S. Gopalakrishnan
Professor
Structures & Materials
krishnan@iisc.ac.in
AE126
Education
- Ph.D. (Aeronautics & Astronautics) Purdue University USA
- M.Tech (Engineering Mechanics) Indian Institute of Technology Madras
- B.E (Civil Engineering) U V C E, Bangalore University
Work Experience
- Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India. June 2007-Present
- Associate Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India. November 2003 – June 2007
- Assistant Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India. November 1997 – November 2003
- Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India. November 1995 – November 1997
- Senior Research Analyst, Dynamics Group, Engineering Mechanics Research Corporation, Bangalore, India. October 1994 – November 1995.
- Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A. May 1993 – July 1994.
- Research Assistant, Teaching Assistant, and David Ross Fellow, School of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Purdue University, W. Lafayette, Indiana, U.S.A. August 1989-March 1993
- Teaching Assistant, Department of Engineering Mechanics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA. August 1988 – August 1989.
- Scientist-B, Structural Sciences Division, National Aerospace Laboratories, Bangalore, India. June 1987-August 1988.
Research Interests
- Wave Propagation
- Structural Dynamics
- Structural Health Monitoring
- Computational mechanics
- Nanostructures and MEMS
- Smart Structures