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Prof. Vikram Sudhir Deshpande
Vikram Deshpande is an engineer who has made significant contributions in fields ranging from the design of micro-architectured materials to modelling soft and active materials. His innovations have helped define the modern frontiers of solid mechanics.
- Invention of a new class of architected materials for diverse applications including lightweight structures, energy absorption and shock mitigation
- Development of theories to exploit fluid-structure interaction effects to enhance the blast resistance of land and sea vehicles
- Creation of computational tools for interrogating the high-temperature performance of alloys used in engines
- Unravelling the role of entropic forces in mechano-transduction within living cells
- Analysing the failure of solid electrolyte lithium ion batteries
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Solids
Micro-architected solids
Micro-architectured solids are an emerging new class of engineering materials, ranging from gyroid foams on the nanoscale to 3D composites at the micron scale and above.