Dr. Chandra is a Professor in the Department of Engineering Mechanics and Associate Dean for Research in the University of Nebraska--Lincoln College of Engineering. He joined the College in 2006. He previously was a named Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering in the Florida A & M University / Florida State University College of Engineering for 20 years. He was named Distinguished Research Professor by Florida State University in 2005. In addition, he is the first engineering school faculty member to receive the FSU Developing Scholar Award.
He has over ten years of industrial experience in design and analysis of structural components, prior to his academic career. Superplasticity, composite materials, and computational mechanics are the areas which Dr. Chandra has published over 140 publications including 70 in archival journals and 4 books. He has supervised over 14 M.S. students and 7 Ph.D. students. Currently he is advising 2 Ph.D. students.
Dr. Chandra has attracted over $3.0 Million in research funding from aerospace industries and federal agencies. He is a registered Professional Engineer in the state of Florida. The Florida Engineering Society awarded him the Outstanding Engineering Professional Award in the year 1990. He is a Fellow of American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). He is an associate editor of ASME Journal of Materials and Technology, the premier journal in the field, Journal of Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures, and ASTM Journal of Engineering Materials and Performance, and in the editorial board of CMES: Computer Modeling in Engineering and Sciences.
He is the director of the Advanced Mechanics and Materials Laborarory (AMML) and is a member of International Committee on Superplasticity.
