EDUCATION:

B. Tech Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India, 1965.

M.E. Machine Design, Indian Institute of Sciences, Bangalore, India, 1967.

Ph.D. Mechanics, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, U.S.A., 1970.

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PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION & SERVICES:

1. Associate Technical Editor of EXPERIMENTAL MECHANICS, an International Archival Journal, March 1987 to
   June 1994.

2. TECHNICAL EDITOR of EXPERIMENTAL MECHANICS, an International Archival Journal, June 1994 to June 1997

3. FELLOW of the Society for Experimental Mechanics, 1996.

4. Member of the Committee of Fellows of the Society for Experimental Mechanics, a three-year term (1996-1999).

5. Member of the Honors Committee of the Society for Experimental Mechanics, a three-year term (1998-2001).

6. Member of the International Advisory Board for the Journal, Experimental Mechanics, a three-year term (1998-2001.

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PATENT:

U.S. Patent No. 5,227,731 Granted July 13, 1993 for METHOD OF CONTINUOUSLY DETERMINING CRACK LENGTH.

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AWARDS AND OTHER RECOGNITION:

1. Best Paper Award for "Measurement of Contact Angle in a Clearance-fit Pin-loaded Hole," published in
   Experimental  Techniques, awarded by the Society for Experimental Mechanics, 1986.

2. Award for "Shear Testing of Composites" published in Polish quarterly, Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, 1987.

3. Certificate of Recognition and Cash Award for the disclosure of an Inventive Contribution entitled, "Conductive
   Gauge for Crack-length Measurement," from NASA, Langley Research Center, 1991.

4. Outstanding Faculty Award, ASME Student Chapter of ODU, 1995.

5. Recognized as a Leader in composites Research and prominently featured in the publication, COMPOSITES IN
    VIRGINIA, prepared for the Commonwealth of Virginia.

7. Member, International Advisory Board, for the Fifth International Conference on Composites Engineering,
    Las Vegas, July 1998.

8. College of Engineering and Technology Research Award, 1999.

9. Selected as a University Nominee for the State Council of Higher Education’s Year 2000 Outstanding Faculty
    Awards Program, October 1999.

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COMPOSITE MATERIALS: FABRICATION/ANALYSIS/TESTING/RESEARCH

 Fabricated a transparent composite with E-glass fibers and polyester resin.

 Developed stress analysis methods for fiber reinforced composites.

 Developed new test specimens for characterizing composites.

 Conducted research in various aspects of composites: tension, flexure, fatigue, fracture, bolted joints, behavior
 of  structural members, etc.

Patent recipient for a composite gage for measuring crack length Ñ composite fabricated from carbon powder and   resin.

Developed a research laboratory for experimental mechanics of composite materials.

In the process of developing test facilities for compression and impact testing of composites.

Developed a graduate course in composite materials, emphasizing the material aspects.

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EXPERIENCE:

Sept. 1967 to Dec. 1970                 Graduate Research Assistant, I.I.T., Chicago

Jan 1971 to Jan. 1972                    Research Associate, I.I.T., Chicago

Jan. 1972 to May 1972                    Instructor, University of Iowa, Iowa City

June 1972 to Dec. 1978                  Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India; promoted to
                                                      full Professor in 1980.

Jan. 1979 to 1985                           Associate Professor, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA

1985 to 1987                                   Professor, Old Dominion University

1987 to present                              Eminent Professor, Old Dominion University

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MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:

Society for Experimental Mechanics

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JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS:

1. Dally, J.W. and Prabhakaran, R., "A Class of Zero-Birefringent Polymers, Experimental Mechanics, Vol. 11, Jan. 1971,
    pp. 26-31.

2. Dally, J.W. and Prabhakaran, R., "Photo-Orthotropic-Elasticity, Part I," Experimental Mechanics, Vol. 11, Aug. 1971,
    pp. 346-352.

3. Dally, J.W. and Prabhakaran, R., "Photo-Orthotropic-Elasticity, Part II," Experimental Mechanics, Vol. 11, Aug. 1971,
    pp. 353-356.

4. Prabhakaran, R. and Dally, J.W., "Application of Photo-orthotropic-elasticity," Journal of Strain Analysis, Vol. 7,
    Oct. 1972, pp. 253-260.

5. Prabhakaran, R., "Photoelastic Analysis of an Orthotropic Ring Under Diametral Compression," AIAA Journal,
   June 1973, pp. 777-778.

6. Prabhakaran, R., "Glass Fibre Reinforced Plastics as Model Materials for Photoelasticity," Reinforced Plastics,
   May 1974, pp. 31-33.

7. Rowlands, R.E., Daniel, I.M., and Prabhakaran, R., "Wave Motion in Anisotropic Media by Dynamic Photomechanics,"
    Experimental Mechanics, Vol. 14, Nov. 1974, pp. 433-439.

8. Prabhakaran, R., "On the Stress-optic Law for Orthotropic Model Materials in Biaxial Stress Fields," Experimental
   Mechanics, Vol. 15, Jan. 1975, pp. 29-34.

9. Prabhakaran, R., "Strain-optic Law for Orthotropic Model Materials," AIAA Journal, June 1975, pp. 723-728.

10. Prabhakaran, R., "Discussion on Fiber-reinforced Birefringent Composite Materials," Experimental Mechanics,
     Vol. 15, June 1975, p. 240.

11. Prabhakaran, R., "Discussion on Strain-optic Law for a Certain Class of Birefringent Composites," Experimental
     Mechanics, Vol. 15, October 1975, p. 392.

12. Prabhakaran, R., "The Interpretation of Isoclinics in Photo-orthotropic-elasticity," Experimental Mechanics, Vol. 16,
     Jan. 1976, pp. 6-10.

13. Prabhakaran, R., "The Measurement of Shear-material-fringe-value in Photo-orthotropic-elasticity," Journal of
     Aeronautical Society of India, Vol. 28, Feb. 1976, pp. 33-38.

14. Prabhakaran, R., "Discussion on the Birefringent Response of a Potential Photoelastic Material with Variable
     Elastic Properties," Experimental Mechanics, Vol. 16, April 1976, p. 151.

15. Prabhakaran, R., "Stress-strain Models for Photo-orthotropic-elasticity," Journal of Aeronautical Society of India,
     Vol.  28, May 1976, pp. 165-169.

16. Chandrasekhara, K., Jacob, K.A., and Prabhakaran, R., "Towards Stress-freezing in Orthotropic Model Materials,"
      Experimental Mechanics, Vol. 17, Aug. 1977, pp. 317-320.

17. Rajamani, A., and Prabhakaran, R., "Dynamic Response of Composite Plates with Cutouts, Part I: Simply Supported
      Plates," Journal of Sound and Vibration, Vol. 54, Oct. 1977, pp. 549-564.

18. Rajamani, A., and Prabhakaran, R., "Dynamic Response of Composite Plates with Cutouts, Part II: Clamped-clamped
     Plates," Journal of Sound and Vibration, Vol. 54, Oct. 1977, pp. 565-576.

19. Prabhakaran, R., and Nair, E.M.S., "Notch Sensitivity of Polymers," Journal of Applied Polymer Science, Vol. 22,
     1978, pp. 3011-3022.

20. Prabhakaran, R., "Application of Brittle Coatings on Orthotropic Materials," Fibre Science and Technology, Vol. 12,
     no. 1, 1979, pp. 11-19.

21. Prabhakaran, R., "On the Application of Brittle Coatings to Graphite Fibre Reinforced Plastics," AIAA Journal,
      Vol. 17, no. 1, 1976, pp. 110-112.

22. Prabhakaran, R., "Tensile Fracture of Composites with Circular Holes," Materials Science and Engineering, Vol. 41,
     1979, pp. 121-125.

23. Prabhakaran, R., "Model Materials for Photo-orthotropic-elasticity," Fibre Science and Technology, Vol. 13, no.1,
     1980, pp. 1-11.

24. Prabhakaran, R., "Separation of Principal Stresses in Photo-orthotropic-elasticity," Fibre Science and Technology,
     Vol. 13, no. 4, 1980, pp. 245-253.

25. Rowlands, R.E., Dudderar, T.D., Prabhakaran, R. and Daniel, I.M., "Holographically Determined Isopachics and
      Isochromatics in the Neighborhood of a Crack in a Glass Composite," Experimental Mechanics, Vol. 20, February
      1980, pp. 53-56.

26. Prabhakaran, R., "Discussion on A Unified Approach to Optical Constitutive Relations," Experimental Mechanics,
     Vol.  20, May 1980, pp. 178-180.

27. Rajamani, A., and Prabhakaran, R., "Response of Composite Plates to Blast Loading," Experimental Mechanics,
     Vol. 20, July 1980, pp. 245-250.

28. Prabhakaran, R., "Fabrication of Birefringent Anisotropic Model Materials," Experimental Mechanics, Vol. 20,
     Sept. 1980, pp. 320-321.

29. Prabhakaran, R., and Nair, E.M.S., "Selection of Matrix Materials for Composites Based on Notch Sensitivity,"
     Transactions of the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering, Vol. 6, 1980-81, pp. 54-56.

30. Prabhakaran, R., "Photoelastic Calibration of Orthotropic Model Materials," Optica Acta, Vol. 27, no. 4, 1980,
     pp. 429-433.

31. Prabhakaran, R., "Comment on Strength Prediction of Composite Laminates with Unloaded Fastener Holes,"
     AIAA  Journal, Nov. 1981, p. 1375.

32. Prabhakaran, R., "On the Characteristic Dimension of Two-parameter Fracture Models," International Journal of
     Fracture, Vol. 17, 1981, pp. R177-R180.

33. Prabhakaran, R., "Discussion on The Relationship Between Tensile Strength and Flexure Strength in
     Fiber-Reinforced Composites," Experimental Mechanics, Vol. 22, 1982, pp. 38-39.

34. Chandra, R., Mallik, A.K., and Prabhakaran, R., "Damping as Measure of Damage in Composites," Journal of the
      Technical Councils of ASCE, Vol. 108, No. TC1, May 1982, pp. 106-111.

35. Prabhakaran, R., "Extension of Oblique Incidence Method to Photo-orthotropic-elasticity," Experimental Mechanics,
     Vol. 22, 1982, pp. 462-467.

36. Prabhakaran, R., "Extension of Hole-drilling Method to Birefringent Composites," Polymer Composites, Vol. 3, 1982,
     pp. 40-43.

37. Prabhakaran, R., "Photo-orthotropic-elasticity: A New Technique for Stress Analysis of Composites," Invited Paper for
     a special issue of Optical Engineering, Vol. 21, 1982, pp. 679-688.

38. Prabhakaran, R., "Photoelastic Investigation of Bolted Joints in Composites," Composites, July 1982, pp. 253-256.

39. Prabhakaran, R., and Chermahini, R.G., "Application Least-squares Method to Elastic and Photoelastic Calibration of
     Orthotropic Composites," Experimental Mechanics, Vol. 24, March 1984, pp. 17-21.

40. Prabhakaran, R., "State of the Art in Composite Materials Testing," Invited Paper in Current Engineering Practice
     Vol. 27, no. 4, 1984, pp. 1-10.

41. Prabhakaran, R., "Shear Testing of Composites," Mechanika Teoretyczna I Stosowana (Theoretical and Applied
     Mechanics Journal published by the Polish Academy of Sciences), Vol. 23, 1985, pp. 607-615.

42. Prabhakaran, R., and Sawyer, J.W., "A Photoelastic Investigation of Asymmetric Four Point Bend Shear Test for
     Composite Materials," Composite Structures, Vol. 5, 1986, pp. 217-231.

43. Prabhakaran, R., and Naik, R.A., "Measurement of Contact Angle in a Clearance-fit Pin-loaded Hole," Experimental
     Techniques, Vol. 10, no. 2, 1986, pp. 25-27.

44. Prabhakaran, R., and Naik, R.A., "A Fiber-optic Technique for the Measurement of Contact Angle in a Clearance-fit
     Pin-loaded Hole," Experimental Techniques, Vol. 11, April 1987, pp. 20-22.

45. Prabhakaran, R., and Naik, R.A., "Investigation of Non-linear Contact for a Clearance-fit Bolt in a Graphite/Epoxy
     Laminate," International Journal of Composite Structures, Vol. 6, Nos. 1-3, 1986, pp. 77-85.

46. Naik, R.A., and Prabhakaran, R., "Failure Modes for Polycarbonate Under Clearance-fit Pin-loading," Polymer
     Engineering and Science, Vol. 27, no. 22, 1987, pp. 1681-1687.

47. Prasad, C.B., Prabhakaran, R., and Tompkins, S., "Determination of Calibration Constants for the Hole-drilling
     Residual Stress Measurement Technique Applied to Orthotropic Composites Ñ Part I: Theoretical Considerations,"
     Composite Structures, Vol. 8, 1987, pp. 105-118.

48. Prasad, C.B., Prabhakaran, R., and Tompkins, S., "Determination of Calibration Constants for the Hole-drilling
     Residual Stress Measurement Technique Applied to Orthotropic Composites  Ñ Part II: Experimental Evaluations,"
     Composite Structures, Vol. 8, 1987, pp. 165-172.

49. Spigel, B.S., Prabhakaran, R., Sawyer, J.W., "An Investigation of the Iosipescu and Asymmetrical Four-Point Bend
     Tests," Experimental Mechanics, Vol. 27, March 1987, pp. 57-63.

50. Prabhakaran, R., and Naik, R.A., "A Fiber-optic Technique to Assess the Influence of Interfacial Friction in a
      Pin-loaded Hole," Transactions of the Instrument Society of America, Vol. 28, No. 2, 1989, pp. 35-39.

51. Prabhakaran, R., "Damage Assessment Through Electrical Resistance Measurement in Graphite Fiber Reinforced
     Composites," Experimental Techniques, Vol. 14, February 1990, pp. 16-20.

52. Prabhakaran, R., and Lopez, O.F., "Application of Carbon-powder-polymer Composite as a Continuous Crack-length
     Sensor," Experimental Mechanics, Vol. 30, December 1990, pp. 332-335.

53. Lopez, O.F., and Prabhakaran, R., "Application of Strain Gages to Measure the Adhesive Strains Through the
     Thickness of An Adhesively Bonded Stiffened Strip," Experimental Techniques, Vol. 15, March/April, 1991, pp. 39-41.

54. Prabhakaran, R., and Ramasamy, M., "Shape Optimization for a Composite Crack-length Sensor," Experimental
     Techniques, Vol. 16, No. 5, 1992, pp. 36-38.

55. Prabhakaran, R., "Experimental Mechanics Investigations of Composites, Part I: Mechanical and Photo-Mechanical
     Studies," Invited Paper in Materials Engineering, Vol. 3, no. 2, 1992, pp. 261-269.

56. Prabhakaran, R., "Experimental Mechanics Investigations of Composites, Part II: Development of Novel Test
     Methods," Invited Paper in Materials Engineering, Vol. 3, no. 2, 1992, pp. 271-277.

57. Prabhakaran, R., Razzaq, Z., and Devara, S., "Load and Resistance Factor Design (LRFD) Approalch for Bolted Joints
     in Pultruded Composites," Composites: Part B, Vol. 27B, 1996, pp. 351-360.

58. Razzaq, Z., Prabhakaran, R., and Sirjani, M. M., "Load and Resistance Factor Design (LRFD) Approach for
     Reinforced-Plastic Channel Beam Buckling," Composites: Part B, Vol. 27B, 1996, pp. 361-369.

59. Prabhakaran, R., and Piascik, R. S., "A Blunt Notch Extended Compact Tension (BN-ECT) Specimen for the Study of
     Short and Long Crack Propagation," Experimental Techniques, Vol. 21, No.2, March/April 1997, pp. 24-26.

60. Scott, L. A., Prabhakaran, R., Bryant, R. G., and Buchman, A., "Low-Velocity Wear Resistance of LaRC-SI and Blends
     Against Titanium,"Polymeric Materials Science and Engineering, Vol.77,1997, pp.481-484.

61. Prabhakaran, R., “ Discussion of Novel Procedure for Complete In-Plane Composite Characterization Using a Single
      T-Shaped Specimen”, accepted for publication in Experimental Mechanics.

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CONTRIBUTIONS TO BOOKS:

62. Prabhakaran, R., "Applications of Transmission Photoelasticity to Composite Materials," Chapter 3 in Developments
     in Composite Materials, Vol. 2, Edited by G. S. Holister, Applied Science Publishers, 1981.

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CONFERENCE PAPERS:

63. Dally, J.W., and Prabhakaran, R., "Effect of Notches on the Fatigue Behavior of Continuously Reinforced Composite
     Materials," Recent Advances in Mechanical Engineering, Edited by A.C. Eringen, Vol. VI, pp. 189-201.

64. Dally, J.W., and Prabhakaran, R., "A Photoelastic Study of Stress Waves in Fiber-reinforced Composites,"
     Developments in Mechanics, Vol. 6, pp. 937-949. (Proceedings of the 12th Midwestern Mechanics Conference).

65. Prabhakaran, R., and Sridhar, M.K., "Notch Sensitivity of GFRP Materials in the Low-cycle Fatigue Region,"
     Proceedings of the 30th Anniversary Technical Conference, 1975, Reinforced Plastics/Composites Institute, The
     Society of the Plastics Industry, Section 9-D, pp. 1-6.

66. Prabhakaran, R., "Stress Concentration Factors in Composite Materials by Transmission Photoelasticity," Structural
     Mechanics Symposium, BARC, Bombay, India, March 1975, Paper No. 2-SM-4-SC/75.

67. Prabhakaran, R., "Low-cycle Fatigue of Glass Fibre Reinforced Plastics, "Structural Mechanics Symposium, BARC,
     Bombay, India, March 1975, Paper No. 6-SM-1-LF/75.

68. Prabhakaran, R., and E.M.S. Nair, "Anisotropy of Notch Sensitivity of Composite Materials," Second International
     Conference on Mechanical Behavior of Engineering Materials," 1976, Boston, USA.

69. Rajamani, A., and Prabhakaran, R., "Dynamic Response of Simply Supported Composite Plates with Cut-outs,"
     Proceedings of the Sixth Canadian Congress of Applied Mechanics, Vancouver, Canada, 1977, pp. 423-424.

70. Rajamani, A., and Prabhakaran, R., "Free Vibration Characteristics of Clamped- Clamped Composite Plates with
     Circular Holes and Square Cutouts," Second International Conference on Composite Materials, Toronto, Canada,
     1978.

71. Rajamani, A., and Prabhakaran, R., "Free Vibration Characteristics of Simply Supported Composite Plates with
     Circular Holes and Square Cutouts," 11th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, Lisbon,
     Portugal, 1978.

72. Prabhakaran, R., "Hole Size Effect in Composites," Proceedings of the 7th Canadian congress of Applied Mechanics,
      Sherbrooke, Canada, 1979.

73. Prabhakaran, R., and Nair, E.M.S., "Effect of Matrix Notch Sensitivity on Composite Notch Sensitivity," Proceedings of
     the Seventh Canadian Congress of Applied Mechanics, Sherbrooke, Canada, 1979, pp. 115-116.

74. Prabhakaran, R., "Effect of Stress Relieving Holes on the Strength of Perspex and Polycarbonate," Proceedings of
     the 39th Annual Technical Conference of the Society of Plastics Engineers, Boston, U.S.A., 1981, pp. 37-39.

75. Prabhakaran, R., "Determination of Principal Stresses in Birefringent Composites by Hole-drilling Method,"
     Proceedings of the 36th Annual Technical Conference, 1981, Reinforced Plastics/Composites Institute, The Society of
     the Plastics Industry. Session 10-C, pp. 1-4.

76. Prabhakaran, R., "Photoelastic Techniques for the Complete Determination of Stresses in Composite Structures,"
      International Conference on Composite Structures, Scotland, September 1981.

77. Prabhakaran, R., "Complete Stress Analysis of Composite Photoelastic Models by Oblique Incidence," Spring
     Meeting of the Society for Experimental Stress Analysis, Dearborn, Michigan, USA., 1981.

78. Prabhakaran, R., "Measurement of Elastic Constants of Orthotropic Composites," 37th Annual Technical Conference,
     1982, Reinforced Plastics/Composites Institute, The Society of the Plastics Industry.

79. Prabhakaran, R., and Chermahini, R.G., "Application of Least Squares Method to the Measurement of Orthotropic
     Elastic Constants," Proceedings of the SESA-JSME Joint Conference on Experimental Mechanics, Hawaii, 1982,
     pp. 382-386.

80. Prabhakaran, R., and Chermahini, R.G., "Location of Gages for Determining Orthotropic Elastic Constants,"
      Proceedings of the 20th National Conference on Experimental Stress Analysis, Karlovy Vary, Czechoslovakia, 1982,
      pp. 81--87.

81. Prabhakaran, R., "A Photoelastic Investigation of Bolted Joints in Composites," Symposium on Jointing in Fibre
      Reinforced Plastics, Imperial College, London, England, July 1982.

82. Prabhakaran, R., "Application of Least Squares Method to Photo-Orthotropic-elastic Calibration," Seventh
      International Conference on Experimental Stress Analysis, Haifa, Israel, August 1982.

83. Prabhakaran, R., "Simultaneous Elastic and Photoelastic Calibration of Birefringent Orthotropic Model Materials,"
     Second International Conference on Composite Structures, Scotland, September 1983.

84. Prabhakaran, R., and Sawyer, W., "A Photoelastic Investigation of Asymmetric Four-Point Bend Shear Test for
     Composite Materials," Third International Conference on Composite Structures, Scotland, September 1985.

85. Spigel, B.S., Sawyer, W., and Prabhakaran, R., "An Investigation of the Iosipescu and Asymmetrical Four-point Bend
     Tests for Composite Materials," Spring Conference on Experimental Mechanics, SEM, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA,
     June 1985.

86. Prabhakaran, R., and Naik, R.A., "An Analytical and Experimental Study of Contact, Stresses and Failure in
     Clearance-fit, Pin-loaded Polycarbonate Specimens," Spring Conference on Experimental Mechanics, SEM, 1986.

87. Prabhakaran, R., and Naik, R.A., "A New Method for Measuring Contact Angle in Pin-Loaded Holes Simulating Bolted
     Joints," Third International symposium on Joining and Repair of Fibre Reinforced Plastics, Imperial College of
     Science and Technology, London, England, September 1986.

88. Prabhakaran, R., and Naik, R.A., "Application of Optical and Photomechanical Techniques in the Study of
     Mechanical Joints," Proceedings of the International conference on Photomechanics and Speckle Metrology, San
     Diego, California, USA, 1987, pp. 199-202.

89. Prabhakaran, R., "A Method for Assessing Damage in Graphite Fiber Reinforced Composites," Proceedings of the
     International Conference on Applied Mechanics, Vol. 2, August 1989, pp. 982-987.

90. Prabhakaran, R., and Lopez, O.F., "Continuous Crack Length Measurement with a Carbon Powder Polymer
     Composite," Proceedings of the Spring Conference on Experimental Mechanics, Society for Experimental Mechanics,
     Albuquerque NM, USA, June 1990, pp. 187-192.

91. Prabhakaran, R., "A New Nondestructive Method to Detect Fiber Damage in Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer
     Composites," Proceedings of the 45th Annual Conference, Composites Institute, The Society of the Plastics Industry,
     February 1990, Session 15-C, pp. 1-4.

92. Prabhakaran, R., and Ramasamy, M., "Novel Sensors for Continuous Crack-length Measurement," Sixteenth
     Southeastern Conference on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Nashville, TN, April 1992.

93. Prabhakaran, R., Razzaq, Z. and Devara, S., "Block Shear Failure Modes in Pultruded Composite Plate Connections,"
     Proceedings of the Composite Institutes' 50th Annual Conference, Society for the Plastic Industry, pp. 10F1-10F7.

94. Razzaq, Z., Prabhakaran, R., and Sirjani, M. M., "Flexural-Torsional Behavior of RP Channel Section Beams,"
      Proceedings of the Composite Institutes' 50th Annual Conference, Society for the Plastic Industry, pp. 4A1-4A7.

95. Prabhakaran, R., Devara, S., and Razzaq, Z., "The Effect of Fiber Orientation Angle of the Unnotched, Open Hole,
     and Pin-Loaded Strength of a Pultruded Composite," Proceedings of the Composite Institute's 51st Annual
     Conference, Society for the Plastics Industry, pp. 20C1-20C15.

96. Razzaq, Z., Prabhakaran, R., Qureshi, P., Sirjani, M., and Petty, M. D., "Impact Load Response of Pultruded
      Fiberglass Grating," Proceedings of the Composite Institute's 51st Annual Conference, Society for the Plastics
      Industry, pp. 24C1-24C6.

97. Prabhakaran, R., Srinivas, R., and Razzaq, Z., "An Experimental Investigation of Bolt-Preload Relaxation in
      Pultruded Composite Joints," to be presented at the International Composites EXPO 1997 Conference in January
      1997 in Nashville.

98. Prabhakaran, R., Devara, S., and Razzaq, Z., "An Investigation of the Influence of Tightening Torque and Sea Water
     on Bolted Pultruded Composite Joints," to be presented at the International Composites EXPO 1997 Conference in
     January 1997 in Nashville.

99. Razzaq, Z., Sirjani, M., and Prabhakaran, R., "An Investigation of Pultruded Glass Fiber Reinforced Epoxy Rebar
      Embedded Concrete Slabs," to be presented at the International Composites EXPO 1997 Conference in January 1997
      in Nashville.

100. Coats, T., Harris, C. E. and Prabhakaran, R., "Translaminate Fracture of Notched Transparent Continuous
       Fiber-Reinforced Composites," presented at the 1997 SEM Spring Conference, June 1997, Bellevue, Washington.

101. Scott, L. A., Prabhakaran, R., and Bryant, R. G., "Wear Results of an Advanced Polymeric Material for Use in Total
       Knee Replacements,"presented at the Virginia Academy of Science Meeting at VPI, 1997. To appear in the Virginia
       Journal of Science.

102. Scott, L. A., Prabhakaran, R., Bryant, R. G., and Buchman, A., "Low-Velocity Wear Resistance of LaRC-SI and
       Blends Against Metals," presented at the PMSE/POLY Joint Poster Session of the American Chemical Society, Las
       Vegas, Sept. 1997.

103. Razzaq, Z., Sirjani, M. M., and Prabhakaran, R., "LRFD Approach for Channel Section FRP Columns," Proceedings
       of the International Composites EXPO '98, Nashville, pp.18-B/1 to 18-B/9, 1998.

104. Razzaq, Z., Coskun, H., Li, X., Beach, R., and Prabhakaran, R., "Flexural Behavior and LRFD Approach for
       FRP-Reinforced Thermoplastic Beams," Proceedings of the International Composites EXPO `98, Nashville, pp.18-E/1
       to 18-E/12, 1998.

105. Prabhakaran, R., and Robertson, J., "An Experimental Investigation of Load-Sharing in a Multi-Bolt Pultruded
       Composite Joint," Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Composites in Infrastructure (ICCI `98),
       Vol.II, pp.355-368..

106. Prabhakaran, R., and Saha, M., "Stress Gradient Effects on Pultruded Composite Strength,"  presented at the Fifth
       International Conference on Composites Engineering (ICCE-V), Las Vegas, July 1998.

107. Sirjani, M.B., Razzaq, Z., and Prabhakaran, R., “ Lateral-Torsion response of FRP Beams under Three-Point
       Loading and LRFD Approach”, presented at the International Composites EXPO ’99.

108. Saha, M., Prabhakaran, R., and Waters, W.A., “ Modeling of Pultruded Composite Sheet Materials and Their
       Response Under Compressive Loading”, presented at the1999 ASME Mechanical and Materials Conference,
       June 1999 at VPI, Blacksburg.

109. Prabhakaran, R., and Saha, M., “ Tension, Compression and Flexure Properties of Pultruded Composites"”
       presented at the 12th International Conference on Composite Materials, July 1999 in Paris.

110. Prabhakaran, R., Saha, M., and Galloway, T., “ Ultrasonic Measurement of In-Plane Moduli of Pultruded
       composites”, presented at the 12th International Conference on Composite Materials, July 1999 in Paris.

111. Saha, M., Prabhakaran, R., and Waters, W.A., “ Compressive Properties of Pultruded Composites”, accepted for
       presentation at the Eleventh International Conference on Mechanics of Composite Materials, June, 2000, Riga,
       Latvia.

112. Prabhakaran, R., and Xu, H., “ Hole-Size Effects in Pultruded Composites”, accepted for presentation at the
       Eleventh International Conference on Mechanics of Composite Materials, June, 2000, Riga, Latvia.

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INVITED PAPERS PRESENTED AT CONFERENCES:

113. Prabhakaran, R., "Effect of Geometrical Discontinuities on Fatigue and Fracture Behavior of Composite Materials,"
       Conference on Fatigue and Fracture, Sponsored by the Department of Science and Technology, Government of
       India, Bangalore, India, September 1978.

114. Prabhakaran, R., "Developments in Photo-orthotropic-elasticity," IUTAM Symposium on Optical Methods in Solid
       Mechanics, Poitiers, France, September 1979, Proceedings of the Symposium, pp. 559-585.

115. Prabhakaran, R., "Application of Oblique Incidence Photoelastic Techniques to birefringent Composites," Ninth
       Symposium on Experimental Research In Mechanics of solids, Sponsored by the Polish Academy of Sciences,
       Warsaw, Poland, September 1980, pp. 121-128.

116. Prabhakaran, R., "Experimental Mechanics of Fiber Reinforced Composites," Eleventh Symposium on
       Experimental Research in Mechanics of Solids, Sponsored by the Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland,
       September 1984, pp. 73-86.

117. Prabhakaran, R., and Naik, R.A., "An Analytical and Experimental Investigation of Contact Angle in a Bolted
       Composite Joint," Proceedings of the Symposium on Mechanical Characterization of Fibre Composite Materials,
       Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark, June 1986, pp. 61-70.

118. Prabhakaran, R., "Experimental Mechanics Investigations of Composites: Mechanical and Photo-mechaical
       Studies," Introductory Workshop on Composite Materials, United Nations Industrial Development Organization,
       Trieste, Italy, November 1991.

119. Prabhakaran, R., "Experimental Mechanics Investigations of Composites: Developments of Novel Test Methods,"
       Workshop on Composite Materials, United Nations Industrial Development Organization, Trieste, Italy,
       November 1991.

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OTHER PUBLICATIONS:

120. Dally, J.W., and Prabhakaran, R., "Dynamic Photoelastic Analysis of Stress-Wave Propagation due to a Distributed
       Line Charge (Full Plane and Quarter Plane)," Final Project Report submitted to the U.S. Department of the Interior,
       Bureau of Mines, September 1971.
       (Papers were not written from this Report because the authors moved to different institutions; the Report, which
        was extensive, was never published.)

121. Prabhakaran, R., and Cooper, P.A., "Photoelastic Tests on Models of Thermal Protection System for Space Shuttle
       Orbiter," NASA Technical Memorandum 81866, August 1980.

122. Davis, R.C., Mills, C.T., and Prabhakaran, R., "Structural Efficiency Studies of Corrugated Compression Panels with
       Curved Caps and Beaded Webs," NASA Technical Paper, 2272, February 1984.

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TECHNICAL REPORTS:

All research grants lead to, and require, reports. Such reports are not listed here.

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COVER CREDITS:

Illustrations from papers which have appeared on the cover pages of international journals

1. Journal of Strain Analysis, published by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, U.K., vol. 7, Oct. 1972. Cover
    illustration from Application of Photo-Orthotropic-Elasticity.

2. Experimental Mechanics, published by the Society for Experimental Stress Analysis, Vol. 14, Nov. 1974. Cover
    illustration from Wave Motion in Anisotropic Media by Dynamic Photomechanics.

3. Experimental Mechanics, published by the Society for Experimental Stress Analysis, Vol. 16, Jan. 1976. Cover
    illustration from The Interpretation of Isoclinics in Photo-Orthotropic-Elasticity.

4. Astronautics and Aeronautics, published by the Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Vol. 19, Jan. 1981. Cover
   illustration from Photoelastic Tests on Models of Thermal Protection System for Space Shuttle Orbiter.

5. Experimental Mechanics, published by the Society for Experimental Stress Analysis, Vol. 22, December 1982. Cover
    illustration from Extension of Oblique Incidence Method to Photo-orthotropic-elasticity.

6. Experimental Techniques, Vol. 10, No. 2, February 1986. Cover Illustration from Measurement of Contact Angle in a
   Clearance-Fit Pin-Loaded Hole.

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THESES SUPERVISED:

1. "Effect of Notches on Low-cycle Fatigue of Glass Fiber Reinforced Plastics," M.K. Sridhar, M. Tech. Thesis in Materials
     Science, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India, 1975.

2. "Application of Theories of Failure to Glass Fiber Reinforced Plastics,"K.R. Nagendra, M. Tech. Thesis in Materials
    Science, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India, 1976.

3. "Photoelastic Stress Analysis of Glass Fiber Reinforced Plastic Model with Circular Hole under Tension," Jhumur Ray,
    M. Tech. Thesis in Materials Science, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India, 1976.

4. "Optimum Design of Fiber-Reinforced Composite Structural Elements," Kultar Singh, M. Tech. Thesis in Mechanical
    Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India, 1976.

5. "Anisotropy of Notch Sensitivity of Glass Fiber Reinforced Plastics in Low-cycle Fatigue," E.M.S. Nair, M. Tech. Thesis
    in Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India, 1976.

6. "Design of a Creep Testing Machine and Study of GFRP Materials," P.K. Sinha, M. Tech. Thesis in Mechanical
    Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India, 1976.

7. "Dynamic Response of Composites," A. Rajamani, Ph.D Thesis in Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of
    Technology, Kanpur, India, 1978.

8. "Damping in Fibre Reinforced Composites," R. Chandra, M. Tech. Thesis in Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of
    Technology, Kanpur, India, 1979.

9. "Application of Least Squares Techniques to the Measurement of Elastic and Photoelastic Constants in Orthotropic
    Composites," R.G. Chermahini, M.S. Thesis in Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics, Old Dominion University,
    Norfolk, VA, USA 1982.

10. "An Experimental and Analytical Investigation of the Iosipescu Shear Test for Composite Materials," B. Spigel, M.S.
     Thesis in Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, USA 1984.

11. "Impact Damage in Composites," A. Kelkar, Ph.D Thesis in Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics, Old Dominion
     University, Norfolk, VA, USA 1985.

12. "Optimum Design of Aircraft Structures for Thermal and Mechanical Loading," T. Mills, M.S. Thesis in Mechanical
     Engineering and Mechanics, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA USA 1986.

13. "An Analytical and Experimental Study of Clearance and Bearing-bypass Load Effects in Composite Bolted Joints,"
      R.A. Naik, Ph.D Thesis in Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, USA 1986.

14. "The Effects of Bending on the Strain Distribution in a Stiffener-Skin Interface Region," O.F. Lopez, M.S. Thesis in
     Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, USA 1989.

15. "An Experimental Investigation of Composite Sensors for Crack Length Measurement," M. Ramasamy, M.S. Thesis in
      Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, USA 1991.

16. "Preliminary Structural Design of a Lunar Transfer Vehicle Aerobrake," L.B. Bush, M.S. Thesis in Mechanical
      Engineering and Mechanics, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, USA, 1992.

17. "A Fracture Mechanics Analysis of a 38 inch Diameter Hot Pressed Beryllium Telescope Mirror," P.L. Brown, M.S.
     Thesis in Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, USA 1992.

18. "Experimental Verification of a Progressive Failure Model for Composite Laminates Based on Continuum Damage
      Mechanics," T.W. Coats, M.S. Thesis in Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics, Old Dominion University, Norfolk,
      VA, USA, 1992.

19. "Analysis of Impact Damage of Composite Laminates Using Five-point Bending," M.E. Robeson, M.S. Thesis in
     Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, USA, 1992.

20. "An Investigation of Hole Size Effects in a Composite Material During Tensile Fracture," David Floyd Moore, M.S.
     Thesis in Engineering Mechanics, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, USA, 1995.

21. "Experimental Study of Time Dependent Behavior of Composites," Mark Feldman, M.S. Thesis in Engineering
     Mechanics, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, USA.

22. "Effects of Initial Geometric Imperfections on the Behavior of Graphite-Epoxy Clyinders Loaded in Compression,"
      Allen Waters, M.S. Thesis in Engineering Mechanics, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, USA, 1996.

23. "Fiber Bridging Effects in the Translaminate Fracture of Center-Crack Tension Composite Panels," Timothy Coats,
      Ph.D. Thelsis in Engineering Mechanics, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, USA, 1996.

24. "An Investigation of the Infuence of Tightening Torque and Sea Water on Pultruded GFRP Composite Bolted Joints,"
      Satish Devara, M.S. Thesis in Mechanical Engineering, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, USA, 1996.

25. An Experimental Study of an Advanced Polymeric Material for use in Total Knee Replacements Including Gait
      Analysis of Mobile Knee Bearings," Lisa Ann Scott, M.S. Thesis in Mechanical Engineering, Old Dominion University,
      Norfolk, VA, USA, 1996.

26. "An Experimental Investigation of Bolt Preload Relaxation in Pultruded GFRP Composite Joints," Srinivas Ravi, M.S.
      Thesis in Mechanical Engineering, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, USA, 1997.

27. “ Skin-Stiffener Separation in Buckled Composite Plates and Shallow shells” Mark Robeson, Ph.D Thesis in
     Mechanical Engineering, ODU, 1998.

28. “ An Experimental Investigation into the Effect of Clearance and Torque on Load Sharing in a Bolted Joint”, Jerry
      Robertson, M.S. Thesis in Mechanical engineering, ODU, 1999.

29. “ Effect of Temperature on Short-term Creep Rupture Response in Polymer Matrix Pultruded composites”, Robert
      Munson, M.S. Thesis in Mechanical Engineering, ODU, 1999.

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THESIS IN PROGRESS:

1. "A Finite Element Study of Bolted Joints in Pultruded Composites," Robert Hughes, M.S. Thesis in Mechanical
    Engineering.

2. "Damage Characterization in Glass Fiber Reinforced Composites," Mrinal Saha, Ph.D. Thesis.

3. “Hole size effects in Pultruded Composites”, Xu, Ph. D Thjesis in Mechanical engineering, ODU.

4. “Laser Machining of Composites”, Kalyan Ram, M.S. Thesis in Mechanical Engineering.

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SPECIAL COURSE ORGANIZED:

1. "Stress Analysis of Composite Materials," Quality Improvement Program Course for College Teachers, Government of
    India, December 1977. Report published in Experimental Mechanics, Vol. 18, March 1978.

2. Summer courses for practising engineers on Fatigue, Fracture and Composite Materials.

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RESEARCH GRANTS AWARDED:

1. Dynamic Response of Fibre Reinforced Composites, sponsored by the Aeronautics Research and Development Board,
    Ministry of Defense, Government of India, Rs. 120,500, 1973 to 1978.

2. Stress Analysis and Low-Cycle Fatigue Behavior of Composite Materials, sponsored by the Atomic Energy
    Commission, government of India, Rs. 23,310, 1976 to 1979.

3. Photoelastic Studies of Advanced Lap Joint Concepts, sponsored by the National Aeronautics and Space
    Administration/Langley Research Center, $9,045, March to August 1979.

4. Application of Photo-orthotropic-elasticity to Plane Problems in Composites, sponsored by the National Aeronautics
    and Space Administration/Langley Research Center, $31,022, November 1979 to October 1980.

5. Equipment for Application of Photoelasticity to Composite Model Materials, sponsored by the National Science
    Foundation, $24,615, September 1980 to August 1981.

6. Separation of Principal Stresses in Photo-Orthotropic-Elasticity, sponsored by the National Science Foundation,
    $58,080, January 1981 to June 1983.

7. Aerothermal Structural Concepts Study, sponsored by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration/Langley
    Research Center, $21,054, November 1981 to October 1982.

8. Aerothermal Structural Concepts Study, sponsored by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration/Langley
    Research Center, $25,990, December 1982 to December 1983.

9. An Investigation of Residual Stresses in Advanced Composites, sponsored by the National Aeronautics and Space
    Administration/Langley Research Center, $15,535, November 1982 to October 1983.

10. Modeling of Low-Velocity Impact Damage of Continuous Fiber-Reinforced Composites, sponsored by the National
      Aeronautics and Space Administration/Langley Research Center, $15,500, October 1983 to October 1984.

11. A Study of the Strength and Toughness of Laminates Subjected to Bearing Loads, sponsored by the National
      Aeronautics and Space Administration/Langley Research Center, $10,000, January 1984 to October 1984.

12. Modeling of Low-Velocity Impact Damage of Continuous Fiber-Reinforced Composites, sponsored by the National
      Aeronautics and Space Administration/Langley Research Center, $17,500, October 1984 to October 1985.

13. A Study of the Strength and Toughness of Laminates Subjected to Bearing Loads, sponsored by the National
      Aeronautics and Space Administration/Langley Research Center, $34,999, October 1984 to October 1985.

14. A Study of the Strength and Toughness of Laminates Subjected to Bearing Loads, sponsored by the National
      Aeronautics and Space Administration/Langley Research Center, $49,900, October 1985 to October 1986.

15. A Photoelastic Investigation of Shear Tests for Composite Materials, sponsored by the National Aeronautics and
      Space Administration, LaRC, $10,000, October 1984 to October 1985.

16. Residual Stress Measurements in Graphite/Polyimide Composites, sponsored by the National Aeronautics and Space
      Administration, LaRC, $14,690/-, October 1985 to October 1986.

17. Structural Efficiency Studies of Advanced Aerothermal Compression Panels, sponsored by the NASA/LaRC, $32,843/-,
     October 1985 to October 1986.

18. Development of an Algorithm and Computer code for 3-Dimensional Geometric Non-linear Analysis, sponsored by
      NASA, LaRC, $8,000, August to December 1985.

19. Investigation of Interfacial Strains in a Bonded Stiffened Plate, sponsored by NASA, LaRC, $31,740, February 1987 to
     October 1987.

20. Investigation of Interfacial Strains in a Bonded Stiffened Plate, sponsored by NASA, LaRC, $25,000, October 1987 to
     October 1988.

21. Measurement of Interfacial Strain Distribution in Adhesively Bonded, Stiffened Plate, sponsored by NASA, LaRC,
      $52,354, October 1988 to October 1989.

22. Measurement of the Interfacial Strain Distribution in Adhesively Bonded, Stiffened Plate, sponsored by NASA, LaRC,
      $24,940, November 1989 to October 1990.

23. Investigation of Five-point Bend Test for Composites, sponsored by NASA, LaRC, $24,011, October 1990 to
     October 1991.

24. Role of Constituents in Organic-matrix Composites, sponsored by NASA, LaRC, $15,310, November 1990 to
      October 1991.

25. Time Dependent Behavior of Composites, sponsored by NASA, LaRC, $8,202, January to August 1991.

26. Thermal-mechanical Analysis of Metal Matrix Composites, sponsored byNASA, LaRC, $4,544, April to August 1991.

27. Thermal-mechanical Analysis of Metal Matrix Composites, sponsored by NASA, LaRC, $1,632, September to
      December 1991.

28. Time Dependent Behavior of Composites, sponsored by NASA, LaRC, $5,712, August 1991 to May 1992.

29. Investigation of Five-point Bend Test for Composites, sponsored by NASA, LaRC, $25,057, October 1991 to
     October 1992.

30. Role of Constituents in Organic-matrix Composites, sponsored by NASA, LaRC, $24,041, November 1991 to
     November 1992.

31. Fatigue and Fracture of Aluminum Alloys, sponsored by NASA, LaRC, $8,000, May to August 1992.

32. Characterization of the Behavior of Composite Shell Structures under Combined Mechanical and Internal Pressure
      Loading, GSRP Fellowship for Mark Robeson, $22,000, August 1992 to August 1993.

33. Virginia Space Grant Consortium Graduate Fellowship for Mark Robeson, $5000, 1992-93.

34. Investigation of Progressive Damage in Composite Materials, sponsored by NASA, LaRC, $25,188, October 1992 to
     September 1993.

35. Time Dependent Behavior of Composites, sponsored by NASA, LaRC, $35,768, November 1992 to October 1993.

36. Characterization of the Behavior of Composite Shell Structures under Combined Mechanical and Internal Pressure
      Loading, GSRP Fellowship for Mark Robeson, $22,000, August 1993 to August 1994.

37. Virginia Space Grant Consortium Graduate Fellowship for Mark Robeson, $5000, 1993-1994.

38. Experimental Study of Time Dependent Behavior of Composite, sponsored by NASA, LaRC $41,995, November 1993
     to November 1994.

39. Progressive Damage in Composites, sponsored by NASA, LaRC, $27,990, November 1993 to November 1994.

40. Experimental Study of Time Dependent Behavior of Composites, sponsored by NASA, LaRC, $39,995, November 1994
      to November 1995.

41. Characterization of the Behavior of Composite Shell Structures under Combined Mechanical and Internal Pressure
      Loading, GSRP Fellowship for Mark Robeson, $22,000, August 1994 to August 1995.

42. Virginia Space Grant Consortium Graduate Fellowship for Mark Robeson, $5,000, 1994-1995.

43. Progressive Damage in Composites, sponsored by NASA, LaRC, $29,963, November 1994 to November 1995.

44. Progressive Damage in Composites, sponsored by NASA, LaRC, $31,402, November 1995 to November 1996.

45. Measurement of Mechanical Properties of Ceramic-Polymer Composites, Lo TEC (Low Thermal Expansion Ceramics)
      Co., $15,000, March to July 1996.
46. Applications of Biaxially Stretched Thermoplastic Polymers, GSRP Fellowship, $22,000, August 1996 to August 1997.

47. Mechanical Characterization of Ceramic-Larc SI Polymer Composites for Wear-Resistant Applications, SBIR-Phase II
      Proposal for $108,294, 1996-1998.

48. Failure Characteristics of Honeycomb Sandwich Structures and Aircraft Alloys, sponsored by NASA, LaRC, $18,000,
     November 1997 to November 1998.

49. PAC-3 Mentor-Protégé Composites Testing and Manufacturing Process Improvement, Small Business Development
     Center of Hampton Roads ( Lockheed Martin Vought) , June 15, 1998 to May 1, 1999, $251,000.

50. A Comparison of Quasi-Static Indentation and Drop-Weight Impact Testing on Carbon/Epoxy Laminates, sponsored
     by NASA, LaRC, $35,000, December 1998 to December 15,1999.

51. PAC-3 Mentor-Protégé Composites Testing and Manufacturing Process Improvement,  Small Business
     Development Center of Hampton Roads ( Lockheed Martin Vought ), June 1, 1999 to August 4, 1999, $ 50,000.

52. PAC-3 Mentor-Protégé Composites Testing and Manufacturing Process Improvement, Small Business Development
     Center of Hampton Roads ( Lockheed Martin Vought ), August 5, 1999 to December 31, 1999, $ 107,437.

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SERVICE:

1.  University/College/Department Service

(a) Student Advisement and Counseling: I have been advising undergraduate students on senior options for many years.

(b) Advisor to student honor or professional societies: faculty advisor for Pi Tau Sigma for some years.

(c) Securing External Funding and Equipment Donations:

Please see the list of grants given earlier.
Obtained an instrument for measuring Polymer Glass Transition Temperature from Huntsman Chemicals.

(d) Student Recruitment Activities: I have actively participated in this.

(e) Major Department Committee Assignments:

Chair of Materials Engineering Committee. Steered the proposal for a Certificate Program to approval.
Chair of Laboratory Coordinators Committee
Member of Graduate Studies Committee/Research Committee

2.  Service to the Discipline

(a) National/International Professional Society officer:

Vice Chairman of Papers Review Committee, SEM, for eight years.
Chairman of Papers Review Committee, SEM, for three years.
Member of Fellows Committee of SEM for three years.
Member of Honors Committee of SEM (three year appointment)
Member of International Board for the Journal, experimental Mechanics (three year appointment)

(b) Chair/Program Chair for Professional Conference

I have chaired sessions at National and International Conferences.
 Member of International Advisory Board for ICCE/6.

(c) Editor/Associate Editor of Professional Journal:

Associate Editor of Experimental Mechanics for several years.
Editor of Experimental Mechanics for three years

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CONTACT INFORMATION

Address                   : Dr. R. Prabhakaran, Eminent Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering,
                                 Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA 23529

Phone Number        : (757) 683 - 3732  (Office)
                                  (757) 683 - 4858 (Laboratory)

Fax                          : (757) 683 - 5344

Email                       : rprabhak@odu.edu
 

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