Sridhar Idapalapati

Associate Professor School of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering at Nanyang Technological University

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  • Nanyang Technological University

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Nanyang Technological University

Education

  • PhD University of Cambridge 1999
  • MTech Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur 1994
  • BTech(Dist) Jawaharlal Nehru Technological Univ 1991

Assoc Prof. Sridhar Idapalapati is with the School of Mechanical & Aerospace Engg since June 2001. He received his Bachelor's Degree with Gold Medal in Mechanical Engineering from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University JNTU (India), Master of Technology from IIT Kanpur and Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge (UK) respectively. He was awarded Cambridge Nehru Fellowship and Overseas Research Studentship for PhD studies at University of Cambridge, United Kingdom. His research interests broadly in mechanics of materials including sandwich structures, failure analysis, powder consolidation, composite materials and contact mechanics. He has done significant research work these research areas and published over 66 journal papers and presented over 50 conference presentations.

He has written 7 books chapters. A/Prof. Sridhar had received research funding from MoE AcRF Tier 1, DSO, MINDEF via TL@NTU, Vestas R & D, Maritime Port Authority (MPA) for his research work. He has been a regular reviewer for several international journals including Journal of mechanics & physics of solids, Journal of Composite Materials, Materials Science & Engg (A & B), International Journal of Mechanical sciences, Journal of Materials Research. He supervised dissertation of 7 PhD students as main supervisor and another 4 as co-supervisor and 2 MEng students till 2015. Currently, 6 PhD students are working under his supervision.

A/Prof. Sridhar Idapalapati has good rapport with his students. A/Prof. Sridhar won MAE Teacher of the Year Awards in 2009 and 2010, respectively. He is also the recipient of 2009 Nanyang Award for Excellence in Teaching. He is also the currently Advisor to MAE's unique Leadership Development Programme (LDP) during Aug 2010 to July 2014 and TEDxNTU team. TEDxNTU team had received Nanyang Award for team work in 2012. He is a member of University Senate (2012-16) and contributed to it as a member of sub-committee on Policy Matters.

Research Interests

  • Mechanics of Materials
  • Failure Ananlysis
  • composites consolidation with CNTs
  • Optimal Sandwich Panels design as protective structures
  • Nanoindentation and contact mechanics especially for adhesion
  • Bone fracture fixation

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