I am teaching CE 205 (Finite Element Method), a graduate-level core course, this spring. Click here for the course website.
December 2023
Congratulations to Debasree on successfully defending her PhD thesis.
August 2023
I am teaching CE 284: Plates, Shells, and Geometric Elasticity, a graduate-level elective, this fall. Click here for the course website.
July 2023
Arathy and Sharan join the Group.
January 2023
I am teaching a 3-credit elective CE 228: Introduction to the Theory of Plasticity this semester.
November 2022
I will be teaching CE 228: Introduction to the Theory of Plasticity in Spring 2023. Watch this space for updates.
August 2022
Congratulations to Naresh on passing his comprehensive exam.
March 2022
Congratulations to Suprateek on successfully defending his PhD thesis.
Congratulations to Sajad and Karthikeyan on passing their comprehensive exams.
April 2021
Vandana heads to TIFR (Hyd) to begin her postdoctoral fellowship. Farewell!
Feburary 2021
I am teaching CE 297 (Problems in the Mathematical Theory of Elasticity), an advanced elective course, this spring.
September 2020
I am teaching CE-204 (Solid Mechanics), a graduate-level core course, this fall. Click here for the course website.
July 2020
Based on the response to CE 297 (Problems in the Mathematical Theory of Elasticity) in the recently concluded semester, I plan to offer it again in Spring 2021. Watch this space.
December 2019
Congratulations to Vandana on successfully defending her PhD thesis
CE-204 letter grades
A+ 0
A 3
B+ 6
B 13
C 11
D 16
F 0
October 2019
I am offering CE-297 (Problems in the Mathematical Theory of Elasticity), a new elective course, in Spring 2020. This course will provide an in-depth look at a variety of important problems in the theory of elasticity, and introduce powerful tools from complex analysis and potential theory for their solution. This course is intended for students from civil, mechanical, and aerospace engineering who have done at least one graduate-level solid mechanics course (CE-204 / ME-242 or equivalent).
July / August 2019
I am teaching CE-204 (Solid Mechanics), a graduate-level core course, this fall. Click here for the course website.
April 2019
Congratulations to Vandana for securing a Tata Trust travel support grant to present her work at the upcoming ASME / MSEC conference at Penn State!
December 2018
CE-204 letter grades
A+ 1
A 4
B+ 6
B 3
C 6
D 4
F 0
August 2018
I am teaching CE-204 (Solid Mechanics), a graduate-level core course, this fall. Click here for the course website.
July 2018
A video of sinuous flow in the cutting of annealed OFHC copper, from our in press paper in Trib. Lett. The workpiece is modeled as a polycrystalline aggregate of average grain size 100 microns in this simulation.
December 2017
CE-204 letter grades
A+ 0
A 3
B+ 7
B 13
C 8
D 5
F 1
October 2017
Please note: My new email address is nsundaram [AT] iisc.ac.in
August 2017
CE-204 Solid Mechanics update
July 2017
Congratulations to Suprateek on passing his comprehensive exam!
June 2017
Friday, 16th June will be the last day of an interesting and (very well attended) week-long series of lectures by Prof. Anurag Gupta on differential geometry, elasticity, and defects. My sincere thanks to Anurag, to the Department for its wholehearted support, and to all attendees.
May 2017
I will be teaching CE-204 (Solid Mechanics) in Fall 2017. CE-204 is a 3:0 graduate-level core course in solid mechanics, and is mandatory for all incoming CiE MTech students. The course has a blend of topics from traditional Continuum Mechanics, Theory of Elasticity and Advanced Structural Analysis. I typically have about 40 students in this class.
July 2016
Congratulations to Vandana for passing her comprehensive exam.
June 2016
Congratulations to Satish for successfully defending his MSc thesis.
December 2015
RIP Prof. Kenneth L. Johnson, FRS (1925-2015), a towering figure in contact mechanics, tribology and applied mechanics.