Prof. K. Ramesh, IIT

K.Ramesh, FNAE
K Mahesh Chair Professor
Address:
Office Location-MSB224
Department of Applied Mechanics
Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
Chennai, India-600 036
91-44-22574058/4050/5072 (O)
Fax:91-44-22574052
kramesh[at]iitm[.]ac[.]in
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Areas of Interest:

Computer Applications in Experimental Mechanics
Digital Photoelasticity
Fracture Mechanics
Composite Materials
Educational Technology

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Prof K. Ramesh joined IIT Madras in 2000 and is currently the K Mahesh Chair Professor at the Department of Applied Mechanics, IIT Madras; as its Chairman during (2005-2009) and formerly a Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Kanpur. He received his undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Regional Engineering College, Trichy (1982), Postgraduate degree from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (1984) and the Doctoral Degree from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (1988).

Received the 2023 M M Frocht award of Siociety for Experimental Mechanics (SEM), USA for outstanding contributions as an educator in the field of Experimental Mechanics.https://sem.org/awardsfrocht
Received the 2012 Zandman Award of Society for Experimental Mechanics (SEM) for Outstanding contributions in the Application of Photoelastic Coatings.https://sem.org/zandman-award/
Distinguished Alumnus Award for Academic Excellence, National Institute of Technology, Trichy, 2008.
Elected Fellow of The Indian National Academy of Engineering, 2006.
Received the President of India Cash Prize, 1984
Contributed a paper through invitation in the Golden Jubilee issue of the Journal of Strain Analysis for Engineering Design, 2015.
Guest edited a Special Section on Digital Photoelasticity : Advancements and Applications, 2015, in SPIE Journal of Optical Engineering.http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.54.8.081201
Contributed a chapter on Photoelasticity by invitation in the Springer Handbook of Experimental Solid Mechanics (2009) Published by SEM and Springer, Edited by W. N. Sharpe, Department of Mechanical Engineering, John Hopkins University, USA.
Guest edited a Special Issue of Optics and Lasers in Engineering on Digital Photoelasticity, 38 (1-2): 1-2 JUL-AUG 2002
Member of the Editorial Boards of the International Journals: Strain (since 2001), Journal of Strain Analysis for Engineering Design (2009-10), Optics and Lasers in Engineering, and Steering committee member of Asian Society for Experimental Mechanics since its inception in 2000

Tarkes Dora, Anh-Tuan, K. Ramesh, P. Mahajan, Gang Liu and Olaf Dambon, “Birefringence Measurement for Validation of Simulation of Precision Glass Molding”, J. Am. Ceram. Soc., 2017, DOI: 10.1111/jace.15010.
Vivek Ramakrishnan, Ramesh K, “Scanning schemes in white light Photoelasticity – Part II: Novel fringe resolution guided scanning scheme”, Optics and Lasers in Engineering, 92 , 141–149, 2017, DOI: 10.1016/j.optlaseng.2016.05.010

Ramesh K, Vivek Ramakrishnan, “Digital photoelasticity of glass: A comprehensive review”, Optics and Lasers in Engineering, 87, 59-74, 2016, DOI: 10.1016/j.optlaseng.2016.03.017
K. Ramesh, M.P. Hariprasad, S. Bhuvanewari, “Digital photoelastic analysis applied to implant dentistry”, Optics and Lasers in Engineering, 87, 204-213, 2016, DOI: 10.1016/j.optlaseng.2016.03.022
D. Swain, J. Philip, S. A. Pillai, K. Ramesh, “A Revisit to the Frozen Stress Phenomena in Photoelasticity”, Experimental Mechanics, 56, 903–917, 2016 DOI 10.1007/s11340-016-0134-5
Tarkes Dora, K. Ramesh, P. Mahajan, and S. Vengadesan, “Numerical Modeling of Cooling Stage of Glass Molding Process Assisted by CFD and Measurement of Residual Birefringence”, J. Am. Ceram. Soc., 99(2), 470-483, 2016, DOI: 10.1111/jace.14000.
K. Ramesh, Vivek Ramakrishnan, C. Ramya, “New initiatives in single-colour image-based fringe order estimation in digital photoelasticity”, Journal of Strain Analysis for Engineering Design, 50, 488-504, 2015. DOI: 10.1177/0309324715600044
K.R. Madhu, R. G. R. Prasath and K. Ramesh, "Colour Adaptation in Three Fringe Photoelasticity", Experimental Mechanics, 47, 271-276, 2007.
M. Ramji, V.Y. Gadre and K. Ramesh, “Comparative study of evaluation of primary isoclinic data by various spatial domain methods in digital photoelasticity”, J. Strain Analysis for Engng. Des., 41(5), 333-348, 2006.
P.R.D. Karthick Babu and K. Ramesh, “Development of photoelastic fringe plotting scheme from 3D FE results”, Comm. Num. Meth. in Engng., 22(7), 809-821, 2006.
M. Ravichandran and K. Ramesh, "Determination of Stress Field parameters for an interface crack in a bi-material by digital photoelasticity”, The Journal of Strain Analysis for Engineering Design, 40 (4), 2005, 327-343.
K. Ramesh, M. A. Kumar and S. G. Dhande, "Fusion of digital photoelasticity, rapid prototyping and rapid tooling technologies", Experimental Techniques, 23(2), 36-38, 1999.
K. Ramesh, "PHOTOSOFT_H : a comprehensive photoelasticity simulation module to teach the technique of photoelasticity", International Journal of Mechanical Engineering Education, 25(4), 306-324, 1997.
K. Ramesh and Sanjeev S. Deshmukh, "Three-fringe photoelasticity - use of colour image processing hardware to automate ordering of isochromatic fringes", Strain, 32, 79-86, 1996.

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