Kaushik Bhattacharya
Howell N. Tyson, Sr., Professor of Mechanics and Materials Science; Vice Provost
B.Tech., Indian Institute of Technology, 1986; Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1991. Assistant Professor, Caltech, 1993-99; Associate Professor, 1999-2000; Professor, 2000-10; Tyson, Sr., Professor, 2010-; Executive Officer, 2007-16; Vice Provost, 2016-.
Research interests: mechanics of materials, continuum mechanics, active materials, shape-memory alloys, heterogeneous materials, density functional theory
Overview
Professor Bhattacharya studies the mechanical behavior of solids, and specifically uses theory to guide the development of new materials. Current research concerns three broad areas: (i) Active materials such as shape-memory alloys, ferroelectrics and liquid crystal elastomers, (ii) Heterogeneous materials and designing unprecedented properties by exploiting heterogeneities, (iii) Coarse-grained density functional theory to understand defects in solids.
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- Scherer, Jean-Michel;Ramesh, Mythreyi et al. (2025) Grain-size dependence of plastic-brittle transgranular fractureJournal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids
- Sanagala, Sathvik;Bhattacharya, Kaushik (2025) Artificial sunflower: Light-induced deformation of photoactive shellsExtreme Mechanics Letters
- Nieto-Fuentes, Juan Carlos;Wihardja, Adeline et al. (2025) A new drop weight tensile testing system for soft matter at intermediate strain ratesEuropean Journal of Mechanics - A/Solids
- Shabani, Jamal;Bhattacharya, Kaushik et al. (2025) Systematic Design of Compliant Morphing Structures: A Phase-Field ApproachApplied Mathematics and Optimization
- Maghsoodi, Neda;Bhattacharya, Kaushik (2024) Optical penetration depth and periodic motion of a photomechanical stripExtreme Mechanics Letters
- Zhang, Yupeng;Bhattacharya, Kaushik (2024) Iterated learning and multiscale modeling of history-dependent architectured metamaterialsMechanics of Materials
- Karimi, Mina;Bhattacharya, Kaushik (2024) Accelerated computational micromechanics for solute transport in porous mediaComputer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering
- Bhattacharya, Kaushik;Gavini, Vikram et al. (2023) Accurate Approximations of Density Functional Theory for Large Systems with Applications to Defects in Crystalline Solids
- Cravero Baraja, Maximo;Bhattacharya, Kaushik (2023) Learning the effective adhesive properties of heterogeneous substratesExtreme Mechanics Letters
- Maghsoodi, Ameneh;Saed, Mohand O. et al. (2023) Softening of the Hertz indentation contact in nematic elastomersExtreme Mechanics Letters
Related Courses
2023-24
AM/ACM 127 – Calculus of Variations
Ae/Ge/ME 160 ab – Continuum Mechanics of Fluids and Solids
2022-23
AM 201 – Advanced Topics in Applied Mechanics
CE 201 – Advanced Topics in Civil Engineering
ME 201 – Advanced Topics in Mechanical Engineering
ME/MS/AM 221 – Effective properties of heterogenous and meta-materials
2021-22
AM/ACM 127 – Calculus of Variations
2020-21
ME/MS/Ae/AM 224 – Multifunctional Materials