Sudhakar E. Nair

Education

Ph.D. Applied Mechanics, University of California, San-Diego, 1974
M.E. Aeronautics, Indian Institute of Science, India, 1969
B.Sc. Mechanical Engineering, University of Kerala, India, 1967

Research Interests

Analysis of elastic and inelastic structures, micro-mechanics of composites, wave propagation in anisotropic materials, moving boundary problems of the Stefan type, dynamics of cables, wave propagation in elastic media, wavelet applications for partial differential equations

Professional Affiliations & Memberships

• Associate Fellow, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
• Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers
• Member, American Society for Engineering Education
• Member, American Academy of Mechanics
• Tau Beta Pi
• Sigma Xi

Awards

• Associate Fellow, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
• MMAE Department Barnett Award for Excellence in Teaching
• Fellow, American Society for Mechanical Engineering
• Barnett Award for excellence in teaching
• Junior Fellow, National Aero. Lab of India, 1969
• Listed in "Who is Who in Aerospace and Aviation"
• Listed in "Who is Who in the World"
• Listed in "Who is Who in Education"

Publications

Google Scholar Citations

• Khounsary, A., et al. (2017). Development of a Multilayer Monochromator System for the BioCAT Beamline. Advances in X-Ray/EUV Optics and Components XI, Vol. 9963.
• Nair, S., & Sotiropoulas, D. A. (2016). Scattering of Rayleigh Waves by Sinusoidal Undulations on the Surface of an Incompressible Monoclinic Elastic Solid. Chaotic Modeling and Simulation, 4, 413-423.
• Daniel Fernández Caballero, Víctor Rodríguez de la Cruz, J. Manuel Munoz-Guijosa, Sudhakar Nair, Influence of skin wrinkles and resin insertions in maximum stress of transitions of pure  bending sandwich beams Science and Engineering of Composite Materials, 22, No. 4, pp. 449-457, 2015.
• Daniel Fernández Caballero, Víctor Rodríguez de la Cruz, J. Manuel Munoz-Guijosa, Sudhakar Nair, Ends of sandwich beams subjected to pure bending. Analysis and Design, Journal of Sandwich Structures and Materials, 15, No. 5, pp. 509-522, 2013
• Nair, S. (2011). The Tao Solution for the Stefan Problem: An Alternate Derivation, in Doing Physics: A Festschrift for Thomas Erber, Edited by Porter Johnson, IIT Press.
• Ayyagari, R., & Nair, S. (2009). Scattering of P-polarized Evanescent Waves by a Spherical Dielectric Particle. J. Optical Soc. America B, 26(11) 2054-2058.
• Khakpour, Y., Bardakji, S., & Nair, S. (2007). Aerodynamic Performance of Wind Turbine Blades in Dusty Environments. ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE2007), 20071111-15, Seattle, WA.
• Dursunkaya, Z., & Nair, S. (2006). Accuracy of the Two Iteration Spectral Method for Phase Change Problems. J. Applied Mathematical Modeling, 30, 1515-1524.
• Al-Qassab, M., & Nair, S. (2004). Wavelet-Galerkin Method for the Free Vibrations of an Elastic Cable Carrying an Attached Mass, J. Sound and Vibration, 270, 191-206.
• Li, Y., Khounsary, A., & Nair, S. (2004). How and Why Side Cooling of High-heat-load Optics Works. SPIE Proceedings, 5533, 157-162.
• Li, Y., Khounsary, A., & Nair, S. (2004). Cooled Mirror for Double Undulator Beamline. SPIE Proceedings, 5193, 204-210.
• Li, Y., Sciammarella, F. M., Sciammarella, C. A., & Nair, S. (2004). A Micromechanical Model of the Damage of Particulate Composites with Rubber Matrix. 12th Int. Conf. Experimental Mechanics, Bari, Italy.
• Gosz, M., Okyar, A. F., & Nair, S. (2003). A Crack Driving Force Criterion for the Prediction of Interface Crack Kinking in Thin-film Composites. J. Interface Science, 11(3), 329-338.
• Dursunkaya, Z., & Nair, S. (2003). Solidification of a Finite Medium Subject to a Periodic Variation of Boundary Temperature. J. Appl. Mech., 70(5), 633-637.
• Al-Qassab, M., Nair, S., & O'Leary, J. (2003). Dynamics of an Elastic Cable Carrying a Moving Mass Particle. Nonlinear Dynamics, 33(1), 11-32.
• The Tao Solution for the Stefan Problem: An Alternate Derivation, "Doing Physics." A Festschrift for Thomas Erver, pp. 97-104, 2010.
• Scattering of P-polarized evanescent waves by a spherical dielectric particle, with R. Ayyagari. J. Optical Society of America, B, Vol. 26 Issue 11, pp. 2054-2058, 2009.
• Aerodynamic Performance of Wind Turbine Blades in Dusty Environments, with Y. Khakpour, S. Bardakji, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition. 20071111-15; Seattle WA, 2007.
• Accuracy of the two iteration spectral method for phase change problems, with Z. Dursunkaya, J. Applied Mathematical Modeling 20, pp. 1515-1524, 2006.
• Wavelet-Galerkin Method for the Free Vibrations of an Elastic Cable, with M. Al-Qassab, ASCE J. Engineering Mechanics. Vol. 129, No.3, pp. 350-357,2003.
• Solidification of a Finite Medium Subject to a Periodic Variation of Boundary Temperature, with Z. Dursunkaya, J. Appl. Mech., Vol. 70, No. 5, pp. 633-637, 2003.
• A Crack Driving Force Criterion for the Prediction of Interface Crack Kinking in Thin-film Composites, with M. Gosz and A. F. Okyar, J. Interface Science, Vol. 11, No. 3, pp. 329-338 , 2003.
• Dynamics of an Elastic Cable Carrying a Moving Mass Particle, with M. Al-Qassab and J. O'Leary, Nonlinear Dynamics, Vol. 33 No. 1, pp. 11-32, 2003.
• Cooled Mirror for a Double Undulator Beam Line, with Y. Li, A. Khounsary, and J. Maser, SPIE.

Books

Mechanics of Aero-structures, Cambridge University Press, 2015.

Advanced Topics in Applied Mathematics, Cambridge University Press, 2011.

Introduction to Continuum Mechanics, Cambridge University Press, 2009.

Elastic Waves for the Characterization of Materials (editor), special edition of Mechanics of Materials, 31, 1999.   

Professional Activities

Selected List of Departmental, Institutional, and Professional Service

• Associate Chair, MMAE Dept., 2014-2015
• Member, Faculty Council, 2016-present
• Member, Graduate Studies Committee, Illinois Tech, 2016-present
• Chair, Graduate Studies Committee, Illinois Tech, 2003-2012

Expertise

• Solid Mechanics, Elastic and Inelastic Behavior of Materials, Applied Mathematics, Moving Boundary Problems, Wave Propagation in Anisotropic Media.

Additional Info

Selected Courses Taught

• Statics
• Dynamics
• Engineering Analysis II
• Introduction to Continuum Mechanics
• Mechanics of Aero-structures
• Mechanics of Solids I
• Mechanics of Solids II