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Assistant Professor,

Department of Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics
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Michigan Technological University

Professional Background


​Research Faculty,  Mechanical Engineering,
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech)  2016- 2019.

Research Director, GAiTE LLC, June 2016-  June 2017.
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Academic Background

​ Doctor of Philosophy (Ph. D.), Mechanical Engineering,
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech)             2013-2016.

Dissertation Title: Continual Traveling waves in Finite Structures : Theory, Simulations, and Experiments
Advisor: Prof. Pablo Tarazaga
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Master of Science (M.S.), Mechanical Engineering,
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech)               2011-2013.

​Thesis Title: Development and Design of Self-Sensing S.M.As using Thermoelectric Effect
Advisor: Prof. Pablo Tarazaga

Bachelor of Technology (B. Tech.), Mining Machinery Engineering,
Indian Institute of Technology (ISM) Dhanbad                                              2007-2011.

My Research Topics 

Awards and Honors

  • Finalist of Best Hardware Paper in ASME 2015 Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures
    and Intelligent Systems (SMASIS), Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA, Sep. 2015.

  • Nominated for Graduate student of the year 2014 One of the few nominated graduate students for
    the Graduate student of the year award.

  • Finalist of Best Hardware Paper in ASME 2014 Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures
    and Intelligent Systems (SMASIS), Newport, Rhode Island, USA, Sep. 2014. (Cash award $250).

  • Recipient of ASME Virginia Tech Memorial scholarship, July 2014. (Cash award $4000).
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  • Semi finalist of D-Strut Innovation Challenge, A contest for alternative applications of D-Strut technology, a product of Honeywell, Jan. 2014. (Cash award $1000).

  • Royster Best Poster Award in Fall-2013 Meeting of Acoustical Society of America’s North Carolina Chapter, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA, Nov. 2013. (Cash award $2500).

  • Best Paper Award in Modeling, Simulation and Control of Adaptive Systems symposium, ASME 2013 Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems (SMASIS), Salt Lake, Utah, USA, Sep. 2013. (Cash award $250).

  • Best Paper Award in Soft-Computing session, IEEE International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Computing Research, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India, Dec 2010.

  • Second ranker (2nd in the class) of the Mining Machinery Engineering class of 2007-2011.

Contact Info

CONTACT

Vibrations, Adaptive Structures and Testing Lab

Mechanical Engineering Dept, Virginia Tech 
149  Durham Hall, 1145-Perry St
Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA-24061.

​Email: sriram@vt.edu

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