Nikhil Karanjgaokar
Education
Ph. D. Mechanical Engineering University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Il. 2013
M. S. Mechanical Engineering Carnegie Mellon University, PA. 2007
B. Tech. Mechanical Engineering National Institute of Technology Calicut, India. 2006
Work Experience
- Associate Professor 2023- Current
Aerospace Engineering Department, Worcester Polytechnic Institute. - Assistant Professor 2015- 2023
Aerospace Engineering Department, Worcester Polytechnic Institute. - Post-Doctoral Research Associate 2013-2015
Graduate Aerospace Laboratories of the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena CA.
Research Interests
- Experimental mechanics at micro/nano-scale
- Temperature and rate dependent mechanics of nanostructured materials
- Dynamic response and flow of granular media
- Mechanics and damage of inhomogeneous materials
- Optical measurement techniques
Awards and Honors
- James Nichols Heald Research Awards in FY ’20
- Excellence in Research in Mechanical Engineering 2019
- Recipient of NSF Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER), 2019
Professional Society Memberships
• Member, Society of Experimental Mechanics (SEM)
• Member, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
• Member, Society of Engineering Sciences (SES)
• Member, Material Research Society (MRS)