研究生“连续介质力学与塑性力学“系列讲座通知

为切实提高研究生培养质量，机械工程学院邀请了国外知名教授来访并举办研究生课程系列讲座。现通知本次研究生课程讲座相关信息如下。

题 目：连续介质力学与塑性力学

报告人：Vikas Prakash

时 间：第17周周四、周五（6月24日、25日）14：00—17：00

第18周周一、周二、周四（6月28日、29日、7月1日）

14：00-17：00

地 点：25教B303

要求2009级力学学科全体硕士研究生必须参加，并欢迎其它年级的博、硕士研究生及青年教师积极参与。

研究生教育办公室

2010年6月10日

【附】Vikas Prakash教授简介

Vikas Prakash received his PhD in Engineering in 1993 from Brown University with Prof. Rodney J. Clifton as his dissertation advisor. He joined the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the Case Western Reserve University in 1993 as the Warren E. Rupp Distinguished Assistant Professor of Science and Engineering, and attained the rank of a Professor in 2004. His research interests are in the area of Mechanics of Materials, with an emphasis on developing experimental methods to advance the basic understanding of deformation, flow, slip and failure in advanced engineering materials and geo-materials on a micro/nano-second time-scale and/or micro/nano-meter length scales. A recent thrust of his research has been in the area of renewable energy with an emphasis on understanding thermal transport in individual nanostructures, nanostructured interfaces, waste-heat harvesting, and also mechanics of smart wind blades. He is an author of over 150 technical articles in journal and conference proceedings. He was elected Fellow of the ASME in 2007. In 2004 he has been invited participant to the Frontiers of Engineering organized by the National Academy of Engineering. He has served on the editorial board of the International Journal of Experimental Mechanics as an Associate Technical Editor. At CWRU, he has served as the Chair of the Case School of Engineering (CSE) Executive Committee from 2007-2008, Chair of the CSE Strategic Academic Plan Committee 2007-2009, and Member of the CSE Strategic Academic Plan Implementation Committee 2008-present. In 2010 he was a member of the CWRU delegation to China to Tianjin University and Tsinghua University to explore opportunities for international collaboration. He currently serves as a member on the Case School of Engineering Dean’s Research Council. He has been particularly active with the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and currently serves on the Executive Committee of the ASME Materials Division as the Chair of the Honors and Award Committee; as an elected member-at-large and representative of the ASME’s Basic Engineering Group Operating Board (BEGOB) on the ASME Conference Planning Committee; and as the Chair of the Nanoengineering Council, ASME Nanotechnology Institute. He is line to serve as the Chair of the Executive Committee ASME Materials Division in 2012. He is one of the three founding members of the Technical Division on “Dynamic Behavior of Materials” for the Society of Experimental Mechanics (SEM). He has been invited to serve on several national and international peer-review proposal panels for various funding agencies including the NSF, DOE, NEUP, ARO, NASA, AFOSR, Rhode Island-Department of Transportation, City University of Hong Kong, CZECH Science Foundation, European Science Foundation (ESF), KACST Technology Innovation Centers, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the ISTC Moscow. During 2008 and 2009 he was invited to serve as the Panel Chair for research proposals submitted to the World Class University (WCU) Program of the Korean Science and Engineering Foundation (KOSEF). He has served as a consultant to ALCOA, Impact Ceramics, and the Army Research Laboratory, Aberdeen Proving Grounds, MD. The sponsors of his research have been the NSF, ONR, DARPA, NASA, ARO, ARL, AFOSR, USGS, SCEC, OBR, British Petroleum, GE, Pratt and Whitney, and ALCOA.