, and H. Xiao, H., "Embeddable Fiber Optic Strain Sensor for Structural Monitoring," Paper 8692–63, SPIE Smart Structures/NDE Conference, San Diego, CA., Mar. 10–14, 2013.
H. Li, G. A. Taylor, A. M. Abutunis, K. Chandrashekhara, A. R. Kashyap and J. W. Kimball "Design and Performance Evaluation of a Horizontal Axis Hydrokinetic Turbine System," Paper Number 3166, pp. 1–15, Proceedings of the Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering (SAMPE) Conference, Long Beach, CA, May 6–9, 2013.
Z. Huo, V. Bheemreddy and K. Chandrashekhara, "Modeling and Simulation of Moisture Diffusion in Hybrid Fiber–reinforced Polymer Composites," Paper # 3163, pp. 1–15, Proceedings of the Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering (SAMPE) Conference, Long Beach, CA, May 6–9, 2013.
S. Anandan, S. Nagarajan, K. Chandrashekhara, T. Berkel and D. Pfitzinger, " Cure and Process Optimization for Manufacturing BMI Composites Using OOA Process", Paper # 3162, pp. 1–14, Proceedings of the Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering (SAMPE) Conference, Long Beach, CA, May 6–9, 2013.
V. Bheemreddy, Z. Huo, K. Chandrashekhara and R.A. Brack, "Process Optimization of Composite Flex Beams Using Neural Networks", Paper # 3164, pp. 1–15, Proceedings of the Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering (SAMPE) Conference, Long Beach, CA, May 6–9, 2013.
M. Mohamed, Z. Huo, S. Hawkins, K. Chandrashekhara, V. Birman and J. Volz, "Moisture Effects on Performance of Polyurethane Composite Sandwich Panels Manufactured Using VARTM," Paper # 3165, pp. 1–15, Proceedings of the Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering (SAMPE) Conference, Long Beach, CA, May 6–9, 2013.
J. Wei, M.K. Dehdashti, L. R. Dharani, K. Chandrashekhara, G. E. Hilmas and W.G. Fahrenholtz, "Simulation of Thermal and Mechanical Response of (Zr,W)B2 Ceramic after Oxidation," Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Engineering and Innovative Materials (ICEIM), pp. 1–10, Shanghai, China, Sept. 7–8, 2013.
Li, H., Taylor, G., Bheemreddy, V., Iyibilgin, O., Leu, M. and Chandrashekhara, K., "Modeling and Characterization of Fused Deposition Modeling Tooling for Vacuum Assisted Resin Transfer Molding Process," Proceedings of the Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering (SAMPE) Conference, Paper No. 4082, Seattle, WA, June 2–5, 2014.
Bheemreddy, V., Huo, Z. and Chandrashekhara, K., "Simulation and Validation of Cure Kinetics for Cavity Molded Composites," Proceedings of the Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering (SAMPE) Conference, Paper No. 4087, Seattle, WA, June 2–5, 2014.
Anandan, S., Dhaliwal, G. S., Chandrashekhara, K., Berkel, T. R. and Pfitzinger, D., "Post Curing Effects on Out–of–Autoclave BMI Composite Panels," Proceedings of the Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering (SAMPE) Conference, Paper No. 4084, Paper No. 4082, Seattle, WA, June 2–5, 2014.
Tuwair, H., Hopkins, M., Volz, V., ElGawady, M., Chandrashekhara, K. and Birman, V., "An Experimental Study on Static Behavior of Structural Polyurethane Foam Infill for GFRP Bridge Deck Panels," Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Mechanics of Composites, Paper No. 5080, Long Island, NY, June 8–12, 2014.
Tuwair, H., Volz, J., ElGawady, M., Mohamed, M., Chandrashekhara, K. and Birman, V., "Testing and Evaluation of GFRP Sandwich Bridge Deck Panels Filled with Polyurethane Foam," Proceedings of the 29th American Society for Composites Technical Conference/16th US–Japan Conference on Composite Materials, Paper No. 622, San Diego, CA, September 8–10, 2014.
Nicholas, J., Meinders, R., Chandrashekhara, K., Hilmas, G. and Castano, C., "Polymer Infiltration and Pyrolysis Fabrication of SIC/SIC Composite for Nuclear Applications," Paper No. 47679, pp. 1–13, Proceedings of the Composites and Advanced Materials Expo (CAMX) Conference, Orlando, FL, October 13–16, 2014.
Huo, Z., Mohamed, M., Wang, X. and Chandrashekhara, K., "Experiment and Simulation of Moisture Diffusion in Polyurethane Sandwich Structure," Paper No. 47685, pp. 1–14, Proceedings of the Composites and Advanced Materials Expo (CAMX) Conference, Orlando, FL, October 13–16, 2014.
Anandan, S., Bheemreddy, V., Kaur, A., Watkins, S. E., Chandrashekhara, K., Salour, A., Berkel, T. R. and Phan, N., "Strain Mapping of Bolted Composite Airframes Using Fiber Optic Sensors," Paper No. 47689, pp. 1–14, Proceedings of the Composites and Advanced Materials Expo (CAMX) Conference, Orlando, FL, October 13–16, 2014.
Dhaliwal, G. S., Mohamed, M., Chandrashekhara, K., Schuman, T., Volz, J. and Khayat, K., "Performance Evaluation of Polymer Modified Concrete Using Polyurethane and Poly (Vinyl Alcohol co–Ethylene)," Paper No. 47681, pp. 1–12, Proceedings of the Composites and Advanced Materials Expo (CAMX) Conference, Orlando, FL, October 13–16, 2014.
Hussein, R. M., Anandan, S. and Chandrashekhara, K., "Thermooxidative Behavior of Out–of–Autoclave Bismaleimide Composites," Paper No. 47741, pp. 1–13, Proceedings of the Composites and Advanced Materials Expo (CAMX) Conference, Orlando, FL, October 13–16, 2014.
Tuwair, H., Volz, J., ElGawady, M., Mohamed, M., Chandrashekhara, K. and Birman, V., "Performance of GFRP Bridge Deck Panels with Corrugated Web Layers Filled with PU Foam," Transportation Research Board, Paper No. 15–5403, pp. 1–13, Washington, DC, January 11–15, 2015.
Wang, X., Chandrashekhara, K., Rummel, S. A., Lekakh, S., Van Aken, D. C. and O’Malley, J., "Modeling and Simulation of Hot Rolling Using Nonlinear Material Models," International Conference on Advances in Product Metallurgy of Long and Forged Products, Paper No. 53, Vail, CO, July 12–15, 2015.
Rummel, S. A., Van Aken, D. C., O’Malley, Lekakh, S., Wang, X. and Chandrashekhara, K., "High Strain Rate Hot Deformation of Steels: Measurement and Simulation," International Conference on Advances in Product Metallurgy of Long and Forged Products, Paper No. 54, Vail, CO, July 12–15, 2015.
Abutunis, A., Taylor, G., Fal, M., Nicholas, J. and Chandrashekhara, K., "Performance Evaluation of Coaxial Horizontal Axis Hydrokinetic Composite Turbine System," Composites and Advanced Materials Expo (CAMX) Conference, Paper No. 0341, Dallas, TX, October 26–29, 2015.
Anandan, S., Dhaliwal, G. S., Chandrashekhara, K., Berkel, T. R. and Pfitzinger, D., "Processing and Performance of Out–of–Autoclave Bismaleimide Composite Sandwich Structures," Composites and Advanced Materials Expo (CAMX) Conference, Paper No. 0342, Dallas, TX, October 26–29, 2015.
Meinders, R., Nicholas, J. and Chandrashekhara, K., "Hybrid Manufacturing Process of SiC/SiC Composite Using Preceramic Polymer," Composites and Advanced Materials Expo (CAMX) Conference, Paper No. 0343, Dallas, TX, October 26–29, 2015.
Taylor, G., Wang, X., Motaparti, K. P., Meng, S., Leu, M. C. and Chandrashekhara, K., "Modeling and Characterization of Fused Deposition Modeling Tooling for Autoclave Process," Composites and Advanced Materials Expo (CAMX) Conference, Paper No. 0344, Dallas, TX, October 26–29, 2015.
Mohamed, M., Dhaliwal, G. S., Huo, Z. and Chandrashekhara, K., "Evaluation of Low Velocity Impact Properties of Stitched Foam–Core Polyurethane Sandwich Structural Panel," Composites and Advanced Materials Expo (CAMX) Conference, Paper No. 0345, Dallas, TX, October 26–29, 2015.
Hussein, R. M., Anandan, S. and Chandrashekhara, K., " Thermooxidation Induced Stresses in Bismaleimide Composites: Experiment and Simulation," Composites and Advanced Materials Expo (CAMX) Conference, Paper No.0346, Dallas, TX, October 26–29, 2015.
Anandan, S., Dhaliwal, G. S., Chandrashekhara, K., Berkel, T.R., and Castle, J., "Progressive Damage Modeling of Sandwich Composites Under Edgewise Compression," Paper Number TP16–0149, pp. 1–14, Proceedings of the Composites and Advanced Materials Expo (CAMX) Conference, Anaheim, CA, Sept. 26–29, 2016.
Meinders, R., Nicholas, J., Taylor, G., and Chandrashekhara, K., "Evaluation of Continuous Fiber–reinforced Ceramic Composites Fabricated Using High Pressure Resin Transfer Molding," Paper Number TP16–0150, pp. 1–10, Proceedings of the Composites and Advanced Materials Expo (CAMX) Conference, Anaheim, CA, Sept. 26–29, 2016.
Taylor, G., Wang, X, Mason, L., Leu, M.C., and Chandrashekhara, K., "Investigation of Ultem 1010 FDM Sparse–build Parts Using Design of Experiments and Numerical Simulation," Paper Number TP16–0151, pp. 1–12, Proceedings of the Composites and Advanced Materials Expo (CAMX) Conference, Anaheim, CA, Sept. 26–29, 2016.
Huo, Z., Taylor, G., and Chandrashekhara, K., "Numerical Simulation of a Multilayer Transparent Composite Panel Under Impact," Paper Number TP16–0157, pp. 1–14, Proceedings of the Composites and Advanced Materials Expo (CAMX) Conference, Anaheim, CA, Sept. 26–29, 2016.
Hussein, R.M., Anandan, S., Dhaliwal, G.S., and Chandrashekhara, K., "Flexural Behavior of Cross–ply Thermally Aged Bismaleimide Composites," Paper Number TP16–0155, 2016. 0346, pp. 1–14, Proceedings of the Composites and Advanced Materials Expo (CAMX) Conference, Anaheim, CA, Sept. 26–29, 2016.
Dhaliwal, G. S., Anandan, S., Chandrashekhara, K., Dudenhoeffer,N., and Nam, P., "Fabrication and Testing of Soy–based Polyurethane Foam," Paper Number TP16–0148, pp. 1–12, Proceedings of the Composites and Advanced Materials Expo (CAMX) Conference, Anaheim, CA, Sept. 26–29, 2016.
Spratt, M., Newkirk, J. W. and Chandrashekhara, K., "Fabrication of Metal Matrix Syntactic Foams by a Laser Additive Manufacturing Process," Materials Science and Technology Conference, pp. 1–9, Salt Lake City, UT, October 23–27, 2016.
Motaparti, K. P., Taylor, G.A., Leu, M.C., Chandrashekhara, K., Castle, J., and Matlack, M., Effects of Build Parameters on Compression Properties for ULTEM 9085 Parts by Fused Deposition Modeling," pp. 964–977, Proceedings of Annual International Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium, Austin, TX, August 8–10, 2016.
Meng, S., Mason, L., Wang, X., Taylor, G., Leu, M., Chandrashekhara, K., Castle, J., and Matlack, M., "Effect of Spars build Internal Structure on Performance of Fused Deposition Modeling Tools," pp. 2337–2347, Proceedings of Annual International Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium, Austin, TX, August 8–10, 2016.
Taylor, G., Wang, X., Mason, L., Leu, M. C., Chandrashekhara, K., Matlack, M., Castle, J. and Schniepp, T., "Investigation of Ultem 1010 FDM Sparse–Build Parts Using Design of Experiments and Numerical Simulation," The Composites and Advanced Materials Expo (CAMX 2017), Orlando, FL, September 11–14, 2017.
Taylor, G., Wang, X., Mason, L., Leu, M. C. and Chandrashekhara, K., "Optimization of Ultem 1010 Fused Deposition Modeling Specimens for Flexural Behavior," Paper No. TP17–0196, The Composites and Advanced Materials Expo Conference, Orlando, FL, December 12–14, 2017.
Gurjot, G. S., Anandan, G. S., Chandrashekhara, K. and Nam, P., "Development and Characterization of Polyurethane Foams with Substitution of Polyether Polyol with Soy–Based Polyol," Paper No. TP17–0203, The Composites and Advanced Materials Expo Conference, Orlando, FL, December 12–14, 2017.
Fal, M., Abutunis, A., Hussein, R., Dhaliwal, G. S. and Chandrashekhara, K., "Horizontal Axis Water Turbine Composite Blades: Damage Evaluation and Numerical Simulation," Paper No. TP17–0199, The Composites and Advanced Materials Expo Conference, Orlando, FL, December 12–14, 2017.
Hussein, R. M., Nicholas, J., Dhaliwal, G. S., Anandan, S. and Chandrashekhara, K., "Microstructure Image–Based Thermo–Mechanical Damage of Aged Bismaleimide Composites," Paper No. TP17–0201, The Composites and Advanced Materials Expo Conference, Orlando, FL, December 12–14, 2017.
Buchely, M. F., Van Aken, D. C., O’Malley, R. J., Lekakh, R. and Chandrashekhara, K., "Hot Rolling Effect Upon the High Temperature Johnson–Cook Strength and Failure Models for a 15V38 Grade Steel," Materials Science and Technology, Technical Meeting and Exhibition, pp. 1–9, Pittsburg, PA, October 8–12, 2017.
Spratt, M., Newkirk J. W and Chandrashekhara, K., "Aluminum Matrix Syntactic Foam Fabricated with Additive Manufacturing," 28th Annual International Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium, Austin, TX, August 7–9, 2017.
M.F. Buchely, X. Wang, D.C. Van Aken, R.J. O’Malley, S. Lekakh and K. Chandrashekhara., "Rolling Pressures during the Hot–Roll of Three Different Steel Plates: Experimental, Theoretical and FEA," 2nd International Symposium on the Recent Developments in Plate Steels, Orlando, FL, June 3–6, 2018.
X. Wang, S. Ganguly, K. Chandrashekhara, M.F. Buchely, S. Lekakh, D.C. Van Aken and R.J. O’Malley., "Modeling and Simulation of Mass Flow of Steel Plate/Slab During Hot Rolling," 2nd International Symposium on the Recent Developments in Plate Steels, Orlando, FL, June 3–6, 2018.
G. Taylor, S. Anandan, D. Murphy, M.C. Leu and K. Chandrashekhara., "Fracture Toughness of Additively Manufactured Ultem 1010," Proceedings of the Composites and Advanced Materials Expo (CAMX) Conference, Paper Number TP18–0497, pp. 1–11, Dallas, TX, October 16–18, 2018.
G.S. Gurjot, S. Anandan, S. Ganguly, K. Chandrashekhara, M. Bose and P. Nam., "Investigation of the Role of Surfactants on the Properties of Soy–based Polyurethane Foam," Proceedings of the Composites and Advanced Materials Expo (CAMX) Conference, Paper Number TP18–0503, pp. 1–21, Dallas, TX, October 16–18, 2018.
R. Hussein, M. Fal, A. Abutunis, S. Anandan and K. Chandrashekhara., "Modeling and Characterization of Stress–Assisted Thermo–Oxidation of Bismaleimide Composites," Proceedings of the Composites and Advanced MaterialsExpo (CAMX) Conference, Paper Number TP18–0506, pp. 1–12, Dallas, TX, October 16–18, 2018.
S. Jothibasu, Y. Du, S. Anandan, G.S. Dhaliwal, R.E. Gerald, A. Kaur, S.E. Watkins, K. Chandrashekhara and J. Huang., " Strain Monitoring Using Distributed Fiber Optic Sensors Embedded in Carbon Fiber Composites," Proceedings of SPIE Smart Structures and Nondestructive Evaluation, " Vol. 10958, pp. 1–10, March 4–8, 2018.
M. Spratt, S. Ananadan, R.M. Hussein, J. Newkirk, K. Chandrashekhara, H. Misak and M. Walker., "Effect of Wall Thickness and Build Quality on the Compressive Properties of 304L Thin–walled Structures Fabricated by SLM," The 29th Annual International Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium–An Additive Manufacturing Conference, pp. 1–8, Austin, TX, August 13–15, 2018.
O. Fashanu, M.F. Buchely, R. Hussein, S. Ananadan, R.M. Hussein, J. Newkirk, K. Chandrashekhara, H. Misak and M. Walker., "Effect of Wall Thickness and Build Quality on the Compressive Properties of 304L Thin–walled Structures Fabricated by SLM," The 29th Annual International Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium–An Additive Manufacturing Conference, pp. 1–8, Austin, TX, August 13–15, 2018.
R. Meinders, S. Ganguly and K. Chandrashekhara., "Modeling and Simulation of Polymer Composite Prepreg Forming Process," Proceedings of the Composites and Advanced Materials Expo (CAMX) Conference, Paper No. TP19–0752, pp.1–11, Anaheim, CA, September 23–26, 2019.
S. Dasari, M. Rangapuram, K. Chandrashekhara, N. Iyyer and N. Phan., "Multiphysics Prediction Model of Microwave Curing for Thick Polymer Composites," Proceedings of the Composites and Advanced Materials Expo(CAMX) Conference, Paper No. TP19–0754, pp. 1–14, Anaheim, CA, September 23–26, 2019.
O. Fashanu, D. Murphy, M. Spratt, J. Newkirk, K. Chandrashekhara, B. Brown and J. Porter., "Modeling and Characterization of Stress–Assisted Thermo–Oxidation of Bismaleimide Composites," Proceedings of the 30th Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium, pp. 1–7, Austin, TX, August 12–14, 2019.
D. Murphy, O. Fashanu, M. Spratt, J. Newkirk, K. Chandrashekhara, M. Heath and D. Klenosky., "Compressive and Bending Performance of Selectively Melted AlSi10Mg Structures," Proceedings of the 30th Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium, pp. 1–11, Austin, TX, August 12–14, 2019.
M. Spratt, J. Newkirk and K. Chandrashekhara., "Design and Fabrication of Metal Matrix Syntactic Foams by Low–Pressure Injection Molding," Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Porous Metals and Metallic Foams (MetFoam), pp. 1–10, Dearborn, MI, August 20–23, 2019.

Curators' Distinguished Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology (formerly University of Missouri - Rolla)	2008 - date
Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Missouri - Rolla	1997 - 2007
Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Missouri - Rolla	1991 - 1997
Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Missouri - Rolla	1985 - 1991
Graduate Research Assistant, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA	1982 - 1985
Assistant Engineer, Structural Design Group, Tata Consulting Engineers, India	1980 - 1982

SAMPE Journal Feature Article	2012, 2016
Intelligent Systems Center (ISC) Distinguished Investigator Award	2014
U.S. Patent Number: 8,481,622 B2, Soybean Based Epoxy Resin and Methods of Making and Use	2013
American Foundry Society Conference, Best Paper Award	2012
Global Learning Outstanding Teaching Commendation Award	2011
Society of American Military Engineers Award for Innovative Materials Development	2008
School of Extended Learning Outstanding Teaching Commendation Award	2007
Editorial Board Member -Journal of Biobased Materials & Bioenergy	2006
NSF-PATH Advisory Panel Member	2004
Keynote Speaker - International Conference on Recent Advances in Composites	2004
Fellow of American Society of Mechanical Engineers	2002
Academy of Mechanical Engineers Faculty Research Excellence Award	2000
University of Missouri Faculty Excellence Awards	1994,1996,2001
ASTM Delamination Round Robin Participant	1990-1992

1	Amir Yahyavi	1990
2	Alavandi Bhimaraddi	1991
3	Shabeer Ahamed	2006
4	Sundararaman Saikrishna	2006-2010
5	Raju Vuppalapati	2013-2014

Dr. K. Chandrashekhara

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1	Subir Roy, M. S. Thesis (EM)	1988
2	Pranabendra Sharma, M. S. Thesis (EM)	1988
3	Shankar Krishnaswamy, M. S. Thesis (EM)	1989
4	Kiran M. Bangera, M. S. Thesis (ME)	1990
5	Fanghui Jiang, M. S. Thesis (EM)	1991
6	Mahmood Farhadinia, Ph. D. Dissertation (EM)	1992
7	Amit Agarwal, M. S. Thesis (ME)	1992
8	Kamlesh Bhatia, M. S. Thesis (ME)	1992
9	Ram Tenneti, M. S. Thesis (ME)	1993
10	Timothy G. Schroeder, M. S. Thesis (ME)	1993
11	Roland R. Kilcher, M. S. Thesis (EM)	1994
12	Rahim Zamanian, M. S. Thesis (EM)	1994
13	Mahesh Kolli, M. S. Thesis (ME)	1994
14	Jerry Thoman, M. S. Thesis (ME)	1995
15	Prabhakar Donthireddy, M. S. Thesis (ME)	1995
16	Sharad Varadarajan, M. S. Thesis (ME)	1996
17	Sri Prakash Navaneetham, M. S. Thesis (ME)	1996
18	Christopher S. Smyser, M. S. Thesis (ME)	1996
19	Yuping Jiang, Ph. D. Dissertation(ME)	1996
20	Farhad Akhavan, Ph.D. Dissertation (EE)	1998
21	Chuanqing Jiang, M. S. Thesis (EM)	1998
22	Rajesh K. Krishnamoorthy, M. S. Thesis (CE)	1998
23	Manish T. Valoor, M. S. Thesis (ME)	1998
24	Charles S. Sloan, M. S. Thesis	1998
25	Minjie Xu, M. S. Thesis (ME)	1999
26	Abha Lunia, M. S. Thesis (ME)	1999
27	Nicholas Berring, M. S. Thesis (ME)	2000
28	Prakash Kumar, M. S. Thesis (ME)	2000
29	James Castle, M. S. Thesis (ME)	2001
30	Jiang Zhu, Ph. D. Dissertation (ME)	2002
31	Yuelin Shen, Ph. D. Dissertation (ME)	2002
32	Arun Garg, M. S. Thesis (ME)	2002
33	Timothy Moran, M. S. Thesis (AE)	2002
34	Saikrishna Sundararaman, M. S. Thesis (ME)	2002
35	Guiyong Song, Ph. D. Dissertation (ME)	2004
36	Rupali Yadav, M. S. Thesis (ME)	2005
37	Guanghui Liang, Ph.D. Dissertation (ME)	2005
38	Saikrishna Sundararaman, Ph. D. Dissertation (ME)	2005
39	Ahamed Shabeer, Ph. D. Dissertation (ME)	2005
40	Vishnu T. Guntupalli, M. S. Thesis (ME)	2007
41	Girish Menta, M. S. Thesis (ME)	2007
42	Rama Vuppalapati, M. S. Thesis (ME)	2007
43	Josef Seale, M. S. Thesis (AE)	2007
44	Jason Gallagher, M. S. Thesis (AE)	2008
45	Jianbing Hu, Ph. D. Dissertation (ME)	2008
46	Prathyush BheemReddy, M. S. Thesis (ME)	2010
47	Rama Butukuri, M. S. Thesis (ME)	2011
48	Jian Chen, Ph. D. Dissertation (ME)	2011
49	Venkatagireesh Menta, Ph. D. Dissertation (ME)	2011
50	Rama Vuppalapati, Ph. D. Dissertation (ME)	2012
51	Nathaniel Richie, M. S. Thesis (ME)	2011
52	Nathan Roe, M. S. Thesis (ME)	2011
53	Sriram Nagarajan, M.S. Thesis (ME)	2012
54	Stephen Hawkins, M.S. Thesis (ME)	2012
55	James Robert Nicholas, M.S. Thesis (ME)	2013
56	Sudharshan Anandan, M.S. Thesis (ME)	2013
57	Haifeng Li, Ph. D. Dissertation (ME)	2014
58	Venkata Bheemreddy, Ph. D. Dissertation (ME)	2014
59	Abdulaziz M. Abutunis, M.S. Thesis (ME)	2014
60	Mohaned Mohamed, Ph. D. Dissertation (ME)	2014
61	Gregory Allen Taylor, M.S. Thesis (AE)	2014
62	Abdulaziz M. Abutunis, M.S. Thesis (ME)	2014
63	Robert Raymond Meinders, M.S. Thesis (AE)	2015
64	Zhen Huo, Ph. D. Dissertation (ME)	2016
65	James Nicholas, Ph. D. Dissertation (ME)	2016
66	Sudharshan Anandan, Ph. D. Dissertation (ME)	2018
67	Xin Wang, Ph. D. Dissertation (ME)	2018
68	Rafid Hussein, Ph. D. Dissertation (ME)	2018
69	Gurjot S. Dhaliwal, Ph. D. Dissertation (ME)	2018
70	Gregory Allen Taylor, Ph. D. Dissertation (AE) 2018	2018
71	Sivasai K. Dasari, M.S. Thesis (ME)	2019
72	Manojkumarreddy Rangapuram, M.S. Thesis (ME)	2019
73	Abdulaziz M. Abutunis, Ph. D. Dissertation (ME) 2019	2019
74	David Murphy, M.S. Thesis (ME)	2020
75	Mokhtar Fal, Ph. D. Dissertation (ME) 2020	2020
76	Robert Raymond Meinders, Ph. D. Dissertation (AE) 2020	2020
77	Shouvik Ganguly, Ph. D. Dissertation (ME)	(In Progress)
78	Okanmisope A. Fashanu, Ph.D. Dissertation (ME)	(In Progress)
79	Sivasai K. Dasari, Ph.D. Dissertation (ME)	(In Progress)
80	Manojkumarreddy Rangapuram, Ph.D. Dissertation (ME)	(In Progress)
81	Cody Bivens, M.S. Thesis (AE)	(In Progress)

1	David Neely (BSME)	2005
2	Benjamin Hobbs (BSME)	2006
3	Matthew Brown (BSME)	2007
4	Justin Kolker (BSME)	2007
5	John Oster (BSME)	2009
6	Alyssa Packard (BSME)	2011
7	Michelle Gegel (BSME)	2014
8	David Murphy (BSME)	2017
9	Alexander D. Wood, BSAE	2020
10	Dillon Ruble, BSAE	2020