Subramanian Ramakrishnan

Professional Experience:

• Associate Professor (tenured) (UMD- from Fall 2020)
• Assistant Professor (UMD - Fall 2014 - Fall 2020)
• Research Assistant Professor (Center for Nonlinear Dynamics and Control, Villanova University, 2011-14)
• Senior Research Associate (University of Cincinnati, 2009-11)
• Research Associate (University of Maryland - College Park, 2008-09)
• Project Specialist (Marine Computation Systems Inc., Houston TX, 2002-04)

Education:

• Ph.D., Rutgers University (2004-2007, Dean's Graduate Fellow)
• M.S.E., Johns Hopkins University (1999-2001)
• M.Sc., University of Calgary (1996-99)
• B.Tech., Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala, India (1992)

Research

• Stochastic Dynamics and Control of Epidemics
• Bio–Inspired Swarm Robotics
• Soft Robotics
• Dynamics of NEMS
• Vibration Energy Harvesting
• Energy Localization in Nonlinear Lattices
• Modeling and Analysis of Human Brain EEG

Selected Awards and Honors

• Single Semester Research Leave Award, Swenson College of Science and Engineering, University of Minnesota Duluth, Fall 2019. One out of four yearly Awards by the College based on competitive research proposals.
• Travel Grant Award, Swenson College of Science and Engineering, University of Minnesota Duluth, Fall 2019. Competitive Award from the College for presentation at the International Probabilistic Workshop, Edinburgh UK Sep 2019.
• Travel Grant Award, Office of Academic Affairs, University of Minnesota Duluth, Spring 2019. One out of four competitive Awards from the UMD "Getting External Grants: Early Career Faculty" Initiative based on research profile and vision statement.
• International Travel Grant Award, University of Minnesota, Summer 2017. Competitive Award from the University of Minnesota System for presentation at the European Nonlinear Oscillations Conference, Budapest Hungary June 2017.
• Invited Participant, NSF Workshop on Vibration Energy Transfer and Dissipation, National Science Foundation, Arlington VA, May 2015.
• Dean’s Graduate Fellowship Award, School of Engineering, Rutgers University, Fall 2004.
• Outstanding Paper Award, International Institute for Advanced Studies in Systems Research, Informatics and Cybernetics, IIAS’99, Baden –Baden, Germany, Aug. 1999.