- Professor, Mechanical Engineering
- Associate Dean for Student Success
- Reddy Chair in Applied Mechanics
- Phone: 979-862-3999
- FAX: 979-845-3081
- Email: asrinivasa@tamu.edu
- Office: MEOB 505
- Website: Research Webpage
Educational Background
- Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley – 1991
- B. Tech, Indian Institute of Technology, India – 1986
Research Interests
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- Fracture, Damage and Inelasticity of metals, polymers and biomaterials ,
- Simulation of manufacturing processes including robotic sheet forming and magnetic polishing.
- Structural response of architectured and smart materials,
- Thermomechanics of dissipative processes
- Nonlocal theories, Cosserat continua,
- Design and dynamics of active compliant mechanisms, Mechanics of Custom Manufacturing, 3-D Printing and Polishing,
Awards & Honors
- 2022 ASME Ben C. Sparks Medal
- 2021 ASME Student chapter, Texas A&M University, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Best Teacher Award.
- 2019 American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Worchester Reed Warner Medal for outstanding contribution to the permanent literature of engineering
- 2019 Mechanical Engineering Program, Texas A&M Qatar, Faculty of the year.
- 2018 American Society of Engineering Education, Archie Higdon Distinguished Educator Award for outstanding Contributions to Mechanics Education
- 2017 Society of Engineering Science (SES), Fellow
- 2016 American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Fellow
- 2015 Association of Former Students College Distinguished Teaching Award.
- 2014 Holdredge/Paul Professorship: The only professorship for distinction in pedagogy and teaching in the Mechanical Engineering Department
- 2013 Association of Former Students University Distinguished Teaching Award. One of the highest awards for teaching at TAMU.
- 2012 Benjamin Dasher best paper award, Frontiers in Engineering Education Conference.
- 2011 William Keeler Faculty Fellowship, College of Engineering, Texas A&M University.
- 2011 Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University.
- 2010 Halliburton Professorship, College of Engineering, Texas A&M University
- 2005 British Petroleum (BP) Award for Teaching Excellence, College of Engineering, Texas A&M University.
- 2003 Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University.
- 1990 UC Berkeley Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award
- 1986-1989 The Berkeley Fellowship
- 1986 The Banco Foundation Gold Medal
- 1984 The Raghavendra Memorial Prize
Selected Publications
- Srinivasa, A.R., 2021. Discrete differential geometry and its role in computational modeling of defects and inelasticity. Meccanica 56, 1847–1865 . https://doi.org/10.1007/s11012-021-01335-
- Srinivasa, A.R., Shin, H.Y., Thamburaja, P. and Reddy, J.N., 2021. Multiple cracking model in a 3D GraFEA framework. Continuum Mechanics and Thermodynamics, Continuum Mech. Thermodyn. (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00161-021-00987-4.
- Mozafari, F., Thamburaja, P., Moslemi, N. and Srinivasa, A., 2021. Finite-element simulation of multi-axial fatigue loading in metals based on a novel experimentally-validated microplastic hysteresis-tracking method. Finite Elements in Analysis and Design, 187, p.103481. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.finel.2020.103481
- Reddy, J.N. and Srinivasa, A.R., 2020. Misattributions and misnomers in mechanics: Why they matter in the search for insight and precision of thought. Vietnam Journal of Mechanics, 42(3), pp.283-291.
- Thomas, N., Srinivasa, A.R. and Bukkapatnam, S.T., 2020. A mixed experimental-CFD-data science approach for rheological measurement of polishing fluids. Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures, 27(13), pp.1167-1177. https://doi.org/10.1080/15376494.2020.1745967