Material deformation and failure at ultra-high strain rates and very high pressures; influence of microstructure on dynamic deformations and dynamic failures, especially shear bands.

Deformation and failure mechanisms in composite materials subjected to dynamic loadings.

High-pressure rheology; rheology of microstructured fluids.

Biomimetics and active materials, especially compliant active materials.

Ph.D., Mechanics of Solids, Brown University, 1987

Sc.M., Applied Mathematics, Brown University, 1987

Sc.M., Mechanics of Solids, Brown University, 1985

B.E., Mechanical Engineering, Bangalore University, 1982

Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering,
The Johns Hopkins University, July 1997 - present

Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering,
The Johns Hopkins University, July 1997- present

Associate Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering,
The Johns Hopkins University, July 1993 - June 1997

Assistant Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering,
The Johns Hopkins University, Aug. 1988 - June 1993

Post-Doctoral Fellow, Ctr. of Excellence for Advanced Materials,
University of California, San Diego, Nov. 1987 - Jul. 1988

William H. Huggins Award for Excellence in Teaching
The Johns Hopkins University May 1995

Best Paper ASME Tribology Division Oct. 1987

Elected Honorary Member Pi Tau Sigma May 1994

Elected Member Sigma Xi May 1986

Ramesh, K.T., & Coates, R.S., "Microstructural Influences on the Viscoplastic Response of Tungsten Heavy Alloys," Metallurgical Transactions A, Vol. 23A, pp. 2625-2630, 1992.

Feng, R., & Ramesh, K.T., "The Rheology of Lubricants at High Shear Rates," Journal of Tribology, Transactions of the ASME, Vol. 115, pp. 640 ­p;649, 1993.

Feng, R., & Ramesh, K.T., "On the Compressibility of Elastohydrodynamic Lubricants," Journal of Tribology, Vol. 115, pp. 557-559, 1993.

Ramesh, K.T., "On the Localization of Shearing Deformations in a Tungsten Heavy Alloy," Mechanics of Materials, Vol. 17, pp. 165-173, 1994.

Chichili, D.R., & Ramesh, K.T., "Dynamic Failure Mechanisms in a 6061-T6 Al/Al2O3 Metal-Matrix Composite," International Journal of Solids and Structures, Vol. 32, No. 17/18, pp. 2609-2626, 1995.

Yadav, S., Chichili, D.R., & Ramesh, K.T., "The Mechanical Properties of a 6061-T6 Al/Al2O3 Metal-Matrix Composite at High Rates of Deformation," Acta Metallurgica, pp. 4453-4464, 1995.

Ramesh, K.T., & Kelkar, N., "A Technique for the Continuous Measurement of Projectile Velocities in Plate Impact Experiments," Review of Scientific Instruments, Vol. 66, No. 4, pp. 3034-3036, 1995.

S. Yadav & Ramesh, K.T., "The Mechanical Properties of Tungsten-Based Composites at Very High Strain Rates," Materials Science & Engineering A, Vol. 203, pp. 140-153, 1995.

Y. Zhang & Ramesh, K.T., "The Behavior of an Elastohydrodynamic Lubricant at Moderate Pressures and High Shear Rates," Journal of Tribology, Vol. 118, pp. 162-168, 1996.

Ramesh, K.T., & Narasimhan, S., "Finite Deformations and the Dynamic Measurement of Radial Strains in Compression Kolsky Bar Experiments," International Journal of Solids & Structures, Vol. 33, No. 25, pp. 3723-3738, 1996.

Feng, R., Ramesh, K.T., & Douglas, A.S. "An Analytical and Computational Investigation of High-Rate Rheometry," Journal of Tribology, Vol. 118, No. 3, pp. 601­p;607, 1996.

da Silva, M. & Ramesh, K.T., "The Rate-Dependent Deformations of Porous Pure Iron," to appear in International Journal of Plasticity, 1996.

da Silva, M. & Ramesh, K.T., "The Localization of Deformations in Fully Dense and Porous Ti-6Al-4V," Materials Science & Engineering A, 1997.

Chichili, D.R., Ramesh, K.T. & Hemker, K.J., "The High-Strain-Rate Response of Alpha-Titanium: Experiments, Deformation Mechanisms, and Modeling," Acta Materialia, 1998.

Experimental Techniques in the Dynamics of Deformable Solids, ed. Ramesh, K.T., AMD ­p; Vol. 165, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, New York, 1993.

Yadav, S., Davis, J.A., & Ramesh, K.T., "Damage and Recovery Experiments Using Pressure-Shear Plate Impact," Experimental Techniques in the Dynamics of Deformable Solids, AMD ­p; Vol. 165, pp. 71­p;78, 1993.

Lennon, A.M., Ramesh, K.T., & Hemker, K.J., "Mechanical Properties of Polycrystalline Tungsten," Tungsten & Refractory Metals-3, Metal Powder Industries Federation, Princeton, NJ, pp. 115­p;122, 1995.

American Society of Mechanical Engineers

American Academy of Mechanics

Society of Engineering Science

Society of Rheology

The Metals, Minerals and Materials Society (TMS)

Materials Research Society

Associate Technical Editor, Journal of Applied Mechanics, July 1997 - .

Reviewer, Journal of Applied Mechanics, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology, International Journal of Plasticity, Experimental Mechanics, Mechanics of Materials, Journal of Tribology, Journal of Materials Research, Acta Metallurgica et Materialia, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology, Acta Mechanica, European Journal of Mechanics.

Reviewer, Division of Materials Research, National Science Foundation; Mechanics and Materials Program, National Science Foundation; Materials Science Program, U.S. Army Research Office; Engineering Science Program, U.S. Army Research Office; National Defense Science & Engineering Graduate Fellowships

Recording Secretary, ASME Applied Mechanics Division General Committee, 1992-93; Recording Secretary, ASME Applied Mechanics Division Executive Committee, 1993-94

Technical Committees: Experimental Mechanics Committee, Wave Propagation Committee, ASME Applied Mechanics Division; Joint AMD-MD Committee on Constitutive Equations, ASME Applied Mechanics and Materials Divisions

Symposium Organizer/Chairman/Vice-Chairman, numerous Conference Sessions, for ASME Applied Mechanics Div. & Soc. Eng. Science.

Conference Organizer and Chair, 1996 ASME Mechanics & Materials Conference; held at Johns Hopkins June 12-14, 1996: an international conference (640 participants) that brought together most of the best scientists and engineers in the field.