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Rajesh Kitey
PhD (Auburn University, Auburn AL, USA)
Associate Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering
Research Interest
Solid Mechanics, Fracture Mechanics, Experimental Stress Analysis, Optical Metrology, Mechanics of Thin Films, Composite Materials, Finite Element and Boundary Element Methods
Education
PhD (Mechanical Engineering), Auburn University, Auburn AL USA,2006
M.Tech (Aerospace Engineering), IIT Kanpur, 1999
Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Science, Pt. RavishankerShukla University Bhilai, 1995
B.E.( Mechanical Engineering), Maulana Azad National Institute ofTechnology, Bhopal, 1994
Teaching Area
Solid mechanics
Finite Element Method
Composite Materials
Aerospace Structures
Experiments in Structures
Selected Publications
Dynamic mechanical behavior of epoxy variant sandwich structures, N. Rajesh and R. Kitey, 3rd Asian Conference on Mechanics of Functional Materials and Structures (ACMFMS), Dec 2012, IIT Delhi, India.
A hybrid experimental/numerical approach to characterize interfacial adhesion in multilayer low-k thin film specimens, R. Kitey, N. R. Sottos and P. H. Geubelle, Thin Solid Films, 2010, V. 519, P. 337-344
Mixed-mode interfacial adhesive strength of a thin film on an anisotropic substrate, R. Kitey, P. H. Geubelle and N. R. Sottos, Journal of Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 2009, V. 57, I. 9, P. 51-66.
Mixed-mode Dynamic Crack growth past a stiff inclusion: Optical investigation of inclusion eccentricity and inclusion-matrix adhesion strength, R. Kitey and H. V. Tippur, Experimental Mechanics, 2008, V. 48, I. 1, P. 37-53.
Role of particle size and filler-matrix adhesion on dynamic fracture of glass-filled epoxy: II. Linkage between macro- and micromeasurements, R. Kitey and H. V. Tippur, ActaMaterialia, 2005,V. 53, P. 1167-1178.
Awards & Fellowships
Sigma-Xi Carolyn Taylor Carr outstanding dissertation award 2007
Co-chair, Mechanics of thin films and layered materials, SES 2007 The 44th Annual Technical Meeting of Engineering Science, College station TX (USA)
Bhilai Steel Plant Gandhi Scholarship 1990-1994
National Merit Scholarship 1990