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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
USA
2026

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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
81
Citations
21481
World Ranking
198
National Ranking
96

Materials Science

D-Index
77
Citations
19620
World Ranking
3161
National Ranking
882

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in United States Leader Award
  • 2019 - Warner T. Koiter Medal, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers
  • 2018 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2001 - Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Overview

K.T. Ramesh is affiliated with Johns Hopkins University in the United States. The research spans the intersection of engineering and materials science, with a notable emphasis on materials chemistry, mechanics of materials, mechanical engineering, computational mechanics, and biomedical engineering as subfields of study. Their work primarily addresses topics related to high-velocity impact and material behavior, magnesium alloys, rock mechanics, automotive and human injury biomechanics, aluminum alloys composites, granular flow, fluidized beds, as well as planetary science and exploration.

Selected recent papers authored by or closely related to their work include:

  • "Successful kinetic impact into an asteroid for planetary defence," published in 2023 in Nature
  • "MR Imaging of Human Brain Mechanics In Vivo: New Measurements to Facilitate the Development of Computational Models of Brain Injury," published in 2021 in Annals of Biomedical Engineering
  • "Achievement of the Planetary Defense Investigations of the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) Mission," published in 2024 in The Planetary Science Journal
  • "Spall strength in alloyed magnesium: A compendium of research efforts from the CMEDE 10-year effort," published in 2021 in Mechanics of Materials
  • "Direct comparison between experiments and dislocation dynamics simulations of high rate deformation of single crystal copper," published in 2023 in Acta Materialia

Their frequent co-authors include Todd C. Hufnagel, Ryan Hurley, Justin Moreno, Timothy P. Weihs, and Matthew Shaeffer, reflecting a collaborative research environment contributing to various dimensions of materials and mechanical research.

Key venues for publication encompass Mechanics of Materials, SSRN Electronic Journal, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, Journal of the American Ceramic Society, and arXiv (Cornell University). These journals indicate a strong focus on materials behavior, mechanical properties, and engineering sciences.

K.T. Ramesh's body of work involves substantial engagement with both theoretical and experimental approaches in engineering disciplines, particularly focusing on the behavior of materials under extreme conditions and innovation in biomechanics and planetary science applications.

Awards recognizing contributions to the field include the Warner T. Koiter Medal from The American Society of Mechanical Engineers in 2019, fellowship status in the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) awarded in 2018, and fellowship of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers since 2001.

Best Publications

  • Effect of nanocrystalline and ultrafine grain sizes on the strain rate sensitivity and activation volume: fcc versus bcc metals

    Q Wei;S Cheng;K.T Ramesh;E Ma

  • Effects of nanocrystalline and ultrafine grain sizes on constitutive behavior and shear bands in iron

    D. Jia;K.T. Ramesh;E. Ma

  • Deformation behavior and plastic instabilities of ultrafine-grained titanium

    D. Jia;Y. M. Wang;K. T. Ramesh;E. Ma

  • The high-strain-rate response of alpha-titanium: experiments, deformation mechanisms and modeling

    D.R. Chichili;K.T. Ramesh;K.J. Hemker

  • The Design of Accurate Micro-Compression Experiments

    Haitao Zhang;Brian E. Schuster;Brian E. Schuster;Qiuming Wei;Kaliat T. Ramesh

  • Strengthening mechanisms in an Al–Mg alloy

    E.L. Huskins;B. Cao;K.T. Ramesh

  • Microstructure and mechanical properties of super-strong nanocrystalline tungsten processed by high-pressure torsion

    Q. Wei;H.T. Zhang;B.E. Schuster;B.E. Schuster;K.T. Ramesh

  • AlON: A brief history of its emergence and evolution

    James W. McCauley;Parimal Patel;Mingwei Chen;Mingwei Chen;Gary Gilde

  • Mechanics of Flexible Needles Robotically Steered through Soft Tissue

    S. Misra;K.B. Reed;B.W. Schafer;K.T. Ramesh

  • Evolution and microstructure of shear bands in nanostructured Fe

    Q. Wei;D. Jia;K. T. Ramesh;E. Ma

  • Thermal fatigue as the origin of regolith on small asteroids

    Marco Delbo;Guy Libourel;Justin Wilkerson;Naomi Murdoch

  • High Rates and Impact Experiments

    Kaliat T. Ramesh

  • An interacting micro-crack damage model for failure of brittle materials under compression

    B. Paliwal;K.T. Ramesh

  • Adiabatic shear banding in ultrafine-grained Fe processed by severe plastic deformation

    Q. Wei;L. Kecskes;T. Jiao;K.T. Hartwig

  • Enhanced plastic strain in Zr-based bulk amorphous alloys

    L.-Q. Xing;Y. Li;K. T. Ramesh;J. Li

  • Mechanical behavior and dynamic failure of high-strength ultrafine grained tungsten under uniaxial compression

    Q. Wei;T. Jiao;K.T. Ramesh;E. Ma

  • Modeling of tool-tissue interactions for computer-based surgical simulation: A literature review

    Sarthak Misra;K. T. Ramesh;Allison M. Okamura

  • Mechanical properties of soft human tissues under dynamic loading.

    H. Saraf;K.T. Ramesh;A.M. Lennon;A.C. Merkle

  • Microcompression of single-crystal magnesium

    Cynthia M. Byer;Bin Li;Buyang Cao;K.T. Ramesh

  • Deformation and Failure of Zr57Ti5Cu20Ni8Al10 Bulk Metallic Glass Under Quasi-static and Dynamic Compression

    T. C. Hufnagel;T. Jiao;Y. Li;L. Q. Xing

Frequent Co-Authors

Todd C. Hufnagel
Todd C. Hufnagel Johns Hopkins University
Qiuming Wei
Qiuming Wei University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Kevin J. Hemker
Kevin J. Hemker Johns Hopkins University
Laszlo J. Kecskes
Laszlo J. Kecskes Johns Hopkins University
Olivier S. Barnouin
Olivier S. Barnouin Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Evan Ma
Evan Ma Xi'an Jiaotong University
Allison M. Okamura
Allison M. Okamura Stanford University
Jean-François Molinari
Jean-François Molinari École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Sarthak Misra
Sarthak Misra University of Groningen
Mingwei Chen
Mingwei Chen Southern University of Science and Technology

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