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Faculty Experts - Sridhar Santhanam, Ph.D.

Sridhar Santhanam, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Villanova University College of Engineering

Area of Expertise:

Materials Science
Solid Mechanics and Design
Continuum Mechanics
Smart Materials
Fracture Mechanics
Electron Microscopy

Summary

Developing smart materials - metals, alloys and composites that can be reconstituted to improve strength, safety or design - is an area of special interest for Dr. Santhanam. His research probes the properties of materials at the micro or nano-structure level with a particular interest in shape-memory and fracture mechanics. Santhanam can provide background and analysis of mechanical failures in products and systems such as the 2006 Boston "Big Dig" tunnel tragedy in which an overhead concrete panel fell, killing a motorist. Structural failures in aircraft are another area to which Santhanam may be able to speak.

Education

Ph.D., Arizona State University
M.S.M.E., Arizona State University
B.Tech., I.I.T. Madras, India

Selected Publications

Karkamkar, N., Bose, B., Santhanam, S., and McLaughlin, P.V.,"The Use of Interlayers in Modeling Interface Crack Propagation," Engineering Fracture Mechanics, Vol. 75, Issue 18, pp 5087-5100, 2008.
Pasupuleti, S., Peddetti, R., Santhanam, S., Jen, K.P., Halloran, J., Hecht, M., and Wing, Z., "The Effect of Nano-Sized Sintering Aids on Toughening Behavior of Silicon Nitride, "Journal of Materials Science, Vol. 43, pp 2799-2805, April 2008.
Santhanam, S., "A Method to Extract Interface Stress Intensity Factors for Bimaterial Problems Using Interlayers, " International Journal of Fracture, Vol. 135, pp 137-159, 2005.

Selected Professional Experience

Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Villanova University
Visiting Assistant Professor of Microbiology, Miami University
Assistant Scientist, Mechanical Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.

Selected Research

Mesoporous Silicon Carbide for Catalyst Applications, 2007-2008, DOE SBIR Grant with EverNuTechnology LLC
Pasupuleti, S., Peddetti, R., Santhanam, S., Jen, K.P., Halloran, J., Hecht, M., and Wing, Z., The Effect of Nano-Sized Sintering Aids on Toughening Behavior of Silicon Nitride, Journal of Materials Science, Vol. 43, pp 2799-2805, April 2008.
Santhanam, S., A Method to Extract Interface Stress Intensity Factors for Bimaterial Problems Using Interlayers, International Journal of Fracture, Vol. 135, pp 137-159, 2005.

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